Concert Cancelled: Julia Fischer
Julia Fischer has, with great regret, cancelled her March 31 and April 1 concerts in Zankel Hall due to a family concern. These performances will not be rescheduled this season. Ticketholders will be automatically refunded, or they may call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 with any questions.

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky perform solo arias and duets from the operas of Verdi, Tchaikovsky, and Dvorák with the National Philharmonic under conductor Marco Armiliato on Thursday, April 1 at 8:00 p.m.

On Monday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and pianist Julius Drake perform a recital entitled Speak Music featuring English songs and lyrics by Edward Elgar, Roger Quilter, Charles Villiers Stanford, Dominick Argento, Liza Lehmann, Maude Valérie White, Gerald Peel, Peter Warlock, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Ivor Gurney.

Music Director James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra return on Monday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m. to make their fourth and final appearance as part of Carnegie Hall’s 2009–2010 season. Soprano Christine Brewer, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko, and bass-baritone Shenyang are featured soloists for Mendelssohn’s Elijah, in a performance that also includes the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

James Moody’s 85th Birthday Party on Wednesday, April 7 at 8:30 p.m.
Artist Update:
Vocalist Roberta Gambarini has been added to the line up of jazz greats for James Moody’s 85th Birthday Party with celebrated jazz saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master James Moody. With a career spanning over 60 years, Moody has left an indelible imprint on jazz music, and he continues to perform regularly with his group, the James Moody Quartet as well as with the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars Big Band. Moody is also joined by previously announced artists, pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist Todd Coolman, drummer Adam Nussbaum, and special guests: clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera and trumpeter Randy Brecker.

In April and May, acclaimed Dutch composer Louis Andriessen comes to Carnegie Hall as holder of this season’s Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair. Highlights of his spring residency include:

• A program featuring the New York premiere of Andriessen’s Symphony for Open Strings as well as works by young American composers whom he has mentored on Friday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. The program includes the world premiere performances of Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us (new orchestration), Michael Fiday’s Gonzo Variations – Hunter S. Thompson in memoriam, and John Korsrud’s Come to the Dark Side. All will be performed by the American Composers Orchestra led by conductor Jeffrey Milarsky.
  
  
• A series of late-night double-bill concerts devoted to the art of improvisation and curated by Andriessen entitled Three Naughty Boys and Three Crazy Girls begins Wednesday, April 14 at 9:30 p.m. with tap dancer Maurice Chestnut followed by vocalist Iva Bittová. On Friday, April 16 at 9:30 p.m., vocalist Greetje Bijma performs along with Mr. Andriessen on piano, followed by saxophonist Evan Parker; and on Saturday, April 17 at 9:30 p.m., the series concludes with performances by cellist Ernst Reijseger, followed by vocalist Cristina Zavalloni with pianist Andrea Rebaudengo.
  
  
• The New York premiere of Andriessen’s opera La Commedia, based on the work by Dante, in a concert version on Thursday, April 15 at 8:00 p.m., performed by the Asko | Schoenberg ensemble and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw. Other featured performers include vocalists Claron McFadden, Jeroen Willems, and Cristina Zavalloni, along with Synergy Vocals and The Brooklyn Youth Chorus under director Dianne Berkun.
  
  
• A performance of Andriessen’s work Zilver on Friday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m., by Reinbert de Leeuw and Asko | Schoenberg on a program that also includes Martijn Padding’s First Harmonium Concerto and de Leeuw’s own composition Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (In the Lovely Month of May) featuring vocalist Barbara Sukowa.
  
  
• Making Music: Louis Andriessen on Saturday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m.
  Program Update:
  Details about the US premiere of Andriessen’s new work have been announced: Entitled Life, the work will feature a video component by Marijke van Warmerdam and will be performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars. The program also features soprano Dawn Upshaw with The Zankel Band under conductor Alan Pierson in a performance of Andriessen’s Dances, and Mordants by composer Martijn Padding (a former student of Andriessen’s) performed by violinist Heleen Hulst and pianist Gerard Bouwhuis. The program is moderated by Carnegie Hall’s Director of Artistic Planning Jeremy Geffen. For complete program listings and details, click the link above.
  
  
• The Music of Louis Andriessen on April 18 at 8:00 p.m.
  Concert Addition:
  (Le) Poisson Rouge presents the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) and pianist Eric Huebner with an evening of Andriessen's chamber music including Facing Death for string quartet, Image de Moreau, Trois Pieces, and Trepidus for solo piano, with additional works to be announced. The concert will be preceded by a discussion with Andriessen and Robert Hurwitz of the composer’s longtime US record label, Nonesuch Records, at 7:30 p.m.
  
