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Published on: 7/30/2008
Last Visited: 2/19/2009
Soprano Dawn Upshaw, baritone Thomas Hampson, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Michael Tilson Thomas, who all worked with and learned from Leonard Bernstein, will be joined by vocalist Christine Ebersole in the Opening Night Gala for a program that features music from a wide variety of Bernstein's stage works—from such early triumphs as West Side Story and On the Town to later works, Mass and A Quiet Place.
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With Upshaw and Hampson—both of whom first performed in Carnegie's main auditorium under Bernstein's baton—they perform selections from A Quiet Place.
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Ma, who played for Bernstein when the cellist was 8 years old, joins the orchestra for a performance of Meditation No. 1 from Mass, as well as "To What You Said" from Songfest, also with Hampson.
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American baritone Thomas Hampson enjoys a wide-ranging career as a singer of lieder, operas, oratorios, and works for voice and orchestra.
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Mr. Hampson's encounter with Bernstein had a strong impact on his life and career and led the way to his becoming one of today's leading interpreters of the music of Mahler.
He recently recorded Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, to be released in September as part of the orchestra's Mahler recording project on its SFS Media Label.
As an active proponent of the study of American song, Mr. Hampson collaborates on song projects with academic and cultural partners through his foundation, Hampsong.org, to promote the art of song in intercultural understanding.
His "Song of America" tour, first presented with the Library of Congress in 2005,06, will be expanded during the 2009,10 season.
In 2007 he was named Special Advisor to the Library of Congress for Education and the Legacy of the Performing Arts.
The many-faceted career of cellist Yo-Yo Ma is testament to both his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences and his personal desire for artistic growth and renewal.
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Thomas Hampson, Baritone