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2018–2019 Events

Tuesday

May 7

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Les Violons du Roy
La Chapelle de Québec

8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Les Violons du Roy
La Chapelle de Québec

Bach’s monumental Mass in B Minor is one of the uncontestable masterpieces of the choral literature. All of Bach’s hallmarks are present: intricately woven counterpoint; brilliant orchestral writing, like the joyous trumpet and drums punctuating the exuberant Gloria and Et resurrexit; profoundly expressive solo vocal passages; and an overall dramatic power that unfailingly uplifts the spirit.

Performers

Les Violons du Roy
La Chapelle de Québec
Bernard Labadie, Founding Conductor and Music Director of La Chapelle de Québec
Lydia Teuscher, Soprano
Iestyn Davies, Countertenor
Robin Tritschler, Tenor
Matthew Brook, Bass-Baritone

Program

BACH Mass in B Minor

Sunday

May 19

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

National Symphony Orchestra

2 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

National Symphony Orchestra

Liszt vividly depicts episodes from Dante’s Inferno and Purgatory, while Rossini paints a portrait of a mother’s grief. The intense drama of Dante’s verse comes to life in Liszt’s spectacularly orchestrated descriptions of hell’s terrors and ethereal women’s choir intoning the Magnificat in the ascent to Purgatory. A masterpiece of 19th-century sacred music, Rossini’s setting of the Stabat Mater, the Virgin Mary’s lament at the cross of Jesus, moves with superb vocal writing, including the hair-raising “Inflammatus” for soprano and chorus, the tenor’s showpiece “Cujus animam,” and more.

Performers

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, Music Director and Conductor
Erika Grimaldi, Soprano
Chiara Amarù, Mezzo-Soprano
Michele Angelini, Tenor
Marko Mimica, Bass-Baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir
Edward Maclary, Director

Program

LISZT Dante Symphony, S. 109

ROSSINI Stabat Mater

2019–2020 Events

Friday

Oct 4

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

The Cleveland Orchestra

8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

The Cleveland Orchestra

Enjoy an opportunity to hear a unique composition performed by the artist for whom it was written. Jörg Widmann composed his Trauermarsch (Funeral March) for Yefim Bronfman, and this lushly scored concerto showcases the pianist’s remarkable skills. A funeral march opens Mahler’s symphony, but it’s only one episode in a work that pulses with life, features an exquisite musical love letter to his wife, and—as Mahler believed— embraces the world.

Performers

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director and Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Piano

Program

JÖRG WIDMANN Trauermarsch

MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Tuesday

Oct 15

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

The Philadelphia Orchestra

8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Take a vividly orchestrated musical journey through the Alps and experience a majestic sunrise, a violent storm, awe-inspiring views from the peaks, and more. With nearly 130 instruments on stage—including wind and thunder machines—Strauss’s vivid portrait of nature’s beauty has visceral power. While Strauss scales the heights, Bartók’s concerto looks inward with gentle folk melodies, chorale-like themes, and episodes of bird song, as well as moments of dazzling bravura.

Performers

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Hélène Grimaud, Piano

Program

VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (arr. for orchestra; NY Premiere)

BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3

R. STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie

Thursday

Oct 17

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Orchestra of St. Luke’s

8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Hear how Bach looks to Italy and Mendelssohn to Scotland for inspiration. Bach studied composers like Vivaldi and Marcello, his concertos revealing a thorough grounding in Italian style with flowing melodies and technically dazzling solo parts. Mendelssohn’s overture and symphony were the result of an 1829 tour of Scotland. The Hebrides Overture’s glorious themes conjure visions of crashing waves on the Scottish islands, while the symphony’s four movements—played without pause—reflect the mood of the Scottish landscape as well as folk song, and soar with glorious melodies.

Performers

Orchestra of St. Luke's
Bernard Labadie, Principal Conductor
Beatrice Rana, Piano

Program

MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Overture

BACH Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052

BACH Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"

Friday

Oct 18

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Joey Alexander, Piano

9 PM Zankel Hall

Joey Alexander, Piano

As a pianist, composer, and bandleader, Joey Alexander is enjoying one of the most ascendant careers in jazz, thanks to his mind-blowing technique, innate musical smarts, and ability to communicate irresistible joy. Whether playing harmonic hide-and-seek with a Monk tune, negotiating the hairpin turns of a Coltrane classic, or gracefully swinging on his own song “Bali,” this three-time Grammy nominee leaves audiences breathless.

