New York Philharmonic (Including the New York Symphony Society) As of August 31, 2018
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Works Commissioned by or Written for the New York Philharmonic (including the New York Symphony Society) as of August 31, 2018 Click to jump to time period 1920-1959 | 1960-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-09 | 2010-19 Date Composer Work Conductor Soloists Prem. Funding Source Notes 1920 – 1959 Nov. 14, 1925 Taylor, Symphonic Poem, “Jurgen” W. Damrosch World Commissioned by Damrosch for the Deems Symphony Society Dec 3, 1925 Gershwin Concerto for Piano in F W. Damrosch George Gershwin World Commissioned by Damrosch for the Symphony Society Dec 26, 1926 Sibelius Symphonic Poem Tapiola, W. Damrosch World Commisioned by The Symphony Op. 112 Society Feb 12, 1928 Holst Tone Poem Egdon Heath W. Damrosch World Commissioned by the Symphony Society Dec 20, 1936 James Overture, Bret Harte Barbirolli World American Composers Award Nov 4, 1937 Read Symphony No. 1 Barbirolli World American Composers Award Apr 2, 1938 Porter Symphony No. 1 Porter World American Composers Award Dec 18, 1938 Haubiel Passacaglia in A minor Haubiel World American Composers Award Jan 19, 1939 Van Vactor Symphony in D Van Vactor World American Composers Award Feb 26, 1939 Sanders Little Symphony in G Sanders World American Composers Award Jan 24, 1946 Stravinsky Symphony in Three Stravinsky World Movements Nov 16, 1948 Gould Philharmonic Waltzes Mitropoulos World 1960 – 1969 Jan 14, 1960 Schuller Spectra Mitropoulos World In honor of Dimitri Mitropoulos 1 Sep 23, 1962 Copland Connotations for Orchestra Bernstein World Celebrating the opening season of Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center Oct 4, 1962 Schuman Symphony No. 8 Bernstein World Celebrating the opening season of Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center Nov 29, 1962 Milhaud Ouverture Philharmonique Barbirolli World Celebrating the opening season of Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center and the composers seventieth year Apr 4, 1963 Barber Andromache’s Farewell Schippers Martina Arroyo World Celebrating the opening season of Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center Apr 11, 1963 Poulenc Sept Répons des Ténèbres Schippers Jeffrey Meyer, World Celebrating the opening season of Walter Baker Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center Chorus, Boys’ Choir from the Little Church Around the Corner, Boys’ Choir from St. Paul’s Church Flatbush Apr 25, 1963 Hindemith Concerto for Organ and Hindemith Anton Heiller World Celebrating the opening season of Orchestra Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center May 16, 1963 Henze Symphony No. 5 Bernstein World Celebrating the opening season of Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center Oct 3, 1963 Ginastera Concerto for Violin and Bernstein Ruggieri Ricci World Celebrating the opening season of Orchestra Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center May 7, 1964 Chavez Symphony No. 6 Bernstein World Celebrating the opening season of Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center Jun 2, 1967 Hovhaness To Vishnu, Op. 217 Kostelanetz World Celebrating the “Promenade” Concerts Sep 13, 1967 Copland Inscape Bernstein World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary On tour in Ann Arbor, Mich. Nov 9, 1967 Takemitsu November Steps Ozawa Kinshi Tsuruta, World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Katsuya Yokoyama Goelet Anniversary Dec 14, 1967 Gerhard Symphony No. 4 (New York) Steinberg World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Jan 4, 1968 Nabokov Third Symphony (A Prayer) Bernstein World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Jan 11, 1968 Shchedrin The Chimes (Zvony), Bernstein World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Concerto No. 2 for Orchestra Goelet Anniversary Jan 18, 1968 Bennett Symphony No. 2 Bernstein World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Feb 8, 1968 Harris Eleventh Symphony: 1967 Harris World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Feb 29, 1968 Hanson Symphony No. 6 Hanson World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary 2 Mar 7, 1968 Piston Ricercare Bernstein World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Apr 11, 1968 Thomson Shipwreck and Love Scene Stokowski Richard Kness World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th (Juan and Haidee) from Goelet Anniversary Byron’s Don Juan May 2, 1968 Sessions Symphony No. 8 Steinberg World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Oct 3, 1968 Schuman To Thee Old Cause, Bernstein Harold Gomberg World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Evocation for Oboe, Brass, Goelet