The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble: The Golden Twenties
$84
Johann Strauss II — Rosen aus dem Süden ("Roses From the South"), Op. 388 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)
Kurt Weill — Little Threepenny Music
Johann Strauss II — Kaiser-Walzer ("Emperor Waltz" ), Op. 437 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)
A chamber ensemble handpicked from The Met Orchestra explores the Weimar Republic's "Golden Twenties." This program highlights the era's incredible contradictions and the thrillingly divergent, thriving artistic movements that came into shape as the republic approached catastrophe. Hear music from Weill and Brecht's smash hit, the soon-to-be-banned Threepenny Opera. Hindemith's grinning reconstruction of Wagner is paired with the well-loved Kammermusik No. 1, which offers excitement of a more sincere, if not significantly less eccentric nature. Also included are two of Schoenberg's arrangements of Johann Strauss Jr., in which the "father of atonality" gave reverential treatment to Vienna's beloved "Waltz King."
Join us for a free drink at a post-concert reception in Weill Recital Hall's Jacobs Room.
About The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble provides a unique opportunity to hear members of the full Met Orchestra outside of the opera house and in the intimacy of Weill Recital Hall.
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Carnegie Hall's mission is to present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences.
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