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Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas — “a podium hero” (The New York Times) — opens the season with Emanuel Ax as the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 14, a spirited work with beautiful interplay between the piano and orchestra. The concert concludes with Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony, including the Adagietto, composed as an encoded love letter to his wife .

Over the course of six stunning movements and approximately 100 minutes, the birth and cosmic evolution of the natural and metaphysical worlds become grand stories captured in sound. It all culminates in one of music’s most overwhelmingly powerful climaxes. Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin calls Mahler’s Third one of his top-three favorite symphonies. “From the creation of the world, to the eternity of the last movement, it is designed to embrace and embody the entire universe ... Every time I conduct this, I cannot hold [back] my tears.”

Hear one of the world’s great Mahler orchestras perform the First Symphony—a work that the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performed under Mahler’s own baton in its Dutch premiere. For this performance, the historic orchestra is led by its future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä, one of the music world’s brightest rising stars. Also featured on the program is Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, a lush and beautiful piece originally scored for string sextet (making it the first tone poem ever written for chamber ensemble). Schoenberg’s string-orchestra arrangement remains one of his most popular creations and an enduring staple of the concert repertoire.

In each of its three concerts this week, the inimitable Czech Philharmonic pairs an orchestral masterwork with one of Dvořák’s concertos, each featuring a superstar soloist. Tonight, the soloist is violin icon Gil Shaham, who performs the vibrant, Czech folk–infused Violin Concerto. Mahler’s Fifth Symphony follows, giving audiences a chance to experience the orchestra’s acclaimed interpretation under conductor Semyon Bychkov. Their 2022 recording of the Fifth was named Best Classical Record of 2022 by London’s The Times, which praised their “fine balance in this visionary work, a musical universe of dreams and prophecies in which Bychkov matches intelligent pacing with great-hearted warmth and sonic opulence with textural clarity.”

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra in two works of incredible power. Written collaboratively by composer Jake Heggie, called “arguably the world’s most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer” (The Wall Street Journal); Booker Prize–winning author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale); and JUNO Award–winning baritone Joshua Hopkins, Songs for Murdered Sisters is an arresting song cycle and urgent plea inspired by Hopkins’s own devastating loss. Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, the last the composer completed, is a transcendent piece also born in trying circumstances—but not without hope.

For two consecutive nights, Sir Antonio Pappano leads the London Symphony Orchestra in the ensemble’s long-awaited return to Carnegie Hall. On night one, they welcome the great violinist Janine Jansen as soloist in Bernstein’s Serenade for string orchestra, harp, and percussion. Inspired by Plato’s dialogue on the subject of love, the Serenade is one of Bernstein’s most lyrical pieces and was given its premiere by Isaac Stern. It is bookended by a pair of pivotal symphonic works: American composer George Walker’s final sinfonia, composed in 2016; and Gustav Mahler’s titanic First Symphony.

Join the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Antonio Pappano for an unforgettable evening at Carnegie Hall, New York, on Wednesday, 5th March 2025 at 8pm. This much-anticipated concert marks the Orchestra's long-awaited return to the iconic venue, featuring two consecutive nights of exceptional music-making. The highlight of the first night includes the remarkable Janine Jansen as the soloist in Leonard Bernstein's "Serenade after Plato’s Symposium" for string orchestra, harp, and percussion. Inspired by Plato's dialogue on love, this lyrical masterpiece, premiered by Isaac Stern, showcases Bernstein's expressive range and depth. The program also features George Walker's "Sinfonia No 5, Visions’", a profound piece that represents the American composer's final sinfonia, composed in 2016. The evening concludes with Gustav Mahler's monumental "Symphony No 1", a work that redefined the symphony for the modern age. Tickets for this extraordinary event are available from Carnegie Hall. Don't miss this opportunity to witness the London Symphony Orchestra, led by Sir Antonio Pappano and featuring the exceptional Janine Jansen, in a performance that promises to be a highlight of the musical year.

Hear The Philadelphia Orchestra in its third and final Mahler symphony performance of the Carnegie Hall season. When the ensemble last performed the Sixth Symphony on our stage in 2016, The New York Times called it a “stunning account ... notable for its sheer beauty.” They are meaningful words regarding the larger-than-life piece most commonly associated with Mahler’s personal tragedies (unforgettably punctuated by the fateful hammer blows in the surging finale)—and an affirmation of the undying love embedded in its searing melodies.

### Event Description: Erin Wagner, Mezzo-Soprano Concert **Date:** Thursday, April 24, 2025 **Time:** 12:00 PM **Location:** Gilder Lehrman Hall, The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Ave between 36th & 37th, New York, NY Join us for an exquisite afternoon of music featuring the talented mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner. This concert is presented in partnership with the Morgan Library & Museum and is generously sponsored by Paul J. Sekhri and Mark Gude. **Program:** - **Dominick Argento:** *From the Diary of Virginia Woolf* - **Gustav Mahler:** *Rückert-Lieder* **Ticket Information:** - Tickets are priced from $25. - Tickets go on sale starting July 10, 2024. Don't miss this opportunity to experience a captivating performance in the beautiful setting of the Morgan Library & Museum. Secure your tickets early and be part of an unforgettable musical event.

Gustavo Dudamel, our future Music and Artistic Director, concludes the season with ​Mahler’s Symphony No. 7,​ in some ways ​the composer’s​​ most adventurous. Experimental in structure and orchestration, it veers rapidly from eerie, mysterious night music to towering exclamations by the brass, with a full range of moods in between.