On Monday evening, January 12, 2008, there will be a benefit concert at New York's Canegie Hall for mothers and children affected by HIV and AIDS.
Ticket prices start at $35.
Here are the details:
WHO: Conductor George Mathew | Mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer | Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow | Posthornist Matthew Muckey | Trombonist Joseph Alessi
WHEN: 8:00 p.m. | Monday January 12, 2009
WHERE: Isaac Stern Auditorium | Carnegie Hall | New York, NY
PROGRAM: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
A benefit concert featuring Gustav Mahler's monumental Third Symphony will be held at 8:00pm on Monday, January 12, 2009 in Isaac Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The performance, organized and led by conductor George Mathew, and benefitting CMMB ,will feature some of the finest orchestral musicians from every continent, which include principal artists from:
- The New York Philharmonic
- The MET Orchestra
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Orchestra of St. Luke's
- Minnesota Orchestra
- Brooklyn Philharmonic
- Emerson String Quartet
And students, graduates and faculty of The Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music accompanied by and other major international orchestras and ensembles.
MAHLER FOR THE CHILDREN OF AIDS is the third in a series of global humanitarian concerts that George Mathew has conceived and presented at Carnegie Hall, gathering together artists from the world's finest orchestras, ensembles and music schools for humanitarian causes while employing the music itself as their central source of energy. Mathew drew inspiration from the success of BEETHOVEN'S NINTH FOR SOUTH ASIA, a January 2006 concert for survivors of the devastating 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, and the 2007 REQUIEM FOR DARFUR, hosted by Mia Farrow.
Ways to Get Involved:
Purchase tickets to the concert
Can't attend? Consider a donation to help pediatric and maternal HIV/AIDS
Invite friends to the concert via FacebookPlease watch a clip of conductor George Mathew talk about this historic event.