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Schedule
Resurrection Symphony
Arlene Schnitzer Hall
Oregon Symphony
2 Oct
7:30 pm
3 Oct
2:00 pm
4 Oct
7:30 pm
Mahler
Second Symphony
Artists
David Danzmayr (Conductor)
Susanna Phillips (Soprano)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo-soprano)
Oregon Repertory Singers
The Portland State Chamber Choir
Songs of a Wayfarer
New World Center
New World Symphony
9 Oct
7:30 pm
1 Jan
10 Oct
2:00 pm
Coleridge-Taylor
Ballade
Mahler
Songs of a Wayfarer
Schumann
Symphony No. 1, “Spring”
Artists
Christian Reif (Conductor)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Les Nuits d’Ete
Rudder Auditorium
Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra
17 Oct
5:00 pm
Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture
Berlioz
Les Nuits d'Eté
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op.10
Artists
Marcelo Busiki (Conductor)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Songs of a Wayfarer
Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
12 Nov
8:00 pm
13 Nov
8:00 pm
Kay
Suite from the Quiet One
Mahler
Songs of a Wayfarer
Brahms
Symphony No. 4
Artists
Dima Slobodeniouk (Conductor)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Heggie in Wheeling
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra
20 Nov
6:30 pm
Opening Night
Selections of chamber orchestra music paired with a multi-course gourmet meal
Artists
John Devlin (Conductor)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo-Soprano)
Elisa Kohanski (Cello)
Heggie and Elgar
Powell Hall
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
27 Nov
8:00 pm
1 Jan
28 Nov
3:00 pm
Jake Heggie
The Work at Hand
Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Artists
Gemma New (Conductor)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Elizabeth Chung (cello)
MTT and the LA Phil
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles Philharmonic
7 Jan
8:00 pm
8 Jan
8:00 pm
1 Jan
9 Jan
2:00 pm
Faure
Pavane
Michael Tilson Thomas
Meditations on Rilke
Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Artists
Sasha Cooke
Dashon Burton
Michael Tilson Thomas
Tucson Desert Song Recital
Fred Fox School of Music
Tucson Desert Song Festival
20 Jan
7:00 pm
Jennifer Higdon
World Premiere
Artists
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Myra Huang (Piano)
Recital ‘How do I find you’
Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco Symphony
30 Jan
7:30 pm
World premieres
by Timo Andres, Lembit Beecher, Matt Boehler, Chris Cerrone, John Glover, Gabriel Kahane, Jimmy Lopez, Andrew Marshall, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, Rene Orth, Frances Pollock, Hilary Purrington, Huang Ruo, Kamala Sankaram, Caroline Shaw, and Joel Thompson
Artists
Sasha Cooke
Kirill Kuzmin
Glagolitic Mass CANCELED
Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
3 Feb
8:00 pm
4 Feb
1:30 pm
5 Feb
8:00 pm
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 6
JANÁČEK
Glagolitic Mass
Artists
Jakub Hrůša (Conductor)
Kateřina Kněžíková (Soprano)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo-soprano)
Brandon Jovanovich (Tenor)
Adam Plachetka (Bass)
Paul Jacobs (Organ)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton (Choral conductor)
Boulanger in Houston
Jones Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
11 Feb
8:00 pm
12 Feb
8:00 pm
STRAVINSKY
Chant funébre (Funeral Song)
Nadia BOULANGER
Fantaisie Variée for Piano and Orchestra
FRANCK
Variations symphoniques
Lili BOULANGER
Faust et Hélène
Artists
Fabien Gabel (Conductor)
Alexandra Dariescu (Piano)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo-soprano)
Matthew White (Tenor)
Joshua Hopkins (Baritone)
Recital ‘How do I find you’
Shriver Hall, Johns Hopkins University
Shriver Hall Concert Series
6 Mar
5:30 pm
East Coast premieres
by Timo Andres, Lembit Beecher, Matt Boehler, Chris Cerrone, John Glover, Gabriel Kahane, Jimmy Lopez, Andrew Marshall, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, Rene Orth, Frances Pollock, Hilary Purrington, Huang Ruo, Kamala Sankaram, Caroline Shaw, and Joel Thompson
Artists
Sasha Cooke
Kirill Kuzmin
Rodelinda at the Met
Metropolitan Opera
11 Mar
7:30 pm
15 Mar
7:30 pm
19 Mar
12:00 pm
24 Mar
7:00 pm
27 Mar
3:00 pm
Handel
Rodelinda
Artists
Elza van der Heever (Rodelinda)
Sasha Cooke (Eduige)
Iestyn Davies (Bertarido)
Paul Applbey (Grimoaldo)
Anthony Roth Costanzo (Unulfo)
Adam Plachetka (Garibaldo)
