Concerts
The Glenwood Quartet at PAC
Join us for a performance by a string quartet of ASO musicians on the Lobby Stage at the Perelman Performing Arts Center. As part of the Park Avenue Artists’ Spotlight series, The Glenwood Quartet will bring the spirit of the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) to this program by celebrating underperformed works alongside a well-loved masterpiece.…
Read MoreString Quartet at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
A string quartet of ASO musicians performs works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still, and Antonín Dvořák. The program is curated by longtime American Symphony Orchestra member, violinist Ashley Horne. This performance is part of a free chamber music series in partnership with Bryant Park with programs curated by ASO musicians. Music-lovers will find a limited number of…
Read MoreWoodwind Quintet at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
Join us for a performance by a woodwind quintet of ASO musicians, with pieces by American composers including William Grant Sill, Amy Beach, and John Philip Sousa. The works on the program draw inspiration from across the Americas, from folk melodies to jazz. This performance is part of a free chamber music series in partnership…
Read MoreBard Music Festival: Berlioz and His World
The 34th Bard Music Festival: Berlioz and His World Weekend 1 • August 9–11, 2024 Weekend 2 • August 15–18, 2024
Read MoreBeyond the Hall
The ASO presents a free concert as part of the Picnic Performance series at Bryant Park with a program of music sourced from dance salons, opera houses, cabaret, and the silver screen. For our third consecutive year debuting our season at Bryant Park, the American Symphony Orchestra is pleased to present, Beyond the Hall, a program exploring music in…
Read MoreTaneyev’s At the Reading of a Psalm
The ASO presents Sergei Taneyev’s final work, At the Reading of a Psalm in a live concert film experience. Conceived as a massive statement of Russian Orthodox faith at the onset of WWI, this large-scale cantata for full orchestra, double chorus, and powerhouse vocal soloists showcases the dramatic effect of Taneyev’s contrapuntal mastery. The ASO…
Read MoreAmerican Expressions
Performed live at Bryant Park on September 7, 2023, American Expressions highlights the different forms of expression and musical languages that emerged in the 1920s, including new elements of dance, theater and jazz. A full livestream of the concert is available to watch on-demand on ASO Online through October 20, 2023. In the years immediately…
Read MoreSchoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder
One hundred and fifty years after the composer’s birth—and more than 90 years since ASO founder Leopold Stokowski premiered the work in the U.S. with the Philadelphia Orchestra—the ASO presents Arnold Schoenberg’s massive Gurre-Lieder. Wagnerian in conception, the cantata represents what is arguably the apotheosis of late Romanticism, with lush, colorful orchestration, endless melodies, and…
Read MoreDvořák’s Requiem
Dating from the composer’s late creative period, Antonín Dvořák’s Requiem mystifyingly remains a rarity in his impressive oeuvre. It is nowhere near as well known, or as frequently performed, as the composer’s late symphonies, chamber works, or other choral works, such as his Stabat Mater, from this period. Closer to Fauré’s or Cherubini’s contributions to the…
Read MoreString Quartet at City Winery
Join us at City Winery Grand Central Terminal in the magnificent Vanderbilt Hall for a musician-curated program featuring a selection of works for string quartet that highlight connections in the ASO’s 2023-2024 mainstage orchestra season. The chamber ensemble will perform the first two movements of Vaughan Williams’ Household Music, following the orchestra’s participation in the…
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