Carnegie Hall Performance To Be Webcast Live On Medici.tv and Broadcast On WQXR FM

Carnegie Hall has announced that the sold-out performance by the Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), led by Music Director Antonio Pappano in his Carnegie Hall debut and featuring pianist Martha Argerich, scheduled for tonight, Friday, October 20 at 8:00 p.m. EST, will be webcast live free of charge to a worldwide audience on medici.tv and carnegiehall.org/medici.

The orchestra's program includes the Sinfonia from Verdi's Aida, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Martha Argerich, as well as Respighi's Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome. Following the live webcast, free replay of this concert will be available to online audiences on medici.tv for another three months, playable worldwide on all internet-enabled devices, including smart phones, tablets, Chromecast, computers, and smart TVs.

This October 20 performance is part of the Carnegie Hall Live radio and digital series and will be broadcast live on New York's all-classical music station WQXR 105.9 FM and streamed via wqxr.org and carnegiehall.org/wqxr. The concert will also be distributed to public radio stations nationwide as a 13-part series starting in spring 2018.

Maestro Pappano and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia return to Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage the following evening, Saturday, October 21 at 8:00 p.m. The orchestra's program includes the New York premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino's La Nuova Euridice secondo Rilke with soprano Barbara Hannigan as well as Mahler's Symphony No. 6.

Program Information
Friday, October 20 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ORCHESTRA DELL'ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director and Conductor
Martha Argerich, Piano

Giuseppe Verdi Sinfonia from Aida
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Ottorino Respighi Fountains of Rome
Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome

Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage with Alain Frogley, Professor of Music History, University of Connecticut.

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Tickets: This concert is sold out. Concertgoers may call CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800 for any last-minute ticket availability.

Saturday, October 21 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ORCHESTRA DELL'ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director and Conductor
Barbara Hannigan, Soprano

SALVATORE SCIARRINO La nuova Euridice secondo Rilke (NY Premiere)
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A Minor

Tickets: $38-$125

The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is proudly supported by Enel, Founding Partner and USA Tour Sponsor.

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