CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Performance Wednesday, October 2, 2013 | 7 PM

Carnegie Hall's Opening Night Gala
The Philadelphia Orchestra

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage Seating Chart
Celebrate the start of the 2013–2014 season with The Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of impassioned conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The ensemble is joined by virtuosic violinist Joshua Bell for Saint-Saëns’s blazing Spanish dance-infused Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, as well as Ravel's Tzigane. Jazz superstar Esperanza Spalding rounds out the festive opening-night program with exciting new arrangements of songs from her album Chamber Music Society.

Performers

  • The Philadelphia Orchestra
    Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
  • Joshua Bell, Violin
  • Esperanza Spalding, Vocals and Double Bass

Program

  • TCHAIKOVSKY Slavonic March, Op. 31
  • SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
  • RAVEL Tzigane
  • SAINT-SAËNS Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
  • ESPERANZA SPALDING Apple Blossom (arr. Gil Goldstein, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
  • LEONARDO GENOVESE Chacarera (arr. Gil Goldstein, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
  • TIOMKIN/WASHINGTON Wild is the Wind (arr. Gil Goldstein, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
  • RAVEL Boléro

Audio

Saint Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Andrew Litton, Conductor | Joshua Bell, Violin
Decca

Gala Details

Gala Chairs
Mercedes T. Bass
Annette and Oscar de la Renta
Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller
Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis
Beatrice Santo Domingo 

Gala Corporate Chairman
Dennis M. Nally
Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd

Gala Journal Sponsor
Macy's and Bloomingdale's 

Schedule

5:30 PM  
Pre-Concert Reception
Rohatyn Room, Carnegie Hall
7 PM  
Concert
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
9 PM  
Post-Concert Gala Dinner
The Waldorf Astoria
 

Black Tie

Attended by more than 600 guests every year, Carnegie Hall's Opening Night Gala is a premier event in New York's cultural and social calendar.

Gala Benefit Tickets
Gala benefit tickets include prime concert seating and the option of attending either a pre-concert reception ($1,000 per person) or a post-concert, black-tie dinner at The Waldorf Astoria (starting at $1,500 per person).

Please reserve online or contact the Special Events office at 212-903-9679. Please note that exact seating assignments will not be determined until the month of the event. 

Opening Night Gala benefit tickets directly support Carnegie Hall's artistic and education programs. 

 

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Opening Night Gala Lead Sponsor: PwC
Lead support for Carnegie Hall commissions is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Funding for the Carnegie Hall Live broadcast series is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This performance is part of Non-Subscription Events.

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