Die Musik wird für Felix vielleicht Beruf, während sie für dich stets nur Zierde werden kann und soll.“ Diese Zeilen schrieb Abraham Mendelssohn seiner Tochter Fanny. Trotz ihrer hohen Begabung und ihrer sehr guten Ausbildung blieb Fanny eine berufliche Laufbahn als Komponistin verwehrt. Weil sie als Frau anderes zu tun habe, solle sie sich um die Musik nur im privaten kümmern. Und das tat sie. Zahlreiche Werke wurden von ihr verfasst. Im Rahmen ihrer „Sonntagsmusiken“ trat sie auch selbst als Dirigentin auf. Anlässlich ihres 220. Geburtstages wollen wir die gebürtige Hamburgerin ehren. Im Zusammenspiel von professionellen Orchestermusiker:innen und talentierten Nachwuchskünstler:innen feiern wir das Engagement einer beeindruckenden Künstlerin!

Rosa Badalla O fronde care
Emilie Mayer Klavierkonzert in B-Dur
Grace-Evangeline Mason Upon Weightless Wings
Fanny Hensel 3 Lieder, Op.6
Fanny Hensel Overtüre in C-Dur

Lüneburger Symphoniker und Orchester der Leuphana Universität
Dirigentin: Rebecca Lang

Join the London Symphony Chorus for a special 60th Anniversary concert featuring Duruflé’s Requiem for chorus, organ and chamber orchestra, alongside two new commissions: Hour of Stars by Grace-Evangeline Mason and Jonathan Dove’s orchestration of The Passing of the Year. Conducted by Mariana Rosas, with mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons, organist Benjamin Frost, and the London Mozart Players, this concert celebrates the Chorus’s rich history of inspiring performances, international collaborations, and commissioning new works since 1966.

London Symphony Chorus has been exciting and inspiring audiences and members alike since its formation in 1966, and is renowned internationally for its concerts and recordings with the LSO, and its commissioning of new works. 

• Ralph Vaughan Williams: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing

• Maurice Duruflé: Requiem

• Grace-Evangeline Mason: Hour of Stars

• Jonathan Dove: The Passing of the Year

This lunchtime recital explores the rich and expressive sound of the harp, with music ranging from reflective, atmospheric pieces to lively and virtuosic works. Expect a colourful programme that showcases the instrument’s remarkable range and shimmering beauty in the cathedral’s acoustic including Grace-Evangeline Mason’s ‘Glass Cathedrals’ and ‘Toccata’ by David Snell in honour of his 90th Birthday.

This lunchtime recital explores the rich and expressive sound of the harp, with music ranging from reflective, atmospheric pieces to lively and virtuosic works. Expect a colourful programme that showcases the instrument’s remarkable range and shimmering beauty in the cathedral’s acoustic including Grace-Evangeline Mason’s ‘Glass Cathedrals’ and Music on the clarsach, from Wales and Macedonia.

This lunchtime recital explores the rich and expressive sound of the harp, with music ranging from reflective, atmospheric pieces to lively and virtuosic works. Expect a colourful programme that showcases the instrument’s remarkable range and shimmering beauty in the cathedral’s acoustic including Grace-Evangeline Mason’s ‘Glass Cathedrals’ and ‘Les Bistros de Paris’ by Martin Ellerby.

This lunchtime recital explores the rich and expressive sound of the harp, with music ranging from reflective, atmospheric pieces to lively and virtuosic works. Expect a colourful programme that showcases the instrument’s remarkable range and shimmering beauty in the cathedral’s acoustic including Grace-Evangeline Mason’s ‘Glass Cathedrals’ and ‘Alamedda’ by Nadia Birkenstock.

Join us for a Members Showcase featuring performance of new pieces from the recent publication Gregoriana (compiled & edited by Anna Lapwood), twelve chant-based organ pieces by contemporary women composers based on Gregorian themes.   Organ soloists will be Kristina Rizzotto, Diane Meredith Belcher, and Melanie Ohnstad.  
Rorate Caeli (Melissa Dunphy)
Flourish on Adeste Fideles (Zanaida Stewart Robles)
Star Fantasy on Alleluia: Vidimus Stellam (Kristina Arakelyan)
Light, Revealing (Grace-Evangeline Mason)
Trio on Attende, Domine (Sarah MacDonald)
Ubi Caritas (Julie Ainscough)
Rejoice! Fantasia on Victimae Paschali Laudes (Rhian Samuel)
Veni, Creator Spiritus (Cecilia McDowall)
O Lux Beata Trinitas (Amy Summers)
Prelude on Pange Lingua (Kerensa Briggs)
Sanctus from Orbis Factor (Dobrinka Tabakova)
In Paradisum (Ghislaine Reece-Trapp)

Caesura Ensemble presents its fifth concert, Friction: a return to the ensemble’s chamber-sized projects with a striking programme of colour.

