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[email protected] NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC BEGINS NEW SEASON OF YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS The Ages of Music: “Baroque” Saturday, October 22, 2016 The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Leonidas Kavakos To Conduct and Perform Assistant Conductor Joshua Gersen To Conduct Philharmonic Vice President, Education, Theodore Wiprud To Host The 94th season of the New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts (YPCs) will begin on Saturday, October 22, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. with “Baroque,” the first program in this season’s series, The Ages of Music — each program exploring the sound, composers, and culture of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras, respectively. The program will include the first movement of J.S. Bach’s Violin Concerto in D minor (reconstructed), BWV 1052, led and performed by The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Leonidas Kavakos; Overture, Bourée, and Gigue from J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major; the third movement of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; G. Gabrieli’s Canzona per sonar No. 1, La spiritata, performed by Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin, trumpet player Ethan Bensdorf, hornist R. Allen Spanjer, and trombonist David Finlayson; and Handel’s “Da tempeste il legno infranto” from Giulio Cesare, with soprano Hyesang Park as soloist in her Philharmonic debut. Assistant Conductor Joshua Gersen will conduct the program, with the exception of J.S. Bach’s Violin Concerto in D minor; Vice President, Education, Theodore Wiprud will host the event, which will also feature dancers Thomas Baird and Quilan Arnold.