Bruch's Concerto For Two Pianos To Replace Martin's Concerto For Two Pianos

Bruch's Concerto for Two Pianos will replace Martin 's Concerto for Two Pianos in performances featuring Katia and Marielle Lab que and led by Semyon Bychkov, Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, May 3 at 2:00 p.m.; and Saturday, May 4 at 8:00 p.m. The program will also include Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, as previously announced.

Katia and Marielle Lab que have previously collaborated with Semyon Bychkov in performances of Bruch's Concerto for Two Pianos, including in the second-ever recording of the work. Gramophone wrote of that 1993 recording, with London's Philharmonia Orchestra: The Lab ques indulge both its burgeoning romanticism and its considerable virtuoso demands, while Bychkov directs a big, warm-textured accompaniment.

These are the Philharmonic's first performances of Bruch's Concerto for Two Pianos in more than a century; they follow the New York Premiere in 1917, performed by the work's dedicatees, Rose and Ottilie Sutro, and led by Josef Stransky.

Single tickets for the May 2 4 performances start at $31. (Ticket prices subject to change.) Tickets to Open Rehearsals are $22. A limited number of $18 tickets to select concerts may be available to students within 10 days of the performance at nyphil.org/rush, or in person the day of; valid identification is required. The New York Philharmonic is offering an allotment of free tickets to young people ages 13 26 for the concert Friday, May 3 as part of Philharmonic Free Fridays; learn more at nyphil.org/freefridays.

Tickets may be purchased online at nyphil.org or by calling (212) 875-5656, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Tickets may also be purchased at the David Geffen Hall Box Office. The Box Office opens at 10:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and at noon on Sunday. On performance evenings, the Box Office closes one-half hour after performance time; other evenings it closes at 6:00 p.m.

Event Listing

New York Philharmonic

David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

Thursday, May 2, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Open Rehearsal 9:45 a.m.
Friday, May 3, 2019, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 4, 2019, 8:00 p.m.

Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Katia and Marielle Lab que, pianos

BRUCH Concerto for Two Pianos
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

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ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE