Takemitsu’sNew York Philharmonic Requiem for String

Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic Dedicated to the People of Japan

2 3 A Message to the people of Japan New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic has had a As a musician in the New York Philhar- long and important relationship with the monic, I’ve had the opportunity to travel Alan Gilbert, Conductor Japanese people. In this time of crisis the extensively in Japan over the years. We have played many many concerts and so musicians of the New York Philharmonic Recorded live March 17, 2011, and I would like to express our profound have met many Japanese musicians and sorrow at the enormous losses Japan has audience members. It’s a country that we Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts suffered. We would also like to recognize have learned to love. It is devastating for the Japanese people's unique spirit of us to see the extent of the suffering and TAKEMITSU (1930–96) the damage that Japan is suffering at this resiliance and calm in the face of calamity. Requiem for String Orchestra (1957) 9:50 The musicians of the orchestra and I moment. Words fail me in expressing our Alan Gilbert and Esa-Pekka Salonen Commentary 1:31 have decided to perform Toru Takemitsu's sorrow. We would like to offer you our music. Requiem for Strings. We would like to Requiem for String Orchestra 8:19 offer this performance both to honor the ニューヨーク・フィルの演奏家とし departed but also as a tribute to Japan’s て、何年にも渡り、私は広範囲に日本 optimism and positive spirit. を旅行する機会を得ました。

ニューヨーク・フィルの演奏家および 私たちは非常に多くのコンサートで演 私は今夜のコンサートで武満徹の弦楽 奏し、多くの日本の音楽家および聴取 器のためのレクイエムを演奏すること 者にお会いしました。 を決定しました。 それら経験から、日本は私たちの愛す この演奏は亡くなられた方がたをしの る国となりました。 び、またそれと同時に日本のオプティ ミズムと前向きな精神への賛辞となる 現在日本が被った被害、苦痛を見るの ことを望みます。 は、私たちにとり耐えがたい思いがし ます。 Alan Gilbert, Music Director アラン ジルバート 私どもの悲しみを表せる言葉はありま せん。

私たちができることは、皆様に私たち の音楽を届けることです。

Fiona Simon, Violin フィオナ シモン

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2 3 New York Philharmonic

4 5 New York Philharmonic

2010–2011 Season ALAN GILBERT Music Director Daniel Boico, Assistant Conductor Leonard Bernstein, Laureate Conductor, 1943–1990 Kurt Masur, Music Director Emeritus Violins Marilyn Dubow Cellos Flutes Tuba Orchestra Personnel Honorary Members Glenn Dicterow The Sue and Eugene Carter Brey Robert Langevin Judith LeClair Alan Baer Manager of the Society Concertmaster Mercy, Jr. Chair Principal Principal Principal Principal Carl R. Schiebler Pierre Boulez The Charles E. Culpeper Martin Eshelman The Fan Fox and Leslie R. The Lila Acheson Wallace The Pels Family Chair Stanley Drucker Chair Samuels Chair Chair Quan Ge Kim Laskowski* Timpani Stage Lorin Maazel Sheryl Staples Judith Ginsberg Eileen Moon* Sandra Church* Roger Nye Markus Rhoten The Paul and Diane Representative Zubin Mehta Principal Associate Stephanie Jeong Mindy Kaufman Arlen Fast Principal Guenther Chair Louis J. Patalano Carlos Moseley Concertmaster The Gary W. Parr Chair The Carlos Moseley Chair

