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OPENING GALA CONCERT Alan Gilbert conductor September 21 John CORIGLIANO Stomp for Orchestra (New York Premiere) GERSHWIN Concerto in F DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, ALAN GILBERT’S 50TH BIRTHDAY From the New World February 23 Star-studded birthday bash with performances by Emanuel Ax, Lisa Batiashvili, Joshua Bell, Yefim CHINESE NEW YEAR Long Yu conductor Bronfman, Renée Fleming, Pamela Frank, Frank January 31 The Philharmonic welcomes the Huang, and more. Featuring the New York Philharmonic Year of the Rooster with this conducted by Alan Gilbert. festive concert.

FILMS AT THE PHILHARMONIC Beautiful, powerful, emotional. It reaches out, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center 65th & Broadway The New York Philharmonic performs the music of classic lifts, and transforms you. It’s the very embodiment films set in New York City as the films are projected on a giant screen above the Orchestra. of the city itself. Holidays at the Philharmonic It’s the New York Philharmonic. th 175 HANDEL’S MESSIAH Alan Gilbert conductor Christina Landshamer soprano And this season, as we celebrate our momentous December 13 — 17 Tim Mead countertenor 175th anniversary, we salute our bold Music Matthew Polenzani tenor John Relyea bass-baritone Director Alan Gilbert in his farewell season. Concert Chorale of New York HANDEL Messiah THE ART OF THE SCORE: Film Week at the Philharmonic Alec Baldwin, Artistic Advisor WEST SIDE STORY NEW YEAR’S EVE Alan Gilbert conductor September 13–15 Joyce DiDonato mezzo- Indie Food David Newman conductor December 31 and Wine Available now as an Add-On to your soprano EXCLUSIVE GROUP BENEFITS Lincoln Create Your Own Series. Center Celebrate New Year’s Eve by Kitchen David Geffen Hall th joining the Philharmonic for an “Enchanted Evening” of Discounts of up to 25% 175 American classics, including beloved works by Rodgers & Hammerstein. David Priority Seating Rubenstein Atrium

Easy Payment Terms THE ART OF THE SCORE: Film Week at the Philharmonic Alec Baldwin, Artistic Advisor Philharmonic Academy Workshops MANHATTAN Wynton Marsalis September 16–17 Private Group Dining and Events Lincoln Center Parking Other Parking Alan Gilbert conductor This film is rated R. th Garage Entrances Garage Entrances 175 World Premiere by Wynton Marsalis conducted by Alan Gilbert David Geffen Hall is the home of the New York Philharmonic. with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Place your Group Order today with a th New York Philharmonic Group Sales Professional Visit us at nyphil.org 175 December 28–January 3

Go to nyphil.org and click on the respective logos at the bottom of the page. 175th Watch for this symbol! Yo-Yo Ma For concerts celebrating the Philharmonic’s 175th anniversary

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S Yo-Yo Ma performs Salonen’s Spring Gala Concert new Cello Concerto May 11 March 15–18 [email protected] or 212 875 5672 [email protected] or 212 875 5672 Justin Freer conductor ◆ Premium Dates

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:00pm Conductor Guest Artists

Alan Gilbert Lisa Batiashvili violin TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto SEP SEP SEP conductor DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World 22 23 24 2:00pm

Alan Gilbert Anthony McGill John CORIGLIANO Stomp for Orchestra conductor clarinet MOZART Clarinet Concerto SEP DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World 27

Alan Gilbert Magdalena Kožená BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été SEP SEP OCT conductor mezzo-soprano RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade 29 30 1

Alan Gilbert Lang Lang piano LIGETI Mysteries of the Macabre, for Trumpet and Orchestra conductor BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 OCT OCT OCT OCT BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta 5 6 7 8

Leonidas Kavakos J.S. BACH Violin Concerto in D minor (reconstructed), BWV 1052 OCT conductor/violin SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter OCT OCT OCT 25 20 21 22 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 11:00am

Pablo Heras- Frank Huang violin BARTÓK Dance Suite NOV OCT OCT OCT Casado BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 28 1 27 29 conductor DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 11:00am

Zubin Mehta Anoushka Shankar R. SHANKAR Rāgā-Mālā Concerto No. 2, for Sitar and Orchestra NOV NOV NOV conductor sitar SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, Great 3 4 5

Vladimir Daniil Trifonov piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 Jurowski Manhattan School of RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) conductor Music Symphonic NOV NOV NOV NOV Chorus and 9 10 11 12 ◆ Chamber Choir Kent Tritle director

Jaap van Cynthia Phelps viola WAGNER Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin NOV Zweden Julia ADOLPHE Viola Concerto † NOV 18 NOV 17 19 conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 2:00pm

Iván Fischer Nikolaj Znaider violin BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto NOV NOV NOV conductor DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 23 25 26

Iván Fischer Musicians from the Program to include: NOV conductor New York Philharmonic DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 26 2:00pm

