Carnegie Hall 2018 Announces 2019 Season Updates
By: A.A. Cristi Jul. 17, 2018
Carnegie Hall's has announced some changes to its 2018-2019 schedule. See the newly announced details below!
Carnegie Hall OPENING NIGHT GALA
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Perspectives artist Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in a program that now includes Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No. 1, replacing the previously announced Ravel's La valse. Also on the program is Gershwin's Cuban Overture and An American in Paris, plus songs, arias, and duets from opera and musical theater sung by Renée Fleming and Audra McDonald.
SPHINX VIRTUOSI
Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Sphinx Virtuosi will now perform at 6:00 p.m. instead of the previously announced start time and have added the New York premiere of Derrick Spiva Jr.'s A Vision Unfolding, the traditional South African song Ndikhokhele Bawo (arranged by Mari-Pitout), and "Glory" from Selma (arranged by Eugene Rogers) by John Legend, Common and Rhymefest to the program alongside previously announced works by Shostakovich, Cassadó, and Terence Blanchard. Yasushi Akutagawa's Triptyque for String Orchestra is no longer on the program.
ORCHESTRE RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE ET ROMANTIQUE
Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
The all-Berlioz program by Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner on October 14 will now begin at 3:00 p.m. instead of the previously announced start time.
ENSEMBLE CONNECT
Monday October 22, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
(Weill Recital Hall)
Ensemble Connect plays Ligeti's Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet and Kaija Saariaho's Light and Matter on a program that also includes the previously announced new work by Gabriella Smith and Brahms Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114.
EL?NA GARAN?A / MALCOLM MARTINEAU
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Mezzo-soprano El?na Garan?a offers a recital with a program to include Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
MAXIM VENGEROV / ROUSTEM SAÏTKOULOV
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Violinist Maxim Vengerov and pianist Roustem Saïtkoulov offer a program that includes Ernst's The Last Rose of Summer and Paganini's I palpiti alongside previously announced violin sonatas by Brahms, Enescu, and Ravel.
ANNA & ELIZABETH / THE LOW ANTHEM
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 9:00 p.m.
(Zankel Hall)
Rosanne Cash curates and hosts a double bill which showcases the novel ways traditional roots music continues to evolve featuring Anna & Elizabeth and The Low Anthem.
ENSEMBLE CONNECT
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
(Weill Recital Hall)
In addition to Dvorák's String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48, Ensemble Connect plays Bach's Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale from A Musical Offering, BWV 1079 and Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Hrim in Weill Recital Hall.
Anna Netrebko / MALCOLM MARTINEAU
Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
For soprano Anna Netrebko's recital with pianist Malcolm Martineau, the program includes songs by Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky.
NEW YORK STRING ORCHESTRA
Monday, December 24, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Violinist Pamela Frank joins the New York String Orchestra conducted by Jaime Laredo for Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 3, No. 10 joining previously announced fellow violinists: Jinjoo Cho, Bella Hristova, and Kyoko Takezawa, and replacing violinist Cho-Liang Lin.
NEW YORK STRING ORCHESTRA
Friday, December 28, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Violinist Joshua Bell plays Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 with Jaime Laredo leading the New York String Orchestra replacing the previously announced Brahms Violin Concerto.
LEIF OVE ANDSNES
Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has added Schumann's Three Romances, Op. 28 to the previously announced program that also includes works by Janácek and Bartók. He will no longer be performing Schumann's Blumenstück and Chopin's Ballade No. 3.
JAKUB JÓZEF ORLI?SKI
Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
(Weill Recital Hall)
A complete program for countertenor Jakub Józef Orli?ski and members of New York Baroque Incorporated has now been added including an additional piece by Domingo Terradellas and omitting previously announced Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus.
ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA
Friday, February 15, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
The New York premiere of Guillaume Connesson's Eiréné has been added to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's concert lead by Chief Conductor Daniele Gatti. Also on the program is Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor" featuring Pierre-Laurent Aimard and R. Strauss's Ein Heldenleben.
