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[email protected] NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC’S 175th BIRTHDAY December 7, 2017 175th BIRTHDAY CONCERTS Led by Former Music Director ALAN GILBERT With Philharmonic Musicians as Soloists Homage to Inaugural Concert and to the Musicians of the Orchestra December 6–9, 2017 NEARLY 100 HISTORIC RADIO BROADCAST PERFORMANCES TO BE RELEASED FOR STREAMING FOR FIRST TIME NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LEON LEVY DIGITAL ARCHIVES TO RELEASE ALL 19TH CENTURY MATERIALS ON DECEMBER 7 Fifth Release in a Multi-Year Project Funded by the LEON LEVY FOUNDATION ARCHIVAL EXHIBIT The New York Philharmonic at 175: A History of Innovation November 17, 2017–January 20, 2018 FREE INSIGHTS AT THE ATRIUM “Inside the Orchestra: Yesterday, Today, and Imagining the Future” With New York Philharmonic Musicians December 5, 2017 The New York Philharmonic will celebrate its 175th birthday with a subscription program led by former Music Director Alan Gilbert; nearly 100 historic radio broadcast performances released for streaming for the first time; a New York Philharmonic Digital Archives release of all of the Orchestra’s archival material from the 19th century; a New York Philharmonic Archives exhibit, The New York Philharmonic at 175: A History of Innovation; and a free Insights at the Atrium event, “Inside the Orchestra: Yesterday, Today, and Imagining the Future,” with Philharmonic musicians. More 175th birthday activities will be announced at a later date. The New York Philharmonic, the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States and one of the oldest in the world, presented its inaugural concert 175 years ago, on December 7, 1842, in the Apollo Rooms in downtown Manhattan.