Great Performers 2009/2010: Lectures and Discussions

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 6:45
Avery Fisher Hall
Pre-concert talk by Leon Botstein
American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor
Fervaal

Friday, October 23, 2009 at 6:45
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Pre-concert lecture by Christopher H. Gibbs
London Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Schubert and Mahler

Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 1:45
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Pre-concert lecture by Bill McGlaughlin
London Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major

Saturday, November 14, 2009
Alice Tully Hall
Post-performance discussion with Leif Ove Andsnes and
Robin Rhode
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Robin Rhode, video artist
Pictures Reframed

Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 1:45
Avery Fisher Hall
Pre-concert talk by Leon Botstein
American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, music director
The Remains of Romanticism

Friday, January 29, 2010 at 6:45
Avery Fisher Hall
Pre-concert talk by Leon Botstein
American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, music director
An American Biography: The Music of Henry Cowell

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 6:45
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Pre-concert lecture by Alan Walker
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
All-Chopin program

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 8:30
Walter Reade Theater
Chopin on Film Program 4: A Song to Remember
Introduced by Benita Eisler

Friday, February 19, 2010 at 6:45
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Pre-concert lecture by Walter Frisch
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Brahms, Theo Verbey, and Bartók

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:45
Avery Fisher Hall
Pre-concert talk by Leon Botstein
American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, music director
After the Thaw

Sunday, March 21, 2010
Alice Tully Hall
Post-concert discussion with Garrick Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
All-Chopin program

Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 6:45
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Pre-concert lecture
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Iván Fischer, conductor
All-Beethoven program

Sunday, March 28, 2010 from 1:00 to 2:30
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Panel Discussion: On Interpreting Beethoven
Ara Guzelimian, moderator

Friday, April 9, 2010 at 6:45
Avery Fisher Hall
Pre-concert talk by Leon Botstein
American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, music director
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust

Sunday, May 2, 2010 from 6:00 to 7:30
Irene Diamond Education Center
Panel Discussion: A Musical Peace
Ara Guzelimian, moderator

Monday, May 3, 2010 at 6:15
Venue to be announced
Pre-concert lecture Jerusalem: City of Heavenly and Earthly Peace
Jordi Savall, director, vièle, lira d’arco, and rebab

Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 1:45
Avery Fisher Hall
Pre-concert talk by Leon Botstein
American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, music director
Apollo and Dionysus

Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 3:45
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Pre-concert lecture by Michael Beckerman
Emerson String Quartet; Jeffrey Kahane, piano
The Folk Music: Dvořák and Janáček

Sunday, May 16, 2010
Alice Tully Hall
Post-concert discussion with the Emerson String Quartet and
Ara Guzelimian
Emerson String Quartet
The Late Quartets: Dvořák and Janáček

Saturday, May 22, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall
Post-concert discussion with Gustavo Dudamel
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
John Adams and Mahler

Subject to change. Seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.