From Schubert to Schoenberg, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week.

New York City Ballet’s winter season kicks off January 21 with an all-George Balanchine program, featuring three works by the company’s co-founding choreographer, Balanchine: Concerto Barocco, set to Bach’s Concerto in D minor for Two Violins; Allegro Brillante, set to Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 3; and Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, a large-scale work for 55 dancers, set to Arnold Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1. The company will also present an all-Stravinsky program, beginning performances January 22, featuring Balanchine’s Danses Concertantes; Jerome Robbins’ The Cage, set to Stravinsky’s Concerto in D for String Orchestra; Robbins’ Concertino, set to a collection of short chamber works; and Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto.

Soprano Ying Fang and baritone Christian Gerhaher join the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall January 23, with chamber choir Ensemble Altera. Conductor Raphaël Pichon makes his New York debut leading the ensemble in the U.S. premiere of Mein Traum, a collection of lieder by Schubert, Schumann, and Carl Maria von Weber, including arrangements and orchestrations by Liszt and Brahms.

Pianist Yuja Wang joins just the winds of the New York Philharmonic for an eclectic program performed January 23-25 at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. To start, Wang will give just her left hand a workout with Janáček’s Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Winds. Then the rest of the piano will join in for Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, and finally the original jazz band version of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. On January 25, Wang and musicians from the Philharmonic will also be joined by New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck for a special Kravis Nightcap concert.

The New York Philharmonic will present a special concert January 25 celebrating the centennial of Pierre Boulez, composer and former Philharmonic music director. The program is an encore of one conducted by Boulez in 1974, featuring works by Bach, Schubert, Webern, Stravinsky, and Boulez himself.

Gabriela Ortiz, holder of Carnegie Hall’s 2024-25 Debs Composer’s Chair, has curated a program with contemporary vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, joined by the Tambuco Percussion Ensemble. The program, performed January 25 at Carnegie Hall, will include a new world premiere by Ortiz herself, as well as works by Leopoldo Novoa, Jorge Camiruaga, and Lavista.

Carnegie Hall will also host performances this week from cellist Alisa Weilerstein (January 21); the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (January 21); bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green with pianist Adam Nielsen (January 22); and pianist Bruce Liu (January 24).

The American Symphony Orchestra joins the Bard Festival Chorale for an all-C.P.E. Bach program at St. Bartholomew’s Church January 24. Leon Botstein conducts the concert of choral works, including Heilig, with mezzo-soprano Leah Wool; and the U.S. premiere of Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, with soprano Mei Gui Zhang, tenor Terrence Chin-Loy, and baritone Troy Cook.

The Metropolitan Opera’s winter season concludes this week with the season’s final performances of Verdi’s Rigoletto and Puccini’s Tosca. Michael Mayer’s new production of Verdi’s Aida, and Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production Puccini’s La Bohéme, both also performed this week, will return for more performances later in the season with new casts.

Soprano Julia Bullock and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment will perform The Golden Age of the Baroque at the 92nd Street Y’s Kaufmann Concert Hall January 23. The concert will include arias by Handel, Purcell, Rameau, and Lully, as well as instrumental works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and Pachelbel.

The Havana-based Malpaso Dance Company returns to the Joyce Theatre January 21-26, presenting a program of premiere commissions by local artists, with live music by the Alma String Quartet.

Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton joins the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse January 23 to perform songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola, and Piano by Johannes Brahms and Joel Thompson. The program will also include works by Carlos Simon and Perry Goldstein. January 26, the Chamber Music Society will present a more classical-era concert at Alice Tully Hall, featuring chamber works by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

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