This Weekend: The Orchestra Now Performs American Classics, a NY Premiere, and Bruckner’s “Romantic” Symphony!

The Orchestra Now Presents Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony Saturday, November 18 at 8 pm Sosnoff Theater Guest conductor Gerard Schwarz leads The Orchestra Now for the New York premiere of Eugene Goossens‘ Jubilee Variations, with ten movements by ten different American composers, including Aaron Copland. The concert will offer Anton Bruckner‘s popular Symphony No. 4 (written at the height of the Romantic movement).

Bard College Conservatory of Music Presents Debussy & Ravel Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Guest Conductor Saturday, December 2 at 8 pm Sosnoff Theater The Conservatory Orchestra welcomes guest conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Known for his eloquent yet fiery style, Zeitouni will conduct Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2; and the world premiere of Telescope by Daniel Castellanos ’18.  Learn more about the music as NPR’s Ted Libby explores Daphnis and Chloé in his weekly guide to essential classics.   Bard Conservatory and Bard Music Program Winter Songfest Saturday, December 16 at 8 pm Sosnoff Theater Winter Songfest is a perennial favorite. A holiday tradition of seasonal selections featuring the Bard Symphonic Chorus with musicians from the Conservatory Orchestra, The Orchestra Now, and Graduate Vocal Arts Program.   Special Holiday Jazz Event Cécile McLorin Salvant with Sullivan Fortner on piano Sunday, December 17 at 3 pm Sosnoff Theater “It is up to the audience to embrace the new voices and faces of jazz as they revive and reinvent that golden age, because if we’re going to bring back jazz, it’s going to take someone like McLorin Salvant to make it happen.”—The Last Magazine  Don’t miss jazz virtuoso Cécile McLorin Salvant’s return to the Fisher Center for a special holiday concert.