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Choose from a Variety of Carnegie Hall performances this 2016-2017 season. Winner will receive 2 complimentary tickets for an upcoming Carnegie Hall presentation. Choose one performance from the following list......
| BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV Keyboard Virtuosos I Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 8:00 PM Behzod Abduraimov, Piano JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH "Siciliano" from Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596 (after Vivaldi, Op. 3, No. 11; arr. Cortot) Striking arrangements of Baroque music, poetic miniatures, tempestuous sonatas, and an exotic showpiece are performed by an exciting young pianist who is taking the world’s stages by storm. Behzod Abduraimov has been praised by The New York Times for his “fluid finger work … dash and appealing impetuosity.” Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s Toccata in D Minor has arresting power, while Schubert’s Moments musicaux are understated gems with gorgeous melodies. Beethoven’s “Appassionata” is famous for its stormy outer movements, but the theme and variations that comprise its central movement also fascinate. There are also exciting showpieces by two Russian composers, Balkakirev and Prokofiev. |
| yMUSIC Fast Forward Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Friday, December 2, 2016 at 7:30 PM yMusic CHRIS THILE New Work (World Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall) yMusic has been called “one of the groups that has really helped to shape the future of classical music” by NPR. This daring multi-instrument ensemble’s catholic taste, stylistic versatility, and impeccable musicianship bring striking vitality to the music of our time. yMusic performs works from its critically acclaimed albums Beautiful Mechanical and Balance Problems, and premieres new works by Chris Thile and Caroline Shaw, both part of Carnegie Hall’s 125 Commissions Project.
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| BETH ORTON Non-Subscription Events Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 10:00 PM Beth Orton, Vocals Singer-songwriter Beth Orton blends folk and electronica to create strikingly original and expressive music. She has collaborated with such electronic music stars as The Chemical Brothers, and her songs have been featured in film and on television, including Vanilla Sky and Grey’s Anatomy. Orton’s latest album, Kidsticks, is inspired by her new home in Los Angeles, and features electronic and vocal explorations that are fresh and daring. |
| A NIGHT OF INSPIRATION The Originals Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 8:00 PM Ray Chew, Music Director This evening of uplifting music is led by acclaimed composer, music director, and producer Ray Chew. Presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with Chew Entertainment. |
| JOYCE DIDONATO Great Singers I Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 8:00 PM Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano IN WAR AND PEACE: HARMONY THROUGH MUSIC The fascinating dichotomy of discord and harmony in times of war has inspired writers, painters, and great composers throughout the ages. During the Baroque era, such vocal masters as Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel, Leo, Jommelli, and others expressed these striking contrasts in music of great power. Joyce DiDonato, a singer the Financial Times said, “can do almost anything,” sings these brilliant arias. |
| NEW YORK STRING ORCHESTRA Non-Subscription Events Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 7:00 PM New York String Orchestra ALL-MOZART PROGRAM A New York City holiday tradition for more than 40 years, the young musicians of the New York String Orchestra’s seminar have made Christmas Eve a time to celebrate with great music. This season they perform an all-Mozart program that features the stately overture to his opera Idomeneo, his virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 3 with soloist Jennifer Koh, and the magnificent "Jupiter" Symphony—his final symphony and one of his crowning achievements. This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund for young artists established by Stella and Robert Jones. |
| NEW YORK STRING ORCHESTRA Non-Subscription Events Mozart Madness Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 8:00 PM New York String Orchestra SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, "Classical" Say farewell to the old year with magnificent music. The New York String Orchestra opens the concert with Prokofiev’s witty “Classical” Symphony, a work that looks back to Haydn and Mozart, then brings down the house with a whirling tarantella in Mendelssohn’s exuberant “Italian” Symphony. Between the symphonies, hear pianists Anna Polonsky and Orion Weiss engage in a delightful musical conversation in Mozart’s tuneful Concerto for Two Pianos. This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund for young artists established by Stella and Robert Jones. |
| STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN Great Artists I Bruckner Cycle Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Friday, January 20, 2017 at 8:00 PM Staatskapelle Berlin WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 “This was Bruckner to treasure,” wrote The Guardian of Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin’s performances of the enigmatic Austrian master’s music. Here, they continue their historic cycle of all nine numbered symphonies in a performance of the Second. With its measured pace, harmonic shifts, and Wagnerian chromaticism, Bruckner sets the tone for much of what followed in his career. “Barenboim is aware of Mozart’s wit as well as his pathos,” wrote The Telegraph, and those qualities will be evidenced in his performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20, which he leads from the keyboard. |
| STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN Bruckner Cycle Orchestral Masterworks Beethoven and Mozart Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Monday, January 23, 2017 at 8:00 PM Staatskapelle Berlin WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537, "Coronation" Carnegie Hall’s first Bruckner symphony cycle continues with one of the pinnacles of 19th-century music: the lush and transcendent “Romantic” Symphony. Bruckner’s masterpiece unfolds with rousing horn calls, while its beautiful second movement is pensive and somber. One of his signature Scherzo sections follows with exciting waves of brass and swirling strings before a finale that’s a noble, roaring affirmation of the heroic. Daniel Barenboim also plays and conducts Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 26, a genial work with festive trumpets, drums, and an extroverted solo part the composer wrote to perform himself. |
| JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS Chamber Sessions I Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 7:30 PM Jean-Guihen Queyras, Cello ROBERT SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 This starry cello and piano duo “combine a spectrum of tonal warmth with an exhilarating thrust of momentum” (The Telegraph). Their richly diverse program includes Beethoven’s most popular sonata for cello and piano, as well as highly emotive works from Schumann, Chopin, and Webern that explore contrasting sonorities and shifting dynamics. The tradition continues with the premiere of a new work by Yves Chauris that’s part of Carnegie Hall’s ongoing 125 Commissions Project. |
| STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN Weekends at Carnegie Hall Bruckner Cycle Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 8:00 PM Staatskapelle Berlin ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C Minor Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony—a thrilling part of Carnegie Hall’s unprecedented cycle of the master’s symphonies—is a massive work that journeys from the depths of darkness to heroic heights. As in many of his symphonies, Bruckner opens his Eighth in a mist from which magnificently sonorous themes immerge. There’s tremendous power in the ensuing Scherzo, while the Adagio is heart-rending poetry that Bruckner considered his finest creation. With its huge brass chorales and unforgettable timpani solo, the finale is a masterpiece of Wagnerian sonorities and surging intensity. Composer Hugo Wolf called the symphony, “the creation of a giant, surpassing in spiritual dimension and magnitude all the other symphonies of the master.” Hear it and you will agree. |
| DMITRY MASLEEV Keyboard Virtuosos II Musical Tales and Tableaux Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Monday, January 30, 2017 at 8:00 PM Dmitry Masleev, Piano DOMENICO SCARLATTI Sonata in B Minor, K. 27 Winner of the First Prize at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, pianist Dmitry Masleev performs music that spans Scarlatti to Prokofiev. Scarlatti’s sonatas are brief, but packed with rhythmic flair and melodic charm; Beethoven’s “Les adieux” Sonata tells a story of his patron’s departure and return; and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 2 dazzles with its extreme contrasts of style, mood, texture, and tonality. There’s also luxurious and witty music by Rachmaninoff and Liszt’s diabolically virtuosic Totentanz. |
| ALICE COOTE Great Singers II: Jula Goldwurm Pure Voice Series Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 7:30 PM Alice Coote, Mezzo-Soprano FRANZ SCHUBERT Winterreise, D. 911 One of the most riveting song cycles ever written, Schubert’s Winterreise is a touchstone for singers in every vocal category, male and female. Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote has won tremendous acclaim for her performances of this masterpiece, and she puts her unique stamp on it in Zankel Hall with pianist Julius Drake. |
| VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA International Festival of Orchestras I La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 7:00 PM Venice Baroque Orchestra ANTONIO VIVALDI Juditha triumphans, RV 644 In this oratorio, Vivaldi depicts the dramatic story of Judith slaying Holofernes with expressive arias, rousing martial choruses, and some of the most colorful instrumental writing of the Baroque era. The score includes instruments like the chalumeau (a clarinet predecessor), theorbos (huge lutes), a consort of viole all’inglese, as well as recorders, viola d’amore, and more—all entrusted to the Venice Baroque Orchestra, an ensemble The Washington Post praised for “percolating energy and lithe, silvery tone.” |
| IGOR LEVIT Keyboard Virtuosos III: Keynotes Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Friday, February 10, 2017 at 7:30 PM Igor Levit, Piano DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, Op. 87, No. 10 In one of the most eagerly anticipated Carnegie Hall debuts in recent memory, pianist Igor Levit performs Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations and premieres a new work by Frederic Rzewski commissioned by Carnegie Hall as part of its ongoing 125 Commissions Project. Beethoven elevated Diabelli’s slight waltz tune with a set of epic variations that traverse a winding road from the comic to the tragic. The Los Angeles Times wrote of Levit, “I have never known a young Russian pianist with a promise like Levit’s. He is the future.” Hear the future now. |
| GALLICANTUS La Serenissima: Voices and Violins La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 7:30 PM Gallicantus DEATH IN VENICE: THE VENETIAN LAMENT AND ITS ENGLISH IMITATORS ADRIAN WILLAERT "Ave virgo sponsa Dei" In an era when melancholy was glorified in popular culture, laments for nobility, historic figures, and even composers produced some of the most emotionally charged music of the time. This program focuses on works by Flemish composers working in the courts and churches of Venice, as well as two landmark lamentations by Monteverdi. Alongside the Venetian music are English works by Tallis, Byrd, and Tomkins composed under the Venetian influence. The critically acclaimed male voice ensemble Gallicantus performs this deeply affecting music. |
