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Carnegie Hall Presents

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The leading instrumentalists of our time interpret the classical repertoire in traditional and unique programs that showcase their virtuosic techniques and signature styles. Leonidas Kavakos with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Yuja Wang with the San Francisco Symphony, and Garrick Ohlsson with the Boston Symphony Orchestra bring to light quintessential works by Bartók, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff.

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Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 | 8 PM
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
    Mariss Jansons, Chief Conductor
  • Leonidas Kavakos, Violin

Program

  • BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2
  • MAHLER Symphony No. 1
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The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall! Its two-night stay begins with Leonidas Kavakos performing Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto, and concludes with a Mahler symphony certain to showcase the group that classical music authority Gramophone magazine calls “the world’s greatest orchestra.”
Mahler's Symphony No. 1 (Stürmisch bewegt)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Mariss Jansons, Chief Conductor
RCO Live
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 | 8 PM
San Francisco Symphony
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • San Francisco Symphony
    Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director and Conductor
  • Yuja Wang, Piano

Program

  • SAMUEL CARL ADAMS New Work (NY Premiere)
  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
  • BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
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Yuja Wang astonishes audiences wherever she appears. She was “a goddess” in Philadelphia (The Philadelphia Inquirer), and displayed “chutzpah and raw talent” in our nation’s capital (The Washington Post). The New York Times raved that she “seems to have everything: speed, flexibility, pianistic thunder, and interpretive nuance.” See what has people buzzing when Wang performs Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony.
Brahms's Symphony No. 1 (Un poco Allegretto e grazioso)
New York Philharmonic | Leonard Bernstein, Conductor
Sony
Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 | 8 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Conductor
  • Garrick Ohlsson, Piano

Program

  • HINDEMITH Concert Music for Strings and Brass, Op. 50
  • RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  • BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
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From its atmospheric opening notes to its propulsive finale, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is among the composer’s most popular and best-known works, as well as one of the truly great pieces of the past 100 years. Also on this program is Rachmaninoff’s virtuosic Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, featuring pianist Garrick Ohlsson.
Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin (Pantomime in one act)
Boston Symphony Orchestra | Seiji Ozawa, Conductor
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