2025 Fall Culture Preview | The New Yorker

Few have captured infatuation like Schubert, three of whose lovelorn track cycles—“Die Schöne Müllerin,” “Winterreise,” and “Schwanengesang”—are carried out in a single day, by the Brooklyn Artwork Music Society (Roulette; Oct. 12). The baritone Matthias Goerne brings the primary to Carnegie Corridor, on Oct. 19, with Daniil Trifonov on the piano. If Schubert plumbs the depths of solipsism, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt travels the voids between the celebrities. The Estonian Competition Orchestra (Oct. 23) and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Oct. 23-24) deliver two all-Pärt applications to Carnegie, together with “Tabula Rasa,” a piece of luxurious austerity.The New York Philharmonic, led for every program by a distinct conductor, presents a century-spanning trio of recent violin concerti: Leila Josefowicz performs Karol Szymanowski’s second violin concerto (Sept. 27, 30), Joshua Bell performs Thomas de Hartmann’s (Nov. 6-8), and Nicola Benedetti performs Wynton Marsalis’s swooning, high-kicking concerto, her recording of which received a Grammy (Nov. 13-16).On the 92nd St. Y, it’s Bach season: Chris Thile performs sonatas and partitas on the mandolin (Oct. 19), and Angela Hewitt, a legendary Bach interpreter, performs the Goldberg Variations (Oct. 24). The alchemical guitarist Sean Shibe performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 on classical guitar, earlier than switching to electrical for items by Steve Reich and Tyshawn Sorey (Nov. 7). Sorey’s work additionally options in three applications by the percussion group Yarn/Wire (Miller Theatre; Oct. 27-29). Wu Man, a Chinese language-pipa virtuoso, performs, with the Knights, the concerto that was written for her by Lou Harrison (Metropolitan Museum; Sept. 9). And, on the Park Avenue Armory, fifty “microtonally attuned” pianos, plus a chamber orchestra, buzz and heave in Georg Friedrich Haas’s monumental “11,000 Strings” (Sept. 30-Oct. 7).—Fergus McIntoshContemporary MusicKali Uchis, Massive Thief, LaufeyThe fall slate of live shows is highlighted by defining figures of indie rock’s previous half decade. At Radio Metropolis Music Corridor, Mac DeMarco channels a surprising new LP, “Guitar” (Sept. 8), and a month later Alex G is joined by Nilüfer Yanya, scaling up his operation after a major-label début (Oct. 8). At Kings Theatre, MJ Lenderman performs among the finest albums of 2024, “Manning Fireworks” (Oct. 16). Within the midst of a shakeup to its lineup, the now three-person folk-rock group Massive Thief reaffirms its standing as some of the dynamic and in-synch models in all of music (Forest Hills Stadium; Oct. 25).Because the season units in, most of the greatest exhibits make their technique to Brooklyn. At Brooklyn Metal: the avant-pop icons Stereolab (Oct. 1-2), the Wilco entrance man Jeff Tweedy (Oct. 22), the digital duo Autechre (Oct. 25), and the alt-rock band Wednesday (Nov. 11-12). At Brooklyn Paramount: the funk bassist Thundercat (Oct. 25) and one in every of U.Ok. hip-hop’s generational lyricists, Little Simz (Oct. 30-31). Different acts run to fill the open area of Below the Ok Bridge Park. On Sept. 13, TV on the Radio hosts “There Goes the Neighborhood,” a homecoming celebration, that includes units from Flying Lotus, Sudan Archives, Moor Mom, and SPELLLING; and on Sept. 27 the rock luminaries Iggy Pop, Jack White, and the Intercourse Pistols headline CBGB Competition. Per week later, the Swedish experimentalist Bladee units forth his temper board for a genreless music of the web, alongside the rappers Nettspend and Black Kray and the indie-rock band Bôa (Oct. 3). On the groovier finish of the spectrum, at Barclays Middle, the electro-R. & B. producer and d.j. Kaytranada co-headlines two exhibits with the French home duo Justice, on Nov. 8-9.For these monitoring the ever-expanding definition of pop, upstarts arrive from throughout with various visions. From TikTok, there’s Addison Rae, who traffics in trip-hop and iPod nostalgia (Brooklyn Paramount; Oct. 1, and Terminal 5; Oct. 3). From France, there’s Oklou, a distinct type of Y2K fusionist, whose sound evokes bed room pop as an alternative of Britney Spears (Knockdown Middle; Oct. 17). As Ok-pop revs up its international growth, one of many sleepers is the bubbly woman group STAYC, whose songs possess a fun-house exuberance (The Theatre at M.S.G.; Oct. 21). The London singer Lola Younger, contemporary off the breakaway triumph of her sparingly scuzzy single, “Messy,” cheekily embraces newfound notoriety in help of her upcoming album, “I’m Solely F**king Myself” (Terminal 5; Nov. 5-6).However M.S.G. is house to stars throughout genres. On Sept. 8, the Haim sisters unlock the vivid songs of their June launch, “I Give up,” and the Latin-soul iconoclast Kali Uchis follows go well with, for Could’s “Sincerely” (Sept. 11-12). The alt-pop savant Lorde débuts her new album, “Virgin” (Oct. 1), whereas Lainey Wilson, an irreverent nation songwriter who rode a win for entertainer of the 12 months on the 2023 C.M.A.s to breakout success, continues her scorching streak (Oct. 10). If any artist feels quintessentially autumnal, it’s Laufey, the Icelandic jazz-pop sensation, who went from viral novelty to Grammy winner by honoring the sounds of the Nice American Songbook, now on a brand new path for her “A Matter of Time” tour (Oct. 15-16).—Sheldon PearceDance