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Beethoven Celebration

Beethoven Celebration

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He rouses our spirits, moves us to tears, and inspires our most profound thoughts. Revolutionary, seminal, colossal—he is without challenge the face of Western classical music. To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, presents one of the largest-ever explorations of the great master’s music by leading artists of our time.

Sir with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Yannick Nézet-Séguin with The Philadelphia Orchestra Quatuor Ébène Emanuel Ax | | Yo-Yo Ma Anne-Sophie Mutter | Kristian Bezuidenhout Yefim Bronfman | | Igor Levit | Sir András Schiff | Marin Alsop | Lynn Harrell | Jörg Widmann Franz Welser-Möst with The Bernard Labadie with Orchestra of St. Luke’s Robert Spano with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra The MET Orchestra and more K

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Carnegie Hall honors the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with an unprecedented range of performances that highlights the immensity of his transformative impact on music. More than 35 events throughout CMYK the 2019–2020 season will focus on Beethoven’s works, performed by a remarkable lineup of internationally renowned musicians.

A cornerstone of the celebration—never before presented by Carnegie Hall in one season—will be two complete symphony cycles, one by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra, and one performed on period instruments by Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, contrasting their two different PANTONE interpretive perspectives on these pillars of the orchestral repertoire.

Additional events include the complete piano sonatas; the complete string quartets in a cycle by Quatuor Ébène; chamber music with Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, and more; choral works; lectures; and a global creative learning project that explores the themes found in Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” led by Marin

Alsop. Together, these celebratory programs create an extraordinary EXTENDED view of this revolutionary composer who redefined every area of music that he explored.

Proud Season Sponsor TWO COMPLETE ADDITIONAL SYMPHONY CYCLES ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS

Orchestre Révolutionnaire The Philadelphia Thursday, October 3 at 7 PM et Romantique Orchestra Stern/Perelman Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director Carnegie Hall’s and Conductor and Conductor Opening Night Gala Wednesday, February 19 at 8 PM Friday, March 13 at 8 PM The Cleveland Orchestra Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 5 and Conductor | Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin The Creatures of Prometheus Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” Lynn Harrell, Cello | Yefim Bronfman, Piano Program to include Triple Concerto in C Major Thursday, February 20 at 8 PM Friday, March 20 at 8 PM Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G Major Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman Opening Night Gala Lead Sponsor: PwC Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Sponsored by KPMG LLP Thursday, March 5 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman Thursday, March 26 at 8 PM Orchestra of St. Luke’s Stern/Perelman Friday, February 21 at 8 PM Bernard Labadie, Principal Conductor Stern/Perelman Symphony No. 8 Karina Gauvin, Soprano | Kelley O’Connor, Symphony No. 4 Mezzo-Soprano | Jeremy Ovenden, Tenor Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 7 Joshua Hopkins, Baritone | Jeremy Denk, Symphony No. 5 Piano | La Chapelle de Québec Sponsored by Deloitte LLP Bernard Labadie, Music Director Leonore Overture No. 2 Sunday, February 23 at 2 PM Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Stern/Perelman Friday, April 3 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Choral Fantasy Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” Mass in C Major Angel Blue, Soprano | Mihoko Fujimura, Symphony No. 7 This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund Mezzo-Soprano | Rolando Villazón, Tenor for choral music established by S. Donald Sussman in memory Quinn Kelsey, Baritone | Westminster of Judith Arron and Robert Shaw. Symphonic Choir | Joe Miller, Director Monday, February 24 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 9 Saturday, April 4 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman Lucy Crowe, Soprano | Jess Dandy, This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund Contralto | Michael Spyres, Tenor for choral music established by S. Donald Sussman in memory Atlanta Symphony Orchestra of Judith Arron and Robert Shaw. Tareq Nazmi, Bass | The Monteverdi Choir Robert Spano, Music Director and Symphony No. 8 Conductor | Susanna Phillips, Soprano Symphony No. 9 Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund Ben Bliss, Tenor | Matthew Rose, Bass for choral music established by S. Donald Sussman in memory Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus of Judith Arron and Robert Shaw. Norman Mackenzie, Director Missa solemnis

This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund for choral music established by S. Donald Sussman in memory Sim Canetty-Clarke Woerd der van Hans of Judith Arron and Robert Shaw.

Friday, June 12 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman The MET Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor | Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin Program to include Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F Major Sir John Eliot Gardiner Yannick Nézet-Séguin Violin Concerto COMPLETE COMPLETE STRING PIANO SONATAS QUARTET CYCLE

Tuesday, March 31 at 7:30 PM | Zankel Tuesday, April 21 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman Quatuor Ébène

