NYPHIL+ AVAILABLE CONTENT LISTING (As of July 12, 2021; Updates appear in bold)
RECENT ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES
JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS: WALKER, MOZART, AND SHOSTAKOVICH WITH YEFIM BRONFMAN AND CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
Jaap van Zweden, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Christopher Martin, trumpet
WALKER Lyric for Strings SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto No. 1 in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings MOZART Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major, Gran partita
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT: HOPE AND HEALING
Episode 1: The Art of Listening
Thomas Wilkins, conductor / host Doug Fitch, art designer (Vivaldi) Tommy Nguyen, art designer (Vivaldi) Jaymie Rehberger, dancer (Bartók) Deanna Day Cruz, dancer (Bartók) Ali-asha Polson, dancer (Bartók) Habib Azar, creative consultant Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School, partner
VIVALDI / Arr. J. SORRELL Trio Sonata in D minor, La folia Ilana RAHIM-BRADEN I Am Composition, but Stronger (World Premiere) BARTÓK Selections from Romanian Folk Dances
Episode 2: Where We Find Hope
Thomas Wilkins, conductor / host Tito Muñoz, conductor (Still) Laquita Mitchell, soprano (Price) Aaron Diehl, piano (Still) Sean Clements, bomba musician Serena Yang, NYC Youth Poet Laureate Dr. Camea Davis, National Youth Poet Laureate Network Director, Urban Word NYC Habib Azar, creative consultant Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, partner (Still)
PRICE Hold Fast to Dreams Roberto SIERRA Rápido, from Sinfonietta (New York Premiere) STILL Out of the Silence, from Seven Traceries Jessie MONTGOMERY Starburst
Episode 3: Mind, Body, Spirit, Music
Thomas Wilkins, conductor / host Tito Muñoz, conductor (M.L. Williams) Aaron Diehl, piano (M.L. Williams) Jaymie Rehberger, dancer (J.S. Bach) Deanna Day Cruz, dancer (J.S. Bach) Ali-asha Polson, dancer (J.S. Bach) Doug Fitch, art designer (M.L. Williams) Tommy Nguyen, art designer (M.L. Williams) Habib Azar, creative consultant Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, partner (M.L. Williams)
J.S. BACH Allegro and Adagio, from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 M.L. WILLIAMS Virgo and Libra, from Zodiac Suite
NY PHIL AT THE CATHEDRAL: ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
Gemma New, conductor
MAHLER Adagietto (sehr langsam), from Symphony No. 5 MOZART Masonic Funeral Music Jessie MONTGOMERY Records from a Vanishing City Carlos SIMON Fate Now Conquers SCHUBERT Symphony in B minor, Unfinished
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS CAROLINE SHAW, SIBELIUS, AND R. STRAUSS AT THE SHED
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Caroline SHAW Entr’acte SIBELIUS Rakastava (The Lover) R. STRAUSS Metamorphosen, A Study for 23 Solo Strings
JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS: TCHAIKOVSKY, GABRIELI, AND MOZART WITH JOSHUA BELL
Jaap van Zweden, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
G. GABRIELI Canzon per sonar primi toni for Eight-Part Brass Choir Canzon per sonar septime toni, No. 2, for Eight- Part Brass Choir MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish TCHAIKOVSKY String Sextet, Souvenir de Florence (performed by string orchestra)
PROJECT 19 Jaap van Zweden, conductor Eliza Bagg, Martha Cluver, and Estelí Gomez, sopranos (Reid)
Nina C. YOUNG Tread softly (2019–20; World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission) Tania LEÓN Stride (2019; World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission) Ellen REID When the World as You’ve Known It Doesn’t Exist (2019; World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission)
DAVID LANG’S PRISONER OF THE STATE
Jaap van Zweden, conductor Elkhanah Pulitzer, director Julie Mathevet, soprano (The Assistant) Alan Oke, tenor (The Governor) Jarrett Ott, baritone (The Prisoner) Eric Owens, bass-baritone (The Jailer) Matthew Pearce, John Matthew Myers, Steven Eddy, Rafael Porto (Guards) Men of the Concert Chorale of New York (Chorus of Prisoners) Donald Nally, chorus master Matt Saunders, scenic designer Maarten Warmerdam / THEATERMACHINE, Thom Weaver, lighting designers Adam Larsen, projection designer Maline Casta, costume designer Mark Grey, sound designer Matthew Frew, props designer
David LANG prisoner of the state (2019; World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with Rotterdam’s de Doelen, London’s Barbican, Barcelona’s l’Auditori, Bochum Symphony Orchestra, Bruges’s Concertgebouw, and Malmö Opera)
JULIA WOLFE’S FIRE IN MY MOUTH
