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DESCRIPTION:May 5\, 2026\nWhat with the songbirds Renée Fleming\, Joyce Di
 Donato\, Isabel Leonard\, Audra McDonald\, and Michael Feinstein on hand\,
  a good time is sure to be had by all. The incredible ivory-tickler lineup
  includes Emanuel Ax\, Andy Einhorn\, Evgeny Kissin\, Lang Lang\, and Dani
 il Trifonov. Still\, let’s think back. Remember how in 1962\, when the N
 ew York Philharmonic decamped for Lincoln Center\, Carnegie Hall was marke
 d for the wrecking ball? Only thanks to the tireless campaigning of the la
 tter-day Paganini Isaac Stern was cultural tragedy averted. And in 1976\, 
 perhaps in a state of lingering euphoria\, Stern organized a gala to celeb
 rate the institution’s 85th Anniversary. Recorded live\, the program was
  released on the Columbia Masterworks label under the goosed-up title Conc
 ert of the Century. Was the hype justified? Yeah\, it was. Leonard Bernste
 in conducted. Bernstein\, Stern\, and Yehudi Menuhin played Bach. Mstislav
  Rostropovich and Vladimir Horowitz doubled up for Rachmaninoff. Horowitz 
 accompanied Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the iconic baritone’s only Carne
 gie Hall traversal of Robert Schumann’s immortal Dichterliebe. And to cl
 ear the hall at the end\, the assembled luminaries raised their voices in 
 Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus\, thankfully with the Oratorio Society of New
  York on hand to drown them out.
LOCATION:Carnegie Hall\, 881 7th Ave\, New York\, NY 10019\, USA
SUMMARY:50th Anniversary of the Concert of the Century—A Gala Evening at 
 Carnegie Hall
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