| JONATHAN BISS Chamber Sessions I The Late Style Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 7:30 PM Jonathan Biss, Piano JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Selections from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 The “late style,” that mystical period when composers look to the ends of their lives, is the theme of this program. Bach never completed his The Art of Fugue, but what remains is a mind-stretching exploration of counterpoint that marks the pinnacle of his career. Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 32 explores the harmonic boundaries of his day, boldly crosses them, and says farewell to the genre with a transcendent finale. Kurtág’s Játékok (Games) contains allusions to last moments and expresses them with powerful gestures. In his final quartet, Britten invokes the memory of Shostakovich—who had just died at the time of composition—in a work that’s at turns tranquil, sardonic, and wistful. |
| ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S Orchestra of St. Luke's Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 8:00 PM Orchestra of St. Luke's BRAHMS'S REQUIEM WITH HERAS-CASADO WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI Musique funèbre In his sublime Ein deutsches Requiem, Brahms created a work that evokes the contemplative spirit of Bach, though far from lacking any drama. The mournful march “Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras” (“For all flesh is as grass”) and the grand sixth-movement fugue carry tremendous emotional weight. Ein deutsches Requiem also offers hope and consolation, as evidenced in the beautiful soprano aria “Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit” ("Ye now have sorrow") and the quiet closing chorus “Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben” ("Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"). |
| PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI Keyboard Virtuosos II Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Friday, February 17, 2017 at 8:00 PM Piotr Anderszewski, Piano Program to include works by Bach, Schumann, and more Piotr Anderszewski’s Carnegie Hall recitals have become the stuff of legend. His breathtaking 2008 performance captured on a live recording is one of the touchstone albums, and his most recent appearance was praised for “sensitive performances” that “also fostered intimacy” (The New York Times). |
| THE AHMET ERDOÄDULAR CLASSICAL TURKISH MUSIC ENSEMBLE World Views La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Friday, February 17, 2017 at 8:30 PM The Ahmet ErdoÄdular Classical Turkish Music Ensemble The Venetian Republic linked the Byzantine and Ottoman empires with Europe. Ahmet ErdoÄdular, one of Turkey’s foremost vocalists, is dedicated to preserving and promoting the classical vocal tradition from Ottoman Turkey that many Europeans would have first heard in Venice centuries ago. His repertoire includes classical vocal music, ghazals (sung poetry), and Sufi music, particularly that of the Mevlevi (Whirling Dervishes). ErdoÄdular is joined by musicians on ney, oud (lute), kanun (zither), and kemenche (spike fiddle). |
| CONCERTO ITALIANO Carnegie Classics La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 7:00 PM Concerto Italiano CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) (concert performance) Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) is opera on the grand scale with mellifluous arias and breathtaking duets that tell a tale of ancient Roman political machinations, adultery, and murder in which there is no true protagonist. This stunningly expressive music is performed by an all-star cast. Soprano Miah Persson, praised by The New York Times for her “sumptuous sound and elegant lyricism,” is joined by singers who have all won worldwide critical acclaim for their mastery of this beautiful repertoire. The Guardian wrote that “there are few performers better-versed in the music of Claudio Monteverdi than Rinaldo Alessandrini and the ensemble he founded 30 years ago, Concerto Italiano.” Alessandrini and company anchor a performance that promises to be one of the season’s most thrilling nights of opera. |
| STANDARD TIME WITH MICHAEL FEINSTEIN Standard Time with Michael Feinstein Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 7:30 PM Michael Feinstein, Artistic Director |
| SEONG-JIN CHO Keyboard Virtuosos I Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 8:00 PM Seong-Jin Cho, Piano ALBAN BERG Piano Sonata, Op. 1 When Seong-Jin Cho won the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015, he joined the august company of such prior winners as Martha Argerich, Maurizio Pollini, and Garrick Ohlsson. The Telegraph wrote of Cho’s “unequivocally brilliant” performance at the competition’s celebratory concert, and the Financial Times praised his “lucid and shimmering” sound. Cho makes his Carnegie Hall debut in a concert that will thrill all lovers of great pianism. |
| JONATHAN BISS Chamber Sessions III The Late Style Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 7:30 PM Jonathan Biss, Piano ROBERT SCHUMANN Fünf Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133 Four great composers that span the early Baroque to the Romantic eras contemplate their mortality. In Schumann’s Fünf Gesänge der Frühe, harmonies shift and dissonances arise in surprising places. Brahms’s Klavierstücke, Op. 118, is more conventional with rich lyricism and touches of melancholy. Mozart’s String Quintet in E-flat Major was his last chamber work and completed less than eight months before his death. Nothing in the quintet suggests impending tragedy; instead, Mozart’s music is high spirited and radiates good humor, especially in its flashy Rondo finale. |
| BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Concertos Plus Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Carnegie Hall Corporation) |
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