The Elizabeth G. Beinecke Hanna Lachert Piccolo Kyle Zerna** Chair The Shirley and Jon Contrabassoon Audio Director New York Hyunju Lee Brodsky Foundation Chair Mindy Kaufman Michelle Kim Arlen Fast Philharmonic Joo Young Oh Evangeline Benedetti Percussion Lawrence Rock Assistant Concertmaster Gary W. Parr The William Petschek Daniel Reed Christopher S. Lamb Horns Chairman Family Chair Mark Schmoockler Eric Bartlett Liang Wang Philip Myers Principal The Constance R. Hoguet * Associate Principal Zarin Mehta Enrico Di Cecco Na Sun The Mr. and Mrs. James E. Principal Principal Friends of the ** Assistant Principal President and Executive Carol Webb Buckman Chair The Alice Tully Chair The Ruth F. and Alan J. Vladimir Tsypin Philharmonic Chair + On Leave Director Yoko Takebe Elizabeth Dyson Sherry Sylar* Broder Chair ++ Replacement/Extra Maria Kitsopoulos Robert Botti Stewart Rose++* Daniel Druckman* Violas The Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Acting Associate Principal Minyoung Chang+ Sumire Kudo Ulrich Chair Cynthia Phelps Cara Kizer Aneff** The New York Philharmonic Hae-Young Ham Principal Qiang Tu English Horn Kyle Zerna R. Allen Spanjer uses the revolving seating The Mr. and Mrs. Timothy The Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ru-Pei Yeh method for section string M. George Chair P. Rose Chair Wei Yu The Joan and Joel Smilow Erik Ralske+ Harp players who are listed Chair Lisa GiHae Kim Rebecca Young* Wilhelmina Smith++ Howard Wall Nancy Allen alphabetically in the roster. Kuan-Cheng Lu Irene Breslaw** David Smith++ Principal Newton Mansfield The Norma and Lloyd Basses The Mr. and Mrs. William T. Chazen Chair Mark Nuccio The Edward and Priscilla Eugene Levinson Knight III Chair Pilcher Chair Dorian Rence Acting Principal Principal Philip Smith Kerry McDermott The Edna and W. Van Alan The Redfield D. Beckwith Clark Chair Principal Keyboard Anna Rabinova Katherine Greene Chair Pascual Martinez The Paula Levin Chair In Memory of Paul Jacobs The Mr. and Mrs. William J. Charles Rex Orin O’Brien Forteza Matthew Muckey* The Shirley Bacot Shamel McDonough Chair Acting Associate Principal Acting Associate Principal Ethan Bensdorf Harpsichord Chair Dawn Hannay The Herbert M. Citrin Chair The Honey M. Kurtz Family Thomas V. Smith Lionel Party Fiona Simon Vivek Kamath Chair William Blossom Sharon Yamada Peter Kenote Alucia Scalzo++ Elizabeth Zeltser Kenneth Mirkin The Ludmila S. and Carl B. Hess Chair Amy Zoloto++ Joseph Alessi The Karen and Richard S. The William and Elfriede Judith Nelson Randall Butler Principal LeFrak Chair Ulrich Chair Robert Rinehart David J. Grossman E-Flat The Gurnee F. and Harriet Wingreen Yulia Ziskel The Mr. and Mrs. G. Chris Pascual Martinez Marjorie L. Hart Chair Jonathan Feldman Andersen Chair Satoshi Okamoto Forteza Amanda Davidson* Marc Ginsberg David Finlayson Organ Principal The Donna and Bass Clarinet Kent Tritle Lisa Kim* Benjamin M. Rosen Chair In Memory of Laura Amy Zoloto++ Mitchell Bass Librarians Soohyun Kwon James Markey Lawrence Tarlow Principal The Joan and Joel I. Picket The Daria L. and William C. Chair Foster Chair Sandra Pearson** Duoming Ba Sara Griffin**

