Carnegie Hall and WQXR Present the 10th Season of “Carnegie Hall Live”
For the 10th consecutive season, Carnegie Hall and WQXR proudly unite to present Carnegie Hall Live, a series of exciting broadcast concerts—drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Hall’s stages over the past nine years—in programs that are thematically reimagined and newly produced. Jeff Spurgeon hosts the programs.
The series launches on WQXR on Thursday, June 3 at 9:00 PM (ET) with a program featuring works by American composers. The Philadelphia Orchestra led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin performs Bernstein’s On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue featuring pianists Lang Lang, Chick Corea, and Maxim Lando from Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night in 2017. Baritone Thomas Hampson sings excerpts from Jennifer Higdon’s Civil Words and Burleigh’s “Ethiopia Saluting the Colors” with pianist Wolfram Rieger. Pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin play Tango for Two Pianos by Stravinsky (a naturalized American citizen from 1945), and sibling duo cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason play Barber’s Cello Sonata. Michael Tilson Thomas closes the program leading the San Francisco Symphony in Gershwin’s An American in Paris.
Other upcoming highlights in the specially-curated series include performances by Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia led by Sir Antonio Pappano and featuring pianist Martha Argerich, soprano Renée Fleming in recital with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, and a special broadcast showcasing performances by the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America over the years with conductors Marin Alsop, Sir Antonio Pappano, and David Robertson.
All Carnegie Hall Live broadcasts will air locally on New York’s only all-classical music station WQXR FM weekly on Thursdays at 9:00 PM ET through August 26, and will be available to digital audiences on-demand at wqxr.org, and carnegiehall.org. In addition, the series is airing on public radio stations across the country throughout the year. The full WQXR broadcast schedule is listed below.
Ed Yim, WQXR’s Chief Content Officer, notes: “As New York’s classical music service, WQXR is rooted in our great city, and nothing could be more New York than the legendary Carnegie Hall. We are proud to share a decade’s worth of performances from the world’s greatest stage and look forward to many years of future collaboration.”
“It is a pleasure to revisit these incredible performances through Carnegie Hall Live as we mark our tenth year of partnership with WQXR,” said Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director at Carnegie Hall. “There is nothing like being together for a live concert in Carnegie Hall. We are delighted to share exceptional musical experiences from the last nine years with listeners around the world as we look forward to our return to the Hall and the chance to create even more wonderful musical memories.”
Live Broadcast Schedule
Hosted by Jeff Spurgeon
All programs begin at 9:00 P.M. ET
ALL AMERICAN
Thursday, June 3
| Program | Artists | Original Broadcast |
| BERNSTEIN On the WaterfrontSymphonic Suite | The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor |
October 4, 2017 |
| GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue | The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor Lang Lang, Piano Chick Corea, Piano with Maxim Lando, Piano |
October 4, 2017 |
| JENNIFER HIGDON Excerpts from Civil Words (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall) | Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
February 9, 2015 |
| BURLEIGH “Ethiopia Saluting the Colors” | Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
February 9, 2015 |
| STRAVINSKY Tango for Two Pianos (transc. Babin) | Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano Marc-André Hamelin, Piano |
April 28, 2017 |
| BARBER Cello Sonata, Op. 6 | Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano |
December 11, 2019 |
| GERSHWIN An American in Paris | San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director and Conductor |
October 3, 2018 |
AT THE KEYBOARD
Thursday, June 10
| PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 | Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director and Conductor Martha Argerich, Piano |
October 20, 2017 |
| RAVEL “Laideronnette: Impératrice des Pagodes” from Ma mère l’oye(Piano Four Hands) | Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Sir Antonio Pappano, Piano Martha Argerich, Piano |
October 20, 2017 |
| BRAHMS Seven Fantasies, Op. 116 | Sir András Schiff, Piano | April 3, 2018 |
| BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons, Chief Conductor Mitsuko Uchida, Piano |
