CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING NY PHIL BIENNIAL UPDATED May 31, 2016
INSIGHTS AT THE ATRIUM: “NY PHIL BIENNIAL: A Player’s Guide”
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (Broadway at 62nd Street)
Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Video will be available on-demand after the event on nyphil.org/biennial
Play Date with speakers and host after the event at the David Rubenstein Atrium
New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert, host Cellist Jay Campbell, speaker Violinist Jennifer Koh, speaker Composers Martin Bresnick, John Corigliano, Aaron Jay Kernis, Hilary Purrington, Christopher Theofanidis, speakers Composer and violinist Colin Jacobsen, speaker Composer and artistic director Lisa Bielawa, speaker Choral director Dianne Berkun Menaker, speaker
Music Director Alan Gilbert and artists from across the new-music spectrum preview highlights of the 2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL.
JACK QUARTET PERFORMS WORLD AND NEW YORK PREMIERES Presented by 92nd Street Y
92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
Monday, May 23, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Concert will be video webcast live on 92Y.org
JACK Quartet
Cenk ERGÜN Sonare (New York Premiere) Derek BERMEL Intonations (World Premiere) Cenk ERGÜN Celare (New York Premiere) Marc SABAT Euler Lattice Spirals Scenery (New York Premiere)
2 WORLD PREMIERE OF JENNIFER KOH’S SHARED MADNESS Co-Presented by the New York Philharmonic and National Sawdust
National Sawdust 80 North 6th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 7:00 p.m. Concerts will be streamed live on WQXR’s Q2 Music, available at q2music.org
Play Date with composers and performer following both concerts at National Sawdust
Jennifer Koh, violin Helga Davis, host
Shared Madness: two programs that together present the World Premieres of more than 30 short works for solo violin, which taken together explore the shared creative space between composer and performer as well as virtuosity in the 21st century. Composers include Samuel ADAMS, Timo ANDRES, Matt AUCOIN, Jean-Baptiste BARRIÈRE, Derek BERMEL, Lisa BIELAWA, Daníel BJARNASON, David BRUCE, Chris CERRONE, Anthony CHEUNG, Bryce DESSNER, Zosha DI CASTRI, Philip GLASS, Michael GORDON, Mark GREY, John HARBISON, Vijay IYER, Gabriel KAHANE, Phil KLINE, David LANG, David LUDWIG, James MATHESON, Missy MAZZOLI, Eric NATHAN, Marc NEIKRUG, Andrew NORMAN, Christopher ROUNTREE, Kaija SAARIAHO, Sean SHEPHERD, Noam SIVAN, Augusta Read THOMAS, and Julia WOLFE.
3 YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC’S NEW MUSIC NEW HAVEN Co-Presented by Yale School of Music and WQXR’s Q2 Music
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space 44 Charlton Street
Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 7:00 p.m. Concert will be streamed and video webcast live on q2music.org
Play Date with musicians and composers after the concert at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
Musicians from the Yale School of Music Helga Davis, host
IVES Selected songs for piano and voice Christopher THEOFANIDIS Kaoru for two flutes Aaron Jay KERNIS Toward the Setting Sun (Vers le soleil couchant) (World Premiere) Hannah LASH Leaves, Space (New York Premiere) David LANG where you go for 12 singers (New York Premiere) Martin BRESNICK And I Always Thought for clarinet, violin, and piano (U.S. Premiere) Hilary PURRINGTON For your judicious and pious consideration for mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano (World Premiere)
ORCHESTRA OF THE LEAGUE OF COMPOSERS PERFORMS U.S. AND NEW YORK PREMIERES Presented by the League of Composers/ISCM
Miller Theatre at Columbia University 2960 Broadway
Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Louis Karchin, music director and conductor Charles Wuorinen, conductor (Wuorinen) Anne-Marie McDermott, piano Orchestra of the League of Composers
Huck HODGE Alêtheia (New York Premiere) Paul MORAVEC Sempre Diritto! Charles WUORINEN Flying to Kahani for piano and chamber orchestra Felipe LARA Fringes (U.S. Premiere)
4 CONTACT! AT THE BIENNIAL: U.S. STAGE PREMIERE OF GERALD BARRY’S THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Co-Presented by the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center’s Great Performers as Part of the Lincoln Center–New York Philharmonic Opera Initiative
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center 10 Columbus Circle
Thursday, June 2, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Play Date with Lincoln Center’s Great Performers after the June 4 concert at Rose Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Production by the Royal Opera
Ilan Volkov, conductor Ramin Gray*, director Ben Clark, associate set design, after an idea by Johannes Schütz Christina Cunningham, costume design Franz Peter David, lighting design Leon Baugh, movement director New York Philharmonic
Simon Wilding*, bass (Lane/Merriman) Benedict Nelson*, baritone (Algernon Moncrieff) Paul Curievici*, tenor (John Worthing) Stephanie Marshall*, mezzo-soprano (Gwendolen Fairfax) Alan Ewing*, bass (Lady Bracknell) Hilary Summers*, contralto (Miss Prism) Claudia Boyle*, soprano (Cecily Cardew) Kevin West* (The Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.)
