Sir Simon Rattle Conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, 5/17

The Philadelphia Orchestra makes its final Carnegie Hall appearance of the season onFriday, May 17 at 8:00 p.m., led by internationally acclaimed conductor Sir Simon Rattle in a program of Webern's Passacaglia, Three Fragments from Berg's Wozzeck, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral", and Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre.

Soprano Barbara Hannigan is the guest soloist in the Berg and Ligeti works. Both Webern's Passacaglia and Berg's operaWozzeck received their U.S. premieres in Philadelphia under the baton of the orchestra's legendary music director Leopold Stokowski. Maestro Stokowski and The Philadelphia Orchestra also recorded Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony for the beloved 1940 animated Disney film Fantasia.

Canadian born soprano Barbara Hannigan has received great acclaim for her performances of Ligeti's music, not least from the composer himself. In 2010, Ms. Hannigan and Maestro Rattle joined Ensemble ACJW in Zankel Hall for a virtuosic performance of Mysteries of the Macabre, Ligeti's tour de force work for soprano and orchestra. One of her signature works, Ms. Hannigan has sung-and sometimes conducted-the piece in performances across three continents.