Jill Burgett conducts Orff’s Carmina Burana, Pamela McDermott conducts John Rutter’s Gloria, and Kristofer Sanchack conducts Adolphus Hailstork’s I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes. Performing with the New England Symphonic Ensemble are several distinguished soloists and choruses from Alabama, Virginia, New Jersey, and Colorado.

Mikael Ayrapetyan is an Armenian pianist, composer, researcher and producer with a specific goal: to deliver hidden gems of the Armenian classical repertoire. In his Carnegie Hall debut, Ayrapetyan revives the forgotten names of composers by recording and performing world premieres of a treasury of Armenian music. Music in Armenia has a long and rich history, stretching back before the Middle Ages, with its origins in popular folksongs.

Tehorah, meaning "pure" in Hebrew, is a musical journey about loss, hope, love, and forgiveness. First performed in Weill Recital Hall in 2015, the concert celebrates the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, from 1920s Weimar Berlin all the way to the Promised Land. Written, directed, and performed by international chanteuse Adrienne Haan, the soirée contains German, Yiddish, and Hebrew songs that were composed and written by Jewish composers and librettists.

The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall under the exceptional leadership of Susanna Mälkki, a conductor revered for “the absolute integrity of her music-making” (Chicago Tribune) and ability to “invest anything she touches with persuasive grandeur” (San Francisco Chronicle). Mälkki’s critically acclaimed Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage debut came in 2022 when she lent her talents to conducting the New York Philharmonic, and it will be a thrill to see her lead her nation’s own Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in this all-Finnish program. Hear masterworks by Sibelius and a transportive piece by Kaija Saariaho—an ideal showcase for Debs Creative Chair and endlessly creative flute virtuoso Claire Chase.

Performers Salvatore Moltisanti, Artistic Director and Pianist Julija Bal, Piano Paolo Bruno, Piano Tomohiro Iwamatsu, Guitar Kodai Miyazaki, Bassoon Anna Dorothea Mutterer, Violin Oyundari Nandinjargal, Piano Pablo Rossi Rodino, Baritone Adriano Leonardo Scapicchi, Piano Tatiana Studyanova, Piano Shingo Sugio, Bass Burentsogt Unenburen, Piano Leon Watanabe, Cello

Sandeep Das and Mike Block have collaborated for more than 15 years to bring different worlds of music together so that they seamlessly flow as one. In this concert, through improvisation and the tradition of learning music aurally, they collaborate with members of Ensemble Connect to achieve a sangam, a confluence of different musical ideas that join like tributaries to form a mighty river of music. The repertoire includes original compositions; traditional music from India, Nepal, and Greece; and adaptations of contemporary music from Finland, Norway, and the US.

Bass-baritones Ryan Speedo Green and Eric Owens join conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin in The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble’s final performance of the Carnegie Hall season. Hear selections from Terence Blanchard’s moving opera Champion, which receives its Metropolitan Opera premiere in 2023. Also included are Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite for Brass Quintet; Michael Tilson Thomas’s Street Song, a warm and popular brass composition that receives its Carnegie Hall debut; and an interesting pair of trios: Valerie Coleman’s Rubispheres, dedicated to urban life and landscapes; and Charles Wuorinen’s Trio for Trombone, Mallet Instruments, and Piano.

The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York is committed to fostering a community of young musicians from Long Island and providing them with opportunities to rehearse and perform with recognized leaders in music education and performance. Founded in 1993 by John C. McNeur, MYO has grown from a 15-piece orchestra to seven orchestras and eight choirs, serving close to 800 musicians between the ages of 8 and 18.