February can be a deal with for classical music followers, who can look ahead to symphony, opera and chamber music live shows that includes acclaimed performers, and up-and-coming expertise enjoying some underappreciated composers and compositions. Even canine lovers will discover one thing interesting.

Symphony

The Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra opens the month with a Masterworks Collection live performance honoring African American Historical past Month on Feb. 5. This system options Florence Worth’s “Symphony No. 3” and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Ballade.”

Additionally on this system is ­Alexander Glazunov’s difficult violin concerto. Karen Gomyo, a Japanese-­born violinist who studied at The Juilliard Faculty in New York and has acquired popularity of her interpretation of tango music, will solo within the Glazunov (1865-1936) piece. Maestro Anthony Parnther, who works continuously in movie and tv scoring with the Hollywood Studio Symphony and has led a number of regional orchestras in Southern California, will conduct the orchestra.

“Glazunov was a composer who felt like Russian composers ought to actually write Russian music,” drawing on Russian folklore, stated Michael-Thomas Foumai, HSO’s composer-in-residence. “It’s melody upon melody, endless melody that the violin performs over 20 minutes or so.”

Worth (1887-1853), whose work has loved a renaissance amongst audiences in recent times, was the primary Black feminine composer whose work was carried out by a significant American symphony, the Chicago Symphony. Her work normally featured references to African American spirituals and gospel, however her third symphony consists of “glimpses of French music like Debussy, and even operatic music like Wagner,” stated Foumai. “It has a ‘Golden Age of Hollywood’ sound.”

Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), a British composer of African descent, wrote music that “virtually seems like Rachmaninoff,” Foumai stated. “He’s often called the African ‘Mahler.’ His music could be very operatic.”

The live performance that includes the Black composers and Glazunov is at 4 p.m.

Foumai’s work as an orchestrator may be heard in a HapaSymphony Collection live performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, which can characteristic the music of Keauhou.

Each live shows can be held at Hawaii Theatre Middle. Tickets are $18 to $99, out there at hawaiitheatre.com or myhso.org.

Opera

Hawaii Opera Theatre’s new manufacturing, “The Elixir of Love,” presents welcome distinction to the outdated trope of opera ending in tragedy, with the soprano singing an overwrought aria as she takes her final breath. As a substitute, composer Gaetano Donizetti’s masterpiece is “completely rom-com,” stated Andrew Morgan, HOT basic director.

This manufacturing could have a neighborhood twist, with the story set on a Hawaiian plantation the place the shy farm employee Nemorino (Andrew Stenson) has emotions for the proprietor Adina (Natalie Picture). He finds the braveness to pursue her with the assistance of a “magic” love potion, which seems to be nothing greater than rum (within the authentic, it’s wine). Costuming will include aloha apparel picked up at flea markets and thrift outlets, whereas set designer Michelle Bisbee used the Hawaii’s Plantation Village as inspiration for her set.

“It’s our first utterly home-built set in 25 years,” Morgan stated.

Morgan stated Picture has a “glowing voice, and an equally sparking stage presence,” and that Stenson can be singing a “good piece for him” within the second-act aria “A furtive tear,” which is taken into account one of the vital romantic works within the opera repertoire. Efrain Solis will painting the touring salesman Dulcamara, who sells Nemorino the love potion, and quack that he’s, he will get to sing plenty of entertaining “patter” songs, with fast, witty lyrics. “He’s simply dynamite at that,” Morgan stated. The opera can be sung in English, a part of Morgan’s effort to make opera accessible to audiences.

The opera can be staged at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and 4 p.m. Feb. 19 at Blaisdell Live performance Corridor. Tickets are $30 to $135, out there at hawaiiopera.org or 808-596-7858.

Chamber music

Hawaii was privileged to listen to Yo-Yo Ma a couple of weeks in the past, and now the Honolulu Chamber Music Collection hosts one other good cellist, Steven Isserlis, performing with pianist Connie Shih. Isserlis has been on the forefront of the cello efficiency for many years, and can be a music podcaster and creator of kids’s books. He’s recognized for acting on intestine strings, which create a distinctly heat sound, on his uncommon Stradivarius cello. His program of Bach, Brahms, Chopin and his transcription of Schumann ought to present the far reaches of his artistry, mixed together with his traditionally knowledgeable efficiency type. The recital is at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Orvis Auditorium on the College of Hawaii at Manoa. Tickets are $15 to $45, out there at honoluluchamber musicseries.org.

February closes out with Chamber Music Hawai‘i presenting the Honolulu Brass Quintet performing Leonard Bernstein’s “Suite for Brass,” a piece written in reminiscence of canine that belonged to buddies of Bernstein, a canine lover. One motion, “Rondo for Lifey,” was devoted to actor Judy Holliday’s Skye terrier, whereas “Fanfare for Bima” relies on the theme that fellow maestro Serge Koussevitzky would whistle to name his cocker spaniel. Performances are at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at Doris Duke Theatre, 4 p.m. Feb. 26 at Paliku Theatre at Windward Group Faculty and seven p.m. Feb. 27 at UH-West Oahu library. Tickets are $35, out there at chambermusichawaii.org.