Ensemble Signal, led by conductor Brad Lubman, performs an all-Steve Reich program that includes the New York premiere of Runner, as well as Clapping Music-featuring special guest Steve Reich-Quartet, Pulse, and Double Sextet.
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Grammy Award-winning vocalist Catherine Russell-alongside Music Director and guitarist Matt Munisteri, pianist Mark Shane, bassist Tal Ronen, and drummer Mark McLean-celebrates the golden age of Harlem with jazz, blues, and roots music inspired by fabled performers and composers. For this special performance, Russell channels legendary singers Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, and Dinah Washington in the swinging music of Fats Waller, Benny Carter, Irving Berlin, and others .
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Tabla players Anubrata Chatterjee and Nilan Chaudhuri perform alongside Amjad Ali Khan, one of India's most celebrated classical musicians.
On November 7, Music Director Zubin Mehta leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in the New York premiere of Amit Poznansky's Footnote Suite on a program that also features Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37, with pianist Yefim Bronfman, and R. Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40. The following evening, on November 8, the Orchestra is joined by mezzo-soprano Mihoko Fujimura, MasterVoices (Ted Sperling, artistic director), and the Manhattan Girls Chorus (Michelle Oesterle, artistic director) for a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3. For the orchestra's final concert of the series, violinist Gil Shaham is featured as soloist for Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35. The program also includes Carl Maria von Weber's Overture to Oberon and Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, "Great."
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Academy Award nominee Andrew Garfield, Academy Award winner Common, Tony Award winner Jason Alexander, and rising star McKinley Belcher III (Mercy Street, Ozark) will join the extraordinary line-up of acting talent assembled for The Children's Monologues, a one-night-only theatrical event, presented in New York for the first time, on Monday, November 13, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. They are part of an all-star cast that has been brought together for this benefit performance, including Daveed Diggs, Daniel Kaluuya, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, James McAvoy, Audra McDonald, Sienna Miller, Javier Muñoz, Trevor Noah, Susan Sarandon, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Interwoven among the monologues will be musical performances by leading artists, including Broadway star Cynthia Erivo, rapper Little Simz, and vocalist/double bassist Esperanza Spalding. Teen cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, winner of the 2016 BBC Young Musician award, also joins the musical guest lineup. Please note that previously-announced cast members Charlize Theron and Ewan McGregor must regrettably withdraw from this performance due to scheduling reasons.
Directed by the Academy Award-winning Danny Boyle, The Children's Monologues are based on the stories of children growing up in Rammulotsi, a small rural township in the Free State province of South Africa. Invited to describe a day that they will never forget, the work recounts the personal experiences of these young people expressed in their own words-sometimes harrowing, sometimes uplifting, and always moving. The performance will also feature teens from across New York City invited by Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute to take part in this special program. All proceeds from this one-night-only benefit performance go to jointly support the international outreach programs of the African-based creative arts charity Dramatic Need and Carnegie Hall's artistic and education initiatives.
Ensemble Connect performs a free concert of Brahms's Trio in E-flat Major for Violin, Horn, and Piano, Op. 40; Dvorák's String Quintet in G Major, Op. 77; and Stephen Hartke's The Horse with the Lavender Eye.
Music Director Valery Gergiev leads the Mariinsky Orchestra in two concerts that feature Russian pianists. On November 14, the orchestra is joined by Denis Matsuev for a performance of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16. Also on the program is Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 and Scriabin's Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 43, "The Divine Poem." The following evening, on November 15, Perspectives series artist Daniil Trifonov-who made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2011 with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra-gives the New York premiere of his Piano Concerto, on a program that also includes R. Strauss's Don Juan, Op. 20 and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 6 in E-flat Minor, Op. 111.
Pianist Paul Lewis explores the late piano music of three Austro-German masters with a performance of Haydn's Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI: 50 and G Major, Hob. XVI: 40; Beethoven's Bagatelles, Op. 126; and Brahms's Klavierstücke, Op. 118.
The Tetzlaff Quartet returns to Carnegie Hall, playing Mozart's String Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428; Berg's String Quartet, Op. 3; and Schubert's String Quartet in G Major, D. 887.
Violinist Alexi Kenney collaborates with pianist Renana Gutman for a recital of music by J.S. Bach, George Crumb, Schubert, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Respighi.
On the heels of her successful Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall in the 2015-2016 season, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash continues her deep commitment to musical Americana, bringing together two brilliant young bluegrass performers-singer-songwriter Parker Millsap and singer and fiddler Sara Watkins-to shine a new light on timeless American music.
Season-long Perspectives artist and renowned violinist Janine Jansen performs two chamber music concerts this December, appearing with an all-star roster of longtime musical collaborators. For the first concert, on December 7, Jansen plays Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time alongside pianist Lucas Debargue, clarinetist Martin Fröst, and cellist Torleif Thedéen; on a program that also includes music by Szymanowski and Bartók. Two evenings later, on December 9, Jansen is joined by pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk and cellist Torleif Thedéen in an all-Russian program that includes Shostakovich's rarely performed Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8; as well as music by Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff.
Principal Conductor Designate Bernard Labadie leads Orchestra of St. Luke's in a performance of Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, "Jupiter;" as well as Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 featuring violinist Augustin Hadelich; and Kraus's Olympie Overture.
Baritone Andrei Bondarenko, joined by pianist Gary Matthewman, offers a recital of songs by Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, and other French composers, plus works by Ibert and Ravel inspired by Don Quixote.
American Composers Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director George Manahan, performs Violin Concerto No. 2, "The American Four Seasons" by Philip Glass, holder of the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair, featuring violinist Tim Fain. This piece is paired with premieres by composers who have worked closely with Glass, including the world premiere of Pauchi Sasaki's GAMA XVI for Orchestra and Electronics, featuring the composer on electronics and speaker-dress (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its 125 Commissions Project), and the New York premiere of Bryce Dessner's Réponse Lutoslawski.
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin returns with The Philadelphia Orchestra to conduct the New York premiere of Thomas Adès's Powder Her Face Suite, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its 125 Commissions Project; Bernstein's Serenade (After Plato's Symposium) with violinist Hilary Hahn; and Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39.
ARTIST UPDATES: Leela James, BeBe Winans, and Paul Shaffer join composer, music director, and producer Ray Chew in celebrating the music of the legendary Stevie Wonder, and additional guest artists to be announced. Audience members are invited to sing along in a celebration of Wonder's incredible songbook for this energy-packed participatory concert.
The New York Pops and Music Director Steven Reineke perform two back-to-back holiday concerts, entitled The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, featuring special guest Megan Hilty performing a program of holiday classics with Essential Voices USA.
Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and pianist Kathleen Kelly give the world premiere of Iain Bell's Of You, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its 125 Commissions Project. Also on the program is Libby Larsen's Love After 1950 as well as songs by Haydn, Ravel, Debussy, Schoenberg, and R. Strauss.
The New York String Orchestra, featuring young musicians participating in the annual New York String Orchestra Seminar, returns to Carnegie Hall for their two annual performances conducted by Jaime Laredo. On Sunday, December 24 at 7:00 p.m., the Orchestra is joined by violinist Pamela Frank for Mozart's Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364 on a program that also includes Vivaldi's Concerto in A Minor for Two Violins, Strings, and Continuo from L'estro armonico, Op. 3, No. 8 and Haydn's Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major, "Drumroll." On Thursday, December 28 at 8:00 p.m., pianist Richard Goode is featured in Mozart's dramatic Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466. Also on the program is Gabriela Lena Frank's new work Elegía Andina-inspired by Peruvian pan pipes-and Mendelssohn's vibrant Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, "Scottish."
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