Deborah Voigt, David Hyde Pierce and More Set for WQXR & Carnegie Hall's 2014-15 CARNEGIE HALL LIVE Series

This fall, WQXR, New York City's classical music station and CARNEGIE HALL will once again bring concerts from the renowned concert hall to national and international audiences through live and recorded broadcasts and webcasts of 12 concerts from the 2014-15 season.

CARNEGIE HALL LIVE will kick off on Wednesday, October 1 at 7pm (ET) with a live WQXR broadcast of Carnegie Hall's Opening Night Gala concert by the Berliner Philharmoniker featuring Sir Simon Rattle and Anne-Sophie Mutter.

Other highlights from the series include piano recitals by Daniil Trifonov with masterworks by Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt, and Sir András Schiff, performing late sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert; orchestral concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony; and programs featuring eminent vocalists Joyce DiDonato and Thomas Hampson.

For the first time, the vibrant radio and digital series will be co-hosted by luminaries from the arts world. Soprano Deborah Voigt, who has previously guest-hosted on WQXR, will join WQXR's Jeff Spurgeon for Opening Night. Emmy Award-winning actor David Hyde Pierce will co-host the Daniil Trifonov recital on December 9 and New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will celebrate his birthday by joining Spurgeon at the Mahler Chamber Orchestra on February 23. Other notable names will join for various performances throughout the series.

All 12 concerts in the season-long series will air and stream live on WQXR 105.9 FM, www.wqxr.org, and www.carnegiehall.org. This year, the WFMT Radio Network, the classical music and arts radio distributor and producer based in Chicago, has signed on to distribute four of the live concerts nationally, including the Opening Night concert on October 1. Carnegie Hall Live will also be available via WFMT Radio Network to public radio stations throughout the United States and internationally as a 13-part series starting in April 2015. Further details about the packaged series will be available at a later date.

During each broadcast, WQXR and Carnegie Hall will host live Twitter chats featuring behind-the-scenes insights by the broadcast team, color commentary by the hosts, and interaction with the broadcast/webcast listeners, connecting national and international fans to the music and to each other. NPR Music will also join as a digital partner on select concerts.

Throughout the series, WQXR will produce rich web-exclusive content to enhance the listening experience, including short videos of solo performances by select musicians in WQXR's "Café Concerts;" Carnegie Hall-produced video profiles; and a curated post-show archive of social media conversations.

"WQXR is delighted to continue our partnership with Carnegie Hall, bringing the energy and vitality of the New York City concert hall experience to both local and global listeners," said Graham Parker, General Manager, WQXR. "This year's edition of Carnegie Hall Live will be particularly engaging, as we are joined by music lovers and performers such as David Hyde Pierce and Deborah Voigt to help us share these special musical experiences with on-air and digital audiences. And we're delighted to bring the concerts to the national radio audience with partner WFMT."

"It's always exciting to reach beyond our walls, bringing a range of extraordinary concerts from our stages to music lovers everywhere through Carnegie Hall Live," said Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall's Executive and Artistic Director. "We look forward to working in partnership with WQXR and WFMT to offer audiences worldwide the opportunity to take part in many exceptional musical experiences this season."

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LIVE BROADCAST SCHEDULE:

BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
OPENING NIGHT GALA

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 7:00 PM

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

CARNEGIE HALL'S OPENING NIGHT GALA

RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
STRAVINSKY Closing Scenes from The Firebird

Perspectives: Anne-Sophie Mutter

Program to be performed without intermission.

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC

Zankel Hall

Friday, November 7, 2014 at 7:30 PM

Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, Director and Harpsichord

ALL-J.S. BACH PROGRAM
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
- intermission -
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 8:00 PM

Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director and Conductor

Gil Shaham, Violin

New York Choral Artists

Joseph Flummerfelt, Chorus Director

SAMUEL ADAMS Drift and Providence (NY Premiere)

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2

- intermission -

RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

DANIIL TRIFONOV

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 8:00 PM

Daniil Trifonov, Piano

· BACH Fantasy and Fugue for Organ in G Minor, BWV 542 (trans. for piano by Franz Liszt, S. 463)

· BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111

· - intermission -

· LISZT Transcendental Etudes, S. 139

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Friday, January 30, 2015 at 8:00 PM

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, Music Director and Conductor

MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

DEBUSSY La mer

- intermission -

SCRIABIN Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 43, "The Divine Poem"

THOMAS HAMPSON
WOLFRAM RIEGER

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Monday, February 9, 2015 at 8:00 PM

Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Wolfram Rieger, Piano

Program to include:

JENNIFER HIGDON New Work (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
LEIF OVE ANDSNES

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Monday, February 23, 2015 at 8:00 PM

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano and Conductor

ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
- intermission -
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 8:00 PM

Sir András Schiff, Piano

HAYDN Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI: 50
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
- intermission -
MOZART Piano Sonata in C Major, K 545
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958

THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 8:00 PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Maurizio Benini, Conductor
Nicole Cabell, Soprano
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor

Perspectives: Joyce DiDonato

Arias, ensembles and orchestral selections from the bel canto era to be announced

LE CONCERT DES NATIONS

Zankel Hall

Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 7:30 PM

Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, Director

ANON. Concert donné a Louis XIII en 1627 (selected by André Danican Philidor)

•• Les Ombres

•• Air pour les mesmes

•• Les Nimphes de la Grenouilliere

•• Les Bergers

•• Les Amériquains

LULLY Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

LULLY "Marche pour la Cérémonie Turque"

LULLY "Premiere Air des Espagnols"

LULLY "Second Air des Espagnols"

LULLY "L'entrée des Scaramouches"

LULLY "Chaconne des Scaramouches"

MARAIS Couplets de folies

COUPERIN Prelude from Deuxième concert royal

COUPERIN Muzette, "Naïvement" from Troisième concert royal

COUPERIN "Chaconne légère" from Troisième concert royal

- intermission -

MARAIS Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris

RAMEAU from Pièces de clavecin

•• La Forqueray

•• La Cupis

•• La Marais

FORQUERAY "La Marella"

FORQUERAY "La du Vaucel"

FORQUERAY "La Leclair"

LECLAIR Sonata in D Major, Op. 2, No. 8

Before Bach

ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS
MONTEVERDI CHOIR

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 8:00 PM

English Baroque Soloists
The Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor

MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610

Before Bach

NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 8:00pm

National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America

Charles Dutoit, conductor

YUNDI, piano

Program to be announced

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Since 1891, New York City's Carnegie Hall has set the international standard for musical excellence. From Tchaikovsky, Dvo?ák, Mahler, and Bartók to George Gershwin, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Judy Garland, and The Beatles, the best of every form of music has filled Carnegie Hall throughout its history Carnegie Hall continues this tradition today, presenting hundreds of exceptional musical performances each season on its three great stages-the renowned Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, intimate Weill Recital Hall, and the innovative Zankel Hall- with offerings ranging from orchestral concerts, chamber music, and solo recitals to jazz, world, and popular music. In addition to Carnegie Hall's presentations, the venue is also home to over 500 independently produced events each year. Complementing its performance activities Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute creates extensive music education and community programs that serve close to 450,000 people in the New York City metropolitan region, across the United States, and around the world annually, playing a central role in Carnegie Hall's commitment to making great music accessible to as many people as possible. For more information about Carnegie Hall, visit www.carnegiehall.org.

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