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Back to Press Release List > 09/29/2009 - WQXR-FM To Broadcast Carnegie Hall's Opening Night Gala Performance Live on 96.3FM on October 1

WQXR-FM TO BROADCAST CARNEGIE HALL’S OPENING NIGHT GALA
PERFORMANCE FEATURING JAMES LEVINE AND
THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
LIVE ON 96.3 FM ON OCTOBER 1

Performance Also To Be Streamed Live on WQXR.COM and
Simulcast on WNYC-FM (93.9 FM) and WNYC.ORG

Concert Includes New York Premiere of John Williams’ On Willows and Birches
with Recently Retired BSO Principal Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot

Pianist Evgeny Kissin Joins Orchestra for Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2

WQXR, New York City’s only 24-hour classical music station, will broadcast Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala performance featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra and music director James Levine, live from Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Thursday, October 1 at 7:00 p.m. Listeners are invited to tune in to the opening concert of Carnegie Hall’s 119th season on WQXR 96.3 and streamed live on wqxr.com. The performance will also be simulcast on WNYC-FM (93.9 FM) and on wnyc.org. WQXR has presented live broadcasts from Carnegie Hall since 1936. This concert will mark the final live broadcast by WQXR on 96.3 FM. As previously announced, WNYC Radio is acquiring WQXR, and will launch the station at its new frequency at 105.9 FM on October 8, also live from Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s October 1 program will include the New York premiere of John Williams’ On Willows and Birches, for harp and orchestra, with BSO principal harpist Ann Hobson Pilot as featured soloist. The BSO commissioned this piece from Mr. Williams to honor Ms. Hobson Pilot who retired this summer after a 40-year career with the orchestra. Also on the program is Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor with pianist Evgeny Kissin—as a prelude to the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth in 2010—as well as Berlioz’s Le Carnaval romain and Debussy’s La mer.


Program Information
Thursday, October 1 at 7:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
THE OPENING NIGHT GALA OF CARNEGIE HALL’S 119TH SEASON
James Levine, Music Director and Conductor
Evgeny Kissin, Piano
Ann Hobson Pilot, Harp

HECTOR BERLIOZ Le Carnaval romain, Op. 9
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
JOHN WILLIAMS On Willows and Birches, for harp and orchestra (NY Premiere)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY La mer

Opening Night Gala Sponsor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.

Ticket Information
Gala Tickets for October 1, Gala Benefit tickets, priced at $5000, $2500, and $1250, include concert seating and the post-concert dinner in The Waldorf=Astoria’s Grand Ballroom; those priced at $800 include the concert and a pre-concert cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m. in Carnegie Hall’s Rohatyn Room. All gala benefit tickets are available by calling the Carnegie Hall Special Events office at 212-903-9679 or online at carnegiehall.org/specialevents. There is limited availability for concert tickets, priced from $59-190, which can be purchased at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, or online at carnegiehall.org.


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