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Carnegie Hall Presents

Pioneers - Students

In order for music to move forward with the times and inspire future musicians and audiences, there must be pioneers. We’ve got the most innovative group of composers and performers right here, including Philip Glass, Jeremy Denk, and Webern.

Series Events

Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 | 8 PM
American Composers Orchestra
Philip Glass 75th Birthday Concert
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • American Composers Orchestra
    Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor Laureate
  • Maki Namekawa, Piano

Program

  • PÄRT Lamentate (NY Premiere)
  • PHILIP GLASS Symphony No. 9 (US Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Bruckner Orchester Linz)
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It really is his birthday! Philip Glass was born on January 31—75 years ago—and the American Composers Orchestra commemorates the occasion with the US premiere of his newest symphony. It’s a genre that Glass has been focusing on since 1992, when he completed his “Low” Symphony based on the 1977 David Bowie album.
Philip Glass Heroes
American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor 
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Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 | 8 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Orchestra of St. Luke's
    Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor
  • Jeremy Denk, Piano

Program

  • HAYDN Symphony No. 39 in G Minor
  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major
  • MOZART Symphony No. 39
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The Orchestra of St. Luke’s presents music written at the end of the 1700s by the composers who set the standard for over a century of classical music to come. Sir Roger Norrington, a master interpreter of this repertoire, takes the podium for this concert, and adventurous American pianist Jeremy Denk joins them in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto.
Mozart Symphony No. 39
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Delos Records
Friday, Apr 27, 2012 | 8 PM
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • The Philadelphia Orchestra
    Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

Program

  • BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
  • WEBERN Six Pieces, Op. 6
  • SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish"
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Hear one of the most distinctive conductors of our generation lead one of America’s most distinctive orchestras in the world’s most distinctive hall. Sir Simon Rattle takes the podium to lead The Philadelphia Orchestra in Brahms’s Symphony No. 3—which he recorded to great acclaim in 2009 with the Berliner Philharmoniker—as well as Schumann’s majestic Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish,” and Webern’s quicksilver Six Pieces, Op. 6.
Schumann's Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish" (Lebhaft)
Philadelphia Orchestra | James Levine, Conductor
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