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January 2005

Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 3:00 PM

The Met Orchestra
James Levine, Artistic Director and Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
Carl Maria Von Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Edgard Varese: Amériques
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $39, $48, $79, $106, $141, $155

Monday, January 10, 2005 at 8:30 PM
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 8:30 PM
Thursday, January 13, 2005 at 8:30 PM

Perspectives: Dawn Upshaw
Dawn Upshaw, Soprano
Geoff Nuttall, Violin
Directed by Peter Sellars
György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments
Zankel Hall
Tickets: $38, $52

Saturday, January 15, 2005 at 8:00 PM

Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Helmuth Rilling, Conductor
Juliane Banse, Soprano
Marlis Petersen, Soprano
James Taylor, Tenor
Nathan Berg, Bass-Baritone
Kathy Saltzman Romey, Choral Preparation
Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K.427 (World premiere of completion by Robert Levin)
Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 PM in Isaac Stern Auditorium with Robert Levin
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $24, $28, $38, $55, $75, $82

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 8:00 PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, Music Director and Conductor
John Keyes, Tenor (Parsifal)
Matthias Hölle, Bass (Gurnemanz)
Andreas Schmidt, Baritone (Amfortas)
Philadelphia Singers Chorale
David Hayes, Music Director
Luciano Berio: Stanze (New York Premiere)
Richard Wagner: Act III of Parsifal
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $25, $32, $50, $63, $85, $97

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 8:30 PM

MICHAEL BRECKER QUINDECTET
The tenor sax master leads his lyrical and provocative 15-member group,
consisting of horns, woodwinds, and strings plus a guitar-led rhythm section.
Zankel Hall
Tickets: $38

Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 8:00 PM

Perspectives: Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Franz Schubert: Sonata in D Major, D.850
Bent Sørensen: The Shadows of Silence (World Premiere, Commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation)
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $23, $32, $44, $59, $80, $87

Friday, January 21, 2005 at 7:30 PM

ORCHESTRA UNDERGROUND
American Composers Orchestra
Steven Sloane, Music Director and Conductor
Jason Freeman: Glimmer (World Premiere)
Carlos Carrillo: Algunas metáforas que aluden al tormento, a la angustia y a la guerra
(World Premiere)
Dan Trueman: Traps II (World Premiere)
Eve Beglarian: FlamingO (Revised Version, World Premiere)
Zankel Hall
Tickets: $20, $32

Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 3:00 PM

The Met Orchestra
James Levine, Artistic Director and Conductor
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Mezzo-Soprano
Ben Heppner, Tenor
Carl Maria Von Weber: Overture to Oberon
Elliot Carter: Variations for Orchestra
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $39, $48, $79, $106, $141, $155

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, Music Director and Conductor
Lars Vogt, Piano
Aulis Sallinen: Symphony No. 8, Op. 81, "Autumnal Fragments" (New York Premiere)
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $24, $28, $38, $55, $75, $82

Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 5:30 PM

The Song Continues...
Deborah Domanski, Mezzo-Soprano
William Hobbs, Piano
Jason Hardy, Bass
Jerome Tan, Piano
Featuring the world premiere of a song cycle by John Musto, sung by Mr. Hardy
Weill Recital Hall
Tickets: $5

London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, Conductor
Boulez: Livre pour cordes
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 PM in Isaac Stern Auditorium with Ara Guzelimian
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $27, $37, $50, $64, $92, $102

London Symphony Orchestra Discovery Concert
Pierre Boulez, Conductor
Get inside the music with Pierre Boulez, Ara Guzelimian, and the LSO as they examine Igor Stravinsky's seminal Le Sacre du printemps with in-depth discussion accompanied by musical examples; following intermission, the work will be performed in its entirety.
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $10, $15, $20, $25, $30, $35

London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, Conductor
Boulez: Dérive 2
Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 PM in Isaac Stern Auditorium with Ara Guzelimian.
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $27, $37, $50, $64, $92, $102

The Met Orchestra
James Levine, Artistic Director and Conductor
Thomas Quasthoff, Bass-Baritone
Carl Maria Von Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Charles Wuorinen: Grand Bamboula
Franz Schubert: "Tränenregen," D.795, No. 10 (orch. Webern)
Franz Schubert: "Prometheus," D.674 (orch. Reger)
Franz Schubert: "Der Wegweiser," D.911, No. 20 (orch. Webern)
Franz Schubert: "Ständchen," D.957, No. 4 (orch. Offenbach)
Franz Schubert: "Erlkönig," D.328 (orch. Reger)
Anton Webern: Symphony, Op. 21
Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $39, $48, $79, $106, $141, $155

Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 5:30 pm

Ana Milosavljevic, violin
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Terezija Cukrov, piano
Beth Anderson: Tales #1-2
Anderson: Dr. Bloods Mermaid Lullaby
Anderson: Belgian Tango
The program will also include the music of John Adams, Chin Yi, Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy,
Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Lauren Bernofsky.
Weill Recital Hall
Tickets: $23

Making Music: Harrison Birtwistle
Commentary by Harrison Birtwistle
Bradley Lubman, Conductor
Susan Narucki, Soprano
Heather Gardner, Narrator
Tara Helen O'Connor, Flute
Karen Bogardus, Flute
Jacqueline Leclair, Oboe
Michael Lowenstern, Clarinet
Peter Kolkay, Bassoon
Daniel Grabois, Horn
Molly Morkoski, Celesta
Bridget Kibbey, Harp
Courtney Orlando, Violin
Caleb Burhans, Violin
Dov Scheindlin, Viola
Priscilla Lee, Cello
Joseph Gramley, Percussion
Ara Guzelimian, Series Moderator
All-Birtwisle Program:
Five Distances for Five Instruments
Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker
The Woman and the Hare (New York Premiere)
Tragoedia
Zankel Hall
Tickets: $20

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