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Carnegie Hall Presents

International Festival of Orchestras III

Series Events

Saturday, Oct 2, 2010 | 8 PM
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor

Program

  • ROSSINI Overture to La gazza ladra
  • ORBÓN Tres versiones sinfónicas
  • BERNSTEIN Divertimento for Orchestra
  • RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
  • RAVEL Boléro

  • Encore:
  • J. STRAUSS JR. & JOSEPH STRAUSS Pizzicato Polka

  • Program is approximately 1 hour, 30 minutes, including one intermission
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It begins with a bang—the opening drumrolls of Rossini’s overture—and ends with the throbbing pulse of the Spanish bolero. In between, feel the fire of Afro-Cuban dance rhythms, revel in Bernstein’s musical wit, and get swept away by the wistfulness of Ravel’s languorous pavane.
Ravel Boléro
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Lorin Maazel, Conductor 
RCA
Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010 | 7:30 PM
Mariinsky Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Anastasia Kalagina, Soprano
  • Mariinsky Orchestra
    Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor
  • Olga Borodina, Mezzo-Soprano
  • Orfeón Pamplonés
    Igor Ijurra Fernández, Director
  • The Choral Arts Society of Washington
    Norman Scribner, Artistic Director

Program

  • MAHLER Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"

  • There is no late seating for this performance. Program is approximately 1 hour, 20 minutes and will be performed without intermission.
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Last season, Gergiev brought his Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus to Carnegie Hall, leaving concertgoers and critics feeling the tragic pain of Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet. For this concert, he leads the Mariinsky in a powerful ode to the indelible human spirit, perhaps the most beloved of Mahler’s symphonies.
Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection” (V. Im Tempo des Scherzo)
London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev
LSO Live
Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010 | 8 PM
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Mitsuko Uchida, Piano
  • Saito Kinen Orchestra
    Seiji Ozawa, Music Director and Conductor
  • Tatsuya Shimono, Conductor

Program

  • ATSUHIKO GONDAI Decathexis (US Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto)
  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor
  • BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

  • Program is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
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Kick off JapanNYC at Carnegie Hall with Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa leading the orchestra he co-founded in 1984 to honor his mentor, Hideo Saito. This orchestra is among the best you’ll hear, and on this concert they showcase two Japanese artists: the spellbinding Uchida and composer Gondai.

Please note that Mr. Shimono will conduct the Gondai and Beethoven works.
Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37 (III. Rondo. Allegro)
Mitsuko Uchida, Piano / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
Philips
Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 | 8 PM
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Itzhak Perlman, Violin
  • Toronto Symphony Orchestra
    Peter Oundjian, Music Director and Conductor

Program

  • BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
  • BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
  • JOHN ESTACIO Frenergy
  • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 4

  • Encore:
  • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Romanza from Symphony No. 5
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At Carnegie Hall in 2008, the Toronto Symphony was in “superb shape” under their new music director: “The orchestra has maintained its shine, but now it packs a firm punch as well” (The New York Times). Itzhak Perlman joins them in Bruch’s popular violin concerto. Also on the program is a work with energetic rhythms, quirky melodies, and orchestral verve by an acclaimed Canadian, and the most propulsive of Vaughan Williams symphonies.
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Major, Op. 26 (III.Finale. Allegro energico)
Itzhak Perlman, Violin / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink, Conductor
EMI Classics
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.4 in F minor (IV. Finale con epilogo fugato - Allegro molto)
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Rhino