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Nicola Luisotti, conductor; Angela Gheorghiu, Mimi; Ramón Vargas, Rodolfo; MET Opera

1.30pm, Saturday 5 April 2008

Puccini:
La Bohème, opera in 4 acts

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Performances: 29.3.08, 1.4.08, 5.4.08, 9.4.08, 12.4.08, 15.4.08, 18.4.08


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Chopin Piano Competition

2.00pm, Saturday 5 April 2008

59th Annual Chopin Piano Competition: FINALS. David Dubal will chair the jury, which includes Mirian Conti and Jed Distler.
Tickets and Info: +1 (212) 734-2130. NB: This event takes place at: Lang Recital Hall of Hunter College.
Performances: 3.4.08, 4.4.08, 5.4.08


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Yuli Turovsky, conductor; I Musici de Montreal (Montreal Chamber Orchestra)

8.00pm, Saturday 5 April 2008

Shostakovich:
String Quartet No. 1 in C major, op. 49

Tchaikovsky:
Serenade for strings in C major, op. 48

Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition


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Robert Spano, conductor; Hila Plitmann, soprano; Richard Clement, tenor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

8.00pm, Saturday 5 April 2008

Sibelius: Tapiola
Christopher Theofanidis: The Here and Now
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

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Colin Davis, conductor; Richard Goode, piano; New York Philharmonic

8.00pm, Saturday 5 April 2008

Beethoven:
Leonore Overture No. 2, op. 72a

Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58

Vaughan Williams:
Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Performances: 3.4.08, 4.4.08, 5.4.08


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Roberto Abbado, conductor; Pier-Luigi Samaritani, production; Marcello Giordani, Ernani; Thomas Hampson, Don Carlo; Sondra Radvanovsky, Elvira; MET Opera

8.00pm, Saturday 5 April 2008

Verdi:
Ernani, opera in 4 acts on a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, from the drama Hernani by Victor Hugo

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Performances: 17.3.08, 21.3.08, 26.3.08, 29.3.08, 2.4.08, 5.4.08, 10.4.08


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American Contemporary Music Ensemble

8.00pm, Saturday 5 April 2008

Elliott Carter: 8 Pieces for 4 Timpani (selections)
Elliott Carter: Figment I, for solo cello; Figment IV, for solo viola
Elliott Carter: Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux, for flute and clarinet
Elliott Carter: Con Leggerezza Pensosa - Omaggio a Italo Calvino, for clarinet, violin and cello
Messiaen: Le Merle Noir (The Blackbird), for flute and piano
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)(written whilst Messiaen was interned in a German prison camp)

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Peter Serkin, piano

8.00pm, Saturday 5 April 2008

Des Prez: Ave Christe (reset for piano by Charles Wuorinen)
Messiaen: Petites esquisses d'oiseaux
Brahms: Theme and Variations in D minor
Charles Wuorinen: Scherzo for piano (world première, 92nd Street Y commission)
Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel in B flat major, op. 24

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