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Leonard Bernstein
conducting. Photo by: Walter Strate
Studio.
Courtesy of The New
York Philharmonic Archives.
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Carnegie Hall's 118th Gala Opening Night
Launches Citywide Leonard Bernstein
Festival
September 24, 2008
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Carnegie Hall opens its 118th
season on September 24
with Music Director
Michael Tilson Thomas
leading the
San Francisco Symphony
in an all-Leonard Bernstein
program in Stern
Auditorium/Perelman Stage that
launches
Bernstein: The Best of All
Possible Worlds,
a citywide festival celebrating
the 90th anniversary of
Bernstein’s birth and the 50th
anniversary of his appointment
as New York Philharmonic Music
Director.
The concert, which begins at
7:00 p.m. features soprano
Dawn Upshaw,
baritone
Thomas Hampson,
cellist
Yo-Yo Ma,
and
Michael Tilson Thomas,
who all worked with and learned
from Leonard Bernstein, and will
be joined by vocalist
Christine Ebersole
on a program that features music
from a wide variety of
Bernstein’s stage works—from
such early triumphs as
West Side Story
and
On
the Town
to later works,
Mass
and
A
Quiet Place.
Thirteen/WNET New York will
record the concert for broadcast
on Great Performances on PBS,
October 29 at 9:00 p.m.*,
extending the reach of the
Bernstein festival to a national
audience. (*Check local
listings.)
The Opening Night Gala of
Carnegie Hall’s 118th Season is
chaired by
Carnegie Hall opens its
118th season on
September 24 with
Music Director
Michael Tilson Thomas
leading the
San Francisco Symphony
in an all-Leonard
Bernstein program in
Stern
Auditorium/Perelman
Stage that launches
Bernstein: The Best of
All Possible Worlds,
a citywide festival
celebrating the 90th
anniversary of
Bernstein’s birth and
the 50th anniversary of
his appointment as New
York Philharmonic Music
Director.
The concert, which
begins at 7:00 p.m.
features soprano
Dawn Upshaw,
baritone
Thomas Hampson,
cellist
Yo-Yo Ma,
and
Michael Tilson Thomas,
who all worked with and
learned from Leonard
Bernstein, and will be
joined by vocalist
Christine Ebersole
on a program that
features music from a
wide variety of
Bernstein’s stage
works—from such early
triumphs as
West Side Story
and
On the Town
to later works,
Mass
and
A Quiet Place.
Thirteen/WNET New York
will record the concert
for broadcast on Great
Performances on PBS,
October 29 at 9:00
p.m.*, extending the
reach of the Bernstein
festival to a national
audience. (*Check local
listings.)
The Opening Night Gala
of Carnegie Hall’s 118th
Season is chaired by
Suzie and Bruce Kovner
and co-chaired by
Mercedes and Sid Bass.
The gala sponsor is
PricewaterhouseCoopers
with major support for
the Opening Night Gala
Broadcast by
S. Donald Sussman.
The benefit includes a
gala dinner at The
Waldorf=Astoria’s Grand Ballroom following the concert.
Gala benefit tickets,
priced at $5000, $2500,
and $1250, include
concert seating and the
post-concert dinner;
those priced at $650
include the concert and
a pre-concert cocktail
reception at 5:30 p.m.
in Carnegie Hall’s
Rohatyn Room. All gala
benefit tickets are
available by calling
212-903-9679 or online
at
www.carnegiehall.org/specialevents.
he gala sponsor is
PricewaterhouseCoopers
with major support for the
Opening Night Gala Broadcast by
S. Donald Sussman.
The benefit includes a gala
dinner at The Waldorf=Astoria’s Grand Ballroom following the concert.
Gala benefit tickets, priced at
$5000, $2500, and $1250, include
concert seating and the
post-concert dinner; those
priced at $650 include the
concert and a pre-concert
cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m.
in Carnegie Hall’s Rohatyn Room.
All gala benefit tickets are
available by calling
212-903-9679 or online at
www.carnegiehall.org/specialevents.
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