Tune In Wednesday, October 29 at 9 PM!
The Opening Night Gala of Carnegie Hall’s 118th Season, which took place September 24, is being produced for national telecast on PBS by Carnegie Hall and Thirteen/WNET New York as part of public television’s performing arts series Great Performances. Thirteen and Thirteen HD will broadcast the program (with a simulcast on 96.3 FM WQXR) on Wednesday, October 29 at 9 PM. The program will be rebroadcast Sunday, November 2 at 12 PM on SundayArts on Thirteen and Thirteen HD.
Featured Program
THE OPENING NIGHT GALA OF CARNEGIE HALL’S 118TH SEASON Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds
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
ALL–LEONARD BERNSTEIN PROGRAM
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Selections from A Quiet Place
“I Can Cook Too” from On the Town
Meditation No. 1 from Mass
“What a Movie!” from Trouble in Tahiti
“To What You Said” from Songfest
“Danzón” from Fancy Free
“Gee, Officer Krupke” from West Side Story
“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.
|
|
|
|