7:30 PM
Sarasota Opera House

Sarasota’s adventurous new-music group, ensemblenewSRQ, performs Aucoin’s “vocal symphony” Music for New Bodies, under the baton of George Nickson. Vocal soloists will include Song Hee Lee, Meryl Dominguez, and Daniel McGrew.

Pianist Jenny Lin presents a virtuosic, wide-ranging program of piano études, including music by Ives, Crawford Seeger, Antheil, Muhly, Andres, Read Thomas and Aucoin’s rondo which devours itself.

7:00 PM

Bass-baritone William Socolof performs Aucoin’s song cycle The Inner Core (2025), a concert-length cycle of love songs, at the historic Hudson Hall, with the composer at the piano.

4:00 PM
Klein Music Tent

Joyce DiDonato, conductor Cristian Macelaru, and the Aspen Festival Orchestra perform the world premiere of Aucoin’s Two Thresholds (Symphony).

9:00 PM
Kokerei Hansa, Dortmund

Matthew Aucoin leads musicians from the Dortmund Philharmonic in an adventurous concert program that explores music of the Industrial Age, from the techno-optimism (and wariness) that defined the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the more recent effects of climate change and unchecked technological development.

7:30 PM
Konzerthaus Dortmund

AUCOIN Heath
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde

Conductor Jordan de Souza leads the Dortmund Philharmonic in this season-opening performance of Aucoin’s Heath, an orchestral work inspired by King Lear, as well as music by Britten and Mahler.

7:30 PM
Konzerthaus Dortmund

AUCOIN Heath
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde

Conductor Jordan de Souza leads the Dortmund Philharmonic in this season-opening performance of Aucoin’s Heath, an orchestral work inspired by King Lear, as well as music by Britten and Mahler.

6:00 PM
La Grua Center

Aucoin performs his song cycle Merrill Songs (vocal soloist TBA) as part of the centennial celebration of the birth of James Merrill, in the poet’s longtime hometown of Stonington, CT.

Matthew Aucoin conducts the Dortmund Philharmonic in this “Deep Dive” concert program, featuring Beethoven’s Symphony #3 (“Eroica”)

7:30 PM
Konzerthaus Dortmund

AUCOIN Two Thresholds (European premiere)
STRAVINSKY The Firebird

Jordan de Souza leads the Dortmund Philharmonic in the European premiere of Aucoin’s Two Thresholds (Symphony). The program also includes Stravinsky’s The Firebird.

11:00 AM and 7:30 PM
Konzerthaus Dortmund

AUCOIN Two Thresholds (European premiere)
STRAVINSKY The Firebird

Jordan de Souza leads the Dortmund Philharmonic in the European premiere of Aucoin’s Two Thresholds (Symphony). The program also includes Stravinsky’s The Firebird.