MERGER: JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED BY NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, PAUL B. GUENTHER, CHAIRMAN
AND CARNEGIE HALL, SANFORD I. WEILL, CHAIRMAN


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CARNEGIE HALL OPENS 112TH SEASON WITH A GALA BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURING THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND DANIEL BARENBOIM ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 7:00 PM

JAMES LEVINE TO LEAD NINE CONCERTS WITH MET ORCHESTRA AND MET CHAMBER ENSEMBLE IN WIDE-RANGING REPERTOIRE FROM MOZART TO SHEN OCTOBER 2002 THROUGH MAY 2003