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	$45 for three concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage CONCERTS AND LECTURES Love Carnegie Hall but want to learn more about what you are hearing? Our Concerts and Lectures package features three concerts which are preceded by informative casual talks with some of classical music’s leading experts. Join Ara Guzelimian, Dean and Provost of The Juilliard School; Glenda Dawn Goss of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki; and Walter Frisch, Professor of Music at Columbia University to discuss Bartók’s one-act opera Bluebeard’s Castle, compare Beethoven’s stormy fugues to Sibelius’s epic tone poems, and explore Szymanowski’s Romantic melodies alongside those of Debussy. Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 8 PM Chicago Symphony Orchestra Monday, March 1, 2010 at 8 PM Minnesota Orchestra Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 8 PM The Philadelphia Orchestra
	$45 for three concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage SOLD OUT! WEEKENDS AT CARNEGIE HALL Weekends in New York City are perfect for brunch with friends, a walk through Central Park, and a concert at Carnegie Hall. Of course, the weekend wouldn’t be complete without out-of-town guests. From the UK’s Sir John Eliot Gardiner you can expect “heavenly perfection … a performance to remember” (New York Times). Other international visitors in this series include Quebec City’s Les Violons du Roy performing a holiday season favorite and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra presenting two Romantic favorites. Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8 PM Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Friday, December 11, 2009 at 8 PM Les Violons du Roy Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 2 PM Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
	$45 for three concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage SOLD OUT! CHINA FESTIVAL I China’s hold on the world’s imagination has never been greater than it is today. Join Carnegie Hall as we explore this vibrant culture and its influence around the globe. This series includes The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, one the world's leading symphonic ensembles of traditional Chinese instruments, performing arrangements of traditional music as well as newly composed works, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra presenting Tan Dun’s Water Concerto, and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra collaborating with Lang Lang on Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Friday, October 30, 2009 at 8 PM Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 8 PM Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 8 PM Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
	$45 for three concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage SOLD OUT! CHINA FESTIVAL II China finds itself at an important historical moment, inspiring an abundance of cultural activities by artists both within and outside of its borders. This series features two leading Chinese soloists and an ensemble that honors this legacy while looking toward the future. Lang Lang joins the Juilliard Orchestra for the world premiere of Chen Qigang’s Er Huang for piano and orchestra, plus Yundi Li in a solo piano recital, and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 8 PM Juilliard Orchestra Friday, October 30, 2009 at 8 PM Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Thurs, May 20, 2010 at 8 PM Yundi Li
	$45 for three concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage SOLD OUT! CARNEGIE HALL CLASSICS In his first season as Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony last year, Manfred Honeck was lauded for his distinct interpretation of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1: “More than any other conductor… he’s captured the darker view of this work. His reading had edges” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). This series also offers an otherworldly view of Holst’s The Planets with the Houston Symphony, accompanied by NASA’s latest high-definition projections of the solar system and fascinating commentary by leading planetary scientists. Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 8 PM Juilliard Orchestra Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 8 PM Houston Symphony Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 8 PM Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
	$60 for four concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage SOLD OUT! GREAT AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS II The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra performs one of the highlights of this year’s Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: Celebrating Chinese Culture, Tan Dun’s Water Concerto, for water percussion and orchestra in honor of composer Toru Takemitsu. Ecstatic reviews followed a recent international tour by the Cleveland Orchestra, praised for being “the most ‘European’ of the American orchestras, with wind and brass soloists to die for, and a string of superlative warmth and sensitivity” (London Times). The Chicago and San Francisco symphonies complete this series of outstanding ensembles, which promises extraordinary musical experiences. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 8 PM Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 8 PM Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, March 26, 2010 at 8 PM San Francisco Symphony Friday, May 21, 2010 at 8 PM The Cleveland Orchestra
	$60 for four concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage SOLD OUT! INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ORCHESTRAS II Titans of the orchestral repertoire are performed by some of the world’s greatest ensembles. The Berliner Philharmoniker performing Brahms will be an occasion long remembered by music lovers, as will be the “transcendent tour de force” (Telegraph) that is Mariss Jansons and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw, the majestic Vienna Philharmonic playing Mahler, and the Mariinsky Orchestra performing part two of Berlioz’s Les Troyens. Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 8 PM Berliner Philharmoniker Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 8 PM Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 8 PM Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 8 PM Mariinsky Orchestra
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Student subscriptions are only available in the Center Balcony. Members must be currently enrolled students. Please submit a copy of a valid student photo ID, which you may fax to 212-247-0284; mail to the Carnegie Hall Subscription Office, 881 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019; or e-mail to studentsubs@carnegiehall.org. If you do not submit a copy of your student photo ID within five business days of your order, your order will be canceled. Convenience fees are non-refundable.

If any event in your order occurs 10 days or fewer after the date you placed your order, you must pick up your tickets at the Box Office and present your student photo ID. Otherwise, tickets will be mailed upon receipt of a copy of your student ID. Tickets are subject to prior sale. Programs and artists are subject to change. There are no refunds or exchanges on any tickets. The series cannot be renewed. A maximum of two seats may be purchased per series. Seating is limited and restricted.

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