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Every year since 1971, Riccardo Muti has guest conducted the Vienna Philharmonic, with countless iconic performances that include the New Year’s Eve concerts, Salzburg Festival, and more. The celebrated partnership now returns to the Hall in this first of three consecutive programs. The evening opens with Schubert’s Fourth Symphony, “Tragic,” an emotionally charged staple that borrows freely from Haydn and Mozart. Audiences are then treated to a Bruckner symphony—always a notable event in the hands of the Vienna Philharmonic, an ensemble that boasts a remarkably close and storied relationship with the composer.

This matinee performance concludes the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor Riccardo Muti’s back-to-back concerts at Carnegie Hall. They perform the last—and grandest—of Mozart’s symphonies: No. 41, “Jupiter,” a culmination of the composer’s mastery of Classical music conventions. It is also, as far as we know today, an extremely rare piece written of Mozart’s own accord, with no paid commission connected to or influencing it. The program also features Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” One of the classical canon’s most beloved works, it received its premiere here at Carnegie Hall with the composer himself in attendance.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Vienna Philharmonic and three-time Grammy Award-winner Yefim Bronfman in Beethoven’s gorgeously composed and beloved third piano concerto. Plus, a thrilling performance of Richard Strauss’s epic Ein Heldenleben that will leave you on the edge of your seat wanting more!