Freude! Music Director Gustavo Gimeno brings the season to its close with Beethoven’s triumphant Ninth Symphony. Joined by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and a stellar cast of soloists, this Masterworks finale delivers the ultimate “Ode to Joy,” bringing us all together in jubilant celebration.

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Beethoven’s Ninth

David Pecaut Square

Hope for a better, more united, more empathetic world inspired the programming of this concert, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. “I dare look up,” says Florence Price, the first African American composer, in her Song of Hope. Following in her footsteps, Margaret Bonds drew inspiration from the civil rights movement for her Montgomery Variations, dedicated to Martin Luther King.

Songs of Hope

Place des Arts

Depending on where they live, it can be dangerous for men to openly express tenderness with one another. Still, men have found ways to cultivate tenderness in their interactions over centuries. This tenderness transcends mere sexuality, even rejecting the common assumption that intimacy and sex must go hand-in-hand.

This concert will showcase men's universal capacities for kindness and connection. The program features world premiere choral works that capture heartfelt expressions of love and support between men in various contexts — a son and father, secret lovers defying oppression, soldiers reaching out in the midst of war, and a trans man embraced by his family. These poignant stories will be brought to life through the powerful medium and warm, embracing sound of the Empire City Men's Chorus.

Join us in celebrating the depth of male-to-male tenderness.

Love Letters

Church of the Holy Apostles

“My chief aim was to awaken and permanently instill spiritual feelings not only in the singers but in the listeners,” said Beethoven of his immense and moving Missa solemnis (“Solemn Mass”). Observing the structure of a traditional Catholic mass, Missa solemnis is a vibrant paean to faith but also to humanity. This concert concludes Music Director Ken-David Masur’s final season as well as the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus’ 50th anniversary celebration. As Beethoven penned at the top of his score: “From the heart: may it go to the heart.”

Masur Conducts Missa Solemnis

Warner Grand Theater

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The Artelize Podcast: 'Amplifying What Makes Us Human'. A conversation with Zuly E. Inirio

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Concert of the Children 's Choir and the Youth Choir of the Volksoper Vienna

Volksoper Wien

Spain’s Siglo de Oro, the Age of Gold, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance. We devote our latest Choral Pilgrimage to pieces by two outstanding Spanish composers, exploring majestic works by Cristóbal de Morales, famed throughout Europe and in the New World, and the exquisite polyphony of Sebastián de Vivánco, whose intricately crafted counterpoint adorned services at the cathedrals of Ávila and Salamanca during the late 1500s.

Our programme also features spellbinding settings of words by Saint John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in Vain for soloists and double choir and the world premiere of Kerensa Briggs’ Lead, Kindly Light, specially commissioned for the Choral Pilgrimage.

The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Croydon

Croydon Minster

Making people sing, not just voices, is the declared goal of treffpunkt:singen at the Anton Bruckner Institute for Choral and Ensemble Conducting and Composition in Music Education.

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University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna

Alexander’s Feast tells the tale of a banquet held by Alexander the Great, during which the famous Theban musician Timotheus sings and plays his lyre. Alexander is moved to extremes of emotion by the music, eventually burning down the captured Persian city of Persepolis in revenge for the loss of his soldiers.

HANDEL Alexander’s Feast

Westminster Abbey

The favourite concert for choir lovers! Choirs in Concert brings together all the singers from the Side by Side music camp in a choir concert with over 300 young people on stage. With musicians from the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Gothenburg Symphony Vocal Ensemble.

Side by Side 2026: Choirs in Concert

Göteborgs Symfoniker

Do you struggle with hitting the notes, are you a confident choir enthusiast – or are you perhaps even a professional singer? Regardless of your starting point, you are invited to FÆLLESSANG, which is for everyone who wants to sing in a group.