Performers

Joey Alexander, Piano
Additional artists to be announced

Sunday

Oct 20

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Denis Matsuev, Piano

2 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Denis Matsuev, Piano

It takes a pianist with “epic technique … superhuman speed, power, and agility” (The Boston Globe) to successfully embrace Liszt’s flash and Stravinsky’s high-octane excitement. Denis Matsuev is just the artist. Liszt’s Sonata unfolds in one massive movement with a deliriously virtuosic central section and whispering finale, while his Mephisto Waltz No. 1 is a rollicking showpiece. Stravinsky’s piano transcriptions of the “Russian Dance,” “Pétrouchka’s Room,” and “Shrovetide Fair” from his great ballet are stunning showpieces that also make daunting technical demands of the performer.

Performers

Denis Matsuev, Piano

Program

LISZT Piano Sonata in B Minor

LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY Dumka in C Minor, Op. 59

STRAVINSKY Three Movements from Pétrouchka

Tuesday

Oct 22

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

Russian music from the imperial and Soviet eras sets the stage for Schubert’s moving contemplation on his own mortality. Scriabin’s Fantasy and Feinberg’s dark-hued Sonata No. 3 are both impassioned works that present substantial technical challenges. No less daunting are Prokofiev’s set of five pungent Sarcasms, innovative works of great color and rhythmic drive. In Schubert’s B-flat Major Sonata, written two months before his death, the composer ponders his end in the first two movements, but an energetic scherzo lightens the mood before the driving finale.

Performers

Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

Program

SCRIABIN Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28

PROKOFIEV Sarcasms, Op. 17

FEINBERG Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 3

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960

Wednesday

Nov 6

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Brentano String Quartet

7:30 PM Zankel Hall

Brentano String Quartet

Explore how composers put their distinctive mark on the string quartet. Mozart did it with forward-looking harmonies in one of his six dedicated to Haydn, but its wit and genial tone suggest the influence of the dedicatee. Ravel stressed color, melody, and rhythmic daring when composing his masterful String Quartet in F Major—one of his finest creations. Its two central movements are particularly noteworthy: The second evokes Javanese gamelan music and the third shimmers with vivid color.

Performers

Brentano String Quartet
·· Mark Steinberg, Violin
·· Serena Canin, Violin
·· Misha Amory, Viola
·· Nina Lee, Cello

Program

MOZART String Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428

MATTHEW AUCOIN New Work (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

RAVEL String Quartet in F Major

Friday

Nov 8

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Brahms looks back while Strauss soars to unprecedented heights in this concert. Brahms envisioned a symphony built around a Bach theme, and in the final movement of his last symphony crafted an epic passacaglia (variations over a repeating bass line) on the master’s melody, building to a devastating emotional climax. Autumnal sentiments are also present in Strauss’s gorgeous Four Last Songs, sung here by Diana Damrau who, according to Opera News, can “do anything she wants with any note at any given time.”

Performers

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, Chief Conductor
Diana Damrau, Soprano

Program

R. STRAUSS Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo

R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Saturday

Nov 9

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

A heroic overture and sublime concerto set the stage for an intense symphony. Weber uses several quotes from his opera in a thrilling curtain raiser, while Mozart’s concerto delights with gorgeous melodies. Shostakovich’s symphony reflects on his precarious life in Stalin’s Soviet Union with music that is viscerally powerful. Both men are portrayed in the symphony: the former in a motif that cryptically spelled out initials of his name and the latter in the savage second movement. Ultimately, there is victory as Shostakovich outlived the dictator and dances in a triumphant finale.

Performers

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, Chief Conductor
Rudolf Buchbinder, Piano

Program

WEBER Overture to Euryanthe

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10

Friday

Nov 15

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Rome connects the music heard here. Berlioz’s cantata La mort de Cléopâtre was a Prix de Rome candidate. Although it didn’t win the prize, its dramatic vocal line and vivid orchestral writing give it riveting operatic power. Bizet paid tribute to the city in his orchestral suite Roma, noteworthy for its lithesome Scherzo and whirling Tarantella finale. Respighi’s spectacularly orchestrated tone poem Pines of Rome paint the city’s greenery in technicolor sound, including frolicking children, holy chants, bird song, and a ghostly Roman legion.

Performers

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, Music Director and Conductor
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano

Program

BIZET Roma

BERLIOZ La mort de Cléopâtre

RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

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