Anniversary Timpani, Piano, and Strings To the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy Oct 10, 1968 Berio Sinfonia Berio The Swingle Singers World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Dec 7, 1968 Walton Capriccio Burlesco Kostelanetz World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Jan 16, 1969 Babbitt Relata II Bernstein World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Oct 16, 1969 Kirchner Music for Orchestra Kirchner World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary 1970 – 1979 Feb 5, 1970 Carter Concerto for Orchestra Bernstein World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Feb 25, 1971 Stockhausen Hymnen (Third Region) Stockhausen Group Stockhausen World Funded by Francis Celebrating the Philharmonic’s 125th Goelet Anniversary Mar 15, 1973 Berio Concerto for Two Pianos and Boulez Bruno Canino, World Orchestra Antonio Ballista Dec 6, 1974 Wuorinen Second Piano Concerto (for Leinsdorf Charles Wuorinen World Amplified Piano) Jan 23, 1975 Moore Wildfires and Field Songs Boulez World Supported by the New York Council on the Arts Nov 4, 1976 Cage Renga with Apartment House Boulez Helen Schneyer, NY Supported by a grant Joint Commission for the American 1776 Nico Castel, Chief from the National Bicentennial by major orchestras Swift Eagle, Jeanne Endowment for the Lee Arts Feb 17, 1977 Carter A Symphony of Three Boulez World Supported by a grant Joint Commission for the American Orchestras from the National Bicentennial by major orchestras Endowment for the Arts 3 Mar 24, 1977 Del Tredici Final Alice Leinsdorf Barbara Hendricks NY Supported by a grant Joint Commission for the American from the National Bicentennial by major orchestras Endowment for the Arts Mar 30, 1977 Subotnick Before the Butterfly Mehta NY Supported by a grant Joint Commission for the American from the National Bicentennial by major orchestras Endowment for the Arts Oct 13, 1977 Imbrie Concerto for Flute and Leinsdorf Julius Baker World Funded by Francis Orchestra Goelet Oct 20, 1977 Colgrass Déjà Vu for Percussion Leinsdorf Roland Kohloff, World Funded by Francis Quartet and Orchestra Walter Rosenberger, Goelet Elden Bailey, Morris Lang Nov 3, 1977 Druckman Chiaroscuro Maazel NY Supported by a grant Joint Commission for the American from the National Bicentennial by major orchestras Endowment for the Arts Nov 17, 1977 Persichetti Concerto for English Horn Leinsdorf Thomas Stacey World Funded by Francis and String Orchestra, Op. Goelet 137 Dec 6, 1977 Corigliano Concerto for Clarinet and Bernstein Stanley Drucker World Funded by Francis Orchestra Goelet Nov 2, 1978 Druckman Concerto for Viola and Levine Sol Greitzer World Funded by Francis Orchestra Goelet Feb 1, 1979 Bassett Echoes from an Invisible Mehta NY Supported by a grant Joint Commission for the American World, Three Movements for from the National Bicentennial by major orchestras Orchestra Endowment for the Arts Jun 9, 1979 Druckman Aureole Bernstein World Joint commission with Leonard Bernstein 1980 – 1989 Jan 24, 1980 Schuman Three Colloquies for French Mehta Philip Myers World Funded by Francis Horn and Orchestra Goelet Oct 9, 1980 Deak Concerto for Oboe d’amore Mehta Thomas Stacey World Funded by Francis and Orchestra (The Fearsome Goelet Endeavor) Apr 23, 1981 Shankar Rāga-Mālā (Garland of Mehta Ravi Shankar World Funded by Francis Ragas), Concerto No. 2 for Goelet Sitar and Orchestra Dec 17, 1981 Barber Canzonetta for Oboe and Mehta Harold Gomberg World Funded by Francis String Orchestra, Op. 48 Goelet 4 Jan 14, 1982 Walker Concerto for Cello and Mehta Lorne Munroe World Funded by Francis Orchestra Goelet Jun 7, 1984 Crumb A Haunted Landscape for Weisberg World Funded by Francis Orchestra Goelet Nov 21, 1984 Schuller Concerto Quarternio for Mehta Charles Rex, Paige World Funded by Francis Violin, Flute, Oboe, Trumpet Brook, Joseph Goelet and Orchestra Robinson, Philip Smith Dec 13, 1984 Rochberg Concerto for Oboe and Mehta Joseph Robinson World Funded by Francis Orchestra Goelet Sep 12, 1985 Sohal From Rabindranath Tagore’s Mehta John Cheek World Funded by Francis Gitanjali for Bass-Baritone Goelet and Orchestra May 30, 1986 Feldman Coptic Light Schuller World Funded by Francis Goelet Sep 18, 1986 Corigliano Fantasia on an Ostinato for Mehta World Funded by Francis In honor of the 50th anniversary of Orchestra Goelet WQXR Sep 25, 1986 Husa Concerto for Orchestra Mehta World Funded by Francis Goelet Oct 28, 1986 Schuman On Freedom’s Ground, An Mehta Sherill Milnes, World Commissioned by the Crane School of American Cantata for Crane School of Music and a consortium of orchestras, Baritone, Chorus, and Music Centennial including the NYP, for the Statue of Orchestra Chorus, Richard Liberty Centennial Wilbur Jun 4, 1987 Baker Ellingtones, A Fantasy