Sheryl Staples News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Philharmonic Ensembles, composed of Musicians from the Orchestra, will give its sixth and final performance of the 2009-10 season on Sunday, May 16, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall. The program will feature Eric Ewazen's Trio for Trumpet, Violin, and Piano; Loeffler's Deux Rapsodies; and Dohnányi's Piano Quintet No. 1.

The New York Philharmonic Ensembles, composed of Musicians from the Orchestra, will give its sixth and final performance of the 2009-10 season on Sunday, May 16, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall. The program will feature Eric Ewazen's Trio for Trumpet, Violin, and Piano; Loeffler's Deux Rapsodies; and Dohnányi's Piano Quintet No. 1.

Musicians from the New York Philharmonic will perform chamber works by Mozart, Ravel, and Brahms at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sunday, January 17, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. They will be joined by guest pianist Yefim Bronfman.

Musicians from the New York Philharmonic will perform chamber works by Mozart, Ravel, and Brahms at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sunday, January 17, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. They will be joined by guest pianist Yefim Bronfman.