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86 (1894) - Claude Debussy, Arr. Benno Sachs
Tango Concerto for Double Bass and Chamber Orchestra (2026) – Harry Young
Pale Fires (2017) – Grace-Evangeline Mason
Dumbarton Oaks (1938) – Igor Stravinsky

The concert opens with Claude Debussy’s sublime Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, inspired by the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and skilfully arranged for chamber orchestra by Benno Sachs. This will be followed by the world premiere of a one-of-a-kind tango concerto for the double bass, composed and performed by one Sydney’s finest emerging performers and Caesura Ensemble’s longtime principal bass player, Harry Young. We will then present the Australian premiere of British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason’s Pale Fires, a short but highly expressive work inspired by Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens. The concert will conclude with Igor Stravinsky’s neoclassical masterwork Dumbarton Oaks, showcasing the virtuosity of the group’s highly talented musicians.

The programme’s design explores four musical postcards of friction. Nijinsky’s controversial choreography of Debussy’s tone poem and the resulting stir in Paris; Young’s exploration of the double bass’ colour and the infrequency of its presentation as solo instrument; Mason’s unique soundscape in response to the tense final scene of Act IV in Shakespeare’s play; and the juxtaposition between the elegance of Stravinsky’s baroque-inspired composition against the backdrop of World War II on the horizon in 1938.

This evening of chamber music is not to be missed!

Celebrate uncovered treasures with the Portsmouth Brass Quintet. From courtly Renaissance dances to modern marvels, their rich sound and dynamic style promise a performance that’s vibrant, versatile, and full of joy. The concert will open with a fanfare by Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Jennifer Higdon. Music by Gabrieli, Bach, and Clara Schumann will lead into the quintet’s performance of Victor Ewald’s Third Quintet. The PBQ is surveying all four of Ewald’s quintets during the 2026 Concert Season. Two new, original works for brass quintet by Grace-Evangeline Mason and Kevin McKee will follow. The program closes with a rousing rendition of the traditional Just a Closer Walk with Thee.

Adam Gallant, trumpet 
Greg Bechtold, trumpet 
Orlando Pandolfi, horn 
Brandon Newbould, trombone
Chris Quade, tuba 

This lunchtime recital by Eira Lynn Jones explores the rich and expressive sound of the harp, with music ranging from reflective, atmospheric pieces to lively and virtuosic works. Expect a colourful programme that showcases the instrument’s remarkable range and shimmering beauty in the cathedral’s acoustic including Grace-Evangeline Mason’s Glass Cathedrals and Benjamin Britten’s Interlude from Ceremony of Carols to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the composer’s death this year.

Musik für Kammerorchester – erfrischend anders!
John Adams wagte, bezugnehmend auf Schönbergs gleichnamiges Werk, 1992 mit seiner "Chamber Symphony" den Sprung von der Wiener Schule in den Minimalismus, allerdings mit eigener Handschrift: „voller Energie, Freude und Lebenshunger“ (Sir Simon Rattle).
"Upon Weightless Wings" von Grace-Evangeline Mason – „It is a work written to celebrate new beginnings, to have weightless wings.“ Die junge Britin, eine vielfach ausgezeichnete Senkrechtstarterin in der Klassikwelt, kreiert schwebende Klangwelten mit einem feinen Gespür für instrumentale Farben. Jeder Satz des Werks ist
inspiriert von einem Kunstwerk.
Nikolai Kapustin, 1927 geboren, lebte und arbeitete in der Sowjetunion und wurde bei uns erst zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts so richtig entdeckt. In seiner "Chamber Symphony" verschmelzen traditionelle klassische Elemente nahtlos mit vitalem Jazz. „Unser Leben ist wie eine Jazz-Improvisation, es sollte immer spontan sein, immer im Moment und immer frei.“

John Adams Chamber Symphony (1992)
Grace-Evangeline Mason Upon Weightless Wings (2018)
Nikolai Kapustin Chamber Symphony (1990)
Johannes Braun Leitung

