Lisa Batiashvili to Perform Barber in February at Avery Fisher Hall

By: Dec. 22, 2014
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The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Lisa Batiashvili will continue her tenure with performances of Barber's Violin Concerto, and The Marie-Jose?e Kravis Composer-in- Residence Christopher Rouse's tenure concludes with performances of Iscariot, the final work by Mr. Rouse to performed during his three-year tenure. David Zinman will conduct the program, which also includes Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2, Thursday, February 5, 2015, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, February 6 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, February 7 at 8:00 p.m.

The New York Philharmonic's free Insights at the Atrium series will present "An Evening with Lisa Batiashvili," Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., at which Ms. Batiashvili will speak about her collaboration with the Philharmonic, the repertoire she's bringing to New York, and her musical upbringing. The event takes place at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (Columbus Avenue at 62nd Street) and is co-presented with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

"Barber's Violin Concerto is the American concerto," Lisa Batiashvili said. "Playing it as Artist-in-Residence is my way of showing how much I love American music and how much I appreciate being here. To play this wonderful concerto with the amazing Philharmonic is going to be quite an experience for me."

"Iscariot is at once both my most autobiographical score to date as well as my most ritualized," Christopher Rouse writes. "Though the music is continuous, the piece is nonetheless highly sectionalized into a pattern of alternating strophes and antistrophes in the ancient Greek dramatic tradition."

By the conclusion of his tenure Christopher Rouse will have written three new pieces commissioned by the Philharmonic, worked with Alan Gilbert and the Orchestra in performances of ten of his works, and served as an advisor for six programs of CONTACT!, the new-music series.

The Orchestra began its relationship with Mr. Rouse in 1984, when it performed The Infernal Machine, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Since then, the Philharmonic has commissioned and presented the World Premieres of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (1992, with Principal Trombone Joseph Alessi, led by Mr. Slatkin); Seeing, for Piano and Orchestra (with Emanuel Ax, led by Mr. Slatkin in 1999 and David Zinman in 2003); Odna Zhizn (2010, led by Alan Gilbert); Prospero's Rooms (2013, led by Alan Gilbert); and Symphony No. 4 (2014, led by Alan Gilbert during the inaugural NY PHIL BIENNIAL). The Orchestra has also performed the New York Premieres of his Symphony No. 3 (2013, led by Alan Gilbert) and Oboe Concerto (2013, with Principal Oboe Liang Wang, led by Alan Gilbert), as well as Phantasmata (2013, led by Alan Gilbert) and Rapture (2014, led by Alan Gilbert).

Mr. Rouse is the second Marie-Jose?e Kravis Composer-in-Residence, a post established by Alan Gilbert at the beginning of his tenure as Music Director; Magnus Lindberg was the first to occupy the position, from 2009 to 2012.

The Saturday Matinee Concert February 7 at 2:00 p.m. opens with Dvor?a?k's Piano Quintet, Op. 81, with Philharmonic Artist-in-Association Inon Barnatan and Acting Concertmaster Sheryl Staples; Acting Principal, Second Violin Group, Lisa Kim; Principal Viola Cynthia Phelps; and Principal Cello Carter Brey. The program also features Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2, led by David Zinman. Each of the concerts on this season's Saturday Matinee series features chamber music by Dvor?a?k.



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