New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will launch the second season of CONTACT!, the Orchestra's new-music series, leading Philharmonic musicians in concerts on Friday, November 19, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Peter Norton Symphony Space, and Saturday, November 20, at 7:00 p.m., at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The centerpiece of the program will be the World Premiere of Souvenir (in memoriam Gérard Grisey), a New York Philharmonic Commission by Magnus Lindberg, The Marie Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence, written as a tribute to his late teacher, followed by Grisey's own Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil, performed by soprano Barbara Hannigan, who made her critically acclaimed New York Philharmonic debut last season as Gepopo in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre. The CONTACT! concerts, which are curated by Mr. Lindberg, began in the 2009-10 season as a showcase for emerging and established contemporary composers.
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Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter joins the New York Philharmonic in the 2010-11 season as The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence. In this role she will perform three concerts with the Orchestra, conducted by Alan Gilbert, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Michael Francis (in his Philharmonic debut); two chamber concerts - with violist Yuri Bashmet and cellist Lynn Harrell in the first - and double bass player Roman Patkoló and Philharmonic musicians in the second; and a recital with her long-time collaborator, pianist Lambert Orkis. Ms. Mutter's programs will reflect a mix of eras, offering established violin repertoire alongside new works.
The New York Philharmonic, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, will perform the New York Premiere of the groundbreaking, theatrical Kraft, by Magnus Lindberg, the Orchestra's Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence, Thursday, October 7, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 8, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, October 12, at 7:30 p.m. The program will also include Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with Joshua Bell as soloist.
Now celebrating its 230th anniversary, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected baritone Thomas Hampson as one of its new members. A center for independent policy research, the Academy is among the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies, and Hampson is one of 229 leaders in the arts, humanities, sciences, business, and public affairs to be awarded membership this year.
In the third week of November, The New York Philharmonic This Week - the two-hour, national, weekly radio program of concerts by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Alec Baldwin - will broadcast the New York Premiere of Kraft, the groundbreaking, theatrical work by Magnus Lindberg, the Philharmonic's Marie-Josee Kravis Composer-in-Residence.
The New York Philharmonic, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, will perform the New York Premiere of the groundbreaking, theatrical Kraft, by Magnus Lindberg, the Orchestra's Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence, Thursday, October 7, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 8, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, October 12, at 7:30 p.m. The program will also include Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with Joshua Bell as soloist.
The New York Philharmonic, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, will perform the New York Premiere of the groundbreaking, theatrical Kraft, by Magnus Lindberg, the Orchestra's Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence, Thursday, October 7, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 8, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, October 12, at 7:30 p.m. The program will also include Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with Joshua Bell as soloist.
The New York Philharmonic will offer a tribute to Dimitri Mitropoulos, its former Music Director and one of the towering musical figures of the 20th century - with concerts, lectures, film screenings, an archival exhibit, and a special radio program - throughout the month of November 2010, commemorating the 50th anniversary of his death. The tribute is sponsored by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
In his second entry, Alan Gilbert discusses possible ramifications of the announcement that Zarin Mehta will leave the Philharmonic in two years, considers the orchestral audition process, and more.
Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 6, launching a season-long focus that honors the 150th anniversary of the composer/conductor's birth and the 100th anniversary of his death and last season as music director of the New York Philharmonic, Wednesday, September 29, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 30, at 7:30 p.m., and Friday, October 1, at 8:00 p.m.
Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 6, launching a season-long focus that honors the 150th anniversary of the composer/conductor's birth and the 100th anniversary of his death and last season as music director of the New York Philharmonic, Wednesday, September 29, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 30, at 7:30 p.m., and Friday, October 1, at 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Hampson's new season begins on Friday, October 1, when he gives the first of nine performances in the title role of Verdi's Macbeth at Lyric Opera of Chicago (Oct 1-30).
Zarin Mehta, President and Executive Director of the New York Philharmonic,will step down upon the expiration of his current contract, August 31, 2012, after 12 years of leadership, and shortly before his 74th birthday.
The 2010- 2011 Season of 'The New York Philharmonic This Week,' hosted by Alec Baldwin, begins the week of September 27, 2010. The New York Philharmonic's National Radio Broadcast Series is Produced and Syndicated by Chicago's WFMT Radio Network.
Two previously announced concerts of the New York Philharmonic in the Republic of Georgia have been cancelled by the Government of Georgia.
Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in Webern's Passacaglia, Op. 1, Brahms's Violin Concerto with Pinchas Zukerman as soloist, and Brahms's Symphony No. 4, Thursday, October 14, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 15, at 2:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 16, at 8:00 p.m. The program opens and closes with works that feature a passacaglia - a musical form that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell and have joined the Board of Directors of the New York Philharmonic. The internationally known violinists, both of whom have long associations with the Orchestra, were voted onto the Board for an indefinite term at the Board's final meeting of the 2009-10 season. They will serve in an advisory capacity with full voting rights, without a mandatory financial obligation. This is the first time in the Philharmonic's nearly 170-year history that leading guest artists have served on its Board of Directors.
For the fourth consecutive year, the New York Philharmonic and Credit Suisse, its Global Sponsor, will celebrate the start of the season with a Free Dress Rehearsal - a gift to the people of New York - at 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, the morning of the New York Philharmonic's Opening Night Concert.
Alan Gilbert will begin his second season as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic when he conducts the Orchestra's Opening Night Gala, Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., presented by Breguet.
Tune in to PBS on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 9:00 p.m.* for Live From Lincoln Center's telecast of the New York Philharmonic's Opening Night Gala, featuring the U.S. premiere of Wynton Marsalis's Symphony No. 3, Swing Symphony.
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