Gerald BARRY The Importance of Being Earnest (U.S. Stage Premiere–Co-Commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director, and Barbican Centre, London)
* denotes New York Philharmonic debut
5 LIGETI FORWARD Co-Presented by the New York Philharmonic, LUCERNE FESTIVAL, and MetLiveArts
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue
Friday, June 3, 2016, 7:00 p.m., Program I Saturday, June 4, 2016, 7:00 p.m., Program II Sunday, June 5, 2016, 2:00 p.m., Program III Concerts will be video webcast live on metmuseum.org/ligeti, and later available on-demand
Play Date with LUCERNE FESTIVAL and MetLiveArts following the concert on June 5 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Alan Gilbert, conductor David Fulmer, conductor (Lunsqui, Chin, Fujikura, and Grisey) Conor Hanick, piano Jay Campbell, cello Pekka Kuusisto, violin Ensemble of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI
Ligeti Forward, Program I Alexandre LUNSQUI Three Short Pieces Alexandre LUNSQUI Kinetic Study 2 Unsuk CHIN Fantaisie mécanique LIGETI Piano Concerto
Ligeti Forward, Program II Marc-André DALBAVIE Axiom LIGETI Cello Concerto Dai FUJIKURA ice
Ligeti Forward, Program III GRISEY Talea John ZORN Remedy of Fortune Mivos Quartet LIGETI Violin Concerto
6 BROOKLYN RIDER PERFORMS WORKS INSPIRED BY NEW YORK CITY’S DOWNTOWN MUSIC SCENE Presented by National Sawdust
National Sawdust 80 North 6th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Friday, June 3, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Play Date with composers and performers after concert at National Sawdust
Brooklyn Rider
Program to include: Colin JACOBSEN BTT (World Premiere) John ZORN The Alchemist Tyondai BRAXTON Arp Rec 1 (New York Premiere)
VERY YOUNG COMPOSERS OF THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: VOICES FOR THE FUTURE Co-Presented by the New York Philharmonic and National Sawdust
National Sawdust 80 North 6th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Saturday, June 4, 2016, 11:00 a.m.
New York Philharmonic Musicians and Teaching Artists
World Premieres of works by participants in the Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers program in the United States and affiliated programs in Venezuela, South Korea, and Finland, including New York composers born in the 21st century: Chi-Chi EZEKWENNA, Aidan NG, Mia MICIC, and Nina MOSKE; established composers: Angélica NEGRÓN, a Philharmonic Teaching Artist, and Paola PRESTINI, a former Philharmonic Teaching Artist; and international Very Young Composers born in the 21st century: Angie ANDRADE of Venezuela’s Jóvenes Compositores; Aino HARTONEN of Finland’s Kuule, minä sävellän!; and Taehyun WON of Korea’s Gomah Jagoka.
7 INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS YOUNG AMERICANS Co-Presented by the New York Philharmonic and Interlochen Center for the Arts
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Sunday, June 5, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Play Date with composers and performers after the concert at Bar Biennial in the David Geffen Hall lobby
Christopher Rountree, conductor Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra
Jennifer HIGDON Machine (New York Premiere) Hannah LASH Chaconnes (World Premiere) Ashley FURE Bound to the Bow (World Premiere) Nico MUHLY So Far So Good (New York Premiere) Interlochen Arts Academy Dance Company Christopher Williams, choreographer
NEW YORK CITY ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL Co-Presented by the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival and National Sawdust
National Sawdust 80 North 6th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday, June 5, 2016, 3:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. Monday, June 6, 2016, 5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
Play Date with composers and performers after the concerts at National Sawdust
Several programs of pure electroacoustic works for live electronics, including computer processing and laptop orchestras; works combining live instruments or voices with fixed media or live electronics; video and multimedia works; and sound installations.
