Performers
New York String Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, Conductor
Anna Polonsky, Piano

Ring in the new year with a beloved tradition: the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. The program opens with an inspiring piece by composer and renowned violinist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, written as a greeting to the distant stars from—and about—humankind. Described by The Wall Street Journal as a pianist “who awes,” Anna Polonsky joins the orchestra for Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto. The second half of the concert comprises Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, an especially spirited work that Beethoven considered one of his finest.

Program
NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA Primal Message for String Orchestra, Harp, and Percussion
C. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7