Carnegie Hall presents
Bernstein
Hampson, Upshaw, Tilson Thomas, Ma, and Ebersole with the San Francisco Symphony performing “Ya Got Me”

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

Opening Night Gala 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.



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Photos: “Ya Got Me” performance by Chris Lee, Stern/Perelman by Julie Skarratt.


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