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San Francisco Symphony / Opening Night Gala

The Opening Night Gala of Carnegie Hall's 118th Season

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Seating Chart)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 7 PM

San Francisco Symphony / Opening Night Gala
Program
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Program Details

San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director and Conductor
Dawn Upshaw, Soprano
Christine Ebersole, Vocalist
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Ensemble selected from the Vocal Arts Department and the Drama Division of The Juilliard School


BERNSTEIN
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN
Selections from A Quiet Place
·· Prelude from Act I
·· You're Late
·· Morning. Good morning.
·· Postlude from Act I
BERNSTEIN
"I Can Cook Too" from On the Town
BERNSTEIN
Meditation No. 1 from Mass
BERNSTEIN
"What a Movie!" from Trouble in Tahiti
BERNSTEIN
"To What You Said" from Songfest
BERNSTEIN
"Danzón" from Fancy Free
BERNSTEIN
"Gee, Officer Krupke" from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN
"Ya Got Me" from On the Town
Opening Night Gala Sponsor: PricewaterhouseCoopers


Major support for the Opening Night Gala Broadcast has been provided by S. Donald Sussman.


Major funding for Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Alice Tully Foundation, American Express, Bob and Martha Lipp, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Nash Family Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman.

Additional funding provided by GWFF USA Inc., and Linda and Stuart Nelson.

Generous support has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.




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Mambo from West Side Story Symphonic Dances

New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein, Conductor. Sony Classical SK 63085.



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This event is a part of Bernstein: The Best of all Possible Worlds, presented by Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic.

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