6 7 The Music Director

Alan Gilbert became Music Director, The Hall, including the venue’s 120th Anniver- Mr. Gilbert as the principal teacher for Cleveland Orchestra. In November 2008 Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair of the New sary Concert; and a staged presentation all conducting majors at the school. He he made his acclaimed Metropolitan York Philharmonic in September 2009. of Janácˇek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. In is also conductor laureate of the Royal Opera debut conducting John Adams’s The first native New Yorker to hold the his 2009–10 inaugural season Mr. Gilbert Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Doctor Atomic. His recording of Prokofiev’s post, he ushered in what The New York led the Orchestra on a major tour of Asia principal guest conductor of Hamburg’s Scythian Suite with the Chicago Sym- Times called “an adventurous new era” at in October 2009, with debuts in Hanoi and NDR Symphony Orchestra. He has con- phony Orchestra was nominated for a the Philharmonic. In his inaugural season Abu Dhabi, and performances in nine cit- ducted other leading in the U.S. 2008 Grammy Award, and his recording he introduced a number of new initiatives: ies on the EUROPE / WINTER 2010 tour and abroad, including the Boston, Chicago, of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 received the positions of The Marie-Josée Kravis in February 2010. Also in the 2009–10 and San Francisco symphony orchestras; top honors from the Chicago Tribune Composer-in-Residence, held by Magnus season, he conducted world, U.S., and New Los Angeles Philharmonic; Cleveland and and Gramophone magazine. On May 15, Lindberg; The Mary and James G. Wallach York premieres, as well as an acclaimed Philadelphia Orchestras; and the Berlin 2010, Mr. Gilbert received an Honorary Artist-in-Residence, held in 2010–11 by staged presentation of Ligeti’s opera, Le Philharmonic, Munich’s Bavarian Radio Doctor of Music degree from The Curtis violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter; an annual Grand Macabre. Symphony Orchestra, and Amsterdam’s Institute of Music. three-week festival, which in 2010–11 is In January 2011 Alan Gilbert was Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. From titled Hungarian Echoes, led by Esa-Pekka named Director of Conducting and Or- 2003 to 2006 he served as the first music Salonen; and CONTACT!, the New York chestral Studies at The Juilliard School, director of the Santa Fe Opera. Philharmonic’s new-music series. In the a position that will begin in fall 2011. Alan Gilbert studied at Harvard Uni- 2010–11 season Mr. Gilbert is leading the This adds to his responsibilities as the versity, The Curtis Institute of Music, and Orchestra on two tours of European music first holder of Juilliard's William Schuman The Juilliard School. From 1995 to 1997 capitals; two performances at Carnegie Chair in Musical Studies, establishing he was the assistant conductor of The 8 9 New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic, founded Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning the first Tour to the USSR, in 1959; the in 1842 by a group of local musicians On the Transmigration of Souls; Stephen 1998 Asia Tour with Kurt Masur, featuring led by American-born Ureli Corelli Hill, is Hartke’s Symphony No. 3; Augusta Read the first performances in mainland China; by far the oldest symphony orchestra in Thomas’s Gathering Paradise, Emily Dickin- and the 75th Anniversary European Tour, the United States, and one of the oldest son Settings for and Orchestra; in 2005, with Lorin Maazel. in the world. It currently plays some 180 Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Piano Concerto; A longtime media pioneer, the Philhar- concerts a year, and on May 5, 2010, gave Magnus Lindberg’s EXPO; and Christopher monic began radio broadcasts in 1922, its 15,000th concert — a milestone un- Rouse’s Odna Zhizn. and is currently represented by The New matched by any other symphony orchestra The roster of composers and conductors York Philharmonic This Week — syndicated in the world. who have led the Philharmonic includes nationally 52 weeks per year, and available Alan Gilbert began his tenure as Music such historic figures as Theodore Thomas, on nyphil.org. On television, in the 1950s Director, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Antonín Dvorˇák, Gustav Mahler (Music and 1960s, the Philharmonic inspired a Chair, in September 2009, the latest in a Director, 1909–11), Otto Klemperer, Rich- generation through Bernstein’s Young distinguished line of 20th-century musical ard Strauss, Willem Mengelberg (Music People’s Concerts on CBS. Its television giants that has included Lorin Maazel Director, 1922–30), Wilhelm Furtwängler, presence has continued with annual ap- (2002–09); Kurt Masur (Music Direc- Arturo Toscanini (Music Director, 1928– pearances on Live From Lincoln Center on tor from 1991 to the summer of 2002; 36), Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Bruno PBS, and in 2003 it made history as the named Music Director Emeritus in 2002); Walter (Music Advisor, 1947–49), Dimitri first Orchestra ever to perform live on the Zubin Mehta (1978–91); Pierre Boulez Mitropoulos (Music Director, 1949–58), Grammy Awards, one of the most-watched (1971–77); and Leonard Bernstein, who Klaus Tennstedt, George Szell (Music television events worldwide. In 2004 was appointed Music Director in 1958 and Advisor, 1969–70), and Erich Leinsdorf. the Philharmonic became the first major given the lifetime title of Laureate Conduc- Long a leader in American musical life, American orchestra to offer downloadable tor in 1969. the Philharmonic has over the last century concerts, recorded live. The most recent Since its inception the Orchestra has become renowned around the globe, ap- initiative is Alan Gilbert and the New York championed the new music of its time, pearing in 430 cities in 63 countries on 5 Philharmonic: 2010–11 — downloadable commissioning or premiering many continents. In October 2009 the Orches- concerts, recorded live, available either as important works, such as Dvorˇák’s tra, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, a subscription or as 12 individual releases. Symphony No. 9, From the New World; made its debut in Hanoi, Vietnam. In Feb- Since 1917 the Philharmonic has made Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3; ruary 2008 the Orchestra, led by then-Mu- nearly 2,000 recordings, with more than Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F; and sic Director Lorin Maazel, gave a historic 500 currently available. Copland’s Connotations. The Philharmonic performance in Pyongyang, Democratic On June 4, 2007, the New York Philhar- has also given the U.S. premieres of such People’s Republic of Korea — the first visit monic proudly announced a new partner- works as Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 8 there by an American orchestra and an ship with Credit Suisse, its first-ever and and 9 and Brahms’s Symphony No. 4. This event watched around the world and for exclusive Global Sponsor. pioneering tradition has continued to the which the Philharmonic earned the 2008 present day, with works of major contem- Common Ground Award for Cultural Diplo- porary composers regularly scheduled macy. Other historic tours have included each season, including John Adams’s the 1930 Tour to Europe, with Toscanini;

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