Carnegie Hall's Opening Night Gala New York Philharmonic

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Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage57th Street and, 7th Ave, New York City, New York, 10019, United States

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Programme

Lindberg, Magnus (b. 1958)	New Work (World Première)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Méditation, Op.72 no.5
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2

Performers

New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert	Conductor
Evgeny Kissin	Piano
Frank Huang	Violin

Here’s an opening night at Carnegie Hall you will remember all your life. In what is indeed a gala event, Evgeny Kissin joins theNew York Philharmonic and Music Director Alan Gilbert for Tchaikovsky’s immortal Piano Concerto No. 1 to launch the 2015–2016 season. Gilbert and the orchestra also perform the world premiere of a Carnegie Hall commission by Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg and Ravel’s sumptuously orchestrated Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.

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