Carnegie Hall

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
Friday, March 1, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 2, 2024 8:00 PM
Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist Franz Welser-Möst leads the Vienna Philharmonic in three concerts as part of the citywide festival Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice, conducting symphonic works written during a period of astonishing transformation. Programs include Hindemith’s Konzertmusik für Blasorchester, Op. 41; R. Strauss’s Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten; Schoenberg’s Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31; Ravel’s La valse; Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9; Berg’s Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6; and G. Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. The orchestra’s concert on Sunday, March 3 will be heard live by listeners around the world as part of the thirteenth annual Carnegie Hall Live broadcast and digital series. Produced by WQXR and Carnegie Hall, and co-hosted by WQXR’s Jeff Spurgeon and WNYC’s John Schaefer, the concert will be broadcast on WQXR 105.9 FM in New York and streamed online at wqxr.org and carnegiehall.org/wqxr.

CAMERATA IRELAND
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Camerata Ireland returns to Carnegie Hall for the first time since its 2011 debut. Founded in 1999 by renowned pianist and conductor Barry Douglas, the chamber orchestra brings together exceptional musicians of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as well as Irish players living abroad. Douglas and the ensemble are joined by Eimear McGeown playing the Irish flute and whistle for traditional Irish airs and dances. The program also includes Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring Douglas, music by John Field, and beloved Mozart arias featuring soprano Celine Byrne.

JUSTIN AUSTIN, Baritone
HOWARD WATKINS, Piano
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 7:30 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)

Born in Germany and raised in the United States, baritone Justin Austin is joined by pianist Howard Watkins for a uniquely curated program titled Don’t Be Angry! as part of the citywide festival Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice. Don’t Be Angry tells the tale of “Mack the Knife” in selections from Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, which premiered in Berlin in 1928, followed by Weill’s Four Walt Whitman Songs and works by German composers Olaf Bienert and Hanns Eisler. Mr. Austin and Mr. Watkins complete the program with songs by Ricky Ian Gordon and Robert Owens’s Mortal Storm, a song cycle set to the poetry of Langston Hughes.

HAGEN QUARTET
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

The Hagen Quartet returns to the Hall for the first time since 2019 with string quartets by Haydn, Bartók, and Beethoven.

ORCHESTRE MÉTROPOLITAIN DE MONTRÉAL
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Artistic Director and Principal ConductorYannick Nézet-Séguin returns with the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, performing the New York premiere of Controlled Burn, a new work by award-winning cellist and composer Cris Derksen, Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2, and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Canadian pianist Tony Siqi Yun.

IGOR LEVIT, Piano
Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Pianist Igor Levit presents a recital as part of the citywide festival Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice with program to include a piano arrangement of Gustav Mahler’s Adagio from Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp Major (arr. Ronald Stevenson); Hindemith’s Suite “1922”; and Liszt’s arrangement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica.”

ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Chief Conductor Lahav Shani leads the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time at Carnegie Hall—the orchestra’s first appearance at the Hall in nearly 40 years—with a program including Arvo Pärt’s Swansong; Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271, “Jeunehomme,” with renowned pianist Daniil Trifonov; and selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

JASON MORAN
Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 9:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

With a 10-piece expansion of his renowned Bandwagon trio, Jason Moran celebrates the groundbreaking American composer and bandleader James Reese Europe, who brought the first taste of jazz to Carnegie Hall in 1912 during World War I with his Harlem Hellfighters. This concert is part of the citywide festival Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice.

THE MET ORCHESTRA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Monday, March 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)

The always-evolving Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble returns for their fourth performance this season with a program including Martinů’s Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet, and Piano; a Raga for Two Harps by Caroline Lizotte; a brass quartet by Villa-Lobos; and Stravinsky’s Octet for Wind Instruments. Soprano Nadine Sierra joins the ensemble for Villa-Lobos’ Chôros No. 4.

AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) returns for the second of two performances this season with a program tied to the citywide festival Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice. Led by conductor Rei Hotoda, ACO performs music spanning the 1920s to today, exploring the US’s influence on the Weimar Republic and aspects of the Weimar legacy that resonate in American culture today. The concert includes two world premieres: Right Now for Mezzo-Soprano, Accordion, and Orchestra by John Glover and Kelley Rourke featuring Chrystal E. Williams and Felipe Hostins and Tonia Ko's Her Land, Expanded (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall). It also includes the New York premiere of Jerod Impichchaachaaha'Tate’s Lowak Shoppala'– Clans with the composer narrating, plus music by Antheil, Ellington, and Weill.

JAN LISIECKI, Piano
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki makes his recital debut in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage with a program exploring preludes, including selections by J. S. Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Szymanowski, Messiaen, and Henryk Górecki.

NYO-USA ALL-STARS
Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

The National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), comprising the brightest teenage players from across the country, has collaborated with the greatest artists of our time and performed on celebrated concert stages around the world each summer since 2013. In this first-of-its-kind performance, an all-star alumni ensemble who have been part of NYO-USA over its first 10 years are led by renowned conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin in a performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, “Leningrad” and Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, joined by pianist Daniil Trifonov.

A WELL-BEING CONCERT

NATHALIE JOACHIM
Friday, March 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM
(Resnick Education Wing)

Experience the impact of a Well-Being Concert in Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing, led by genre-crossing performer, composer, educator, and prolific collaborator Nathalie Joachim. Called a “fresh and invigorating cross-cultural voice” (The Nation) the Grammy Award–nominated musician’s creative output spans pop and electronic to classical music and beyond—all imbued with a commitment to storytelling, human connection, social change, and cultural awareness. “Powerful and unpretentious” (The New York Times), Joachim invites audiences to forge powerful connections and find musical nourishment in this intimate, interactive performance.

