Student Weekly: The Philadelphia Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle

BECOME A FAN OF CARNEGIE HALL Find us on Facebook today › LISTEN IN with Mitsuko Uchida Fans adore pianist Mitsuko Uchida for her vast repertoire that includes Mozart, Schubert, and Schoenberg. Here, she talks about Beethoven's effect on her development as a musician, and the time she's been spending with the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág. Listen to the full interview › BUY YOUR TICKETS Purchase student tickets with a valid student ID at the Carnegie Hall Box Office. IN PERSON Visit the Box Office at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue Monday–Saturday, 11 AM–6 PM Sunday, 12–6 PM (closed on legal holidays) Student subscribers who have purchased our specially priced student packages can also buy their tickets by phone or online. BY PHONE Call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, seven days a week, 8 AM–8 PM. ONLINE Current student subscribers can buy the listed $10 student concerts online. Use promotional code Student6800 when selecting seats for purchase. $10 STUDENT TICKETS $10 STUDENT TICKETS FOR THESE EVENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE. Uchida "an elegant, deeply musical interpreter" —Chicago Tribune THURS, APR 30 at 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage MITSUKO UCHIDA, Piano MOZART   Rondo in A Minor, K. 511 BERG   Piano Sonata, Op. 1 BEETHOVEN   Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 SCHUMANN   Fantasy in C Major Buy now ›  |  Learn more › Back to top Rattle FRI, MAY 1 at 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor Magdalena Kožená, Mezzo-Soprano (Marguerite) Gregory Kunde, Tenor (Faust) Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone (Brander) Thomas Quasthoff, Bass-Baritone (Mephistopheles) The Philadelphia Singers Chorale David Hayes, Director BERLIOZ   La damnation de Faust Pre-concert talk at 7 PM with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall. The Trustees of Carnegie Hall gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Jean Stein, whose contribution honors the memory of Edward W. Said and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Tickets are only available for the Balcony. Buy now ›  |  Learn more › Back to top Davies FRI, MAY 1 at 7:30 PM Zankel Hall AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor Eliot Fisk, Guitar Thomas Larcher, Piano Lukas Ligeti, Marimba Lumina American Composers Orchestra's pioneering conductor laureate Dennis Russell Davies returns for a gathering of friends, old and new. Highlights include a new concerto by the ACO Artistic Director Robert Beaser and the "consistently fresh, inventive, surprising" (Fanfare) Lukas Ligeti, who melds electronic wizardry, jazz improvisation, European modernism, and world music rhythms in his American orchestral debut on his marimba synthesizer. Buy now ›  |  Learn more › Back to top Haitink "a true maestro … agile and tireless on the podium" —New York Times SUN, MAY 3 at 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Bernard Haitink, Principal Conductor Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-Soprano WEBERN   Im Sommerwind MAHLER   Rückert Lieder SCHUBERT   Symphony No. 9, "Great" Buy now ›  |  Learn more › Back to top Vänskä MON, MAY 4 at 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA Osmo Vänskä, Music Director and Conductor Leonidas Kavakos, Violin SIBELIUS   The Wood Nymph   Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 7 Pre-concert talk at 7 PM with Walter Frisch, Professor of Music, Columbia University. Sponsored by Deloitte LLP Buy now ›  |  Learn more › Back to top Goode TUES, MAY 5 at 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage RICHARD GOODE, Piano Works by CHOPIN and BACH, including selections from Book II of The Well Tempered Clavier Buy now ›  |  Learn more › Back to top Student Ticket Policy Current student subscribers can purchase $10 student tickets by phone or online. To order online, student subscribers must sign in and enter code Student6800 before selecting seats. Non-student subscribers must buy $10 student tickets at the Box Office and must present a valid student photo ID. Student discount tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis and may be discontinued at any time. NEW! As a special benefit for our student subscribers, the $10 convenience fee has been reduced to only $1 per ticket. This reduced fee is only valid on $10 student tickets purchased online or through CarnegieCharge, and cannot be applied to student subscriptions. There is no convenience fee on $10 student tickets that are purchased in person at the Box Office. SPRING STUDENT SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE NOW ON SALE. Guarantee your seats for this season's hottest concerts by purchasing a student subscription—only $15 per ticket. Use promotional code Student6802 when finding seats. Student subscribers can also purchase student tickets online for other Carnegie Hall concerts throughout the season. Mahler Mix ($45 for three concerts in Stern/Perelman) As part of Carnegie Hall's celebration of Gustav Mahler's symphonies, enjoy a sampling of late-Romantic lieder and symphonies, including Rückert Lieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and Symphony No. 9. SUN, MAY 10, 2009 Staatskapelle Berlin WED, MAY 13, 2009 Staatskapelle Berlin SUN, MAY 17, 2009 Staatskapelle Berlin Learn more › Back to top Student tickets are generously supported by The Merkin Family Ticket Fund.

Photos: Uchida by Justin Pumfrey, Rattle by Simon Fowler, Davies by Paul Kolnik, Haitink by Matthias Creutziger, Vänskä by Ann Marsden, Goode by Sascha Gusov, Barenboim by Richard Haughton, Quasthoff by Kasskara / DG, Hampson by Johannes Ifkovits.