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The Bach Variations: a Philharmonic Festival March 6–April 6, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2013 Contact: Katherine E. Johnson (212) 875-5718; [email protected] THE BACH VARIATIONS: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL MARCH 6–APRIL 6, 2013 PROGRAM II OF IV Alan Gilbert To Conduct Mass in B minor With Soprano Dorothea Röschmann, Mezzo-Soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, Tenor Steve Davislim, and Bass-Baritone Eric Owens with the New York Choral Artists March 13–16 The New York Philharmonic will present The Bach Variations: A Philharmonic Festival March 6–April 6, 2013. On the festival’s second orchestral program, Alan Gilbert will conduct the Philharmonic in Bach’s Mass in B minor, with soprano Dorothea Röschmann, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, tenor Steve Davislim, bass-baritone Eric Owens, and the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, March 15 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 p.m. “The Mass in B minor is a consummate masterpiece that makes me feel humble as a musician when I hear it,” Alan Gilbert said. “Bach took a liturgical, religious starting point and made it even more universal. No matter what you believe, no matter your religious credo, or whether or not you even have a religious credo, it is impossible not to be incredibly moved by this music because it speaks from one human being directly into the heart of another. I feel very privileged to be able to touch this music.” The Bach Variations marks the first time the New York Philharmonic has presented a festival of the music of the Baroque master. Four orchestral programs will be led by different conductors — Masaaki Suzuki, Alan Gilbert, Bernard Labadie, and András Schiff — each bringing a different perspective to the composer’s works. The festival continues March 20–23, 2013, with Bernard Labadie, who takes an early-music approach performed with modern instruments. Pianist András Schiff will conclude the festival in his Philharmonic conducting debut April 3–6, 2013. Principal Cello Carter Brey will perform Bach’s Complete Cello Suites March 27 and April 1, 2013, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. (more) The Bach Variations / Program II / 2 Related Events Pre-Concert Talks Violist/violinist and Philharmonic Senior Teaching Artist David Wallace will introduce the program. Pre-Concert Talks are $7; discounts available for multiple concerts, students, and groups. They take place one hour before each performance in the Helen Hull Room, unless otherwise noted. Attendance is limited to 90 people. Information: nyphil.org or (212) 875- 5656. Insights Series Event — “The Bach Variations: Mass in B Minor” Sir Nicholas Kenyon, speaker Monday, March 11, 2013, 6:30 p.m. New York Institute of Technology Auditorium on Broadway, 1871 Broadway at 61st Street Coinciding with the Philharmonic’s month-long The Bach Variations: A Philharmonic Festival, Sir Nicholas Kenyon — managing director of London’s Barbican Center and author of the Faber Pocket Guide to Bach — examines Bach’s changing reputation and explores his great Mass in B minor, which Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct, March 13–26, 2013. Tickets: $20; $15 for Philharmonic Friends (Affiliate level and above) and current Subscribers; and $10 for Patrons. National and International Radio Broadcast The program will be broadcast the week of April 3, 2013,* on The New York Philharmonic This Week, a radio concert series syndicated weekly to more than 300 stations nationally, and to 122 outlets internationally, by the WFMT Radio Network. The 52-week series, hosted by actor Alec Baldwin, is generously underwritten by The Kaplen Foundation, the Audrey Love Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Philharmonic’s corporate partner, MetLife Foundation. The broadcast will be available on the Philharmonic’s Website, nyphil.org. The program is broadcast locally in the New York metropolitan area on 105.9 FM WQXR on Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. *Check local listings for broadcast and program information. Artists Music Director Alan Gilbert began his tenure at the New York Philharmonic in September 2009, launching what New York magazine called “a fresh future for the Philharmonic.” The first native New Yorker in the post, he has introduced the positions of The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence and The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, an annual multi-week festival, and CONTACT!, the new-music series, and he has sought to make the Orchestra a point of civic pride for the city and country. In 2012–13, Alan Gilbert conducts world premieres; presides over a cycle of Brahms’s complete symphonies and concertos; continues The Nielsen Project, the multi-year initiative to perform and record Nielsen’s symphonies and concertos; and leads the EUROPE / SPRING 2013 tour. The season concludes with June Journey: Gilbert’s Playlist, four programs showcasing themes he has introduced, including the season finale: a theatrical reimagining of Stravinsky ballets with director/designer (more) The Bach Variations / Program II / 3 Doug Fitch and New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Sara Mearns. Last season’s highlights included tours of Europe and California, several world premieres, Mahler symphonies, and Philharmonic 