Alan Gilbert News

The New York Philharmonic and Chicago?s WFMT Radio Network will launch the sixth season of the concert broadcast series, The New York Philharmonic This Week, beginning the week of September 28, 2009. Emmy Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin is the new host of the two-hour radio program, which is broadcast and syndicated nationally 52 weeks a year by the WFMT Radio Network.

Today the New York Philharmonic launches its 168th season and the tenure of Alan Gilbert as its new Music Director. The new era began with a crowd assembled at Avery Fisher Hall to attend the Free Dress Rehearsal, led by Mr. Gilbert and featuring opera star Renée Fleming, in preparation for the evening's Gala Opening Night Concert.

The New York Philharmonic is celebrating the centennial of the start of Gustav Mahler's tenure as its music director with an exhibit displaying letters from the composer/conductor to his newly-appointed New York Philharmonic Concertmaster, as well as a two-page sketch from the third movement of his Ninth Symphony and other memorabilia from Mahler's two-year tenure with the New York Philharmonic, the only symphonic orchestra directorship he ever held.

Alan Gilbert will launch the New York Philharmonic's 168th season's subscription concerts in his new role as Music Director, conducting works that reflect his interest in creating programs that feature established repertoire and new and lesser-known music in innovative contexts.

The New York Philharmonic and Credit Suisse, the Orchestra's Global Sponsor, will offer a Free Dress Rehearsal of the Opening Night program, which launches Alan Gilbert's tenure as the Orchestra's 25th music director, on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 9:45 a.m.

Alan Gilbert will become the 25th music director of the New York Philharmonic when he conducts the Opening Night Gala Concert of the Orchestra's 168th season, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.

The New York Philharmonic will open its doors to the public on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 9:45 a.m. for a free Open Rehearsal for the evening's concert, which will launch the Orchestra's 168th season, Alan Gilbert's inaugural season as the Philharmonic's 25th Music Director.

The New York Philharmonic will receive a $10 million gift from Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife, Marie-Josée Kravis, to endow its new Composer-in-Residence position, a major initiative of Alan Gilbert's tenure as Music Director, which begins this month.

Operatic comedy at its most appealing opens the 2009/10 L.A. Opera season. A magic love potion and destiny decide the fate of a love triangle involving a small-town bumpkin, a dashing sergeant and the bewitching town flirt in one of opera's most popular comedies. Filled with light-hearted charm and bursting with feel-good laughs, Gaetano Donizetti's The Elixir of Love features effervescent Italian melodies and plenty of bel canto vocal fireworks.

The New York Philharmonic and Credit Suisse, the Orchestra's Global Sponsor, will offer a Free Dress Rehearsal of the Opening Night program, which launches Alan Gilbert's tenure as the Orchestra's 25th music director, on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 9:45 a.m.

Rotary International is joining violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman and the world-renowned New York Philharmonic, led by Philharmonic Assistant Conductor Daniel Boico, to present the Concert to End Polio, a benefit performance supporting the global effort to eradicate this disabling childhood disease. The Concert to End Polio will take place on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City. Program information will be announced at a later date.

Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years, the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the evolution and influence of America's first performing arts center, will feature an extensive collection of some 400 historic and contemporary objects including photographs, ephemera, correspondence, costumes, set pieces, props and video recordings.

Alan Gilbert will launch the New York Philharmonic's 168th season's subscription concerts in his new role as Music Director, conducting works that reflect his interest in creating programs that feature established repertoire and new and lesser-known music in innovative contexts.

Operatic comedy at its most appealing opens the 2009/10 L.A. Opera season. A magic love potion and destiny decide the fate of a love triangle involving a small-town bumpkin, a dashing sergeant and the bewitching town flirt in one of opera's most popular comedies. Filled with light-hearted charm and bursting with feel-good laughs, Gaetano Donizetti's The Elixir of Love features effervescent Italian melodies and plenty of bel canto vocal fireworks.

Alan Gilbert will become the 25th music director of the New York Philharmonic when he conducts the Opening Night Gala Concert of the Orchestra's 168th season, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.

New York Philharmonic President and Executive Director Zarin Mehta has appointed John Mangum as Artistic Administrator of the New York Philharmonic. Mr. Mangum assumes his position on September 2, 2009, two weeks prior to the start of the Orchestra's 2009-10 season under the baton of its new Music Director, Alan Gilbert.

The New York Philharmonic presents its final two concerts in Vail, both led by Music Director Designate Alan Gilbert, and says farewell to two of its own ? Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker, who is retiring after 60 years, and Associate Principal Bass Jon Deak, retiring after 39.

Having taken a bus, a plane, and another bus, the New York Philharmonic has arrived in Colorado and begun rehearsals for its seventh annual residency in Vail. The first concert is tonight, conducted by Music Director Designate Alan Gilbert and with baritone Nathan Gunn singing Copland.

A live concert recording of the New York Philharmonic's performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 conducted by Alan Gilbert will be available for streaming on the Orchestra's Website, nyphil.org, through July 31, 2009.

Having taken a bus, a plane, and another bus, the New York Philharmonic has arrived in Colorado and begun rehearsals for its seventh annual residency in Vail. The first concert is tonight, conducted by Music Director Designate Alan Gilbert and with baritone Nathan Gunn singing Copland.