May 17, 2014 |
| BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier” (last movement | Yuja Wang, Piano | May 14, 2016 |
ST. JOHN PASSION
Thursday, June 17
| BACH St. John Passion, BWV 245 | Les Violons du Roy Bernard Labadie, Music Director and Conductor La Chapelle de Québec Bernard Labadie, Music Director and Conductor Ian Bostridge, Tenor Neal Davies, Bass-Baritone Karina Gauvin, Soprano Damien Guillon, Countertenor Nicholas Phan, Tenor Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Bass-Baritone |
March 25, 2012 |
STRING QUARTETS
Thursday, June 24
| SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 11 | Takács Quartet ·· Edward Dusinberre, Violin ·· Károly Schranz, Violin ·· Geraldine Walther, Viola ·· András Fejér, Cello |
October 14, 2017 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 | Pavel Haas Quartet ·· Veronika Jarusková, Violin ·· Eva Karova, Violin ·· Pavel Nikl, Viola ·· Peter Jarusek, Cello |
April 27, 2012 |
| JANÁČEK String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters” | Elias String Quartet ·· Sara Bitlloch, Violin ·· Donald Grant, Violin ·· Martin Saving, Viola ·· Marie Bitlloch, Cello |
April 2, 2013 |
| GESUALDO Selections from Madrigals, Book VI (arr. Bruce Adolphe) ·· “Deh, come invan sospiro” ·· “Beltà poi che t’assenti” ·· “Resta di darmi noia” ·· “Già piansi nel dolore” ·· “Moro, lasso, al mio duolo” |
Brentano String Quartet ·· Mark Steinberg, Violin ·· Serena Canin, Violin ·· Misha Amory, Viola ·· Nina Lee, Cello |
February 23, 2017 |
| HAYDN String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5 | St. Lawrence String Quartet ·· Geoff Nuttall, Violin ·· Owen Dalby, Violin ·· Lesley Robertson, Viola ·· Christopher Costanza, Cello |
October 29, 2015 |
MUSICAL PRODIGIES
Thursday, July 1
| MENDELSSOHN Fantasia in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28 | Sir András Schiff, Piano | April 3, 2018 |
| MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Conductor |
February 26, 2016 |
| CHOPIN Waltz in F Minor, Op. 70, No. 2 CHOPIN Waltz in G-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1 CHOPIN Waltz in D-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3 CHOPIN Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42 CHOPIN Ballade in A-flat Major, Op. 47 CHOPIN Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1 CHOPIN Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23CHOPIN Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1 |
Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano | February 15, 2012 |
| MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 | Mahler Chamber Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida, Piano and Director Matthew Truscott, Concertmaster and Leader |
March 29, 2019 |
STORYTELLING
Thursday, July 8
| ROSSINI William Tell Overture | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons, Chief Conductor |
May 4, 2018 |
| WOLF “Frühlingschor” from Manuel Venegas WOLF “Elfenlied” WOLF “Der Feuerreiter” |
Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor Camilla Tilling, Soprano Westminster Symphonic Choir |
February 25, 2012 |
| REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas | Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director and Conductor |
December 10, 2012 |
| BERLIOZ Harold in Italy | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artistic Director and Conductor Antoine Tamestit, Viola |
October 14, 2018 |
JORDI SAVALL—The Millenarian Venice: Gateway to the East
Thursday, July 15
| ANON. Calling of the Bells and Fanfare ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS “Alleluia” ANON. Erotokritos MARCABRU “Pax in nomine Domini!” TRADITIONAL Dance of the Soul, from the North African Berber Ritual ANON. Ton Dhespotin, from the Sunday Service of Orthros TRADITIONAL Armenian Song and Dance CONDUCTUS “O totius Asie Gloria” ANON. “Pasan tin elpida mou” ANON. Chiave, chiave ANON. Adoramus te, from the Mass Proper ANON. “Tin dheisin mou” TRADITIONAL Nikriz DUFAY “O tres piteulx” / “Omnes amici eius” JANEQUIN Escoutez tous gentilz” (La bataille de Marignan; La guerre) –intermission– S. ROSSI “Al naharot bavel,” from Hashirim asher lish’lomo WILLAERT “Vecchie letrose, non valete niente” KLADAS Yefvsasthe kai idhete, from the Holy Eucharist LOBWASSER “Ficht wieder meine Anfechter” (Psalm 35), from Der Psalter … in deutsche reyme (arr. Claude Goudimel) TRADITIONAL Laïla Djân MONTEVERDI Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda VIVALDI “Di queste selve venite, o Numi,” from La senna festeggiante, RV 693 MOZART Rondo alla turca from Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331 (arr. Jordi Savall) BYZANTIOS Kratema MARCHANT “Nous sommes tous égaux,” from La constitution française en chanson(arr. Jordi Savall) ANON. “Per quel bel viso,” from A Second Set of Venetian Ballads for the German Flute, Violin, or Harpsichord compos’d by Sigr. Hasse and All the Celebrated Italian Masters (Gondolier Song; arr. Jordi Savall) ANON. “Mia cara Anzoletta,” from A Second Set of Venetian Ballads for the German Flute, Violin, or Harpsichord compos’d by Sigr. Hasse and All the Celebrated Italian Masters (Gondolier Song; arr. Jordi Savall) BORDÈSE “La Sainte Ligue” (“La nuit est sombre”), after Beethoven Symphony No. 7 and Symphony No. 5, from L’Orphéon classique populaire, fragments des chefs d’oeuvre des grand maîtres (arr. Jordi Savall) |
