Nov
17
2:00 PM14:00

Omaha Symphony: Sound and Fury

Nicholas debuts with the Omaha Symphony in an effervescent program for chamber orchestra

PROGRAM

Haydn: Symphony No. 60 “Il Distratto”

Jan Sandström: Wahlberg Variations Patrick Pfister, trombone

Intermission

Anna Clyne: Sound and Fury

Alberto Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes

https://www.omahasymphony.org/concerts/symphony-joslyn-2-20th-century-neoclassical

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Jan
11
8:00 PM20:00

Florida Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Dawson and Enescu

  • Mahaffey Theater, Duke Energy Center for the Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas returns to the Florida Orchestra in a program of folk-inspired symphonic music

PROGRAM

William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

Intermission

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor Geneva Lewis, violin

Georges Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

https://floridaorchestra.org/event/2425-mw5-mendelssohn/

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Jan
12
2:00 PM14:00

Florida Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Dawson and Enescu

  • Mahaffey Theater, Duke Energy Center for the Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas returns to the Florida Orchestra in a program of folk-inspired symphonic music

PROGRAM

William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

Intermission

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor Geneva Lewis, violin

Georges Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

https://floridaorchestra.org/event/2425-mw5-mendelssohn/

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Feb
6
7:30 PM19:30

Nashville Symphony: Beethoven's Ninth

  • Schermerhorn Symphony Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas makes his subscription debut in Nashville featuring Beethoven’s “Choral” Symphony

PROGRAM

Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers

Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/tickets/concert/2024-2025-season/beethovens-ninth-ode-to-joy/

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Feb
7
7:30 PM19:30

Nashville Symphony: Beethoven's Ninth

Nicholas makes his subscription debut in Nashville featuring Beethoven’s “Choral” Symphony

PROGRAM

Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers

Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/tickets/concert/2024-2025-season/beethovens-ninth-ode-to-joy/

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Feb
8
7:30 PM19:30

Nashville Symphony: Beethoven's Ninth

  • Schermerhorn Symphony Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas makes his subscription debut in Nashville featuring Beethoven’s “Choral” Symphony

PROGRAM

Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers

Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/tickets/concert/2024-2025-season/beethovens-ninth-ode-to-joy/

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Apr
4
7:30 PM19:30

Modesto Symphony: Carnival of the Animals

  • Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas and the MSO celebrate the energy of youth featuring a side-by-side with the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra

PROGRAM

George Gershwin (arr. Hersh): Three Preludes

Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals

Andrew Norman: Drip Blip Sparkle Spin Glint Glide Glow Float Flop Chop Pop Shatter Splash

Aaron Copland: Four Dance Episodes from RODEO (side-by-side with the MSYO)

https://www.modestosymphony.org/season-calendar/apr25-cl3

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Apr
5
7:30 PM19:30

Modesto Symphony: Carnival of the Animals

  • Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas and the MSO celebrate the energy of youth featuring a side-by-side with the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra

PROGRAM

George Gershwin (arr. Hersh): Three Preludes

Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals

Andrew Norman: Drip Blip Sparkle Spin Glint Glide Glow Float Flop Chop Pop Shatter Splash

Aaron Copland: Four Dance Episodes from RODEO (side-by-side with the MSYO)

https://www.modestosymphony.org/season-calendar/apr25-cl3

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Nov
10
2:00 PM14:00

Tucson Symphony: Mendelssohn and Korngold

  • Catalina Foothills Auditorium (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas returns to the Tucson Symphony for his subscription debut, featuring the premiere of his arrangement of Clara Schumann’s Op. 5 “Four Characteristic Pieces”

PROGRAM

Bernard Herrmann: PSYCHO: A Short Suite

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto Kerson Leong, violin

Intermission

Clara Schumann: 4 Pièces Caractéristiques (orch. Hersh) World Premiere

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

https://www.tucsonsymphony.org/event/mendelssohn-and-korngold/2024-11-09/1/

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Nov
9
7:30 PM19:30

Tucson Symphony: Mendelssohn and Korngold

  • Catalina Foothills Auditorium (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas returns to the Tucson Symphony for his subscription debut, featuring the premiere of his arrangement of Clara Schumann’s Op. 5 “Four Characteristic Pieces”

PROGRAM

Bernard Herrmann: PSYCHO: A Short Suite

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto Kerson Leong, violin

Intermission

Clara Schumann: 4 Pièces Caractéristiques (orch. Hersh) World Premiere

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

https://www.tucsonsymphony.org/event/mendelssohn-and-korngold/2024-11-09/1/

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Nov
9
2:00 PM14:00

Tucson Symphony: Mendelssohn and Korngold

  • Catalina Foothills Auditorium (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas returns to the Tucson Symphony for his subscription debut, featuring the premiere of his arrangement of Clara Schumann’s Op. 5 “Four Characteristic Pieces”

