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Carnegie Hall Presents

The Met Orchestra

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Yannick Nézet-Séguin by George Etheredge, Isabel Leonard by Sergio Kurhajec
In 1934 at Carnegie Hall, Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony received its New York premiere, which was met with wild enthusiasm by audiences. Prominent critics called it “the most distinctive and promising American symphonic proclamation which has so far been achieved” (New York American). Tonight, The Met Orchestra offers a rare opportunity to hear this now-shockingly neglected work, which remains every bit as powerful today. Plus, hear Metropolitan Opera star Isabel Leonard in a favorite from West Side Story and Barber’s gorgeous Knoxville: Summer of 1915. The concert concludes with the spirited Fancy Free, Bernstein’s first collaboration with choreographer Jerome Robbins.

Part of: The Met Orchestra, Isabel Leonard, and United in Sound: America at 250

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Performers

The Met Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Isabel Leonard, Vocalist

Program

DAWSON Negro Folk Symphony

BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915

BERNSTEIN "Somewhere" from West Side Story

BERNSTEIN Fancy Free

Support for United in Sound: America at 250 is provided by the Hearst Foundations.
Support for this program is provided by the Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund.

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