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Produced by WQXR and Carnegie Hall, and syndicated by the WFMT Radio Network, Carnegie Hall Live features some of the world’s greatest performers and ensembles in a wide range of styles, from early music to solo recitals to orchestral performances. Carnegie Hall Live is hosted by WQXR’s Jeff Spurgeon and co-hosted by other arts and media personalities. Previous co-hosts have included Christine Goerke, Susan Graham, Anthony McGill, and John Hockenberry, among others.
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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
July 18, 2019
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra shares a program featuring music by Strauss and Tchaikovsky. Led in this performance by their co-founder and music director, Daniel Barenboim, the orchestra also welcomes violist Miriam Manasherov and cellist Kian Soltani in this recording from November 2018. READ MORE: In his greatly anticipated return to Chicago, conductor Daniel Barenboim reflects on what the city has ...
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique performs Berlioz
July 11, 2019
An all-Berlioz program as Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads L’Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, soprano Lucile Richardot, and violist Antoine Tamestit in performance at Carnegie Hall.
Carnegie Hall Opening Night with Renée Fleming, Audra McDonald, and the San Francisco Symphony
July 5, 2019
We launch the new season of Carnegie Hall broadcasts with the storied venue’s 2018-19 opening night. Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony and distinguished vocalists Renée Fleming and Audra McDonald in a program of Gershwin, Villa-Lobos, and Liszt, plus excerpts from film scores.
National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
September 27, 2018
Conductor Marin Alsop leads the National Youth Orchestra of the USA in a program of Adams, Mahler, and a new work from composer Gabriela Lena Frank commissioned by Carnegie Hall. This is the final broadcast from Carnegie Hall for this season.
The Bavarian Radio Symphony conducted by Mariss Jansons
September 20, 2018
Hear the Bavarian Radio Symphony conducted by Mariss Jansons featuring violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann.
Barenboim conducts the Berlin Staatskapelle
September 13, 2018
Hear the Berlin Staatskapelle conducted by Daniel Barenboim featuring violinist Wolfram Brandl and violist Yulia Deyneka.
Pianist András Schiff
September 6, 2018
András Schiff performs Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Brahms, and Bach at Carnegie Hall.
Bavarian Staatsorchester with Julia Fisher and Müller-Schott
August 30, 2018
Hear the Bavarian Staatsorchester conducted by Kirill Petrenko in a performance that features Julia Fischer, violin, and Daniel Müller-Schott, cello, playing Brahms’s Double Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony.
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra plays Brahms
August 23, 2018
Gustavo Dudamel leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall for a recital of works by Brahms, including his First Symphony, which famously took him over 14 years to write.
Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk
August 16, 2018
Leading musicians Joshua Bell, violin, and Jeremy Denk, piano, perform a program of Mozart, Strauss, Janáček, and Schubert at Carnegie Hall.
Yuja Wang
August 9, 2018
Lauded pianist Yuja Wang performs at Carnegie Hall for a dazzling night of Brahms, Schumann, and Beethoven.
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
August 2, 2018
Maestro Zubin Mehta conducts Mihoko Fujimura and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s monumental Third Symphony recorded at Carnegie Hall in 2017.
Argerich and Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
July 26, 2018
Celebrated pianist Martha Argerich joins the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia as Sir Antonio Pappano leads a program of Verdi, Prokofiev, and Respighi. This performance was recorded at Carnegie Hall on October 20, 2017.
Takács Quartet with Erika Eckert and David Requiro
July 19, 2018
The Takács Quartet is joined by violist Erika Eckert and cellist David Requiro for a program of Haydn, Shostakovich, and Brahms. The performance was recorded at Carnegie Hall on October 14, 2017.
L’Arpeggiata
July 12, 2018
Plucked string player Christina Pluhar leads her ensemble, L’Arpeggiata, in a program of vocal and instrumental music of the early Italian Baroque by Luigi Rossi and his contemporaries.
Opening Night Gala — 2017-2018 Season
July 5, 2018
Carnegie Hall opened its 2017-2018 season with a Gala honoring the centennial of Leonard Bernstein. Led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the program features the Philadelphia Orchestra and special guests Lang Lang, Chick Corea, and Maxim Lando.
National Youth Orchestra of the USA
June 22, 2017
Organized by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America brings together some of today’s most promising young musicians. Christoph Eschenbach leads the orchestra in a performance that features pianist Emanuel Ax as guest soloist.
Marc-André Hamelin and Leif Ove Andsnes, Duo-Pianists
June 8, 2017
Two of today’s most acclaimed pianists, Marc-André Hamelin and Leif Ove Andsnes, share the stage in a program of Mozart, Stravinsky, and Debussy.
San Francisco Symphony
June 8, 2017
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in an all-Mahler program.
Three Generations: Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich
June 1, 2017
Hear works by three of contemporary music’s most influential figures, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich, performed by Elizabeth Lim-Dutton (violin), Todd Reynolds (violin), Lois Martin (viola), Jeanne Le Blanc (cello), and Michael Brown (piano).