Handel JUDAS MACCABEUS 

Carnegie Hall

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at

57th Street & 7th Avenue

Friday, December 4, 2026 | 8 PM

with chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra

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Handel’s riveting Judas Maccabeus, chock-full of justly famous arias and choruses, invokes our timeless human quest to separate truth from falsehood, and find the moral clarity and courage to live our choices boldly and with honor. By turns heroic and reflective, Handel's captivating oratorio speaks inspiringly to our present moment.

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Stravinsky SYMPHONY OF PSALMS

Stravinsky LES NOCES 

Trevor Weston … NO TIME FOR IDLE CARES … (Cecilia Chorus commission - world premiere)

Carnegie Hall

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at

57th Street & 7th Avenue

Thursday, April 22, 2027 | 8 PM

with chorus, children’s chorus, vocal soloists, 4 pianos, and percussion

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Stravinsky’s great choral works — his deeply spiritual Symphony of Psalms, and his electrifying Les Noces — are rarely performed.  The original instrumentation of his thrillingly ritual Les Noces, with four grand pianos and percussion, was last heard in Carnegie Hall in the birth year of the internet, when Sally Ride became the first American woman to venture into space, and Vanessa Williams the first Black Miss America.  The evening’s program traces a glorious crescendo: Symphony of Psalms with two pianos; a newly commissioned work by Trevor Weston with three pianos; and Les Noces with four pianos.  Featuring four of New York’s finest contemporary pianists.

Our 2025-2026 Season is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.