Jaap van Zweden, conductor Anne Kauffman, director The Crossing Donald Nally, artistic director Young Peopleʼs Chorus of New York City Francisco J. Núñez, director Jeff Sugg, scenic, lighting, video, and projection designer Mark Grey, sound designer Márion Talán, costume designer Kenny Savelson, project manager
Julia WOLFE Fire in my mouth (2018; World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley; the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
HISTORIC PERFORMANCES: VIDEO Live From Lincoln Center and Facebook Live* Broadcasts
Composer Work Title Artists BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 Kurt Masur, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
Piano Concerto No. 4 Zubin Mehta, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor Zubin Mehta, conductor Rudolf Serkin, piano
Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor* Alan Gilbert, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
Symphony No. 5 Kurt Masur, conductor
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor André Watts, piano
Symphony No. 3* Alan Gilbert, conductor
Violin Concerto David Zinman, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
Violin Concerto Zubin Mehta, conductor Isaac Stern, violin
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto Zubin Mehta, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Cello Concerto Kurt Masur, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Symphony No. 9, Alan Gilbert, conductor From the New World*
GRIEG Piano Concerto Andre Previn, conductor Van Cliburn, piano
IBERT Flute Concerto Lorin Maazel, conductor Sir James Galway, flute
KREISLER Liebeslied Zubin Mehta, conductor Schön Rosmarin Schlomo Mintz, violin Liebesfreud Composer Work Title Artists MAHLER Rückert-Lieder Zubin Mehta, conductor Jessye Norman, soprano
Symphony No. 5* Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Symphony No. 7* Alan Gilbert, conductor
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto David Zinman, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
MOZART L’amerò sarò costante, Zubin Mehta, conductor from Il ré pastore Kathleen Battle, soprano Schlomo Mintz, violin
Symphony No. 40 Zubin Mehta, conductor
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter Zubin Mehta, conductor
MOZART Come scolio, from Cosí fan tutte Zubin Mehta, conductor R. STRAUSS Final Scene from Salome Leontyne Price, soprano
J. STRAUSS II Emperor Waltzes Zubin Mehta, conductor Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka Perpetuum mobile On the Beautiful Blue Danube J. STRAUSS Radetzky March
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
Don Juan Zubin Mehta, conductor
Ein Heldenleben Andre Previn, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 Lorin Maazel, conductor
Symphony No. 5 Kurt Masur, conductor
VERDI Triumphal March (and Ballet), Danny Kaye, conductor from Aida
WAGNER Act I of Die Walküre* Jaap van Zweden, conductor Heidi Melton, soprano Simon O’Neill, tenor John Relyea, bass HISTORIC PERFORMANCES: AUDIO A TRIBUTE TO LORIN MAAZEL WITH ISABEL LEONARD
Lorin Maazel, conductor / violin Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano Ian Greenlaw, baritone New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt, director Brooklyn Youth Chorus Diane Berkun-Menaker, director Christian Ferras, violin Han-Na Chang, cello Robert Langevin, flute Dietlinde Turban-Maazel, narrator George Gagnide, baritone Hui He, soprano The Dessoff Symphonic Choir James Bagwell, director
Program includes: RAVEL Cat Duet, from L’Enfant et les sortilèges BEETHOVEN Allegro con brio, from Symphony No. 5 BERG Violin Concerto MAAZEL The Giving Tree KODÁLY Dances of Galánta TRADITIONAL Arirang (Korean folk song) PUCCINI Te Deum from Tosca
ROMANCE AND RESPONSE WITH TCHAIKOVSKY AND SHOSTAKOVICH
Lorin Maazel, conductor Jennifer Koh, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy LUTOSŁAWSKI Chain 2: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
CELEBRATING 200 YEARS OF MENDELSSOHN
Kurt Masur, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Christine Knorren, mezzo-soprano Jorma Silvasti, tenor Albert Dohmen, bass-baritone Thorsten Grümbel, bass Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller, director
MENDELSSOHN Ruy Blas Overture Violin Concerto Die erste Walpurgisnacht
9/11 MEMORIAL CONCERT AND JOHN ADAMS’S ON THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS
Lorin Maazel, conductor (Adams) Kurt Masur, conductor (Brahms) Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano (Brahms) Thomas Hampson, baritone (Brahms) New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt, director (Brahms and Adams) Brooklyn Youth Chorus Dianne Berkun Menaker, director (Adams) The American Boychoir Vincent Metallo, director (Brahms)
J.S. SMITH The Star-Spangled Banner John ADAMS On the Transmigration of Souls (World Premiere– New York Philharmonic Co-Commission) BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem
BERLIOZ’S DAMNATION OF FAUST
Pierre Boulez, conductor Jessye Norman, soprano (Marguerite) Kenneth Riegel, tenor (Faust) William Parker, baritone (Brander) Westminster Choir Joseph Flummerfelt, director The Boys Choirs from the Little Church Around the Corner Boys’ Choir and the Trinity Boys’ Choir Stuart Gardner, director The Brooklyn Boys’ Chorus James McCarthy, director
BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust
JAAP VAN ZWEDEN AND YUJA WANG
Jaap van Zweden, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 MAHLER Symphony No. 1
JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS BRUCKNER AND CONRAD TAO
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Conrad TAO Everything Must Go (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission) BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS MENDELSSOHN’S ELIJAH
Alan Gilbert, conductor Twyla Robinson, soprano Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton, tenor Gerald Finley, bass-baritone Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, boy soprano New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt, director
MENDELSSOHN Elijah
A TRIBUTE TO ZUBIN MEHTA
Zubin Mehta, conductor Mehli Mehta, violin Jan Kubelík, violin Daniel Barenboim, piano Julianne Baird, soprano Ravi Shankar, sitar
Program includes: BARTÓK Allegro molto, from Piano Concerto No. 1 FURTWÄNGLER Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 WEBERN Six Orchestra Pieces, Op. 6 R. SHANKAR IV, from Rāgā-Mālā (Garland of Ragas), Sitar Concerto No. 2 George CRUMB II, Me he perdito muchas veces por el mar, from Ancient Voices of Children MOZART Symphony No. 25 MAHLER In ruhig flessender Bewegung, from Symphony No. 2, Resurrection SCHOENBERG Finale of Gurrelieder
CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER MUSIC
SCHUBERT’S ROSAMUNDE
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
SCHUBERT String Quartet No. 13, Rosamunde
J.S. BACH’S WACHET AUF
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
J.S. BACH / Arr. W. Healy Wachet auf (Sleepers, Wake), from Cantata BWV 140
SOUND ON: GOING DUTCH MUSIC BY LOUIS ANDRIESSEN AND HIS PROTÉGÉS
Jaap van Zweden, conductor Nadia Sirota, The Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner, host / curator Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Louis ANDRIESSEN Image de Moreau Martijn PADDING Mordants Vanessa LANN The Key to the Fourteenth Vision Louis ANDRIESSEN Hout (Wood) Louis ANDRIESSEN Symphony for Open Strings
SOUND ON: RESPONSE TODAY’S COMPOSERS REACT AND REFLECT
Nadia Sirota, The Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner, host / curator Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Caroline SHAW First Essay: Nimrod David LANG wiggle (in memory of frank wigglesworth), from memory pieces Gabriella SMITH Divisible (2019; World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission) David LANG spartan arcs (in memory of yvar mikhashoff), from memory pieces Judd GREENSTEIN The Seeming Disorder of the Old City Steve REICH Different Trains
SOUND ON: TELLING TALES MUSICAL NARRATIVES
Nadia Sirota, The Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner, host / curator Musicians from the New York Philharmonic Eliza Bagg, soprano Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
DRUCKMAN Reflections on the Nature of Water Thea MUSGRAVE Narcissus Ellen REID Lumee’s Dream, from p r i s m John Luther ADAMS Dream in White on White
SOUND ON: THREADS A TAPESTRY OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Nadia Sirota, The Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner, host / curator Musicians from the New York Philharmonic Peter Biloen, conductor
CHEN Yi At the Kansas City Chinese New Year Concert Georg Friedrich HAAS tria ex uno Marcos BALTER Chambers Kinan AZMEH Café Damas (2018; World Premiere– New York Philharmonic Commission Thomas ADÈS Darknesse Visible Donnacha DENNEHY Bulb
SOUND ON: LEADING VOICES VOCAL WORKS EXPLORING THE NATURE OF TIME
Nadia Sirota, The Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner, host / curator Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Joan La Barbara, vocalist Lucy Dhegrae, vocalist
Nicole LIZÉE Tears / Pillow (2020; World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission) George CRUMB Night of the Four Moons Joan LA BARBARA Ears of an Eagle; Eyes of a Hawk: In the Vortex (2020; World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission) Paola PRESTINI Thrush Song (on Rachel Carson before Silent Spring) (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission) BERIO Folk Songs
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