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Carnegie Hall Presents

Great American Orchestras I

Young masters join legendary maestro Riccardo Muti in a series that delves into the vast canon of symphonic works. These astonishing evenings of music feature influential works by Mahler, Mussorgsky, and Dvořák, paired with premieres of new commissions that include Osvaldo Golijov's highly anticipated Violin Concerto and a new work by Anders Hillborg written for the incomparable soprano Renée Fleming. 

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Friday, Oct 5, 2012 | 8 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Riccardo Muti, Music Director and Conductor

Program

  • DVORÁK Symphony No. 5
  • MARTUCCI Notturno
  • RESPIGHI Feste romane
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For their final performance at Carnegie Hall this season, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra open with Dvořák’s Fifth Symphony before launching into two spectacular Italian works. While Respighi’s Feste romane depicts four different Eternal City festivals with vibrant orchestral color and sparkling rhythmic energy, Martucci’s Notturno is a heart-wrenching adagio, bittersweet and beautiful.
Respighi's Feste romane, La Befana
Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti, Conductor
EMI
Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 | 8 PM
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • The Philadelphia Orchestra
    Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director
  • Leonidas Kavakos, Violin

Program

  • RAVEL La Valse
  • OSVALDO GOLIJOV Violin Concerto (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
  • SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, in his first year as music director, leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in Ravel’s La Valse and Shostakovich’s intense, politically charged Symphony No. 5. Leonidas Kavakos, arguably “the most deeply satisfying violinist performing today” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), joins them for the New York premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s highly anticipated Violin Concerto.
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47, 2. Allegretto (Scherzo)
Philadelphia Orchestra | Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Sony Classical
Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 | 8 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Daniele Gatti, Conductor
  • Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-Soprano
  • Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
    John Oliver, Conductor
  • Boys of the PALS Children’s Chorus
    Andy Icochea Icochea, Conductor

Program

  • MAHLER Symphony No. 3
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With thunderous power and enchanting tenderness, Mahler’s Third Symphony depicts the all-encompassing power of nature. Behold the marvels of the natural world, from the pleasurable to the horrifying, when the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Daniele Gatti perform this expansive work here at Carnegie Hall.
Mahler's Symphony No.3 In D Minor, 5. Lustig Im Tempo Und Keck Im Ausdruck, ''Bimm Bamm. Es Sungen Drei Engel''
Boston Symphony Orchestra | Seiji Ozawa, Conductor
Tanglewood
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 | 8 PM
New York Philharmonic
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • New York Philharmonic
    Alan Gilbert, Music Director and Conductor
  • Renée Fleming, Soprano

Program

  • RESPIGHI Fontane di Roma
  • ANDERS HILLBORG New Work for Soprano and Orchestra (World Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic)
  • MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
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The incomparable Renée Fleming joins the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert for the world premiere of a new work by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg. Also on the program are Respighi’s charming Fontane di Roma and Ravel’s colorful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Respighi's Fontane di Roma, La Fontana di Trevi al meriggio
Berliner Philharmoniker | Herbert Von Karajan, Conductor
Deutsche Grammophon

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