  
• Andriessen’s seminal, 1974 breakthrough work De Staat performed by Ensemble ACJW and conductor John Adams on Monday, May 10 at 6:00 p.m. Also on the program is Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Winds with soloist Jeremy Denk and Adams’ Son of Chamber Symphony.

Dorothea Röschmann on Monday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Artist Update:
Pianist Julius Drake will join soprano Dorothea Röschmann in her recital featuring songs by Schumann, Mahler, and Wolf on Monday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. (Rescheduled from December 5, 2009.) For complete program listings and details, click the link above.

Pianist Yefim Bronfman returns to Carnegie Hall on Monday, April 12 at 8:00 p.m. in a solo recital including Beethoven’s Thirty-Two Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, Widmann’s XI Humoresken, Schumann’s Faschingsschwank aus Wien, and Tchaikovsky’s Sonata in G Major.

On Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m., Ensemble ACJW performs Barber’s Summer Music, Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor, Stefan Wolpe’s Piece for Trumpet and Seven Instruments, and Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite for Thirteen Instruments.

Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit and The Philadelphia Orchestra join with pianist Piotr Anderszewski to perform Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 4, “Symphonie concertante” on Tuesday, April 13 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the pianist’s three concert series featuring works by the Polish composer. Also on the program is Debussy’s La mer and Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps.

On Friday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m., Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke and The New York Pops are joined by special guests Kelli O’Hara and Paulo Szot—original stars of the Tony Award-winning revival of South Pacific—as well as tenor Michael Slattery, The Clurman Singers, and the New York Theatre Ballet for a program saluting the musical writing team of librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe (Brigadoon, My Fair Lady, Camelot).

As part of Carnegie Hall’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frédéric Chopin, renowned pianist Maurizio Pollini performs three all-Chopin recitals this spring on Sunday, April 18 at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, April 29 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, May 9 at 3:00 p.m. For complete program details click on the dates.

Takács Quartet on Sunday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Artist Update:
Takács Quartet’s second violinist Károly Schranz is recuperating from rotator cuff surgery and will be replaced by Lina Bahn for this concert, which features Schumann’s String Quartet in A Major; the New York premiere of John Psathas’ A Cool Wind, and Beethoven’s String Quartet in C Major "Razumovsky." For complete program listings and details, click the link above.

On Monday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m., the Kuss Quartet perform Mozart’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, “Hunt”; Berg’s Quartet; and Brahms’s String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major.

Frederica von Stade and Martin Katz on Thursday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m.
Program Update:
The program has been announced for legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade’s New York farewell recital with pianist Martin Katz. Ms. von Stade will sing works from a variety of different composers including Ravel, Copland, Poulenc, Mahler, Louis Guglielmi, Ned Rorem, Jake Heggie, Virgil Thomson, Lee Hoiby, Marc Berthomieu, Jules Massenet, Ambroise Thomas, Carol Hall, William Bolcom, and Stephen Sondheim. For complete program listings and details, click the link above.

Sixteen-year-old piano virtuoso and Alfred Brendel protégé Kit Armstrong performs in recital on Friday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. with a program featuring his own composition entitled Variations for Piano, along with works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Debussy, and Liszt.

Ensemble ACJW continues its ACJW Gets Extreme series at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Monday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. Program details are to be announced.

Jon Faddis on Tuesday, April 27 at 8:30 p.m.
Date and Artist Update:
Please note the new date of this concert. In addition, the remaining artists joining jazz trumpet virtuoso Jon Faddis have been announced and will include pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Todd Coolman, and drummer Dion Parson. The concert, entitled The Majesty of the Jazz Trumpet, explores the musical legacy of great jazz trumpeters such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie. Faddis, who led the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band from 1992–2002, will also perform his own music on the program.

A Night of Inspiration on Wednesday, April 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Concert Addition:
A gospel concert entitled A Night of Inspiration has been added to Carnegie Hall’s 2009–2010 season, and will feature a program celebrating the uplifting power of gospel music through vocal and spoken-word performances presented by a star-studded lineup of artists. Musical Director Ray Chew and co-hosts Soledad O’Brien and Pastor A. R. Bernard head this program featuring appearances by Pastor Shirley Caesar, Sheila E., Patty Griffin, Fred Hammond, Michael McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Richard Smallwood, Hezekiah Walker, Pauletta Washington, and BeBe & CeCe Winans. For complete program listings and details, click the link above.