NY Philharmonic Presents Their New Young People Concert

The New York Philharmonic, led by Assistant Conductor Daniel Boico, will explore music with a Spanish flavor from a variety of composers, on the Young People's Concert (YPC), Saturday, March 6, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. The theme of this season's YPCs is "Points of Entry," with each concert taking a single great work as a window on how music is created and how an orchestra brings it to life. In this concert, Magnus Lindberg's Feria, a 1997 orchestral tour de force inspired by a Spanish carnival, opens a window on music by Rodrigo, Bizet, and other composers. Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud will host the concert, which is written and directed by Tom Dulack. Guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas and actor/dancer Heather Lipson Bell will also appear.

Magnus Lindberg, who is the Philharmonic's Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence, describes Feria - which means "fair" in Spanish - as having "a real carnival feeling, starting with a bright opening and a Spanish-style trumpet. It's a lot of noise with a Spanish flavor," says the composer. "No one will fall asleep!"

The concert will be preceded by Kidzone Live! at 12:45 p.m., an interactive music fair where children try out instruments and hear musicians perform, on the Grand Promenade and upper tiers of Avery Fisher Hall. Upcoming this season on the Young People's Concerts: "Points of Entry: Mozart's Symphony No. 41, Jupiter," March 27, 2010.