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  • 370 orchestras
  • 1,013 composers
  • 26,879 works
  • 5,539 upcoming concerts

On the programs

Composers featured this weekend

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This weekend · Sep 18–20

On stage this weekend

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Fri 18 Sep

Jacksonville Symphony

Dvořák's Eighth Symphony - Matinee

11:00 AM · Jacoby Symphony Hall

Jacksonville, FL

  • Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, B.163, Op. 88
Fri 18 Sep

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Students at the Symphony: Symphony Safari

11:45 AM · Atlanta Symphony Hall

Atlanta, GA

  • Copland: Hoedown from Rodeo
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
  • Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Ballet Music, Op. 82
  • +3 more
Fri 18 Sep

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons conducts Mozart and Berlioz

1:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K.482
  • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'une artiste, Op. 14
Fri 18 Sep

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra

Open Rehearsal: Beethoven's "Pastoral"

5:30 PM · The VETS

Providence, RI

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68
  • Nathan: Violin Concerto
Fri 18 Sep

Kansas City Symphony

Happy Hour: Moonlight

6:00 PM · Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Brandmeyer Great Hall lobby

Kansas City, MO

  • Still: Danzas de Panamá
  • Boccherini: String Quintet in C major, G.324, "La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid"
  • Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, L.75
  • +1 more
Fri 18 Sep

Madison Symphony Orchestra

Opening Night with Joshua Bell

6:00 PM · Overture Hall

Madison, WI

  • Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier
  • Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra in D minor, Op. 21
  • Ravel: Boléro
Fri 18 Sep

Fort Wayne Philharmonic

Disney Night – Fort Wayne Philharmonic Harrison String Quintet at JK O'Donnell's

7:00 PM · JK O'Donnell's Irish Pub

Fort Wayne, IN

  • beloved Disney music
Fri 18 Sep

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert

7:00 PM · Powell Hall

St. Louis, MO
Fri 18 Sep

Amarillo Symphony

Tchaikovsky's Fourth

7:30 PM · Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts

Amarillo, TX

  • Berko: Look Up
  • Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

New to classical music?

You know more of this music than you think.

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Jaws, Star Wars, the wedding march, the cartoons you grew up on: the people who wrote them are in this directory, and their music is being played live near you this season. Nobody needs a degree to enjoy a symphony. These short guides cover what to listen for, how the eras differ, and what actually happens at a concert, from the tuning note to when to clap.

You already listen to classical music

The film scores, commercials, and stadium anthems you know by heart were written by the people in this directory. Start there.

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How to listen

Symphonies, concertos, tone poems, and the rest: what each one is trying to do, and what to listen for so the shape makes sense the first time.

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The eras, and what each one sounds like

Baroque to today in six stops. How to tell them apart by ear, and why every one of them is worth your evening.

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Your first concert

Tickets, what to wear, when to clap, how long it runs, and what to do at intermission. Nothing to be nervous about.

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How to read a program

Op. 67, K. 550, "in D minor", Allegro con brio: what the numbers, keys and Italian words on a concert program actually tell you.

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The instruments, and what to watch

Who sits where, what each section does, and the moments in a concert when you should look at the horns, the timpani or the harp.

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Ten pieces to start with

A short list that covers the whole map, from Bach to today, each one a work you can hear live this season.

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Masterworks, Pops, Family, Film: which night is for you

Orchestras run several series at once. Here is what each one is like, who it suits, and how to pick.

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Bringing kids

Which concerts work at which ages, how to prepare a child in ten minutes, and what to do if it goes sideways.

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Listening at home before you go

A week-before plan: one recording, three listens, and the two or three things to notice, so the live performance lands harder.

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Why live is different

You can stream any of this for free. Here is what a hall full of people and eighty players in the same room do that a speaker cannot.

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A short history of the orchestra

From twenty players in a palace to a hundred on a stage: how the modern symphony orchestra took its shape, in five stops.

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If you like Bon Jovi, try Tchaikovsky

Twenty bridges from the music you already love to a classical work that scratches the same itch, with the reason each one works.

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Classical music hiding in plain sight

The hit songs built on Rachmaninoff and Pachelbel, the film moments everyone knows, and the rock, pop and hip-hop artists who point back to the composers.

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Directory

Major orchestras

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Utah Symphony

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston, Massachusetts

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas, Texas

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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Atlanta, Georgia

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Colorado Symphony

Denver, Colorado

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Detroit, Michigan

Major orchestra

New York Philharmonic

New York, New York

Library

Composers

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Giuseppe Verdi

Romantic · 1813–1901

Franz Schubert

Early Romantic · 1797–1828

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Classical · 1756–1791

Gustav Mahler

Late Romantic · 1860–1911

Antonio Vivaldi

Baroque · 1678–1741

Jaron Lanier

Composer · 1960–

Astor Piazzolla

20th Century · 1921–1992

Philip Glass

Post-War · 1937–

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