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[email protected] NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS IN THE PARKS PRESENTED BY DIDI AND OSCAR SCHAFER MAJOR CORPORATE SUPPORT BY TIME WARNER INC. JULY 10–16, 2013 Music Director ALAN GILBERT To Conduct Four Free Concerts Throughout the Boroughs of New York City Principal Cello CARTER BREY To Perform Dvořák’s Cello Concerto New York Philharmonic Brass To Perform Free Indoor Concert in Staten Island The 2013 New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer, will return for the 48th season with four free outdoor concerts, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn (July 10); Cunningham Park, Queens (July 11); the Great Lawn in Central Park, Manhattan (July 15); and Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx (July 16). In addition, the New York Philharmonic Brass will give a Free Indoor Concert at the Center for the Arts, College of Staten Island, CUNY (July 14). Major corporate support for the 2013 New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks and the Free Indoor Concert has been provided by Time Warner Inc. Alan Gilbert will conduct Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, with Principal Cello Carter Brey as soloist, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 at the concerts July 10–11 and 15–16. All orchestral performances begin at 8:00 p.m. and there will be fireworks by Bay Fireworks following the performances in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx. Mr. Gilbert last led the Concerts in the Parks in the summer of 2012.