CARNEGIE HALL LIVE 2021 KNAU AIR DATES Hosted by Jeff Spurgeon
1. ALL AMERICAN October 4 Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Bernstein - On the Waterfront Suite Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue with Lang Lang, Chick Corea and Maxim Lando
Thomas Hampson, bass-baritone and Wolfram Rieger, piano Higdon - Civil Words (excerpts) Burleigh - Ethiopia Saluting the Colors
Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin, pianos Stravinsky - Tango for Two Pianos
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello and Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano Barber - Cello Sonata
San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Gershwin - An American in Paris
2) AT THE KEYBOARD October 11 Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Anthony Pappano, conductor Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3 with Martha Argerich, piano Ravel - from Mother Goose Suite (encore) Argerich and Pappano at the piano
Sir András Schiff, piano Brahms - Seven Fantasies, Op. 116
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons, conductor Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 with Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Yuja Wang, piano Beethoven - Hammerklavier (last movement)
3) ST JOHN PASSION October 18 Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec Bernard Labadie, conductor JS Bach - St John Passion, BWV 245
4) STRING QUARTETS October 25 Takács Quartet Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 11
Pavel Haas Quartet Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 1 in D
Elias Quartet Janáček - String Quartet No. 2
Brentano String Quartet Gesualdo - Madrigals (arranged by B. Adolphe)
St. Lawrence String Quartet Haydn - String Quartet in F minor Op. 20/5
5) MUSICAL PRODIGIES November 1 Sir András Schiff, piano Mendelssohn - Fantasia in F-sharp minor, Op. 28
Vienna Philharmonic Valery Gergiev, conductor Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Chopin - various Waltzes, Mazurkas and Ballades
Mahler Chamber Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida, Piano and Director Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (last two movements)
6) STORYTELLING November 8 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons, conductor Rossini - William Tell: Overture
Berlin Philharmonic Sir Simon Rattle, conductor Hugo Wolf - Frühlingschor from Manuel Venegas Hugo Wolf - Elfenlied Hugo Wolf - Der Feuerreiter with the Westminster Symphonic Choir and Camilla Tilling, soprano
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Revueltas - La Noche de los Mayas
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Harold in Italy with Antoine Tamestit, viola
7) JORDI SAVALL November 15 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
8) RUSSIAN November 22 Berlin Philharmonic Sir 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
9 ) FRENCH November 29 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 Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Berlioz - Death of Cleopatra
San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe 10 ) FOLK BASED December 6 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
11) ALL-BEETHOVEN December 27 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 Sir 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