Orchestra of St. Luke’s

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Thursday, 9 December at 8pm

The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has been an essential part of the New York City music scene for more than three decades. Renowned for its skill and collaborative vitality, the group, joined by conductor de Waart, performs Adams’s orchestration of Liszt’s dark musical fantasy of Venice and Mendelssohn’s symphonic imaginings of Scotland. Also, Graham sings music by Berg.

Edo de Waart (born 1 June 1941, Amsterdam) is a Dutch conductor, and the Music Director of both the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.De Waart studied oboe, piano and conducting at the Sweelinck Conservatory, graduating in 1962. Edo de Waart's recording catalogue is extensive, encompassing recordings with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony.


The Program
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Edo de Waart, Conductor
Susan Graham, Mezzo-Soprano

LISZT (orch. JOHN ADAMS) The Black Gondola
BERG Seven Early Songs
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"

Tickets: www.carnegiehall.org or 212-247-7800