A LANDMARK SEASON
2023-24 RENEW TODAY AT NWS.EDU/RENEW DEADLINE APRIL 28 YOUR SEAT IS WAITING! STÉPHANE DENÈVE, Artistic Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Co-Founder and Artistic Director Laureate
Welcome to our 2023-24 season, my first full season as Artistic Director of your New World Symphony.
This new season is bursting with fantastic experiences showcasing the artistic excellence of our Fellows, world-class guest artists, and a vast repertoire that spans over three centuries.
We will share programs inspired by Miami’s blue skies and waters and celebrate the anniversaries of landmark works like Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. We will delight in musical love letters by Prokofiev, John Williams and Peter Lieberson.
We are also looking forward to the return of our friend and Artistic Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas performing works that are dear to him, including his own!
This new season will be, I dearly hope, an unforgettable moment in the history of your New World Symphony. I can’t wait to share my enthusiasm and love for music with you.
I invite you to join me, MTT, all our guest artists and NWS Fellows for this sparkling season together.
See you soon! À bientôt!
Stéphane Denève
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ARSHT CENTER SERIES
$45 | $84 | $174 | $258 | $348 | $498
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Don’t miss three blockbuster, one-night-only performances at the Adrienne Arsht Center. New World Symphony finds new inspiration in Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Master Chorale of South Florida helps us celebrate the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas returns to the Arsht Center after a sold-out performance last fall.
DANCES FROM WEST SIDE STORY
Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor Steven Banks, saxophone
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1
Billy Childs: Saxophone Concerto
Jimmy López Bellido: Fiesta!
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
BEETHOVEN 9: ODE TO JOY
Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Douglas Boyd, conductor Master Chorale of South Florida
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Ronnita Miller, mezzo-soprano
Limmie Pulliam, tenor
Musa Ngqungwana, bass
Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta
Rhiannon Giddens/Michael Abels: “Psalm 23” from Omar Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
MTT CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY 4
Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Dashon Burton, baritone
Michael Tilson Thomas: Agnegram
Aaron Copland: Old American Songs
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
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Arsht Center Series prices include $12 facility fee.
SATURDAY ONE SERIES
$80 | $208 | $324 | $400 New World Center
Enjoy four fabulous nights out at New World Symphony. Artistic Director Stéphane Denève’s kicks off the season with his own take on Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, MTT reunites with friend and renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and LA Opera’s Lina Gonzales-Granados leads New World Symphony Fellows as soloists performing their favorite concertos.
DENÈVE: PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO + JULIET
Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
James Lee III: Visions of Cahokia (with video)
Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet (Denève version)
CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO + PACHO FLORES
Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Carlos Miguel-Prieto, conductor
Pacho Flores, trumpet
Leo Rondón, cuatro
Carlos Chávez: Sinfonía india
Gabriela Ortiz: Trumpet Concerto (NWS co-commission)
Pacho Flores: Cantos y Revueltas
Silvestre Revueltas: La noche de los Mayas
CONCERTO SHOWCASE
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Lina Gonzales-Granados, conductor
Program to be announced
MTT AND JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
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Stéphane Denève - photo by Jay Fram
SATURDAY TWO SERIES
$100 | $270 | $420 | $480
New World Center
Make memories with five unforgettable evenings at New World Symphony. Michael Tilson Thomas and Emanuel Ax, two titans of music, join forces for Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto. New World Symphony presents an evening of jazz with Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite. We close out the season with a grand finale that sees Artistic Director Stéphane Denève leading New World Symphony in Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
MAHLER 6
Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6
DENÈVE AND ISABEL LEONARD
Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Grégoire Pont, cinesthetics/animation
Isabel Leonard, soprano
Albert Roussel: The Spider’s Feast
Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade
Florent Schmitt: The Tragedy of Salomé
MARY LOU WILLIAMS’ ZODIAC SUITE
Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Andrew Grams, conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano
Mary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite
Mary Lou Williams: Mass
MTT AND EMANUEL AX
Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Arnold Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1
SEASON FINALE: DENÈVE AND EHNES
Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Stéphane Denève, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
John Williams: Violin Concerto No. 1
Guillaume Connesson: New work to be announced (world premiere of NWS commission)
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
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Isabel Leonard - photo by Sergio Kurhajec
Emanuel Ax - photo by Nigel Parry
SUNDAY ONE SERIES
$80 | $200 | $284 | $320
New World Center
End the weekend on a high note with four Sunday afternoons at the symphony. Artistic Director Stéphane Denève kicks off the season with his own take on Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, MTT reunites with friend and renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and LA Opera’s Lina Gonzales-Granados leads New World Symphony Fellows as soloists performing their favorite concertos.
