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Carnegie Hall Presents

Carnegie Hall Classics

This popular series celebrates the continuum of extraordinary musical interpreters. World-class Arab and Israeli musicians unite to perform two Beethoven symphonies, Renée Fleming stars as Blanche DuBois in a semi-staged performance of André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire, and the compelling violinist Lisa Batiashvili performs Brahms’s Violin Concerto with the revered Staatskapelle Dresden.

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Sunday, Feb 3, 2013 | 2 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
  • Daniel Barenboim, Music Director and Conductor
  • Soloists to be announced
  • Westminster Symphonic Choir
    Joe Miller, Conductor

Program

  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
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As one of its members aptly puts it, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is “a human laboratory that can express to the whole world how to cope with each other.” Established in 1999 as a workshop for young musicians from Israel, Palestine, and other Arab countries, the group is celebrated for its interpretations of Beethoven, which exude “youthful gusto and enthusiasm” (The Independent, London). On this program, it performs Beethoven’s symphonies nos. 2 and 9.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Presto)
Warner Classics
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 | 7 PM
A Streetcar Named Desire
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Renée Fleming, Soprano (Blanche)
  • Susanna Phillips, Soprano (Stella)
  • Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Baritone (Stanley)
  • Anthony Dean Griffey, Tenor (Mitch)
  • Jane Bunnell, Mezzo-Soprano (Eunice)
  • Andrew Bidlack, Tenor (Young Collector)
  • Dominic Armstrong, Tenor (Steve)
  • Orchestra of St. Luke's
    Patrick Summers, Conductor
  • Brad Dalton, Director
  • Additional artists to be announced

Program

  • ANDRÉ PREVIN A Streetcar Named Desire (semi-staged performance)

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Renée Fleming, as part of her Perspectives residency at Carnegie Hall this season, is joined by an all-star cast for André Previn’s acclaimed opera A Streetcar Named Desire, based on the play by Tennessee Williams. The work premiered at the San Francisco Opera in 1998 with Fleming in the lead role of Blanche. The San Francisco Chronicle said of her performance, “Fleming was the Blanche of Previn’s dreams, an artist imbued with the secrets of legato singing.”
André Previn's A Streetcar A Streetcar Named Desire ("I Can Smell the Sea Air")
San Francisco Symphony | André Previn, Conductor | Renée Fleming, Soprano
Deutsche Grammophon
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 | 8 PM
Staatskapelle Dresden
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Staatskapelle Dresden
    Christian Thielemann, Conductor
  • Lisa Batiashvili, Violin

Program

  • BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
  • BRAHMS Violin Concerto
  • BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
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Referring to a recent performance by violinist Lisa Batiashvili, Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times wrote that “she seems to have everything it takes for a major career: thorough musicianship, virtuosity, charisma, and a lovely stage presence.” The young Georgian violinist joins the Staatskapelle Dresden and conductor Christian Thielemann for an all-Brahms evening.
Brahms's Symphony No. 4 (Andante moderato) 
Cleveland Orchestra | George Szell, Conductor
Sony

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