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Carnegie Hall Presents

Weekends at Carnegie Hall

Spend the weekend with some of today's most esteemed ensembles as they survey the monumental works of Beethoven, including his "Pastoral" and "Choral" symphonies. Also on the series, operatic powerhouse David Daniels joins The English Concert for a performance of a Baroque opera rarity, Handel's Radamisto, exploring the power of fidelity in marriage.

Series Events

Friday, Nov 16, 2012 | 7 PM
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
The Monteverdi Choir
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique'
    The Monteverdi Choir
    Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artistic Director and Conductor
  • Rebecca Evans, Soprano
  • Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-Soprano
  • Michael Spyres, Tenor
  • Matthew Rose, Bass

Program

  • BEETHOVEN Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
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In the hands of Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his period-instrument ensemble, Beethoven takes on a distinctive vibrancy and jubilant excitement that leaves audiences breathless. Last season, they brought four of Beethoven’s symphonies to Carnegie Hall, and on this concert they return with The Monteverdi Choir for the monumental Ninth and its celebrated Ode to Joy.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Molto vivace)
Archiv Produktion
Saturday, Feb 2, 2013 | 8 PM
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
  • Daniel Barenboim, Music Director and Conductor

Program

  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"
  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
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This orchestra of Israeli and Arab musicians continues its Beethoven cycle with the Seventh Symphony, a work that runs the emotional gamut from deepest despair to triumphant joy. Also on the program is the “Pastoral” Sixth. With a bucolic “Scene by the Brook” and rousing storm music—made famous as Zeus’s “thunderbolt” music in Fantasia—this tuneful, evocative symphony will have you longing for a springtime trip to the country.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" ("Merry gathering of the country folk")
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Arturo Toscanini, Conductor
EMI Classics
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 | 2 PM
The English Concert
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • The English Concert
    Harry Bicket, Conductor
  • David Daniels, Countertenor (Radamisto)
  • Brenda Rae, Soprano (Polissena)
  • Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-Soprano (Zenobia)
  • Luca Pisaroni, Bass-Baritone (Tiridate)
  • Joélle Harvey, Soprano (Tigrane)
  • Baritone to be announced

Program

  • HANDEL Radamisto (concert performance)
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“David Daniels triumphs as Radamisto,” declared Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times after hearing the countertenor at the Santa Fe Opera; Luca Pisaroni, as the volatile antagonist, was positively “charismatic.” Daniels and Pisaroni both reprise their roles here at Carnegie Hall, joined by The English Concert under Harry Bicket, in a concert performance of Handel’s opera of lust, revenge, and the power of virtue.

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