Carnegie Hall will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Concert of the Century\u00a0with another convening of musical all-stars on May 5.<\/p>\n
Organized by famed violinist Isaac Stern, the original 1976 concert brought together some of the world\u2019s greatest musicians for a now-legendary celebration that commemorated the anniversary of the Hall\u2019s May 5, 1891, opening. Fifty years later (and 135 years after the opening of Carnegie Hall), a new lineup of icons will come together for yet another celebration.<\/p>\n
Conductor Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin\u00a0will lead the NYO-USA All-Stars, an ensemble of alumni from Carnegie Hall\u2019s National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, who are now outstanding young professionals in the music field. The program will include\u00a0the overture to Leonard Bernstein<\/a>\u2019s Candide, the third movement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No. 6, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>\u2019s \u201cLaudate Dominum,\u201d featuring soprano Ren\u00e9e Fleming<\/a> with the orchestra and the Oratorio Society of New York, the same chorus for which Carnegie Hall was originally designed and built.<\/p>\n Following the NYO-USA program,\u00a0pianist Evgeny Kissin\u00a0will perform Chopin\u2019s Scherzo No. 2; mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will join pianist Emanuel Ax for two of Gustav Mahler\u2019s R\u00fcckert-Lieder; the third movement of Tchaikovsky\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 1 will be performed by pianist Lang Lang; mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard will sing \u201cNon pi\u00f9 mesta accanto al fuoco\u201d from Rossini\u2019s\u00a0\u202fLa Cenerentola; and the third movement of Gershwin\u2019s Piano Concerto in F will be performed pianist Daniil Trifonov.\u00a0<\/p>\n Six-time history-making\u00a0Tony winner\u00a0Audra McDonald<\/a> will partner with longtime music director Andy Einhorn<\/a> to present songs by Ellington and Gershwin, and vocalist and pianist Michael Feinstein<\/a> will collaborate with the orchestra on songs by Harold Arlen<\/a> and Michel Legrand<\/a>. The program will also feature Valerie Coleman\u2019s Seven O\u2019Clock Shout and Bernstein\u2019s inspiring \u201cMake Our Garden Grow\u201d from Candide.<\/p>\n The May 18, 1976, original Concert of the Century featured performances by members of the New York Philharmonic led by
The upcoming\u00a0performance will be available to\u00a0listeners around the world as part of the Carnegie Hall Live broadcast and digital series. Produced by WQXR and Carnegie Hall and co-hosted by WQXR\u2019s Jeff Spurgeon and WNYC\u2019s John Schaefer, the concert will be broadcast on WQXR 105.9 FM in New York and streamed online at\u00a0WQXR.org.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLeonard Bernstein, joined by baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, pianist
\nVladimir Horowitz, violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern, cellist
\nMstislav Rostropovich, and the Oratorio Society of New York. Spearheaded
\n by Stern, the benefit concert, which was recorded and released by Sony
\nClassical, raised $1.2 million to establish
\nthe first endowment fund for Carnegie Hall, securing the institution\u2019s
\nfinancial future.<\/p>\n