Schubert -Death and the Maiden (1824)
Moishe's Bagel - Timgad & Rosa Ravelska's Blind Date(arr. Ben Norris 2025)
Donnacha Dennehy - STAMP (to avoid erotic thoughts) (2008)
Grace-Evangeline Mason - Midnight Spires (2019)

Aaron McGregor - violin 1
Allison Stringer - violin 2
Zoe Matthews - viola
Marina Sanchez-Caballo - cello

Schubert's Death and the Maiden surrounds his trademark tunefulness with dark, turbulent feeling. At just 27 years old, knowing he was not long for this world, he brought together his renowned melodic skills for Viennese high society with a tremendous pathos, battling poverty, illness and depression to create one of the greatest quartets of all time.
Moishe's Bagel was a jazz infused Scottish Kelzmer Band from 2003 to 2022.
STAMP (to avoid erotic thoughts) takes its inspiration from some bars of an Italian Saltarello from the 14th century. This particularly wonderful dance switches time instantly from 7/8 to 6/8. Medieval musicologist, Johannes de Groecheio, wrote that its French counterpart, the Estampie, was so complex so that it obliged the young people dancing it to concentrate and avoid erotic thoughts!
Midnight Spires for string quartet is inspired by life in the city of Oxford in the midnight hours, under the shadows of its spires and stars, and the warm, yellow glow of its street lamps.

Supported by The McGlashan Trust

Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville on Sunday, March 8, at 3:30 PM. Works by Brenda Portman, Melissa Dunphy, Grace-Evangeline Mason, Kristina Arakelyan, Amy Summers, Kristina Ziema Rizzotto, and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Classical Collection, Classical Series
Mahler’s Song of the Earth shines with vocalists Russell Thomas and Sasha Cooke, while Dvořák’s In Nature’s Realm captures spring’s beauty. Music Director Jonathon Heyward conducts, featuring a world premiere by Grace-Evangeline Mason in this chapter of the EARTH | Songs Festival.

DVOŘÁK In Nature's Realm
GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON An Everywhere of Silver (world premiere, BSO co-commission with The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland)
MAHLER Das lied von der Erde "Song of the Earth"

Classical Collection, Classical Series
Mahler’s Song of the Earth shines with vocalists Russell Thomas and Sasha Cooke, Music Director Jonathon Heyward conducts, featuring a world premiere by Grace-Evangeline Mason in this chapter of the EARTH | Songs Festival.

GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON An Everywhere of Silver (world premiere, BSO co-commission with The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland)
MAHLER Das lied von der Erde "Song of the Earth"

Classical Collection, Classical Series
Mahler’s Song of the Earth shines with vocalists Russell Thomas and Sasha Cooke, while Dvořák’s In Nature’s Realm captures spring’s beauty. Music Director Jonathon Heyward conducts, featuring a world premiere by Grace-Evangeline Mason in this chapter of the EARTH | Songs Festival.

DVOŘÁK In Nature's Realm
GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON An Everywhere of Silver (world premiere, BSO co-commission with The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland)
MAHLER Das lied von der Erde "Song of the Earth"

Jonathon Heyward conductor

RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome, P 106
GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON The Imagined Forest
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome, P 141

Academy alum Jonathon Heyward, Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducts two of Respighi’s evocative tone poems about Rome and The Imagined Forest by fellow Academy alum Grace-Evangeline Mason, which takes the audience on a fantastical journey through nature, fairy tales and folklore.

Violin superstar Joshua Bell performs Thomas de Hartmann’s Violin Concerto, a rediscovered gem full of drama, technical virtuosity, and beautiful motifs. Grace-Evangeline Mason’s The Imagined Forest takes the audience on a journey through the fantasy, folklore, and danger of the woodlands. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with its distinct storytelling, hilarious characters, and epic finale, unfolds like a vivid musical gallery, each movement painting a scene.

Violin superstar Joshua Bell performs Thomas de Hartmann’s Violin Concerto, a rediscovered gem full of drama, technical virtuosity, and beautiful motifs. Grace-Evangeline Mason’s The Imagined Forest takes the audience on a journey through the fantasy, folklore, and danger of the woodlands. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with its distinct storytelling, hilarious characters, and epic finale, unfolds like a vivid musical gallery, each movement painting a scene.