After more than a century, an unexpected piece of ephemera from May 5, 1891-a ticket from Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night-made its way back to the Hall and into our archival collection in the Rose Museum. This episode travels back to that historic opening concert, and the Gilded Age world of Andrew Carnegie’s New York City, exploring what made Carnegie Hall unlike any concert hall ever built before-and how it remains one of a kind today.
Guests in this episode include Carol Binkowski, author of Opening Carnegie Hall; Phillip Lopate, author of books including Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan; Emanuel Ax, award-winning pianist who has performed at the Hall more than 120 times over the last 50 years; and Kent Tritle, artistic director of the Oratorio Society of New York, which was featured on Carnegie Hall’s first Opening Night and still performs at the Hall today. Members of Carnegie Hall’s Rose Museum and Archives team-including Director Kathleen Sabogal, Assistant Director Rob Hudson, and Founding Archivist Gino Francesconi-are also featured.
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Credits:
“The Old Hundredth”
Arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams
© Oxford University Press 1953
All rights reserved.
Performed by the Westminster Choir conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt
℗ Westminster Choir College
Courtesy of Rider University
“Mandoline” from Cinq mélodies “de Venise,” Op. 58
Written by Gabriel Fauré
Performed by Thomas Michael Allen and Charles Spencer
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Pavane in F-sharp Minor, Op. 50
Written by Gabriel Fauré
Performed by the National Symphony Orchestra New York conducted by Walter Damrosch
℗ VMS / Zappel Music
Allegro from Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 17
Written by Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Performed by Janina Fialkowska and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
“America the Beautiful”
Written by Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward
Performance courtesy of Temple Baptist Church
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Stephen Gunzenhauser
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Marche solennelle
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performed by the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Hayman
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Te Deum, Op. 22
Written by Hector Berlioz
Performed by the Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Nicolas Kynaston, and London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Courtesy of Decca Music Group
Under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises
“Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?” from Elijah, Op. 70
Written by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Stephen Doughty, and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Paul Daniel
Courtesy of Decca Music Group
Under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises
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