FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2018 Contact: Katherine E. Johnson (212) 875-5700; [email protected]
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT Music Across Borders: “Dancing Across the Universe — The Waltz”
Music by J. STRAUSS II, MOZART, RODGERS, TCHAIKOVSKY, and More
GEMMA NEW To Conduct FRED CHILD To Host Featuring Astronomer AMY MAINZER of PBS Kids’s Ready Jet Go! and Paunika Jones and Lacey Thomas of Dance Theatre of Harlem Written and Directed by KIRYA TRABER Saturday, November 17, 2018
The 96th season of the New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts (YPCs) will begin on Saturday, November 17, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. with “Dancing Across the Universe — The Waltz,” the first program in this season’s series of YPCs, Music Across Borders, exploring how composers influence and pay tribute to each other. The program will feature waltzes and other dances by Rodgers, Mozart, Johann Strauss II, Khachaturian, Rosas, Tailleferre, and Tchaikovsky. It will mark the New York Philharmonic debuts of conductor Gemma New; American Public Media’s Performance Today host Fred Child; astronomer Amy Mainzer from PBS Kids’s Ready Jet Go!, who will appear via videos created for this YPC explaining the science behind merry-go-rounds and more; Dance Theatre of Harlem former principal dancer Paunika Jones and Dance Theatre of Harlem hip-hop instructor Lacey Thomas; and scriptwriter / director Kirya Traber.
Attendees are invited to arrive early to take part in YPC Overtures, at which children meet Philharmonic musicians and try out orchestral instruments on the Grand Promenade and upper tiers of David Geffen Hall. Other pre-concert activities include the VYC Showcase, live performances onstage of works by students in the Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers program, inspired by the YPC’s thematic content, and performed by Philharmonic musicians.
Biographies Gemma New, Fred Child, Amy Mainzer, Paunika Jones, Lacey Thomas, Kirya Traber
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Tickets Single tickets to Young People’s Concerts start at $15; all tickets include admission to YPC Overtures. (Ticket prices subject to change.)
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.
For press tickets, call Lanore Carr at the New York Philharmonic at (212) 875-5714, or email her at [email protected].
Event Listing
New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert Music Across Borders: “Dancing Across the Universe — The Waltz”
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Saturday, November 17, 2018, 2:00 p.m. YPC Overtures at 12:45 p.m.
Gemma New*, conductor Fred Child*, host Amy Mainzer*, astronomer Paunika Jones*, dancer Lacey Thomas*, dancer Kirya Traber*, scriptwriter / director
RODGERS Selection from Carousel Waltz, from Carousel MOZART Six German Dances, K.600, Nos. 5 and 6 J. STRAUSS II Selection from Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltzes) KHACHATURIAN Waltz from Masquerade Suite ROSAS Sobre las olas TAILLEFERRE Waltz of the Telegrams from Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel J. STRAUSS II Selection from On the Beautiful Blue Danube TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
* New York Philharmonic debut
ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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* * * Support for Young People’s Concerts is provided by The Theodore H. Barth Foundation.
* * * Major support for Very Young Composers is provided by Susan and Elihu Rose.
* * * Citi. Preferred Card of the New York Philharmonic.
* * * Emirates is the Official Airline of the New York Philharmonic.
* * * Programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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