Bernard Robert Langevin flute MOZART Symphony No. 31, Paris Labadie Ying Fang soprano MOZART Flute Concerto No. 2 DEC DEC DEC conductor MOZART Exsultate, jubilate 1 2 3 MOZART Symphony No. 39

Jiří Bělohlávek Kun Woo Paik piano JANÁČEK House of the Dead Overture DEC conductor BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 DEC DEC 8 9 10 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6 11:00am

Jiří Bělohlávek Musicians from the Program to include: DEC conductor New York Philharmonic DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6 10 2:00pm

Alan Gilbert Christina Landshamer HANDEL Messiah conductor soprano Tim Mead countertenor Matthew Polenzani tenor John Relyea bass-baritone DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC Concert Chorale of 13 14 15 16 17 ◆ New York 2:00pm 7:30pm

Alan Gilbert Joseph Alessi trombone COPLAND Quiet City conductor Jazz at Lincoln Center William BOLCOM Trombone Concerto JAN DEC DEC DEC Orchestra with Wynton MARSALIS New work* 3 28 29 30 Wynton Marsalis

Alan Gilbert Emanuel Ax piano WEILL Threepenny Opera Suite conductor HK GRUBER Piano Concerto ‡ JAN JAN JAN SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2 5 6 7

Alan Gilbert Stephen Hough piano BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor JAN JAN JAN JAN conductor BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 11 12 ◆ 13 14 ◆

Semyon Bychkov Yefim Bronfmanpiano GLINKA Valse fantaisie JAN JAN JAN conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 26 27 28 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Semyon Bychkov Kirill Gerstein piano TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 (1879 version) FEB FEB FEB FEB TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL TCHAIKOVSKY conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony 7 2 3 4 ◆ 11:00am

Semyon Bychkov TANEYEV Oresteia Overture conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini FEB FEB FEB TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique 9 10 11 BELOVED FRIEND: BELOVED

FEB Manfred Honeck Inon Barnatan piano BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 FEB FEB FEB conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 1 17 15 16 2:00pm 18

Herbert BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 FEB Blomstedt BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 FEB FEB 22 24 25 conductor 11:00am

Alan Gilbert Leonidas Kavakos Lera AUERBACH New violin concerto* conductor violin MAHLER Symphony No. 4 MAR MAR MAR Christina Landshamer 1 2 3 soprano

MAR Alan Gilbert Christina Landshamer BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta 4 conductor soprano MAHLER Symphony No. 4

MAR Alan Gilbert Frank Huang, John ADAMS Absolute Jest Sheryl Staples violins MAR MAR 10 conductor John ADAMS Harmonielehre 10 MAR Cynthia Phelps viola 9 11 Carter Brey cello 2:00pm

Alan Gilbert Yo-Yo Ma cello John ADAMS Short RIde in a Fast Machine MAR MAR MAR MAR conductor Esa-Pekka SALONEN Cello Concerto• BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique 15 16 17 18

Courtney Lewis Jonathan Biss piano BERLIOZ Selections from Romeo and Juliet APR conductor Timo ANDRES Piano Concerto No. 3, The Blind Banister APR APR APR BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 25 20 21 22 ELGAR In the South (Alassio) 11:00am

Courtney Lewis Musicians from the Program to include: APR conductor New York Philharmonic BERLIOZ Selections from Romeo and Juliet 22 ELGAR In the South (Alassio) 2:00pm

Esa-Pekka Philip Myers horn BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2 Salonen R. Allen Spanjer horn Tansy DAVIES New work for four horns ∆ APR APR conductor Leelanee Sterrett horn R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra 27 29 Howard Wall horn

Alan Gilbert Camilla Tilling soprano SCHOENBERG A Survivor from Warsaw conductor Eric Owens bass-baritone BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 Westminster MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY Symphonic Choir 9 ◆ 3 ◆ 4 ◆ 5 ◆ 6 ◆ Joe Miller director

Alan Gilbert Leonidas Kavakos violin BRAHMS Violin Concerto conductor Anu Komsi soprano Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Aeriality (New York Premiere) MAY MAY MAY Piia Komsi soprano Esa-Pekka SALONEN Wing on Wing (New York Premiere) 23 19 20

Alan Gilbert Leonidas Kavakos violin Program to include: MAY conductor Musicians from the BRAHMS Violin Concerto 20 New York Philharmonic 2:00pm

Jakub Hrůša Augustin Hadelich DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto MAY conductor violin DVOŘÁK Three Slavonic Dances MAY MAY 25 26 27 JANÁČEK Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra 2:00pm

MAY Alan Gilbert For full cast artist listing WAGNER Das Rheingold (complete, in concert) JUN JUN JUN 26 conductor see page 15 of brochure. 6 1 3

Alan Gilbert Season Finale: exploring how music and musicians can effect conductor positive change and harmony in the world. JUN JUN JUN 8 9 10

* World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission • New York Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Barbican Centre, and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg † New York Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the League of American Orchestras ‡ World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras ∆U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with Philharmonia Orchestra and Warsaw Autumn Festival