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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Opening Night Gala
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
David Robertson, Conductor
Murray Perahia, Piano
Melanie Diener, Soprano
Anna Larsson, Contralto
Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor
Reinhard Hagen, Bass
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller, Conductor
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Takács Quartet
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Zankel Hall
Takács Quartet
·· Edward Dusinberre, Violin
·· Károly Schranz, Violin
·· Geraldine Walther, Viola
·· András Fejér, Cello
Dramatic Readings by Philip Seymour Hoffman
Academy Award–winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman joins the Takács Quartet for an inventive evening of words and music. The program includes a lyrical meditation on mortality from Philip Roth’s Everyman, read by Hoffman, as well as Schubert’s famed quartet “Death and the Maiden,” preceded by the poem that was its inspiration.
PÄRT Psalom
Reading from Philip Roth's Everyman
GLASS String Quartet No. 2, "Company"
Reading from Everyman
PÄRT Summa
Reading from Everyman
PÄRT Fratres
Reading of Matthias Claudius's "Death and the Maiden"
SCHUBERT String Quartet in D Minor, D.810, "Death and the Maiden"
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Screening Berlin: Filmmakers' Views of the City
Panel Discussion
Weill Recital Hall
Panelists to include:
Volker Schlöndorff
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Michael Barker
David Denby, Moderator
In recent years, Berlin has again become a center of attraction for great filmmakers of contemporary cinema. Stars of today’s film industry present their perspectives on the city that has fascinated directors from Fritz Lang to Billy Wilder and beyond.
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Canvas Berlin: Europe's New Capital of the Visual Arts
Panel Discussion
Weill Recital Hall
Panelists:
Klaus Biesenbach
Tacita Dean
Thomas Demand
Julie Mehretu
Michael Kimmelman, Moderator
With its vibrancy and eccentricity, Berlin has become the center of Europe’s cutting-edge visual-arts scene. Some of today's most ingenious artists join MoMA curator Klaus Biesenbach to discuss the German capital as creative breeding ground.
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Saturday, November 17th, 2007 at 7:00 PM
The Rite of Spring Project
United Palace Theater
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
SONGS: RITUAL RHYTHMS
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Mary King and Catherine Milliken, Creative Direction
Anna Klein, Text Development
Onnen Bock, Stage and Musical Assistant
Larissa Israel and Annemarie Mitterbäck, Project Management
Students from:
·· Choir Academy of Harlem
·· Coalition School for Social Change High School
·· Professional Performing Arts School
·· Thurgood Marshall Academy
THE DANCE PROJECT
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
Royston Maldoom, Artistic Director and Choreographer
Volker Eisenach, Rehearsal Director
Anja Müller, Dance Assistant
Pete Ayres, Lighting Designer
Students from:
·· Choir Academy of Harlem
·· Bread & Roses High School
·· PS 153
·· PS 161
·· Harlem School of the Arts
Eighty high school students take part in Songs: Ritual Rhythms, developing original music based on conceptual themes and musical elements of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (Le sacre du printemps). The workshops will be led by educators and musicians from the Berliner Philharmoniker. Songs: Ritual Rhythms strives to encourage participants’ creativity.
An explosion of sights and sounds hits the stage when 120 elementary, middle, and high school students from upper Manhattan dance to the Berliner Philharmoniker’s live performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The presentation will be preceded by eight weeks of rehearsals with a team of choreographers.
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007 at 3:00 PM
The Rite of Spring Project
United Palace Theater
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
SONGS: RITUAL RHYTHMS
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Mary King and Catherine Milliken, Creative Direction
Anna Klein, Text Development
Onnen Bock, Stage and Musical Assistant
Larissa Israel and Annemarie Mitterbäck, Project Management
Students from:
·· Choir Academy of Harlem
·· Coalition School for Social Change High School
·· Professional Performing Arts School
·· Thurgood Marshall Academy
THE DANCE PROJECT
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
Royston Maldoom, Artistic Director and Choreographer
Volker Eisenach, Rehearsal Director
Anja Müller, Dance Assistant
Pete Ayres, Lighting Designer
Students from:
·· Choir Academy of Harlem
·· Bread & Roses High School
·· PS 153
·· PS 161
·· Harlem School of the Arts
Eighty high school students take part in Songs: Ritual Rhythms, developing original music based on conceptual themes and musical elements of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (Le sacre du printemps). The workshops will be led by educators and musicians from the Berliner Philharmoniker. Songs: Ritual Rhythms strives to encourage participants’ creativity.
An explosion of sights and sounds hits the stage when 120 elementary, middle, and high school students from upper Manhattan dance to the Berliner Philharmoniker’s live performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The presentation will be preceded by eight weeks of rehearsals with a team of choreographers.
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Philip Glass: Einstein in Concert
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Philip Glass & the Philip Glass Ensemble
Timothy Fain, Violin
Michael Riesman, Conductor
Lucinda Childs, Spoken Word
Melvin van Peebles, Spoken Word
Carnegie Hall presents a concert of music from Philip Glass's legendary 20th-century opera, Einstein on the Beach, performed live for the first time in 15 years by the Philip Glass Ensemble with chorus and violinist Timothy Fain. Produced for Carnegie Hall by Pomegranate Arts.
Nonesuch at Carnegie
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Monday, December 24th, 2007 at 7:00 PM
New York String Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
New York String Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
MOZART Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, K. 16
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482
MOZART Symphony No. 35, "Haffner"
Perspectives: Yefim Bronfman
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Friday, December 28th, 2007 at 8:00 PM
New York String Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
New York String Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, Conductor
André Watts, Piano
RICHARD DANIELPOUR Adagietto for String Orchestra (NY Premiere)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
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Friday, February 15th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Discovery Concert: Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, Music Director and Conductor
Nicolas Hodges, Piano
Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
An engaging multimedia presentation, with enlightening discussion guided by Maestro Robertson and a full performance of Messiaen’s orchestral masterpiece, a transcendent tribute to love fusing the Sanskrit words turanga (“time”) and lîla (“play”).
Sound Insights
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Laurie Anderson
Zankel Hall
Laurie Anderson
With Homeland, multi-talented performer-composer Laurie Anderson offers a meditation on 21st-century America and its relationship to freedom and fear in a time of war.
Nonesuch at Carnegie
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Les Arts Florissants
Zankel Hall
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, Director
Claire Debono, Soprano
Ana Quintans, Soprano
Isabelle Druet, Mezzo-Soprano
Paul Agnew, Haute-Contre
Christophe Gautier, Baritone
Jonathan Sells, Bass
Serge Saitta, Flute
Florence Malgoire, Violin
Ada Pesch, Violin
David Simpson, Cello
CHARPENTIER Te Deum à 4 voix, H. 147
LULLY Salve regina
CHARPENTIER Concert pour quatre parties de violes
LULLY Regina coeli
CHARPENTIER Le Reniement de St. Pierre , H. 424
CHARPENTIER Magnificat, H. 73
MARAIS Cinquième suite en trio
·· Prélude
·· Fantaisie
·· Gavotte
·· Rondeau
·· Caprice
·· Passacaille
CHARPENTIER Litanies de la Vierge, H. 83
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
An Evening with Asha Bhosle
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Asha Bhosle, Vocalist
With Special Guest Amit Kumar, Vocalist
The long-reigning diva of Bollywood film music Asha Bhosle is said to be the most recorded voice in history, yet it is on stage that her powerful voice and captivating personality really shine. Her return to Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage promises to be a truly magical experience.
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