DENÈVE: PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO + JULIET
Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
James Lee III: Visions of Cahokia (with video)
Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet (Denève version)
CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO + PACHO FLORES
Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Pacho Flores, trumpet
Leo Rondón, cuatro
Carlos Chávez: Sinfonía india
Gabriela Ortiz: Trumpet Concerto (NWS co-commission)
Pacho Flores: Cantos y Revueltas
Silvestre Revueltas: La noche de los Mayas
CONCERTO SHOWCASE
Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Lina Gonzales-Granados, conductor
Program to be announced
MTT AND JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
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Carlos Miguel Prieto - photo by Ben Ealovega Lina Gonzalez-Granados
SUNDAY TWO SERIES
$80 | $200 | $284 | $320 New World Center
Spend Sunday afternoon with the symphony. Michael Tilson Thomas and Emanuel Ax, two titans of music, join forces for Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto. New World Symphony presents an evening of jazz with Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite. We close out the season with a grand finale that sees Artistic Director Stéphane Denève leading New World Symphony in Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
MAHLER 6
Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6
MARY LOU WILLIAMS’ ZODIAC SUITE
Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Andrew Grams, conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano
Mary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite
Mary Lou Williams: Mass
MTT AND EMANUEL AX
Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Arnold Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1
SEASON FINALE: DENÈVE AND EHNES
Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Stéphane Denève, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
John Williams: Violin Concerto No. 1
Guillaume Connesson: New work to be announced (world premiere of NWS commission)
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
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Aaron Diehl - photo by Maria Jarzyna
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
$60 | $120 New World Center
NWS Fellows’ signature energy, passion and raw talent are on display when performing some of the most glorious works for chamber orchestra and small ensembles. Enjoy the return of NWS alumni and other notable guest artists, collaborations with composers and musicians from The Cleveland Orchestra and a special staged performance of Wynton Marsalis’ The Fiddler’s Tale.
MOZART’S GRAND PARTITA
Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 2:00 PM
NWS alumni soloists
George Enescu: Piano Quartet No. 2
Olly Wilson: A City Called Heaven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita”
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Members of The Cleveland Orchestra
Dai Fujikura: Cosmic Breath (NWS co-commission)
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9
Robert Schumann/arr. Theodor Kirchner: Six Studies in Canonic Form
Ned Rorem: 11 Studies for 11 Players
NOSKY AND UNCHARTED BAROQUE
Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Aisslinn Nosky, violin and leader
Johann David Heinichen: Concerto in F major
Dario Castello: Sonata concertante
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Three Trumpets
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Concerto à 8
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Trio Sonata No. 3
Michael Oesterle: Kammerkonzert
Karol Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 2
ELIZABETH ROE PLAYS BACH
Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano
George Walker: Music for Brass (Sacred and Profane)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Septet No. 2, “Military”
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in C minor for Two Keyboards
Frank Bridge: String Sextet
BEETHOVEN, BRITTEN AND BINGEN
Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Karim Sulayman, tenor
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Hildegard von Bingen/arr. Michael Linville: A Dove Peered In
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet, “Storm”
Benjamin Britten: Nocturne
MARSALIS’ FIDDLER’S TALE
Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Wynton Marsalis: A Fiddler’s Tale
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Elizabeth Joy Roe
Karim Sulayman
Aisslinn Nosky
SOUNDS OF THE TIMES SERIES
$24 New World Center
Sip on something new at Sounds of the Times, your ticket to innovative new music for orchestras and ensembles. Enjoy a specialty cocktail while exploring music by the pioneering composers shaping the present and future of orchestral and chamber music.
CAGE, LIGETI AND ORTIZ
Friday, October 27, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Michael Linville, conductor
Katalin Károlyi, mezzo-soprano
John Cage: First Construction (in Metal)
György Ligeti: With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles
Allison Loggins-Hull: Hammers
Gabriela Ortiz: Liquid Borders
VARÈSE’S DÉSERTS
Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 7:30 PM
André de Ridder, conductor
Edgard Varèse: Déserts (with video by Bill Viola)
Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Nicole Lizée: Black MIDI
BITS AND SCRAPS: NEW MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION
Friday, February 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Michael Linville, conductor
NWS Percussion Alumni
Josephine Stephenson: All casual bits and scraps, assembled
Jennifer Higdon: Splendid Wood
Mark-Anthony Turnage: New England Etudes
10 2023-24 SEASON | NWS.EDU/RENEW
CONCERTS FOR KIDS SERIES
$40 New World Center
Spark a love of symphonic music in a young person’s life. Subscribers to NWS’s Concerts for Kids series enjoy two entertaining and enlightening one-hour concerts designed with young ones—ages four to nine—in mind. Come early and meet the NWS Fellows at the pre-concert activities!
TRICKS AND TREATS!
Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 11:30 AM
Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
$28 | $44 | $56 | $68 New World Center
Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 7:30 PM
It’s 100% cheer as the NWS Fellows perform seasonal favorites decked out in their finest and funniest holiday costumes. Fun for the whole family, this festive concert celebrates a variety of cultural heritages.
DENÈVE AND ISABEL LEONARD
$32 | $56 | $72 | $80 New World Center
Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Grégoire Pont, cinesthetics/animation
Isabel Leonard, soprano
Albert Roussel: The Spider’s Feast
Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade
Florent Schmitt: The Tragedy of Salomé
Stéphane Denève joins forces with Grammy Awardwinning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard for operatic highlights. Artist Grégoire Pont designs new animations to accompany Roussel’s The Spider’s Feast.
12 2022-23 SEASON | NWS.EDU/RENEW
Grégoire Pont - photo by Nick Rutter
MUSIC AND THE SENSES WITH EDWIN OUTWATER
$24 | $32 | $40 | $52
New World Center
Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Edwin Outwater, conductor Indre Viskontas, presenter
Conductor Edwin Outwater returns with cognitive neuroscientist, author and opera singer Dr. Indre Viskontas to explore how the brain responds to music.
NWS INSIDE
$50
All Online
NWS’s digital membership program channels our thrilling concert series and state-of-the-art online connection capabilities to bring unforgettable experiences right to your home. Each membership includes 10 digital concert streams plus exclusive virtual Insider events that take you behind the scenes of NWS’s fellowship program and performances (a $90 value).
This offer is exclusive to renewing subscribers as an add-on to your concert package(s).
Edwin Outwater
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