BSO Concerts at Carnegie Hall

James Levine to Conduct March 15 to 17

By: Ariel Petrova - Jan 27, 2010

James Levine will conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra in three programs March 15 to 17 at Carnegie Hall.

 

For the 2010-11 Carnegie Hall season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director James Levine present a concentrated three-program series, Tuesday, March 15, Wednesday, March 16, and Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 8 p.m., as part of Carnegie HallÂ’s Great American Orchestras and Concerto Series.  

The BSOÂ’s first concert of the 2010-11 Carnegie Hall season, on March 15, features Christian Teztlaff in three major works for violin and orchestra, including the New York premiere of a new work by British composer Harrison Birtwistle.  Composed especially for Mr. Teztlaff and the BSO, BirtwistleÂ’s new work for violin and orchestra receives its world premiere on March 3, 2011 in BostonÂ’s Symphony Hall. The March 15, Carnegie Hall program opens with Mr. Tetzlaff performing MozartÂ’s Rondo in C for violin and orchestra and closes with BartókÂ’s masterful Violin Concerto No. 2.

The BSOÂ’s second program on March 16 pairs the music of two brilliant, aesthetically diverse masters, Mozart and Schoenberg, both of whom have been ardently championed by Maestro Levine as well as the eveningÂ’s distinguished guest soloist, pianist Maurizio Pollini. Mr. Pollini will join the orchestra for MozartÂ’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488, and the groundbreaking Piano Concerto of Arnold Schoenberg. The program also includes two other masterpieces of their genre, SchoenbergÂ’s Variations for Orchestra, considered the composerÂ’s most mature orchestral work, and MozartÂ’s final symphony, the Symphony No. 41, Jupiter.

The final program in the series on March 17 is dedicated to the powerful and moving Symphony No. 9 of Gustav Mahler, reflecting the ongoing survey by Mr. Levine and the BSO of the great composerÂ’s orchestral works. The Symphony No. 9, the last score Mahler completed before his death in 1911, is considered by many to be his finest orchestral achievement.
                                                                       
TICKET AND SPONSOR INFORMATION

Tickets for the Boston Symphony OrchestraÂ’s 2010-11 appearances at Carnegie Hall range from $45-$150. Subscriptions are available now; single tickets will go on sale August 23 for subscribers and August 30 for general public. Tickets are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street, New York. They may also be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or purchased online at the Carnegie Hall website, www.carnegiehall.org
 
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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2010 CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS

March 15, 2011, 8 p.m.

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, violin
 
MOZART                            Rondo in C for violin and orchestra, K. 373
BIRTWISTLE                    New work for violin and orchestra, BSO commission
BARTOK                             Violin Concerto No. 2
 
March 16, 2011, 8 p.m.

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
MAURIZIO POLLINI, piano
 
SCHOENBERG                 Variations for Orchestra
MOZART                            Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488
SCHOENBERG                 Piano Concerto
MOZART                            Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
 
March 17, 2011, 8 p.m.

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
 
MAHLER                            Symphony No. 9