Audience members can choose from a variety of casual and comfortable seating options, with mats, cushions, and chairs all available on a first-come, first-served basis.

MARK PADMORE, Tenor
MITSUKO UCHIDA, Piano
Friday, March 15, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Tenor Mark Padmore is joined by frequent collaborator and Perspectives artist pianist Mitsuko Uchida for one of the greatest of all song cycles: Schubert’s Winterreise.

THE NEW YORK POPS
Friday, March 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

For their final concert of Carnegie Hall’s 2023–2024 season, The New York Pops bring Motown to the Hall, joined by Bryan Terrell Clark and Valisia LeKae: the stars of Broadway’s Motown: The Musical. The program features classic pop songs from the ’60s, ’70s, and beyond, including unforgettable hits from Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and Martha and the Vandellas.

ORCHESTRE DE PARIS
Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Music Director Klaus Mäkelä makes his Carnegie Hall debut leading the Orchestre de Paris in music from two Stravinsky ballets—The Firebird and The Rite of Spring—as part of the citywide festival Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice. This concert marks the orchestra’s return to Carnegie Hall after more than 20 years.

ENSEMBLE CONNECT UP CLOSE
Monday, March 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Resnick Education Wing)

The musicians of Ensemble Connect return for an Up Close concert, where audiences experience experimental concert formats that feature unique opportunities for participation and engagement. Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Tania León, holder of the Richard and Barbara Composer’s Chair this season, collaborates with the ensemble on a program entitled Axon that features world premieres by Natalie Brown and Nathalie Joachim, the latter choreographed by Eduardo Vilaro, artistic director of Ballet Hispánico. The ensemble also performs music by Viet Cuong, Paquito D’Rivera, and León.

ALEXANDER MALOFEEV, Piano
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Rising star pianist Alexander Malofeev plays works by J. S. Bach, Scriabin, Medtner’s Sonata Reminiscenza in A Minor, and Rachmaninoff.

QUATUOR VAN KUIJK
Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)

France’s Quatuor Van Kuijk offers a program of music by Beethoven, Fauré, Satie, Debussy, Felix Mendelssohn, and the US premiere of selections from Baptiste Trotignon’s Ces messieurs.

MAX RAABE & PALAST ORCHESTER
Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Making their much-anticipated return to Carnegie Hall for the first time in ten years, Max Raabe and his Palast Orchester big band give a mischievous, modern edge to hits by Weimar-era composers. Audiences will enjoy their razor-sharp wit and glamour of 1920s and ’30s German cabaret and swing with a cool, contemporary twist as part of the citywide festival Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice.

MEOW MEOW
Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Meow Meow is a postmodern cabaret “phenomenon ... an international siren, a comedienne extraordinaire, and a creator of beautiful mayhem” (Broadway World). As part of Carnegie Hall’s Fall of the Weimar Republic festival, she presents a thought-provoking and wildly entertaining salute to the Republic’s notable “wild women”—both fictional and real—including vamps and “new women,” sirens and “poor girls,” Anita Berber, Lotte Lenya, Valeska Gert, Blandine Ebinger, Margo Lion, Claire Waldoff, Marlene Dietrich, and more.

ALARM WILL SOUND
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Alarm Will Sound—an ensemble comprising 20 artists celebrated for their extraordinary musicianship and lauded as “next-generation thinkers” by Time Out New York—intertwines music and storytelling to share how composers convey their personal narratives through music in Heard. Notably featured is Tania León's Toque, a composition inspired by the music of the composer's childhood in Havana, in its original form and a new arrangement by ensemble member John Orfe, as well as Episode 4 of Ligeia Mare: A Radio Opera, by the St. Louis-based multimedia artist and musician Damon Davis. The program is part of a series curated by León, holder of Carnegie Hall’s 2023–2024 Debs Composer’s Chair.

STANDARD TIME WITH MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Swing! Introducing the Carnegie Hall Big Band

Singer-songwriter Michael Feinstein returns for his final concert at the Hall this season, introducing the Carnegie Hall Big Band.

EMA NIKOLOVSKA, Mezzo-Soprano
HOWARD WATKINS, Piano
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)

Macedonian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska sings songs by Schubert, Debussy, Richard Strauss, and others, joined by pianist Howard Watkins.

MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
MITSUKO UCHIDA, Piano and Director
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Pianist and Perspectives artist Mitsuko Uchida leads the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453, and Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482, as part of a five-year survey of Mozart concertos by Ms. Uchida and the orchestra. This program also includes the New York premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Choral Quartett (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall).

IN CONVERSATION: TANIA LEÓN AND MITSUKO UCHIDA
Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 4:00 PM
(Resnick Education Wing)

2023–2024 Debs Composer’s Chair Tania León and Perspectives artist and pianist Mitsuko Uchida offer an informal conversation in Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing. In addition to being peerless artists and masters of their crafts, Ms. León and Ms. Uchida are also two of music’s greatest champions, whose leadership and advocacy have had an extraordinary impact on artists and audiences for generations. Listen as they share their thoughts on such topics as the ways in which timeless music relates to today’s world and their own personal musical influences—and bring your own question to a brief Q&A session with the audience.