THE MARIE-JOSÉE KRAVIS COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE CHRISTOPHER ROUSE 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 SEASONS

The New York Philharmonic has extended the term of The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in- Residence Christopher Rouse, who will return for his third and final season with the Orchestra in 2014–15. Mr. Rouse became Composer-in-Residence in 2012; by the conclusion of his tenure he will have written three new pieces commissioned by the Philharmonic, worked with Alan Gilbert and the Orchestra in performances of ten of his works, and served as an advisor for six programs of CONTACT!, the new-music series.

Christopher Rouse is one of America’s most prominent composers of orchestral music. Winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Trombone Concerto (commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic), he has created a body of work perhaps unequaled in its emotional intensity. The New York Times has described his oeuvre as “some of the most anguished, most memorable music around,” and Stephen Wigler of The Baltimore Sun stated: “When the music history of the late 20th century is written, I suspect the explosive and passionate music of Rouse will loom large.”

Born in Baltimore in 1949, Christopher Rouse developed an early interest in both classical and popular music. He graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and Cornell University, numbering among his principal teachers George Crumb and Karel Husa. He taught composition at the Eastman School of Music for two decades and currently teaches composition at The Juilliard School.

Mr. Rouse’s music has been performed by almost every major orchestra in the United States and by numerous ensembles abroad, including the Berlin Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, and the Austrian Radio Orchestra. Recent highlights include the world premieres of the Requiem (2007, by the Los Angeles Master Chorale), Concerto for Orchestra (2008, by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music), Oboe Concerto (2009, by the Minnesota Orchestra), Odna Zhizn (2010, by the New York Philharmonic), and Heimdall’s Trumpet (2012, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra). His Symphony No. 3 was premiered by the St. Louis Symphony in May 2011. Mr. Rouse wrote Seeing, for Piano and Orchestra for Emanuel Ax on commission from the Philharmonic, which gave its premiere in May 1999. Christopher Rouse’s works are published by Boosey & Hawkes.

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CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF CHRISTOPHER ROUSE’S 2014–15 SEASON

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: WORLD PREMIERE OF THUNDERSTUCK BY COMPOSER- IN-RESIDENCE CHRISTOPHER ROUSE; ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI PERFORMS BRAHMS

Avery Fisher Hall

Thursday, October 9, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 10, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 11, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin

Christopher ROUSE Thunderstuck (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission) HAYDN Symphony No. 103, Drumroll BRAHMS Violin Concerto

LEONARD SLATKIN AND PRINCIPAL FLUTE ROBERT LANGEVIN IN NEW YORK PREMIERE OF ROUSE’S FLUTE CONCERTO

Avery Fisher Hall

Thursday, October 30, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 31, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 1, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Robert Langevin, flute

COPLAND El Salón México RAVEL/orch. Constant Gaspard de la nuit Christopher ROUSE Flute Concerto (New York Premiere) RAVEL Boléro

DAVID ZINMAN CONDUCTS THE MARY AND JAMES G. WALLACH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI IN BARBER’S VIOLIN CONCERTO; ROUSE’S ISCARIOT

Avery Fisher Hall

Thursday, February 5, 2015, 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 6, 2015, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

David Zinman, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin

Christopher ROUSE Iscariot BARBER Violin Concerto RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

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