This year Carnegie Hall Live marks its 10th anniversary, and we're celebrating with a look back at favorite performances from the past decade. This specially curated 13-part series, hosted by Jeff Spurgeon, features recordings of some of classical music's most esteemed artists in an array of styles and repertoire, all captured live at New York City's world-famous concert hall.
Here’s what’s coming up in the WQXR-produced series, which airs from 7 to 9 p.m. central each Thursday through Aug. 26.
July 15: Jordi Savall
The Millenarian Venice: Gateway to the East
For 1,000 years, Venice was a world capital of trade and culture. Jordi Savall and his international band of ancient instrument performers trace the melodies from across the Mediterranean to Persia, the Ottoman empire; and from Rome to France to 11th-century Greece — all through music that moved through Venice.
Orthodox-Byzantine Vocal Ensemble
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hesperion XXI
Le Concert des Nations
July 22: Russian
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
Stravinsky - Closing scenes from The Firebird
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1, with Evgeny Kissin, piano
Munich Philharmonic; Valery Gergiev, conductor
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
July 29: French
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Debussy - Images
Munich Philharmonic; Valery Gergiev, conductor
Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major, with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Berlioz - Death of Cleopatra
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe
Aug. 5: Folk-based
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Iván Fischer, conductor
Bartók - Hungarian Peasant Songs
Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, with Marc-André Hamelin
Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio
Dvořák - Piano Trio No. 4 “Dumky”
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Mahler - Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Bartók - Suite Op. 14
Aug. 12: All Beethoven
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello and Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen,” from The Magic Flute, Op. 66
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Symphony No 8
Danill Trifonov, piano
Piano Sonata No. 32
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Daniel Harding, conductor
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73, "Emperor," with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Aug. 19: Renée Fleming and Susan Graham
Renée Fleming, soprano; Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Bradley Moore, piano
Saint-Saëns - Pastorale; Viens!; Une flute invisible, El desdichado
Faure - Puisqu’ici-bas, Op. 10 No 1; Pleurs d’or, Op.72;
Pavane in F-sharp Minor, Op. 50; Tarentelle, Op. 10, No 2
Debussy - Clair de lune; Mandoline; Beau soir
Delibes - Les filles de Cadix
Hahn - Le rossignol des lilas; Infidelite; Fêtes galantes; Le printemps
Berlioz - La mort d’Ophelie, Op. 18, No 2
Messager - Blanche-Marie et Marie-Blanche, from Les, p’tites Michu
Offenbach - Barcarolle, from Les contes d’Hoffman
Delibes - Duo des fluers, from Lakme
Mozart - Ah guarda sorella, from Così fan tutte
Canteloube - Malurous qu’o uno fenno
Piaf - La Vie En Rose
Humperdinck - Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
Aug. 26: National Youth Orchestra
National Youth Orchestra of the USA; Marin Alsop, conductor
Mahler - Symphony No. 1 in D
NYO-USA; Anthony Pappano, conductor
Strauss - Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
NYO-USA; David Robertson, conductor
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts)
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