Alan Gilbert News

Following three performances of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with the New York Philharmonic and its music director, Alan Gilbert (Jan 6-8), Thomas Hampson will perform and discuss songs by Mahler - as well as music by Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, and American composers - in a front of a live studio audience at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WQXR on Monday, January 10

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in the New York Premiere of Thomas Adès's multimedia In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image), Thursday, January 6, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 7, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 8, at 8:00 p.m. The score, which the composer will perform at the piano in his Philharmonic debut, is synchronized with Israeli artist and filmmaker Tal Rosner's kaleidoscopic imagery, projected onto six large screens. Mr. Adès calls it a 'video-ballet in seven movements' that follows the story of creation. The program will also include Mozart's Symphony No. 40, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, with baritone Thomas Hampson.

André Soltner, founder and chef of the legendary New York restaurant Lutèce, will create a special edition of New York Philharmonic Musical Suppers, Friday, January 7, 2011.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in the New York Premiere of Thomas Adès's multimedia In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image), Thursday, January 6, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 7, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 8, at 8:00 p.m. The score, which the composer will perform at the piano in his Philharmonic debut, is synchronized with Israeli artist and filmmaker Tal Rosner's kaleidoscopic imagery, projected onto six large screens. Mr. Adès calls it a 'video-ballet in seven movements' that follows the story of creation. The program will also include Mozart's Symphony No. 40, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, with baritone Thomas Hampson.

New_York_Philharmonic_20010101 The New York Philharmonic will celebrate the 2010 holiday season with perennial favorites: the annual Holiday Brass concerts; Handel's Messiah, led by Bernard Labadie; and a nationally telecast All-Tchaikovsky New Year's Eve Concert, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert and featuring pianist Lang Lang as soloist.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the New York Philharmonic in Aaron Jay Kernis's a Voice, a Messenger, a World Premiere-New York Philharmonic Co- Commission with the Big Band Association, featuring Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Philip Smith, and the New York Premiere of Christopher Rouse's Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Liang Wang, Tuesday, December 28, 2010, Wednesday, December 29, and Thursday, December 30, at 7:30 p.m. Also on the program: Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins, RV 580, performed by Philharmonic violinists Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, Marc Ginsberg, and Lisa Kim; Hindemith's Horn Concerto, played by Principal Horn Philip Myers; and Ravel's Boléro.

The New York Times, Time Out New York, New York magazine, and The New Yorker all put Alan Gilbert and the Philharmonic at the top of their lists of cultural highlights of the year 2010.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the New York Philharmonic in Aaron Jay Kernis's a Voice, a Messenger, a World Premiere-New York Philharmonic Co- Commission with the Big Band Association, featuring Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Philip Smith, and the New York Premiere of Christopher Rouse's Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Liang Wang, Tuesday, December 28, 2010, Wednesday, December 29, and Thursday, December 30, at 7:30 p.m. Also on the program: Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins, RV 580, performed by Philharmonic violinists Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, Marc Ginsberg, and Lisa Kim; Hindemith's Horn Concerto, played by Principal Horn Philip Myers; and Ravel's Boléro.

Due to the recent extreme weather conditions and travel disruptions, the New York Philharmonic has had to cancel two rehearsals for the program of Tuesday, December 28, Wednesday, December 29, and Thursday, December 30, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., to be conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert. This has necessitated some changes in repertoire.

Finnish soprano Karita Mattila will join the New York Philharmonic and Music Director Alan Gilbert to perform Beethoven's concert aria, 'Ah, perfido!' and songs by Sibelius, on a program that also includes Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and Nielsen's Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments, Thursday, January 27, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, January 28-29, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, February 1, at 7:30 p.m.

When Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, mounts the podium at Bergen Performing Arts Center (BergenPAC) in Englewood on Wednesday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m., he will not be leading his acclaimed orchestra. Instead, Mr. Gilbert will lend his time and talent to provide a remarkable opportunity for the young musicians of the JCC Thurnauer School of Music. Mr. Gilbert will conduct the Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra for the School's 20th annual Gift of Music benefit gala, on the BergenPAC stage. Mr. Gilbert will be joined by New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, who will be guest soloist with the Orchestra. Rounding out the evening, additional musicians from the New York Philharmonic, including Mr. Gilbert on viola, will perform chamber music by Beethoven, Andres and Mendelssohn.

Baritone Thomas Hampson celebrates two consecutive anniversaries for Mahler (2010 is the 150th anniversary of his birth and 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of his death) in performance, on recording and with special events around the world.

Thomas Hampson's decades-long championing of the music of Gustav Mahler reaches new heights in the coming weeks with the release of his new recording with the Wiener Virtuosen of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn on Deutsche Grammophon (Dec 21).

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the season's second program of CONTACT!, the Orchestra's new-music series, leading Philharmonic musicians in concerts on Friday, December 17, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Saturday, December 18, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Symphony Space.

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the season's second program of CONTACT!, the Orchestra's new-music series, leading Philharmonic musicians in concerts on Friday, December 17, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Saturday, December 18, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Symphony Space.

Baritone Thomas Hampson celebrates two consecutive anniversaries for Mahler (2010 is the 150th anniversary of his birth and 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of his death) in performance, on recording and with special events around the world.

The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and the New York Philharmonic today announced a three-year extension of the Orchestra's annual Vail summer residency. This extension, which begins with the Festival's 25th anniversary season in the summer of 2012, will see the Philharmonic in Vail through 2014, for the orchestra's 12th summer residency.

Thomas Hampson's decades-long championing of the music of Gustav Mahler reaches new heights in the coming weeks with the release of his new recording with the Wiener Virtuosen of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn on Deutsche Grammophon (Dec 21).

The New York Philharmonic will launch Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic: 2010-11 Season, its second series of recordings with Music Director Alan Gilbert, beginning December 14, 2010, as a new iTunes Pass. With iTunes Pass, music fans get music and other content delivered directly to their iTunes music library as it becomes available, over a season, tour, or other set period of time.

New_York_Philharmonic_20010101 The New York Philharmonic will celebrate the 2010 holiday season with perennial favorites: the annual Holiday Brass concerts; Handel's Messiah, led by Bernard Labadie; and a nationally telecast All-Tchaikovsky New Year's Eve Concert, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert and featuring pianist Lang Lang as soloist.