Several members of the Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra will be participating with the National Virtual Medical Orchestra in a performance distributed by Carnegie Hall on Thursday, 12/17 at 7:30 p.m. Watch online through this Carnegie Hall link or on Facebook
Live with Carnegie Hall: Music as Medicine They are on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19, doing everything possible to keep the world healthy. But when they are not in hospitals or research labs, many medical professionals find creative outlet as gifted musicians, longing for the day when we can all enjoy live concerts together again. Join Carnegie Hall as we provide a platform for these modern-day heroes to showcase their musical talents, including special performances by the National Virtual Medical Orchestra and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, and a guest appearance by violinist Joshua Bell.
3 pm ET: London Philharmonic Orchestra presents
All the World’s a Stage. The LPO celebrates Brett Dean, their new Composer in Residence, with the UK premiere of
The Players. The scene is Elsinore, setting of Dean’s opera
Hamlet, with the solo role played by accordion player James Crabb. The concert begins with Bach’s
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and ends with Stravinsky’s mock-Baroque
Pulcinella. View here.
6 pm ET: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents
Mark Steinberg, Marcy Rosen, and Jonathan Biss play Beethoven. Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday as three chamber music luminaries play a program of early masterworks: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2, Violin Sonata in A, Op. 30, No. 1, and Piano Trio in G, Op. 1, No. 2. View here. LIVE