PROGRAM

Bernard Herrmann: PSYCHO: A Short Suite

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto Kerson Leong, violin

Intermission

Clara Schumann: 4 Pièces Caractéristiques (orch. Hersh) World Premiere

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

https://www.tucsonsymphony.org/event/mendelssohn-and-korngold/2024-11-09/1/

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Nov
2
7:30 PM19:30

Modesto Symphony: The Four Seasons Mixtape

  • Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas and the MSO celebrate the changing of seasons in an intermission-less program designed for newcomers to the symphony.

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn: Overture from Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21

Gabriela Ortiz: La Calaca for String Orchestra

The Four Seasons Mixtape: Audrey Wright, violin

Antonio Vivaldi: L'estate (Summer)

Max Richter: Autumn from The Four Seasons Recomposed

Eugène Ysaÿe: Chant d'hiver (Wintersong)

Astor Piazzolla: Primavera porteña (Buenos Aires Spring)

https://www.modestosymphony.org/season-calendar/nov24-cl1

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Nov
1
7:30 PM19:30

Modesto Symphony: The Four Seasons Mixtape

  • Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas and the MSO celebrate the changing of seasons in an intermission-less program designed for newcomers to the symphony.

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn: Overture from Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21

Gabriela Ortiz: La Calaca for String Orchestra

The Four Seasons Mixtape: Audrey Wright, violin

Antonio Vivaldi: L'estate (Summer)

Max Richter: Autumn from The Four Seasons Recomposed

Eugène Ysaÿe: Chant d'hiver (Wintersong)

Astor Piazzolla: Primavera porteña (Buenos Aires Spring)

https://www.modestosymphony.org/season-calendar/nov24-cl1

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Oct
20
2:30 PM14:30

Madison Symphony: Visions

Nicholas debuts with the Madison Symphony in a program inspired by the supernatural.

PROGRAM

Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour

Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

Maurice Ravel: Tzigane Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

Intermission

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

https://madisonsymphony.org/event/visions/

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Oct
19
7:30 PM19:30

Madison Symphony: Visions

  • Overture Center for the Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas debuts with the Madison Symphony in a program inspired by the supernatural.

PROGRAM

Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour

Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

Maurice Ravel: Tzigane Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

Intermission

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

https://madisonsymphony.org/event/visions/

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Oct
18
7:30 PM19:30

Madison Symphony: Visions

Nicholas debuts with the Madison Symphony in a program inspired by the supernatural.

PROGRAM

Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour

Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

Maurice Ravel: Tzigane Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

Intermission

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

https://madisonsymphony.org/event/visions/

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Oct
5
7:00 PM19:00

Modesto Symphony: Branford Marsalis and Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

  • Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas and the MSO open their 94th Season with an invigorating dance-inspired program

PROGRAM

Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche Branford Marsalis, saxophone

John Williams: Escapades from Catch Me If You Can Branford Marsalis, saxophone

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

https://www.modestosymphony.org/season-calendar/oct24-marsalis

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Sep
29
4:00 PM16:00

Apollo Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Barber & Beethoven

  • Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas debuts with the Apollo Orchestra in Washington, DC

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture

Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 Maria Loudenitch, violin

Intermission

Ludwig Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

https://www.apolloorchestra.com/events/september29/

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Sep
23
8:00 PM20:00

Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (cover)

Nicholas travels with the Budapest Festival Orchestra to Brussels to assist Iván Fischer in a program featuring the premiere of Fischer’s Dance Suite, which Nicholas co-orchestrated.

PROGRAM

Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance No. 1 from the opera La vida breve (Life Is Short), G. 35/39

Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in D minor (arr. Doppler), S. 359/4 Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom

Iván Fischer: Dance Suite for Violin and Orchestra, in memoriam J. S. Bach Diana Tishchenko, violin

INTERVAL

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

https://bfz.hu/en/program-management-site/2024-25/tour-bridging-europe-de-falla-liszt-fischer-dvorak/202409232000/?modal=/en/location/66

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Sep
22
3:30 PM15:30

Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (cover)

  • Müpa Budapest, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas travels to Budapest to assist Iván Fischer and the BFO in a program featuring the premiere of Fischer’s Dance Suite, which Nicholas co-orchestrated.

