Riverside Symphony to Open 37th Season with ANTECEDENTS at Alice Tully Hall

Riverside Symphony will open its 37th season on Saturday evening, January 20th at Alice Tully Hall in a program entitled "Antecedents."

Music Director George Rothman will lead the orchestra through a sequence of works that traces the transition from the Baroque through the Classical by way of a contemporary work in a programmatic sleight-of-hand that also aims to demonstrate the former period's enduring relevance.

Commencing the season with a rarely heard Telemann Concerto Grosso (alla Francese), the concert will progress to the U.S. Premiere of Matthew Greenbaum's The Jig is Up, a concerto for oboe with string orchestra that deftly evokes a Baroque sensibility despite its stylish contemporary pedigree. Another rarity, by transitional master C.P.E. Bach, captures the two periods at once-much in the way of a double exposure- before a youthful Mozart symphonic masterpiece concludes the evening.

PROGRAM:

ANTECEDENTS

SATURDAY, January 20, 2018, 8pm

Featuring Roni Gal-Ed, oboe

TELEMANN Concerto "alla Francese" in C major

GREENBAUM The Jig is Up US Premiere*

C.P.E. BACH Berlin Symphony in E-flat major H.654, Wq. 179 MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A major

*featured in our Hear Hear! preview performance, which precedes the concert at 7:15 pm and is free to all ticket holders

Tickets range in price from $34 to $65. Subscriptions, group rates, family plan, and student tickets are available. To purchase, call (212) 864-4197 or visit www.riversidesymphony.org.

MEET THE ARTISTS:

Roni Gal-Ed, is a first prize winner at the International Lauschmann Oboe Competition in Mannheim, Germany, and a recipient of scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and from the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.

From 2001 to 2003, Ms. Gal-Ed played with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under James Levine. In 2003 she became the Principal Oboist of the Bavarian Chamber Orchestra, a position she held until 2007. Ms. Gal-Ed played, toured, and recorded as a guest Principal Oboist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer for eight years. She performed and toured with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Bremen Kammerphilharmonie, and was a frequent guest Principal Oboist with the Stuttgart and Munich Chamber Orchestras.

Back in her native Israel, she served as the Principal Oboist of the Israeli Opera for one year, and then as Associate Principal with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Since moving to New York in 2009, Ms. Gal-Ed has become a member of the American Ballet Theater Orchestra, and has played with ensembles such as Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Copland House, and the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble.

George Rothman, Riverside Symphony's founding music director and conductor, has led orchestras throughout the United States, as well as in South America, Asia, and Europe. Praised as "adventurous, committed, [and] energetic" by Musical America, his performances of an unusually diverse repertory are also routinely acclaimed by The New York Times and other leading publications. As an advocate for new music, Mr. Rothman has led well over 150 world and local premieres from both established and emerging composers around the world, while Riverside Symphony's seven CDs of major contemporary orchestral works-mainly world premiere recordings-under his leadership have been lauded by Fanfare for their "awesomely assured performances." Furthermore, Mr. Rothman is active as a pianist and lecturer, regularly participating in workshops and seminars with leading American composers.

He has served on the music faculties of Columbia and Yale Universities and, since 2005, Brooklyn College, where he is currently Conductor of the Conservatory Orchestra and Professor of Music.

Riverside Symphony, co-founded in 1981 by George Rothman and Anthony Korf, has been widely noted for its unique focus on discovery-of young artists, unfamiliar works by the great masters, and important new pieces by living composers from around the world, for which it provides a rare forum at its annual Lincoln Center concert series at Alice Tully Hall. Critically acclaimed for its vibrant performances of music from all periods, the orchestra counts New York's finest instrumentalists among its membership. Riverside Symphony CDs have brought international acclaim, including a Grammy nomination and Editor's Pick from Britain's Gramophone and The New York Times. The orchestra can be heard on Riverside Symphony Records (1401 Constant), Bridge Records (9057 Ruders; 9091 Imbrie; 9112 Davidovsky; 9294 Korf), and New World Records (383 Davidovsky, Korf, Wright).