Kristian Bezuidenhout, Yefim Bronfman Friday, April 17 at 7:30 PM | Zankel Fortepiano No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2 Program to include String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso” Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 Thirty-Two Variations on an Original Theme in String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2, C Minor, WoO 80 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, “Razumovsky” Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7 “Appassionata” Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 PM | Zankel Tuesday, May 5 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6 Sunday, April 2 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman Igor Levit String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 Sir András Schiff Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78 Sunday, April 19 at 3 PM | Zankel Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79 Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “Les adieux” “Hammerklavier” String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135 Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 Thursday, May 14 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman Emanuel Ax Thursday, April 30 at 7:30 PM | Zankel Saturday, April 4 at 2 PM | Weill String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, “‘Für Elise” String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74, “Harp” Beethoven Discovery Day Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Speaker Six Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, “Razumovsky” Additional artists to be announced Op. 34 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Acclaimed fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout gives a lecture and demonstration, exploring the ways Five Variations on “Rule Britannia” in D Major Friday, May 1 at 7:30 PM | Zankel Beethoven’s sonatas and concertos influenced the Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 development of keyboard instruments. The day String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4 culminates in performances by outstanding young String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 artists of the selected piano sonatas. Sunday, May 17 at 2 PM | Stern/Perelman String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1 Maurizio Pollini Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 PM | Zankel Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54 Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 “Razumovsky” String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130, Sunday, April 5 at 2 PM | Stern/Perelman with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 Wednesday, May 27 at 8 PM Sir András Schiff Stern/Perelman Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26 Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1, Evgeny Kissin “quasi una fantasia” Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, “Pathétique” Mignot Julien No. 2, “Moonlight” Fifteen Variations and a Fugue on an Original Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, Theme in E-flat Major, Op. 35, “Eroica “Pastoral” Variations” Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Tempest” Tuesday, April 7 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, Mitsuko Uchida “Waldstein” Sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP Bagatelles, Op. 126 Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120 Quatuor Ébène ADDITIONAL CHAMBER LECTURES CREATIVE LEARNING MUSIC CONCERTS PROJECT

Thursday, January 30 at 7 PM Tuesday, February 18 at 7 PM | Weill Stern/Perelman Sir John Eliot Gardiner on Anne-Sophie Mutter the Beethoven Symphonies and Friends Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Speaker Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin | Ye-Eun Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s groundbreaking Choi, Violin | Vladimir Babeshko, Viola interpretations of Beethoven’s music have cast Daniel Müller-Schott, Cello | Lambert this magnificent body of work in a new light. In In celebration of Beethoven’s 250th, conductor Orkis, Piano an illuminating spoken-word event, Gardiner Marin Alsop leads performances of enlightens us with insights into his approach to this Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on five Program to include immortal music. continents with eight renowned orchestras Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, “Spring” as part of All Together: A Global Ode to Joy, an Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost” ambitious yearlong global creative learning project. Partners will reimagine the concert Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, Sunday, March 29 at 2 PM | Weill experience for their communities, presenting “Kreutzer” newly created works alongside the music of The Widmann Lectures: Beethoven, performed by artists from their Thoughts on Beethoven region. As part of each performance, “Ode to Emanuel Ax, Piano Joy” will be translated into a local language. Jörg Widmann, Speaker Partners include the Orquestra Sinfônica Leonidas Kavakos, Violin Jörg Widmann is one of the most enthralling do Estado de São Paulo, ’s Southbank Yo-Yo Ma, Cello composers of our day and frequently finds Centre, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, inspiration—directly and indirectly—in the music New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, ORF Radio Wednesday, March 4 at 8 PM of past composers. In this lecture, he speaks about his fascination with Beethoven and his musical Symphony Orchestra, KwaZulu-Natal Stern/Perelman responses to the great master. Philharmonic Orchestra, and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major Jörg Widmann is the holder of the 2019–2020 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major All Together: A Global Ode to Joy kicks off in São Paulo, Brazil, in December 2019. Carnegie Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 Hall will present the project’s final concert in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage in WORKSHOPS FOR December 2020, featuring performers of all Friday, March 6 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman ages and guest artists from a wide range of YOUNG MUSICIANS genres, backed by a 300-voice choir made Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2 up of singers from across . Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1 In honor of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, young Community songwriters also will compose Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 orchestra musicians will have the opportunity new music, boldly interpreting the ideas of to rehearse and perform a Beethoven symphony “Ode to Joy” in response to today’s world. In Sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP with coaching from members of the Orchestre April 2020, these songwriters will join Révolutionnaire et Romantique. For keyboard mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato for a players, fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout leads celebratory performance in Zankel Hall. Sunday, March 8 at 2 PM | Stern/Perelman a workshop focused on historically informed performance of Beethoven’s sonatas. Both are part carnegiehall.org/AllTogether The Annual of the series of master classes and workshops Memorial Concert presented next season by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.

Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23 Lead support for workshops and master classes is provided by Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 Beatrice Santo Domingo, and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Evnin and the A.E. Charitable Foundation. Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke” Workshops and master classes are made possible, in part, by Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Bulgari. Shane McCauley Marco Borggreve Adriene White

Leonidas Kavakos, Emanuel Ax, and Yo-Yo Ma Jörg Widmann Marin Alsop —studied from the death mask [i.e., life mask] life [i.e., mask death the from Beethoven—studied van Ludwig , photograph of bust statue by Hugo Hagen (ca. 1892), based on life mask by Franz Klein (1812), loc.gov/item/2001700485. (1812), Klein Franz by mask life on based 1892), (ca. Hagen Hugo by statue bust of , photograph

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