Gilbert To Conduct and Host NY Philharmonic's Second CONTACT! Program 4/16, 4/17

Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct and host the New York Philharmonic's new music series, CONTACT!, on Friday, April 16, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Symphony Space, and Saturday, April 17, at 7:00 p.m. at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The program will feature World Premiere Commissions by Sean Shepherd, Nico Muhly, and Matthias Pintscher, performed by New York Philharmonic musicians. Alan Gilbert will introduce each work through a discussion with its composer prior to its complete performance.

A reception will follow the Symphony Space concert. At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, tickets to the concert will include admission to the museum on the day of performance. The works, which were created specially for these concerts, are Sean Shepherd's These Circumstances and Nico Muhly's Detailed Instructions - both New York Philharmonic Commissions - and Matthias Pintscher's songs from Solomon's garden, a Co-Commission by the New York Philharmonic and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, which will be performed by Thomas Hampson, The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-
Residence.

The program will be streamed on "Q2," Classical 105.9 FM WQXR's contemporary classical music service, on Thursday, April 22, at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 24, at 4:00 p.m. Listeners may access the stream at www.wqxr.org/Q2: select the Q2 tab on the Player and click "Listen." The site will also aggregate blogs about the concert. "Q2" is accessible on iTunes.