ENSEMBLE CONNECT
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
(Weill Recital Hall)
In addition to the previously announced John Adams's Chamber Symphony, Ensemble Connect plays Colin McPhee's Balinese Ceremonial Music, Steve Reich's Quartet and Julia Wolfe's On Seven-Star-Shoes in Weill Recital Hall.
Jonathan Wilson
Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 10:00 p.m.
(Zankel Hall)
Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Jonathan Wilson performs in Zankel Hall, presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with WFUV.
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER / LAMBERT ORKIS
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Anne-Sophie Mutter is joined by violinist Ye-Eun Choi for the US premiere of Unsuk Chin's Gran Cadenza for Two Violins. Also on the program is the world premiere of Sebastian Currier's Piano Trio with pianist Lambert Orkis and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, and violin sonatas by Debussy, Mozart, and Poulenc. Currier's Aftersong is no longer on the program.
HAGEN QUARTET / JÖRG WIDMANN
Friday, March 22, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
(Zankel Hall)
The Hagen Quartet will play selections from Dvorák's Cypresses, replacing the previously announced Beethoven string quartet. Composer/clarinetist Jörg Widmann joins for the US premiere of his Clarinet Quintet and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet.
CRISTINA GÓMEZ GODOY / MICHAIL LIFITS
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
(Weill Recital Hall)
The complete program has been added for oboist Cristina Gómez Godoy's recital with pianist Michail Lifits including Poulenc's Sonata for Oboe and Piano; C. Schumann's Three Romances, Op. 22; and Ravel's Alborada del gracioso for Solo Piano. Additional works by Elliott Carter (Figment VI and HBHH) as well as R. Schumann's Three Romances are no longer on the program which features Carter's "Inner Song" from Trilogy as well as pieces by Britten, Saint-Saëns, and Pasculli as previously announced.
DEVA MAHAL
Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 10:00 p.m.
(Zankel Hall)
Presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with WFUV, as part of the citywide festival: Migrations: The Making of America, soul and R&B singer Deva Mahal takes inspiration from the idea of strength through vulnerability. She connects with her audience with raw honesty, rich musicality, and emotionally searing songs of love and loss, and the power of the human spirit to overcome.
Ensemble Connect
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
(Weill Recital Hall)
Ensemble Connect plays R. Seeger's Suite for Wind Quintet and Beethoven's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 on a program that also includes Ravel's Piano Trio in A Minor as previously announced.
Itzhak Perlman / EVGENY KISSIN
Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
A program has been added for the recital of Itzhak Perlman and Evgeny Kissin to include violin sonatas by Mozart, Brahms, and Beethoven.
NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
(Zankel Hall)
Perspectives artist Yuja Wang plays the New York premiere of a work for solo piano by fellow Perspectives artist Michael Tilson Thomas, who leads the New World Symphony on a program that also includes the New York premiere of Tilson Thomas's Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind featuring soprano Measha Brueggergosman and Schubert's String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden" as previously announced.
EVGENY KISSIN
Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
A program has been added for Evgeny Kissin's piano recital including Chopin Nocturnes, selections from Debussy's Préludes, Book I and Book II, Schumann's Piano Sonata No. 3, and Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 30.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
A performance by the National Symphony Orchestra, led by its Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, has been added with a program that features Liszt's Dante Symphony and Rossini's Stabat Mater. Soloists include soprano Erika Grimaldi, mezzo-soprano Chiara Amarù, tenor Michele Angelini, and bass-baritone Marko Mimica (replacing the previously announced bass Michele Pertusi). The NSO will also be joined by the University of Maryland Concert Choir, led by Director Edward Maclary. This concert replaces the originally scheduled performance on the same date by Mr. Noseda and Teatro Regio Torino which recently cancelled its spring 2019 US tour.
THE MET ORCHESTRA
Monday, June 3, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads The MET Orchestra in Debussy's La mer and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, and is joined by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard for Dutilleux's Le temps l'horloge and Ravel's Shéhérazade.
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