DANIELE GATTI TO CONDUCT THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AT CARNEGIE HALL’S OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
James Levine, Originally Scheduled to Conduct,
Previously Withdrew From This Performance
October 1 Program Opens Carnegie Hall’s 119th Concert Season
Carnegie Hall today announced that conductor
Daniele Gatti has graciously agreed to lead the
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night gala performance in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage this
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. James Levine, who was originally scheduled to conduct this concert, withdrew yesterday due to the need for immediate surgery for a herniated spinal disc. Beethoven’s
Coriolan Overture replaces Berlioz’s
Le Carnaval romain on the program. The remainder of the evening’s repertoire will remain unchanged and will include the New York premiere of John Williams’
On Willow and Birches for harp and orchestra with BSO principal harpist
Ann Hobson Pilot as featured soloist; Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor with
Evgeny Kissin; and Debussy’s
La mer. For further ticket information, the public may contact CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800.
Daniele Gatti became Music Director of the Orchestre National de France in September 2008, succeeding Kurt Masur. In September 2009, he assumed the position of Chief Conductor of the Zurich Opera. Mr. Gatti was Music Director of London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1996 to 2009, Music Director of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome from 1992 to 1997, Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, between 1994 and 1997, and Music Director of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna from 1997 to 2007. He has also been named ‘Accademico’ of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. In 2005, the Italian critics awarded him the Abbiati Prize.
Mr. Gatti has led some of the world’s finest orchestras and is a regular guest conductor with the Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Bayerische Rundfunk, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Gatti begins the 2009-2010 season on tour in Japan with La Scala conducting
Don Carlo. In October 2009, he conducts
Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, where he made his debut conducting a new production of
Madama Butterfly in 1994. Strauss’s
Elektra is his first assignment as Chief Conductor of the Zurich Opera in January 2010 and he also conducts a new production of this opera at the 2010 Salzburg Festival.
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
Daniele Gatti, Conductor
Evgeny Kissin, Piano
Ann Hobson Pilot, Harp
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Coriolan Overture, Op.62
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
There are a limited number of tickets remaining, starting at $59, available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street. Tickets may also be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or online by visiting
carnegiehall.org.
***Please note that this update supersedes previous press materials related to this concert.***
Contact: Public Affairs
Tel: 212-903-9750
E-mail:
publicaffairs@carnegiehall.org
Date: 9/30/09
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