The Munich Philharmonic Will Perform on Both October 25 and October 26, 2019, and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Will Perform on Both November 8 and November 9, 2019 

Two critically acclaimed, world-renowned ensembles from the culturally rich city of Munich, Germany will return to Carnegie Hall this fall with two star-studded performances each.

Both the Munich Philharmonic and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra will return to one of the world’s most esteemed concert halls for double performances. The Munich Philharmonic, led by Music Director Valery Gergiev, will perform on October 25 and 26, 2019. The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons, will perform on November 8 and 9, 2019. 

On Friday, October 25, at 8 PM, the Munich Philharmonic will perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Behzod Abduraimov and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7—the following evening at 8 PM, they will return with Leonidas Kavakos playing Brahms’s Violin Concerto. Also on the program is Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Jörg Widmann’s Con brio.

Two weeks later, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra will perform a program that includes R. Strauss’s Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo, Four Last Songs with soprano Diana Damrau, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 4. on November 8, 2019, at 8 PM. The following night, they return with pianist Rudolf Buchbinder playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10, and Weber’s Overture to Euryanthe.

The concerts on October 26, 2019, and November 8, 2019, will be heard nationwide on Carnegie Hall Live on WQXR 105.9 FM and WQXR.org. Additionally, these broadcasts will feature behind-the-scenes access to the artists and the broadcast team as hosted by Jeff Spurgeon and Clemency Burton-Hill.

Ticket prices, times, and location information vary—further details are available on the Carnegie Hall website.