PROGRAM

Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance No. 1 from the opera La vida breve (Life Is Short), G. 35/39

Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in D minor (arr. Doppler), S. 359/4 Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom

Iván Fischer: Dance Suite for Violin and Orchestra, in memoriam J. S. Bach Diana Tishchenko, violin

INTERVAL

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

https://bfz.hu/en/program-management-site/2024-25/bridging-europe-de-falla-liszt-fischer-dvorak/202409201945/

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Sep
21
7:45 PM19:45

Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (cover)

  • Müpa Budapest, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas travels to Budapest to assist Iván Fischer and the BFO in a program featuring the premiere of Fischer’s Dance Suite, which Nicholas co-orchestrated.

PROGRAM

Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance No. 1 from the opera La vida breve (Life Is Short), G. 35/39

Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in D minor (arr. Doppler), S. 359/4 Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom

Iván Fischer: Dance Suite for Violin and Orchestra, in memoriam J. S. Bach Diana Tishchenko, violin

INTERVAL

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

https://bfz.hu/en/program-management-site/2024-25/bridging-europe-de-falla-liszt-fischer-dvorak/202409201945/

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Sep
20
7:45 PM19:45

Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (cover)

  • Müpa Budapest, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas travels to Budapest to assist Iván Fischer and the BFO in a program featuring the premiere of Fischer’s Dance Suite, which Nicholas co-orchestrated.

PROGRAM

Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance No. 1 from the opera La vida breve (Life Is Short), G. 35/39

Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in D minor (arr. Doppler), S. 359/4 Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom

Iván Fischer: Dance Suite for Violin and Orchestra, in memoriam J. S. Bach Diana Tishchenko, violin

INTERVAL

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

https://bfz.hu/en/program-management-site/2024-25/bridging-europe-de-falla-liszt-fischer-dvorak/202409201945/

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Jul
6
7:30 PM19:30

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Summerfest: American Salute

  • Joseph H. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Program

GOULD American Salute
BELLIDO “Techno” from Fiesta!
WORDSMITH New Work (world premiere)
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Source Code
JONATHAN LESHNOFF Dancing Blue Crabs!
GERSHWIN Promenade (Walking the Dog)
ANDERSON “Chicken Reel”
SIMON Meditations on Grace
SONDHEIM (Sebesky) Sweeney Todd Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/19216

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Jul
4
8:00 PM20:00

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Star-Spangled Spectacular

The BSO’s annual Independence Day concert, complete with fireworks

Program

SMITH "The Star-Spangled Banner"
WILSON (Anderson) “Seventy-Six Trombones” from The Music Man 
JONATHAN LESHNOFF Dancing Blue Crabs! 
BERNSTEIN "Mambo" from West Side Story 
WORDSMITH A Beautiful Life 
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Starburst 
HORNER (Moss) Music from Apollo 13 
VARIOUS (Lowden) Armed Forces Salute  
JOHN WILLIAMS “Raiders March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark 
COPLAND Hoedown from Rodeo 
JIMMY LOPÉZ BELLIDO “Techno” from Fiesta! 
THOMSON Fugue and Chorale on "Yankee Doodle" 
PAUL SIMON (Hersh) “Bridge Over Troubled Water”  
TCHAIKOVSKY Finale from 1812 Overture

https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/19220

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Jul
3
8:00 PM20:00

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Star-Spangled Spectacular

The BSO’s annual Independence Day concert, complete with fireworks

Program

SMITH "The Star-Spangled Banner"
WILSON (Anderson) “Seventy-Six Trombones” from The Music Man 
JONATHAN LESHNOFF Dancing Blue Crabs! 
BERNSTEIN "Mambo" from West Side Story 
WORDSMITH A Beautiful Life 
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Starburst 
HORNER (Moss) Music from Apollo 13 
VARIOUS (Lowden) Armed Forces Salute  
JOHN WILLIAMS “Raiders March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark 
COPLAND Hoedown from Rodeo 
JIMMY LOPÉZ BELLIDO “Techno” from Fiesta! 
THOMSON Fugue and Chorale on "Yankee Doodle" 
PAUL SIMON (Hersh) “Bridge Over Troubled Water”  
TCHAIKOVSKY Finale from 1812 Overture

https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/19220

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Jun
29
7:00 PM19:00

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Academy Finale

  • Joseph H. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Nicholas conducts the combined forces of the Baltimore Symphony and the 2024 BSO Academy participants in a program of Tchaikovsky and Mahler.

PROGRAM

Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini

Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: III. Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer

Mahler - Symphony No. 4

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake: Scène finale

https://www.bsomusic.org/education/academy-clinics/bso-academy-week/

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