360, the Philharmonic and Park Avenue Armory’s acclaimed spatial-music program featuring Stockhausen’s Gruppen, about which The New York Times said: “Those who think classical music needs some shaking up routinely challenge music directors at major orchestras to think outside the box. That is precisely what Alan Gilbert did.” Mr. Gilbert is Director of Conducting and Orchestral Studies and holds the William Schuman Chair in Musical Studies at The Juilliard School. Conductor Laureate of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of Hamburg’s NDR Symphony Orchestra, he regularly conducts leading orchestras around the world. He made his acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut conducting John Adams’s Doctor Atomic in 2008, the DVD of which received a Grammy Award. His recordings have received top honors from the Chicago Tribune and Gramophone magazine. In May 2010 Mr. Gilbert received an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from The Curtis Institute of Music and in December 2011, Columbia University’s Ditson Conductor’s Award for his “exceptional commitment to the performance of works by American composers and to contemporary music.” Born in Flensburg, Germany, Dorothea Röschmann gained international recognition in 1995 when she sang the role of Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the Salzburg Festival, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. She has returned to Salzburg regularly to perform Mozart roles — including Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Ilia in Idomeneo, Servilia and Vitellia in La clemenza de Tito, and Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute under conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Harding, Charles Mackerras, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin — as well as Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff. Ms. Röschmann recently made her debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and is a regular guest at the Deutsche Staatsoper, Munich Staatsoper, Vienna Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and The Metropolitan Opera. Her recent concert engagements have included the Berlin Philharmonic with Simon Rattle and Bernard Haitink; Vienna Philharmonic with Christoph Harnoncourt, Daniel Barenboim, and Pierre Boulez; Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim; Munich Philharmonic with James Levine; Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser- Möst; Bavarian and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestras with Harding; and Rotterdam Philharmonic with Nézet-Séguin. A prestigious recitalist, Dorothea Röschmann has given acclaimed concerts in venues such as Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, the Schwarzenberg Schubertiade, and the Edinburgh and Munich Festivals, and with Daniel Barenboim at the Deutche Staatsoper. Her recordings include The Marriage of Figaro with Nicholas Harnoncourt; Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs with Nézet-Séguin; Brahms’s A German Requiem with Rattle (winner of a Grammy and a Gramophone Award); Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Harding; and a CD of Schumann songs with Ian Bostridge and Graham Johnson. Dorothea Röschmann made her New York Philharmonic debut in December 2010 performing Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, conducted by Colin Davis. She most recently appeared with the Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, conducted by Alan Gilbert, as part of A Concert for New York, in remembrance and renewal on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. (more) The Bach Variations / Program II / 4 Internationally acclaimed Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter has a lengthy and exclusive relationship with Deutsche Grammophon, with which she has produced a wealth of recordings and garnered numerous awards, including Recording Artist of the Year and a Grammy Award for best classical vocal performance. Her most recent recording, Sogno Barocco (Naïve), is a collection of Italian baroque arias, scenes, and duets that has been nominated for a Grammy. Anne Sofie von Otter earned international acclaim as Octavian in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier with performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bavarian Staatsoper, Opéra national de Paris, and Vienna Staatsoper. She also performed the role as part of a series of engagements with The Metropolitan Opera. Recent opera highlights have included her role debut in Charpentier’s Médeé for Oper Frankfurt, Countess Geschwitz in Berg’s Lulu at The Metropolitan Opera conducted by Fabio Luisi, Clytemnestre in Gluck’s Iphigenie en Aulide at De Nederlandse Opera conducted by Marc Minkowski, and Geneviève in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande under Philippe Jordan for Opéra national de Paris. She appeared in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at the 2012 Salzburg Festival with an all-star cast including Cecilia Bartoli and Andreas Scholl. Her ever-evolving repertoire has led to her adding the roles of Brangäne in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Baba the Turk in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Didon in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, and Waltraute in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung.
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