November 2024

Learn about the instruments featured in the Silkroad Ensemble’s performance of American Railroad, with a particular focus on the banjo, an instrument played and championed by artistic director Rhiannon Giddens.

Silkroad’s American Railroad illuminates the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad and westward expansion on the communities it displaced. The program includes new commissions by jazz artist Cécile McLorin Salvant and Silkroad artist and renowned pipa player Wu Man, as well as new arrangements by Rhiannon Giddens and other Silkroad musicians.

The Escher Quartet, inspired by graphic artist M.C. Escher’s interplay between individual components working together to form a whole, performs Bartók’s second quartet alongside Mendelssohn’s anguished last major composition, and Dvořák’s joyful final quartet.

Program

Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in f minor, Op. 80
Béla Bartók String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105
[encore] Florence Price “Juba” from String Quartet No. 2

One of the most sought-after figures in contemporary music, Tyshawn Sorey has changed jazz as we know it. This genre-defying composer and drummer takes the stage for a performance featuring pieces from his acclaimed album Mesmerism, which showcases the joy of improvising over songs from the Great American Songbook. 

One of the most sought-after figures in contemporary music, Tyshawn Sorey has changed jazz as we know it. This genre-defying composer and drummer takes the stage for a performance featuring pieces from his acclaimed album Mesmerism, which showcases the joy of improvising over songs from the Great American Songbook. 

Join UMS and the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance for a free panel discussion about the Berliner Philharmoniker’s unique governing structure, its innovative educational and research initiatives, and the flagship Digital Concert Hall.

Observe members of the internationally renowned Berliner Philharmoniker interacting with students from the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance for a series of masterclasses.

Observe members of the internationally renowned Berliner Philharmoniker interacting with students from the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance for a series of masterclasses.

In the first of two programs by the Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, UMS welcomes back Benjamin Beilman (replacing Hilary Hahn) to perform Erich Korngold’s heart-tugging and cinematic violin concerto. Also on the program: Rachmaninoff’s first orchestral masterpiece, Isle of the Dead, and Dvořák’s dramatic Symphony No. 7.

Program

Sergei Rachmaninoff Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Erich Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
[encore] Johann Sebastian Bach. “Largo” from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in d minor, Op. 70

The Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko perform Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 5, which explores themes of struggle, redemption, and spiritual transcendence, with rich brass chorales in the final movement. 

Program

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major

Learn about the instruments featured in the Silkroad Ensemble’s performance of American Railroad, with a particular focus on the banjo, an instrument played and championed by artistic director Rhiannon Giddens.

Silkroad’s American Railroad illuminates the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad and westward expansion on the communities it displaced. The program includes new commissions by jazz artist Cécile McLorin Salvant and Silkroad artist and renowned pipa player Wu Man, as well as new arrangements by Rhiannon Giddens and other Silkroad musicians.

The Escher Quartet, inspired by graphic artist M.C. Escher’s interplay between individual components working together to form a whole, performs Bartók’s second quartet alongside Mendelssohn’s anguished last major composition, and Dvořák’s joyful final quartet.

Program

Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in f minor, Op. 80
Béla Bartók String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105
[encore] Florence Price “Juba” from String Quartet No. 2

One of the most sought-after figures in contemporary music, Tyshawn Sorey has changed jazz as we know it. This genre-defying composer and drummer takes the stage for a performance featuring pieces from his acclaimed album Mesmerism, which showcases the joy of improvising over songs from the Great American Songbook. 

One of the most sought-after figures in contemporary music, Tyshawn Sorey has changed jazz as we know it. This genre-defying composer and drummer takes the stage for a performance featuring pieces from his acclaimed album Mesmerism, which showcases the joy of improvising over songs from the Great American Songbook. 

Join UMS and the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance for a free panel discussion about the Berliner Philharmoniker’s unique governing structure, its innovative educational and research initiatives, and the flagship Digital Concert Hall.

Observe members of the internationally renowned Berliner Philharmoniker interacting with students from the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance for a series of masterclasses.

Observe members of the internationally renowned Berliner Philharmoniker interacting with students from the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance for a series of masterclasses.

In the first of two programs by the Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, UMS welcomes back Benjamin Beilman (replacing Hilary Hahn) to perform Erich Korngold’s heart-tugging and cinematic violin concerto. Also on the program: Rachmaninoff’s first orchestral masterpiece, Isle of the Dead, and Dvořák’s dramatic Symphony No. 7.

Program

Sergei Rachmaninoff Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Erich Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
[encore] Johann Sebastian Bach. “Largo” from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in d minor, Op. 70

The Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko perform Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 5, which explores themes of struggle, redemption, and spiritual transcendence, with rich brass chorales in the final movement. 

Program

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major