Music director Robert Bass conducts the Chorale and the Orchestra of St. Luke's.

The Lord of the Rings Symphony has been performed by many regional orchestras—invariably to sold-out halls—since its premiere in 2003 but has been slow to make its way to major music centers.

The remainder of the season includes the New York premiere of Luciano Berio's completion of Act III of Turandot, performed with Le villi, Puccini's first opera; a pairing of Berlioz's Te Deum and Bernstein's Chichester Psalms; and a semi-staged performance of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha.