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NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC 2016–17 SEASON AT-A-GLANCE (As of November 16, 2016) NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC 2016–17 SEASON AT-A-GLANCE (as of November 16, 2016) WORLD PREMIERES Lera AUERBACH Violin Concerto No. 4 (New York Philharmonic Commission) GERSHWIN Manhattan (Complete film with score performed live to picture) HK GRUBER Piano Concerto (New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras) Wynton MARSALIS The Jungle (Symphony No. 4) (New York Philharmonic Commission) U.S. PREMIERES CHEN Qigang Joie Éternelle (Eternal Joy), for trumpet and orchestra Tansy DAVIES New work for four horns (New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with Philharmonia Orchestra and Warsaw Autumn Festival) Nigel WESTLAKE Babe (Complete film with score performed live to picture) NEW YORK PREMIERES Julia ADOLPHE Unearth, Release (Concerto for Viola and Orchestra) (New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the League of American Orchestras) John CORIGLIANO STOMP for Orchestra Kaija SAARIAHO Circle Map Kaija SAARIAHO D’OM LE VRAI SENS, for Clarinet and Orchestra Kaija SAARIAHO Lumière et Pesanteur Esa-Pekka SALONEN Cello Concerto The Marie-Josée Kravis (New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with Composer-in-Residence the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Barbican Centre, and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg) Esa-Pekka SALONEN Wing on Wing The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Aeriality Kravis Emerging Composer John WILLIAMS E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Complete film with score performed live to picture) (more) GUEST CONDUCTORS Jiří BĔLOHLÁVEK Bernard LABADIE Herbert BLOMSTEDT Courtney LEWIS Semyon BYCHKOV David NEWMAN Beloved Friend — Tchaikovsky and His Itzhak PERLMAN World: A Philharmonic Festival Esa-Pekka SALONEN Iván FISCHER The Marie-Josée Kravis Justin FREER Composer-in-Residence Pablo HERAS-CASADO Philip SMITH Manfred HONECK Nigel WESTLAKE Jakub HRŮŠA* Long YU Vladimir JUROWSKI Jaap van ZWEDEN Leonidas KAVAKOS† The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence GUEST ARTISTS Debuts Alison BALSOM Christina LANDSHAMER Jamie BARTON Daniela MACK Peter BRONDER Stephen MILLING Aaron DIEHL Kun Woo PAIK** Ying FANG Christopher PURVES Brian JAGDE Morris ROBINSON Sumi JO Anoushka SHANKAR Joseph KAISER Grace SHRYOCK Anu KOMSI** Christian VAN HORN Piia KOMSI Rachel WILLIS-SØRENSEN Magdalena KOŽENÁ Returning Emanuel AX Kari KRIIKKU Inon BARNATAN Lang LANG Artist-in-Association Yo-Yo MA Lisa BATIASHVILI Tamara MUMFORD Joshua BELL Kelley O’CONNOR Jonathan BISS Eric OWENS Yefim BRONFMAN Itzhak PERLMAN Jennifer Johnson CANO Matthew POLENZANI Sasha COOKE John RELYEA Joyce DIDONATO Russell THOMAS Renée FLEMING Camilla TILLING Pamela FRANK Daniil TRIFONOV Kirill GERSTEIN Jennifer ZETLAN Augustin HADELICH Frank Peter ZIMMERMANN (EUROPE / SPRING 2017) Stephen HOUGH Nikolaj ZNAIDER Leonidas KAVAKOS The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence * New York Philharmonic debut † New York Philharmonic conducting debut ** New York Philharmonic subscription debut PHILHARMONIC MUSICIANS AS SOLOISTS Joseph ALESSI Philip MYERS Carter BREY Cynthia PHELPS Frank HUANG R. Allen SPANJER Robert LANGEVIN Sheryl STAPLES Christopher MARTIN* Leelanee STERRETT* Anthony MCGILL Howard WALL ENSEMBLES Concert Chorale of New York James Bagwell, director Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir Kent Tritle, director Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller, director * New York Philharmonic debut # # # ALL INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE .
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