8 ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL’S ASPEN CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE PERFORMS WORKS BY ASPEN ALUMNI AND MORE Co-Presented by the Aspen Music Festival and School and the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street
Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Timothy Weiss, conductor Aspen Music Festival and School’s Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Thomas KOTCHEFF bang Z (New York Premiere) Stephen HARTKE The Blue Studio (New York Premiere) Nina C. YOUNG Rising Tide (New York Premiere) STUCKY The Stars and the Roses (New York Premiere) Spencer Lang, tenor Christopher STARK Mercy Bell (New York Premiere) Esa-Pekka SALONEN Catch and Release (New York Premiere)
9 BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS AND SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS PERFORM WORLD AND NEW YORK PREMIERES Presented by the New York Philharmonic
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center 10 Columbus Circle
Thursday, June 9, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Play Date with musicians and composers after the concert at Rose Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center (between the double bill)
Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Dianne Berkun Menaker, conductors Brooklyn Youth Chorus Dianne Berkun Menaker, artistic director and conductor San Francisco Girls Chorus Lisa Bielawa, artistic director Valérie Sainte-Agathe, music director and conductor
Philip GLASS/ “Father Death Blues” from Hydrogen Jukebox Arr. L. Bielawa and P. Glass (New York Premiere of choral arrangement) Carla KIHLSTEDT Herring Run (New York Premiere) Theo BLECKMANN Final Answer (World Premiere) Theo Bleckmann, vocalist Caroline SHAW so quietly (World Premiere) Mary KOUYOUMDJIAN Become Who I Am Hotel Elefant, amplified string quartet Gabriel KAHANE Back of the Choir (World Premiere)
10 THE KNIGHTS PERFORM WORLD, U.S., AND NEW YORK PREMIERES WITH BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS AND SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS
Presented by the New York Philharmonic
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center 10 Columbus Circle
Thursday, June 9, 2016, 8:30 p.m.
Play Date with composers and performers at Rose Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center (between the double bill)
Eric Jacobsen, conductor The Knights Colin Jacobsen, co-artistic director Eric Jacobsen, co-artistic director and conductor Brooklyn Youth Chorus Dianne Berkun Menaker, artistic director and conductor San Francisco Girls Chorus Lisa Bielawa, artistic director Valérie Sainte-Agathe, music director and conductor
Lisa BIELAWA My Outstretched Hand (World Premiere) Nico MUHLY Impossible Things (U.S. Premiere) Nicholas Phan, tenor; Colin Jacobsen, violin Colin JACOBSEN If I Were Not Me (World Premiere) Aaron Jay KERNIS Remembering the Sea — Souvenir de la Mer (World Premiere) Timo ANDRES Comfort Food (New York Premiere)
11 ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS WORLD PREMIERE OF WILLIAM BOLCOM’S TROMBONE CONCERTO WITH PRINCIPAL TROMBONE JOSEPH ALESSI Presented by the New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Friday, June 10, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Play Date with composers and performers after the concert at Bar Biennial in the David Geffen Hall lobby
Alan Gilbert, conductor Joseph Alessi, trombone Martin Grubinger*, percussion New York Philharmonic
William BOLCOM Trombone Concerto (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra) John CORIGLIANO Conjurer: Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra and Brass (New York Premiere)
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL’S ASPEN CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE Co-Presented by the New York Philharmonic and the Aspen Music Festival and School
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Saturday, June 11, 2016, 4:00 p.m.
Timothy Weiss, conductor Aspen Music Festival and School’s Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
STUCKY The Stars and the Roses Spencer Lang, tenor Esa-Pekka SALONEN Catch and Release
* denotes New York Philharmonic debut
12 ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS BOULEZ, STUCKY, AND U.S. PREMIERE BY PER NØRGÅRD Presented by the New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Saturday, June 11, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Play Date with composers and performers after the concert at Bar Biennial in the David Geffen Hall lobby
Alan Gilbert, conductor New York Philharmonic
BOULEZ Messagesquisse Eric Bartlett, solo cello; Patrick Jee, Qiang Tu, Sumire Kudo, Maria Kitsopoulos, Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, Wendy Sutter§, cello STUCKY Second Concerto for Orchestra (New York Premiere) Per NØRGÅRD Symphony No. 8 (U.S. Premiere)
§ denotes New York Philharmonic guest artist
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