Pre-Christmas Parade of Stars in The Big Apple
New York is a cultural fantasyland. Whether Carnegie Hall or the Metropolitan Opera – every night offers a feast of absolutely outstanding performances to admire and enjoy. We offer you four evenings of superlatives: Lorin Maazel conducts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performing works by Bach and Beethoven; Seiji Ozawa conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Queen of Spades” at the MET with the star of St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre, Russian soprano Maria Gulegina, in the title role; and friends Yefim Bronfman and Emanuel Ax celebrate the fine art of piano playing at the Carnegie Hall. For a change of pace, we will also treat ourselves to an evening of light entertainment in the form of the musical “Mamma Mia”, which features the music of ABBA.
New York’s museums are no less outstanding than its concert halls. Our trip includes a visit of the new MoMa (Museum of Modern Art), representative of the city’s many great locations for art, such as the Metropolitan or Guggenheim Museum. On Sunday we join the congregation at a Harlem church an participate in a traditional gospel service. And by travelling in November we can indulge in Christmas shopping Manhattan-style.
Package

• An evening of works for piano composed by Brahms, Mozart and Rachmaninoff and performed by Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman
• The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Lorin Maazel, presents works by Bach and Beethoven
• Star conductor Seiji Ozawa conducts Tchaikovsky’s „Queens of Spades” at the MET, with star soloist Maria Gulegina
• „Mamma Mia“, THE “ABBA” musical
• Guided Excursions:
  • Private guided tour with early opening of MOMA (Museum of Modern Art)
  • Gospel tour to Harlem
  • Plenty of time for Christmas shopping

All the musical highlights will be accompanied by our musicologist Dr. Roger Cahn.