Concerts

2026-27 Season Highlights

NYCP’s 2026–27 season brings together bold new voices, beloved masterworks, and reimagined classics in a year of musical journeys. From Beethoven’s string quartets and Handel’s Messiah to new works by today’s composers, the season invites audiences into moments of playfulness, devotion, belief, glory, and light.

Orchestral

Mendelssohn & R. Strauss

Sep 17–20

The season opens with wit, brilliance, and playful energy in music by Cole Reyes, Mendelssohn, Barber, Gershwin, and Strauss.

• Queens, NY
• Hamilton, NJ
• New York City
• Englewood, NJ

Chamber Music

Experiment and Devotion

Oct 15, 17, 18

The Beethoven 200 series begins with early quartets, the “Razumovsky” Op. 59 No. 3, and the spiritual depth of Op. 132.

• New York City
• Brooklyn, NY
• Fort Lee, NJ

Orchestral

Brahms & Puts

Nov 5–8

Larsson, Kevin Puts, and Brahms shape a program of clarity, inward reflection, and emotional breadth.

• Queens, NY
• Brooklyn, NY
• New York City
• Norwood, NJ

Orchestral

Handel’s Messiah

Dec 4–6

NYCP presents Messiah for the first time in an intimate chamber orchestra setting with NYCP Choral.

• Brooklyn, NY
• New York City
• Englewood, NJ

Chamber Music

Dark Drama

Dec 10, 12, 13

A Beethoven program of striking contrasts, from Op. 18 quartets to the radical, uninterrupted arc of Op. 131.

• New York City
• Brooklyn, NY
• Fort Lee, NJ

Orchestral

Elgar & Beethoven

Feb 11–14

Beethoven’s Große Fuge, a new work by Cashel Day-Lewis, Elgar’s Salut d’Amour, and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

• Queens, NY
• Brooklyn, NY
• New York City
• Norwood, NJ

Chamber Music

Roots and Revolution

Feb 25, 27, 28

The Beethoven 200 journey continues from the elegance of the early quartets to the expansive and visionary Op. 127.

• New York City
• Brooklyn, NY
• Fort Lee, NJ

Chamber Music

Final Statements

Apr 7, 8, 10, 11

The Beethoven 200 series concludes with the Harp, Serioso, Op. 130, and Beethoven’s final completed quartet, Op. 135.

• Schenectady, NY
• New York City
• Brooklyn, NY
• Fort Lee, NJ

Orchestral

Copland & Haydn

May 6–9

Copland, Jeremy Gill, Boccherini, Zlatomir Fung, and Haydn bring the season to a close in a program of stillness, fire, and light.

• Queens, NY
• Brooklyn, NY
• New York City
• Englewood, NJ