CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
YouTube Symphony Orchestra

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at 7:30 PM

Presented by YouTube in partnership with Carnegie Hall.

YouTube Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, Artistic Advisor and Conductor
Mason Bates, Composer and DJ
Measha Brueggergosman, Soprano
Joshua Roman, Cello
Gil Shaham, Violin
Yuja Wang, Piano
Students from Lang Lang's International Foundation
·· Anna Larsen, Piano
·· Charlie Liu, Piano
·· Derek Wang, Piano

BRAHMS Allegro giocoso from Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
LOU HARRISON Music from Canticle No. 3
DVOŘÁK Music from Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44
GABRIELI Canzon septimi toni No. 2
BACH Sarabande from Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
VILLA-LOBOS Bachiana brasileira No. 9
RACHMANINOFF Waltz in A Major from Two Pieces, Six Hands
WAGNER The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
TAN DUN Internet Symphony No. 1, "Eroica"
PROKOFIEV Scherzo from Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV "Flight of the Bumblebee" (arr. Rachmaninoff)
DEBUSSY Nuages from Nocturnes
MOZART Rondo - Tempo di Minuetto from Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "Turkish"
BRITTEN Hunt the Squirrel from Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was', Op. 90
CAGE Aria for solo voice with Renga
MASON BATES Warehouse Medicine from B-Sides
TCHAIKOVSKY Finale from Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

Encore:
BERLIOZ Hungarian March from La damnation de Faust

The YouTube Symphony Orchestra's show features soloists, chamber groups, chamber orchestra, large orchestra, electronica and multi-media, and samples diverse periods and styles of classical music, including works by Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Villa-Lobos, John Cage and Tan Dun’s Internet Symphony No. 1 “Eroica.”

"It could be described as something between a summit conference, scout jamboree or musical get-together. It'll be the first time that people from so many different countries will have had a chance to discover one another online and then actually meet up and make music together."
- Michael Tilson Thomas on NPR’s All Things Considered