CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
San Francisco Symphony / Opening Night Gala

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 7:00 PM

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 and Drama Divisions of The Juilliard School

BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN Selections from A Quiet Place
·· Prelude from Act I
·· You're Late
·· Interlude
·· Morning. Good morning.
·· Postlude from Act I
BERNSTEIN "I Can Cook Too" from On the Town
BERNSTEIN Meditation from Mass
BERNSTEIN "What a Movie!" from Trouble in Tahiti
BERNSTEIN "To What You Said" from Songfest
BERNSTEIN Selection from Fancy Free
BERNSTEIN "Gee, Officer Krupke" from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN "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, the National Endowment for the Arts, Nash Family Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman.