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OPENING NIGHT
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With summer drawing to a close, another stellar concert season is set to begin at Carnegie Hall. The 2007–2008 season features a number of firsts, not least of which is the Hall’s first-ever major international festival, Berlin in Lights, running November 2–18, and including a vast array of musical offerings as well as panel discussions on literature, politics, art, and architecture; photo exhibitions; film screenings; and educational programs—all giving a look at life in this vibrant cultural capital.
Kicking off this season of firsts is the much-anticipated North American debut of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The famed ensemble comes to Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Wednesday, October 3, for the spectacular Opening Night Gala of Carnegie Hall’s 117th season. The evening’s all-Beethoven program, led by the dynamic American conductor David Robertson, showcases two very different ways in which the composer’s brilliance shone—from the intimate lyricism of the Piano Concerto No. 4 to the dramatic intensity of Symphony No. 9.
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The start of a new concert season has always been cause for celebration, and the tradition of marking the special occasion at Carnegie Hall with a gala event goes back to 1990, when the start of the Hall’s centennial season offered still further cause for celebrating. These days, the event promises all the glitz and glamour of a Hollywood premiere—with tickets to a special pre-concert reception in Carnegie Hall’s Rohatyn Room and a post-concert black-tie dinner in the Grand Ballroom of The Waldorf=Astoria available through Carnegie’s Special Events Office—along with unforgettable musical performances sure to outshine even the most shimmering dresses on display in the audience. What’s more, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra’s performance marks the first of seven that the orchestra and its players will give, in various configurations, on all three Carnegie Hall stages.
It’s hard to imagine a better start to a season than that.
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