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Carnegie Hall Presents
Vienna Philharmonic
Saturday, March 4, 2023
8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Christian Thielemann by Marco Borrelli
The Vienna Philharmonic opens with Felix Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, a self-contained masterpiece dreamt up in wonderment upon visiting the Scottish archipelago. It pairs wonderfully with his evocative “Scottish” Symphony, which he began composing just days before Hebrides, eventually becoming his final completed symphony. Rounding out the program is Brahms’s Second Symphony, with its lyrical and relatively sunny demeanor drawing frequent comparisons to Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony.
Performers
Vienna Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann, Conductor
Program
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
The Vienna Philharmonic Residency at Carnegie Hall is made possible by a leadership gift from the Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation.