Michael Tilson Thomas to Conduct The MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 6/5

Carnegie Hall today announced that Michael Tilson Thomas replaces conductor James Levine on The MET Orchestra program for June 5, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The program will now include Carl Ruggles's Evocations in place of the previously announced world premiere of Eros and Nemesis by Charles Wuorinen. The remainder of the program remains the same with soprano Pretty Yende singing Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate and Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in G Major. This concert marks Maestro Tilson Thomas's first performance leading The MET Orchestra.

The June 5 concert concludes a trio of performances by The MET Orchestra in spring 2018. On Friday May 18, Mirga Gražinyt?-Tyla leads the orchestra in her Carnegie Hall debut with a program to include Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. Gianandrea Noseda takes to the podium on Wednesday, May 30, conducting Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5, "Turkish," featuring James Ehnes as soloist and Mahler's Symphony No. 5.

Program Information
Friday, May 18, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
THE MET ORCHESTRA
Mirga Gražinyt?-Tyla, Conductor
Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzo-Soprano

Claude Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Modest Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich)
·· Lullaby
·· Serenade
·· Trepak (Russian Dance)
·· The Field-Marshal
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
THE MET ORCHESTRA
Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor
James Ehnes, Violin

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "Turkish"
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
The MET Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
Pretty Yende, Soprano

CARL RUGGLES Evocations
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Exsultate, jubilate
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major

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