The New York City Ballet won鈥檛 be the only ballet in New York City this week. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week:
New York City Ballet鈥檚 fall season will open September 17 with 鈥淢asters at Work,鈥� a program featuring three ballets by the company鈥檚 co-founding choreographers: George Balanchine鈥檚 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 and Duo Concertant; and Jerome Robbins鈥� Glass Pieces. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 was originally performed in 1941 under the title Ballet Imperial with grand Russian-inspired sets and costumes. Balanchine revised the work in 1973, removing the sets and costumes and letting the dance and the music stand on their own. Duo Concertant is a neoclassical pas de deux set to Stravinsky鈥檚 neoclassical composition for violin and piano. Glass Pieces is set to the music of Philip Glass, including two movements from Glassworks, and excerpts from the opera Akhnaten.
Following this season opener, NYCB will present 鈥淓clectic NYCB,鈥� beginning September 19, featuring ballets by four different choreographers: Balanchine鈥檚 Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la F茅e,鈥� Lar Lubovitch鈥檚 Each In Their Own Time, Christopher Wheeldon鈥檚 This Bitter Earth, and Jerome Robbins鈥� The Four Seasons. This will be the NYCB premiere of Each In Their Own Time, set to music by Brahms, which was originally created for NYCB Principal Dancers Adrian Danchig-Waring and Joseph Gordon, and had its world premiere at City Center鈥檚 Fall for Dance Festival in 2021. The Balanchine piece is an excerpt from Stravinsky鈥檚 full-length ballet Le Baiser de la F茅e, while the Robbins piece is expanded from the ballet scene from Verdi's opera Les v锚pres siciliennes, supplemented with additional ballet music from the French versions of I Lombardi and Il Trovatore.
New York City Center鈥檚 2024 Fall for Dance Festival begins September 18. The two-week festival will feature performances from 15 different companies across five different programs, including the world premieres of three commissioned works by Herman Cornejo, Cameron Fraser-Monroe, and Tiler Peck. Featured companies will include the National Ballet of Ukraine, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the Dutch National Ballet.
The London City Ballet visits the Joyce Theater September 17-22, bringing with it four U.S. premieres: Ashley Page鈥檚 Larina Waltz, set to an excerpt from Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Eugene Onegin; Liam Scarlett鈥檚 Consolations & Liebestraum, set to the piano works of the same name by Liszt; Arielle Smith鈥檚 Five Dances, set to music by John Adams; and Christopher Marney鈥檚 Eve, which tells the biblical story of Eve and the Serpent to an original score by Jennie Muskett.
Ken-David Masur will lead the New York Philharmonic in an eclectic program September 19 and 21, including the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas鈥� Bebop Kaleidoscope 鈥� Homage to Duke Ellington, an NY Philharmonic commission. The program will also include Ellington鈥檚 own Harlem, selections from Bach鈥檚 orchestral suites as arranged by Mahler, Blumine from Mahler鈥檚 first symphony, the prelude to Richard Strauss鈥� rarely-heard early opera Guntram, and Hindemith鈥檚 Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. After the September 21 performance, Tiler Peck will join musicians from the Philharmonic for a late-night Kravis Nightcap performance, featuring works by Bach, Stravinsky, and Betsy Jolas.
The American Classical Orchestra will kick off its 40th anniversary season September 18 at Lincoln Center鈥檚 Alice Tully Hall. Conductor Thomas Crawford will lead the orchestra in a program of classical-era classics including Mozart鈥檚 Andante in C Major for Flute and Orchestra, featuring soloist Sandra Miller. The concert will conclude with a performance of Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 7.
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