Carnegie Hall Presents

The MET Orchestra

Always adventurous, Levine and The MET Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall this season with a wide range of music—and some very special guests. Among them are the People’s Diva Renée Fleming, performing Mahler’s Rückert Lieder, and a double shot of Christian Tetzlaff, who give us Mendelssohn and Schoenberg on the same concert.

Series Events

Sunday, October 16, 2011 | 3 PM
The MET Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • The MET Orchestra
    Fabio Luisi, Principal Conductor
  • Richard Goode, Piano
  • Christine Rice, Mezzo-Soprano

Program

  • MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
  • JOHN HARBISON / ALICE MUNRO Closer To My Own Life (World Premiere)
  • R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major K. 595 (Rondo Allegro)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Richard Goode, Piano
Philips
Sunday, January 15, 2012 | 3 PM
The MET Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • The MET Orchestra
    Fabio Luisi, Principal Conductor
  • Anthony McGill, Clarinet
  • Stephen Williamson, Clarinet
  • Renée Fleming, Soprano

Program

  • MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
  • MAHLER "Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft"
  • MAHLER "Liebst du um Schönheit"
  • MAHLER "Um Mitternacht"
  • MAHLER "Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder"
  • MAHLER "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
  • COPLAND Clarinet Concerto
  • BARBER "Give Me Some Music" from Antony and Cleopatra
  • HERRMANN "I Have Dreamt" from Wuthering Heights
  • BARBER "Do Not Utter a Word, Anatol" from Vanessa
Berg Lulu Suite (Lied der Lulu. Comodo)
The MET Orchestra; James Levine, Conductor; Renée Fleming, Soprano
Sony
Sunday, May 20, 2012 | 3 PM
The MET Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • The MET Orchestra
    David Robertson, Conductor
  • Christian Tetzlaff, Violin

Program

  • MOZART Adagio in E Major, K. 261
  • MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
  • SCHOENBERG Violin Concerto, Op. 36

    • Encore:
  • MOZART Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, K. 373
Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64 (Allegro molto appassionato)
Yehudi Menuhin, Violin
EMI Classics

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