Jordi Savall, Director, Treble Viol, and Lyra Orthodox-Byzantine Vocal Ensemble Panagiotis Neochoritis La Capella Reial de Catalunya Hespèrion XXI Le Concert des Nations |
February 3, 2017 |
RUSSIAN
Thursday, July 22
| STRAVINSKY Closing Scenes from The Firebird | Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor |
October 1, 2014 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 | New York Philharmonic Alan Gilbert, Music Director and Conductor Evgeny Kissin, Piano |
October 7, 2015 |
| SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 | Munich Philharmonic Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor |
October 26, 2019 |
FRENCH
Thursday, July 29
| RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major | Munich Philharmonic Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano |
April 3, 2017 |
| BERLIOZ La mort de Cléopâtre | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artistic Director and Conductor |
October 14, 2018 |
| RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé(complete) | San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director and Conductor |
November 20, 2014 |
FOLK BASED
Thursday, August 5
| BERLIOZ La mort de Cléopâtre | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artistic Director and Conductor |
October 14, 2018 |
| BARTÓK Hungarian Peasant Songs | Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer, Music Director and Conductor Márta Sebestyén, Vocalist Ildikó Komlósi, Mezzo-Soprano Krisztián Cser, Bass |
April 6, 2019 |
| LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 | Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer, Music Director and Conductor Marc-André Hamelin, Piano |
February 18, 2016 |
| DVOŘÁK Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90, “Dumky” | Christian Tetzlaff, Violin Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello Lars Vogt, Piano |
February 24, 2016 |
| MAHLER Adagio from Symphony No. 10 | San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director and Conductor |
April 8, 2017 |
| BARTÓK Suite, Op. 14 | Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano | February 15, 2012 |
ALL-BEETHOVEN
Thursday, August 12
| BEETHOVEN Twelve Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen”, Op. 66 | Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano |
December 11, 2019 |
| BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artistic Director and Conductor |
February 24, 2020 |
| BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 | Daniil Trifonov, Piano | December 9, 2014 |
| BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Daniel Harding, Conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano |
February 15, 2019 |
RENÉE FLEMING AND SUSAN GRAHAM
Thursday, August 19
| SAINT-SAËNS “Pastorale” SAINT-SAËNS “Viens! une flûte invisible” SAINT-SAËNS “El desdichado” FAURÉ “Puisqu’ici bas”, Op. 10, No. 1 FAURÉ “Pleurs d’or”, Op. 72 FAURÉ Pavane in F-sharp Minor, Op. 50 FAURÉ “Tarentelle”, Op. 10, No. 2 DEBUSSY “Clair de lune” DEBUSSY “Mandoline” DEBUSSY “Beau soir” DELIBES “Les filles de Cadix” HAHN “Le rossignol des lilas” HAHN “Infidélité” HAHN “Fêtes galantes” HAHN “Le printemps” BERLIOZ “La mort d’Ophélie”, Op. 18, No. 2 ANDRÉ MESSAGER “Blanche-marie et Marie-Blanche” from Les P’tites Michu OFFENBACH Barcarolle from Les contes d’Hoffmann DELIBES “Duo des fleurs” from LakméEncores: MOZART “Ah guarda sorella” from Così fan tutte GUGLIELMI “La Vie en rose” CANTELOUBE “Malurous qu’o uno fenno” from Songs of the Auvergne HUMPERDINCK “Prayer” from Hansel and Gretel |
Renée Fleming, Soprano Susan Graham, Mezzo-Soprano Bradley Moore, Piano |
January 27, 2013 |
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Thursday, August 26
| MAHLER Symphony No. 1 | National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America Marin Alsop, Conductor |
July 21, 2017 |
| R. STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie | National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor |
August 3, 2019 |
| MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts) | National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America David Robertson, Conductor |
July 22, 2014 |
