Work of the week

 A Strauss anniversary, a historic venue and one of Vienna’s finest operettas – Wiener Blut is back!

In her new work The Divine Thawing of the Core for bass flute and ensemble, Chaya Czernowin expresses emotional rupture and resistance – inspired by her homeland Israel, Galina Ustvolskaya, Claire Chase and the Sagrada Familia.

With For Laura, after Bach, British composer and conductor Ryan Wigglesworth pays tribute to Laura Samuel, long-time leader of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, who passed away in 2024. The piece will be premiered on 27 July 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms, conducted by the composer himself together with the orchestra’s string section – the very ensemble to which Laura Samuel was so closely connected.

A poetic orchestral tribute to Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday: Oriri by Elis Hallik.

Vibrant, rhythmic, and virtuosic: Fazıl Say’s new Mandolin Concerto premieres at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival – featuring star mandolinist Avi Avital.

A new opera about youth, sexuality, and social taboos: world premiere with young performers in Hamburg.

Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox premieres at Opera Omaha – a musical adventure for the whole family.

Wes Anderson’s new film "The Phoenician Scheme" shines with Stravinsky’s L'oiseau de feu – The Firebird. A classic ballet reimagined on the big screen.

1977 – A Violin Concerto is Sebastian Hilli’s new work to be premiered with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. It is a a musical portrait of the year 1977. Its twelve movements each transform a real event from that year into a vibrant orchestral scene. Discover more about this inspiring work and a fascinating year! 

 A new accordion concerto by Dobrinka Tabakova – composed for Ksenija Sidorova and now touring Europe.