Community singing

Folketeatret

Under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda and Ann-Katrin Stöcker, the newly founded Kinderopernorchester performs excerpts from «Carmen» and «Hänsel und Gretel» alongside soloists and the Kinderchor der Oper Zürich.

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Zurich Opera House

Our 2025/2026 season culminates with the ultimate symphony — Beethoven’s Ninth, featuring an all-star cast of soloists chosen by Music Director Xian Zhang and joined by the massed forces of the Seattle Symphony Chorale. Revolutionary, epic and at 200 years old, still as driven as Beethoven’s own sense of our shared destiny, he crowned this summit of his music with the stunning addition of voices in a song for humanity, hope and joy. Xian pairs it with Artist in Focus Steven Mackey’s RIOT, for chorus, vocalist and the composer himself on electric guitar. This inspiring music places race and resilience in the foreground with a setting of words by Tracy K. Smith — culminating in positive affirmation and a celebration of perseverance, commitment and community.

Xian Conducts Beethoven 9

Benaroya Hall

This is how they are known and loved all over the world: 24 boys in sailor suits and their conductor demonstrate that music is the international language of emotions.

Friday Afternoon

Das MuTh

The Dresden Kreuzchor presents a diverse program that includes both a cappella works and compositions with Basso Continuo. A special highlight is the performance of Ēriks Ešenvalds' "Stars," an impressive choral work accompanied by the glass harmonica. The spherical sounds of the water-tuned glasses give the music an almost otherworldly dimension - calm and cosmic, simultaneously mysterious and spiritual. The sensitive words of the piece merge with the floating sounds to create an intense listening experience. In addition to this contemporary work, works from composers ranging from Schütz to Reger are also featured in the program, showcasing the versatility of the long-standing boys' choir.

Dresdner Kreuzchor at Kulturpalast

Palace of Culture

Join the Canton Symphony Orchestra for an uplifting evening where gospel and symphonic traditions unite in celebration of Juneteenth. This annual concert, originally conceived by Ms. Betty Smith, honors the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.

Gospel Joins Symphony

Zimmermann Symphony Center

A spectacular new concert that celebrates LGBTQ+ life, love, family and pride. It draws musical inspiration from iconic Disney films including The Little Mermaid, The Lion King and Mary Poppins to modern classics such as Coco, Zootopia, Wreck-It Ralph and the magical music of Disney Parks with curated video clips from the Disney vault, all interwoven with universal storytelling themes stemming from the power of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus.

Disney Pride in Concert

Orchestra Hall Minneapolis

Join us for a midsummer evening of music with Chickenshed’s Community Choir, sharing their unique arrangements of songs that you will know and love.

A Midsummer Musical Evening

Chickenshed

Guest concert 2

Cologne Philharmonie

See our three choirs, Perth Concert Hall, Leven, and Carse Voices coming together in the Gannochy Auditorium to share their love of singing! Supported by special guest choir, Vocal Chord (Tayside Healthcare Art Trust). Support local community groups by coming along and enjoying an evening of music.

A Celebration of Song

Perth Concert Hall

An attractive concert offering a selection of the most famous choral scenes from operas by Bohuslav Martinů, Leoš Janáček, Antonín Dvořák, and from no fewer than six stage works by Bedřich Smetana.

Beethoven’s Ninth

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Songs of Hope

Orchestre Métropolitain

Love Letters

Empire City Men's Chorus

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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

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Volksoper Wien

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The Sixteen

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HANDEL Alexander’s Feast

Sinfonia Smith Square

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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Community singing

Folketeatret

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Opernhaus Zürich

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Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

Friday Afternoon

Das MuTh

Dresdner Kreuzchor at Kul...

Dresdner Philharmonie

Gospel Joins Symphony

Canton Symphony Orchestra

Disney Pride in Concert

Minnesota Orchestra

A Midsummer Musical Eveni...

Chickenshed Theatre

Guest concert 2

Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie

A Celebration of Song

Perth Theatre and Concert Hall

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Prague Philharmonia