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Carnegie Hall Presents

International Festival of Orchestras I

No series exemplifies Carnegie Hall’s 120th anniversary celebration like this one: the most famous worksfrom that golden age of music into which Carnegie Hall was born--including Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony and Mahler’s “Resurrection”--performed by illustrious orchestras and top conductors from around the world.

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Thursday, Oct 6, 2011 | 8 PM
Mariinsky Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Mariinsky Orchestra
    Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor

Program

  • TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, "Winter Daydreams"
  • TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"
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The Mariinsky Orchestra begins its cycle of Tchaikovsky’s six symphonies with the first and the last. Tchaikovsky wrote his inaugural symphony as his career was blossoming in Moscow, where he took a teaching position at the Moscow Conservatory in 1866. Only days before his death in 1893, Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere of his “Pathétique” Symphony in his hometown of St. Petersburg, a musical farewell to the city from which he drew musical sustenance.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique" (Allegro molto vivace)
Kirov Theater Orchestra / Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Philips
Tchaikovsky: A Man of Theater
Valery Gergiev reveals the importance of understanding the theatricality in Tchaikovsky's symphonies.
Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 | 8 PM
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
    Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artistic Director and Conductor

Program

  • BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
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This is the first of two all-Beethoven nights with a group that’s known for its vibrant, historically informed performances. In addition to the overture written for a play by Goethe, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his orchestra perform two of Beethoven’s best-known symphonies, the uplifting Seventh and the dramatic Fifth.
Mozart Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op 60 (Adagio)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Archiv
Saturday, Feb 25, 2012 | 8 PM
Berliner Philharmoniker
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Berliner Philharmoniker
    Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
  • Camilla Tilling, Soprano
  • Bernarda Fink, Mezzo-Soprano
  • Westminster Symphonic Choir
    Joe Miller, Conductor

Program

  • WOLF "Frühlingschor" from Manuel Venegas
  • WOLF "Elfenlied"
  • WOLF "Der Feuerreiter"
  • MAHLER Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"
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In 1894, Mahler took the stage with the Berliner Philharmoniker for the first performance of his new “Resurrection” Symphony. Today, under Sir Simon Rattle, this illustrious orchestra’s Mahler is “incisive and impassioned” (The New York Times). On this concert, they are joined by the Westminster Symphonic Choir and soloists to perform the grand, dramatic symphony premiered over a century ago.
Mahler Symphony No.2 In C Minor "Resurrection" (II. Andante Moderato)
Berliner Philharmoniker; Bernard Haitink, Conductor
Decca
Friday, Mar 2, 2012 | 8 PM
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Lorin Maazel, Conductor

Program

  • SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
  • SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
  • SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
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In his native Finland, Sibelius is a cultural icon; worldwide, music lovers recognize him as among a handful of great 20th-century symphonists. His single-movement Seventh Symphony is a breathtaking work of vast musical vistas, and you can hear it with Lorin Maazel and the storied Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Also on the program: Sibelius’s First Symphony, with its echoes of Tchaikovsky, and the distinctively uplifting, grandly heroic Fifth.
Sibelius Symphony No. 1 (Andante)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Decca

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