Tickets to this event will go on sale Monday, August 11, 2025 at 12pm. Renowned for their collaborative spirit, the GRAMMY-Award winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has played without a conductor since their inception, performing with “edge-of-the seat intensity” and displaying an “infectious love for making music” (New York Times) for audiences around the world. Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist praised for his “commanding technique” along with his “warmth and affection” (New York Times), makes his long-awaited debut with Orpheus. He navigates the emotionally charged Wanderer Fantasy in a newly commissioned orchestration that updates Liszt’s concerto version. Hamelin is himself a formidable pianist-composer, as heard in the rich counterpoint of his Passacaglia. Michi Wiancko’s take on fanciful delights by Chopin and the unflinchingly honest final sonata from Schubert allow the orchestra to flesh out sounds and emotions buried within these piano masterpieces. On the Program Michi Wiancko Chopiniana Suite Liszt Wanderer Fantasy, Op. 15 (after Schubert D. 760) orch. by Sahun Sam Hong, Commissioned by Orpheus Marc-André Hamelin Passacaglia for piano and strings Schubert Chamber Symphony in B-Flat Major, (after Piano Sonata D. 960) orch. by Heribert Breuer