Creative Team
Harry Bicket (Conductor)
Stephen Wadsworth (Director)
Martin Pakledinaz (Costumes)
Thomas Lynch (Set Design)
Peter Kaczorowski (Lighting)
Marriage of Figaro at the Met
Metropolitan Opera
2 Apr
8:00 pm
6 Apr
7:00 pm
9 Apr
1:00 pm
13 Apr
7:30 pm
16 Apr
8:00 pm
21 Apr
7:00 pm
Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro
Artists
Ying Fang
Federica Lombardi
Christian van Horn
Gerald Finley
Sasha Cooke
Elizabeth Bishop
Maurizio Muraro
Creative Team
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor)
Richard Eyre (Director)
Rob Howell (Scene & Costume Design)
Paule Constable (Lighting)
Mahler’s 2nd Symphony
Jones Hall
Houston Symphony
29 Apr
8:00 pm
30 Apr
8:00 pm
1 May
2:30 pm
Mahler
'Resurrection' Symphony No. 2
Artists
Andrés Orozco-Estrada (Conductor)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Ana Maria Martinez (Soprano)
Houston Symphony Chorus
Beethoven’s 9th
Symphony Hall
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
12 May
7:30 pm
13 May
8:00 pm
14 May
8:00 pm
15 May
3:00 pm
Hannah Lash
In Hopes of Finding the Sun
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9
Artists
Ailyn Perez
Sasha Cooke
Saimir Pirgu
Luiz-Ottavio Faria
Jader Bignamini (Conductor)
Performers from Opera Modo & Audivi
Symphony of a Thousand
Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
10 Jun
8:00 pm
11 Jun
8:00 pm
12 Jun
2:00 pm
Mahler
Symphony No. 8
Artists
Osmo Vänskä (Conductor)
Sarah Wegener (Soprano)
Jacquelyn Wagner (Soprano)
Carolyn Sampson (Soprano)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Jess Dandy (Mezzo Soprano)
Barry Banks (Tenor)
Jacquelyn Wagner (Baritone)
Christian Immler (Bass Baritone)
Minnesota Chorale
National Lutheran Choir
Minnesota Boy Choir
Angelica Cantanti Concert Choir
Music Academy Master Class
Hahn Hall
Music Academy of the West
22 Jun
1:30 pm
The Versatile Artist, Song
With fellows of the Lehrer Vocal Institute
Korngold
Glückwunsch from Fünf Lieder
Poulenc
Montparnasse from 2 Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire
Weill
Dirge for Two Veterans from Four Walt Whitman Songs
Granados
¡Oh muerte cruel! from La Maja Dolorosa
Premiere by Tom Cipullo
Lobero Theater
Music Academy of the West
1 Jan
28 Jun
7:30 pm
Debussy
Sonata for Flute, Violin, Harp
Cipullo
World Premiere for Voice, Piano, Cello, Violin
Brahms
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Artists
Frank Almond (Violin)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Karen Dreyfus (Viola)
Sophie Van Der Sloot (Cello)
John Churchwell (Piano)
Margaret McDonald (Piano)
Kaitlin Faith Miller (Harp)
Haydn in Menlo
Spieker Center for the Arts
Music@Menlo Festival
16 Jul
7:30 pm
CPE BACH
Cello Concerto in A Major
HAYDN
Arianna a Naxos
HAYDN
Violin Concerto no.1 in C Major
JS BACH
Coffee Cantata
Artists
Meigui Zhang, Nicholas Phan, Matthew Worth, Aaron Boyd, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Jennifer Frautschi, Kristin Lee, Arnaud Sussmann, James Thompson, Scott Pingel, Amir Hoshang Farsi, Gil Kalish, Hyeyeon Park, Mika Sasaki, Wu Han, Dmitri Atapine, David Finckel, Inbal Segev
Mahler in the Tetons
Walk Festival Hall
Grand Tetons Music Festival
29 Jul
8:00 pm
1 Jan
30 Jul
6:00 pm
Mahler
Symphony No. 2
Artists
Donald Runnicles (Conductor)
Heidi Stober (Soprano)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Grand Teton Music Festival Chorus
Marilyn Horne Song Competition
Hahn Hall
Music Academy of the West
3 Aug
12:00 pm
Artists
Danielle Casós, Juliette Chauvet, Sarah Dyer, Joanne Evans, Giorgi Guliashvili, Maximillian Jansen, Samuel Kidd, Kylie Kreucher, Eunsung Lee, Krista Renée Pape, Tivoli Treloar, Christopher Willoughby, Yue Wu, Frances Thielmann, John Morefield, Michael Banwarth, Gayoung Park, Tzu Kuang Tan
Judges
Sasha Cooke, Martin Katz, Ana Maria Martinez
Heggie at Cabrillo
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
7 Aug
7:00 pm
Jake Heggie
Intonations, Songs from the Violins of Hope
Christopher Rouse
Symphony No.6
Artists
Cristi Macelaru (Conductor)
Benjamin Beiman (Violin)
Sasha Cooke (Mezzo Soprano)
Festival Berlioz
La Côte-Saint-André, France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
1 Jan
30 Aug
9:00 pm
Berlioz
Béatrice et Bénédict
Artists
John Nelson (Conductor)
Sasha Cooke (Béatrice)
Toby Spence (Bénédict)
Vannina Santoni (Héro)
Beth Taylor (Ursula)
Jérôme Boutillier (Claudio)
Paul Gay (Don Pedro)
Julien Véronèse (Somarone)
Choeur Spirito
Jeune Chœur Symphonique