Ann Hobson Pilot

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Ann's interview

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: JANUARY 21, 2009

BSO MUSIC DIRECTOR JAMES LEVINE AND THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCE 2009-10 PROGRAMS AT CARNEGIE HALL

OPENING NIGHT GALA OF CARNEGIE HALL'S 119TH SEASON FEATURES NY PREMIERE OF A NEW WORK BY JOHN WILLIAMS; OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE ALL-BEETHOVEN CONCERT AND MENDELSSOHN'S "ELIJAH"

GUEST ARTISTS INCLUDE EVGENY KISSIN, PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, CHRISTINE BREWER, STEPHANIE BLYTHE, AND ANN HOBSON PILOT.

Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director James Levine and the orchestra are honored to open Carnegie Hall's 119th season with a gala concert on October 1, 2009.  Concert highlights include Evgeny Kissin perfroming Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor and the New York premiere of John Williams' new On Willows and Birches for harp and orchestra, written for the distinctive talents of BSO principal harpist Ann Hobson Pilot, who will retire from the BSO in August, 2009.  Also on the program are Debussy's La Mer and Berlioz' Roman Carnival.