UPDATED May 18, 2015 CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING 2014–2015 SEASON THE ART OF THE SCORE: FILM WEEK AT THE PHILHARMONIC Alec Baldwin, THE ART OF THE SCORE Artistic Advisor LA DOLCE VITA: THE MUSIC OF ITALIAN CINEMA Avery Fisher Hall Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 7:30 p.m. — OPENING GALA CONCERT Alan Gilbert, conductor Joshua Bell, violin Renée Fleming, soprano Josh Groban, vocalist Giuseppe Ragazzini*, visual artist ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Theme from Amarcord Stelvio CIPRIANI/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from The Anonymous Venetian ROTA/Orch. F. Gurian Valzer del Commiato from The Leopard Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Your Love” from Once Upon a Time in the West ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from La Dolce Vita Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Non Penso a Te” from Incontro Nicola PIOVANI Buongiorno Principessa from Life Is Beautiful Andrea and Ennio MORRICONE/ “Se” from Cinema Paradiso Arr. and Orch. W. Ross ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from 8½ ROSSINI Overture to William Tell Luis BACALOV/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Mi Mancherai” from Il Postino _____________________________________ * New York Philharmonic debut 2 Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Great Performances telecast at a later date on PBS stations Alan Gilbert, conductor Joshua Bell, violin Renée Fleming, soprano Josh Groban, vocalist Giuseppe Ragazzini*, visual artist ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Theme from Amarcord Stelvio CIPRIANI/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from The Anonymous Venetian Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Your Love” from Once Upon a Time in the West ROTA/Orch. F. Gurian Valzer del Commiato from The Leopard Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Non Penso a Te” from Incontro Luis BACALOV/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from City of Women TROVAJOLI/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from Profumo di Donna ORTOLANI & OLIVIERO/Arr. W. Ross “More” from Mondo cane ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from Juliet of the Spirits Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Theme from The Sicilian Clan Andrea and Ennio MORRICONE/ “Se” from Cinema Paradiso Arr. and Orch. W. Ross ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from La Dolce Vita FUSCO/Arr. F. Gurian Theme from L’Eclisse Nicola PIOVANI Buongiorno Principessa from Life Is Beautiful ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from 8½ Luis BACALOV/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Mi Mancherai” from Il Postino THE ART OF THE SCORE: FILM WEEK AT THE PHILHARMONIC Alec Baldwin, THE ART OF THE SCORE Artistic Advisor “CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S MODERN TIMES: THE TRAMP AT 100” Avery Fisher Hall Friday, September 19, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, September 20, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Timothy Brock*, conductor Timothy BROCK Kid Auto Races at Venice CHAPLIN Modern Times * New York Philharmonic debut 3 ALAN GILBERT OPENS THE SEASON: U.S. PREMIERE OF UNSUK CHIN’S CLARINET CONCERTO Avery Fisher Hall Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 26, 2014, 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 27, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Alan Gilbert, conductor Kari Kriikku**, clarinet Unsuk CHIN Clarinet Concerto (U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra) MAHLER Symphony No. 1 ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: THE NIELSEN PROJECT Avery Fisher Hall Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 2, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 3, 2014, 2:00 p.m. Alan Gilbert, conductor NIELSEN Maskarade Overture NIELSEN Symphony No. 5 NIELSEN Symphony No. 6, Sinfonia semplice ** New York Philharmonic subscription debut 4 ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: WORLD PREMIERE OF THUNDERSTUCK BY COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE CHRISTOPHER ROUSE; ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI PERFORMS BRAHMS Avery Fisher Hall Thursday, October 9, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 10, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 11, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin Christopher ROUSE Thunderstuck (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission) HAYDN Symphony No. 103, Drumroll BRAHMS Violin Concerto SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT Avery Fisher Hall Saturday, October 11, 2014, 2:00 p.m. Alan Gilbert, conductor Michelle Kim, Lisa Kim, violin Rebecca Young, viola Eileen Moon, cello DVOŘÁK String Quartet in F major, American Christopher ROUSE Thunderstuck (New York Philharmonic Commission) HAYDN Symphony No. 103, Drumroll 5 ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND JEREMY DENK Avery Fisher Hall Thursday, October 16, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 17, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 18, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Jeremy Denk*, piano BEETHOVEN King Stephen Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete) NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center 129 West 67 Street Sunday, October 19, 2014, 3:00 p.m. BEETHOVEN Duo in E-flat major for Viola and Cello “with two obbligato eyeglasses,” WoO 32 Peter Kenote, viola; Qiang Tu, cello GLIÈRE/Arr. Grossman Suite for Violin and Double Bass Anna Rabinova, violin; David J. Grossman, bass BARTÓK String Quartet No. 3, BB 93, Sz.85 Lisa GiHae Kim, Quan Ge, violin; Vivek Kamath, viola; Sumire Kudo, cello THUILLE Sextet for Piano and Winds, Op. 6 Yoobin Son, flute; Sherry Sylar, oboe; Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet; Kim Laskowski, bassoon; R. Allen Spanjer, horn; Yi-Fang Huang§, piano * New York Philharmonic debut § denotes New York Philharmonic guest artist 6 ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: TWO MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS WITH LANG LANG Avery Fisher Hall Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Alan Gilbert, conductor Lang Lang, piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: YEFIM BRONFMAN IN BARTÓK Avery Fisher Hall Thursday, October 23, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 25, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Alan Gilbert, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 (Nowak 1890) LEONARD SLATKIN AND PRINCIPAL FLUTE ROBERT LANGEVIN IN NEW YORK PREMIERE OF ROUSE’S FLUTE CONCERTO Avery Fisher Hall Thursday, October 30, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 31, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 1, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Leonard Slatkin, conductor Robert Langevin, flute COPLAND El Salón México RAVEL/orch. Constant Gaspard de la nuit Christopher ROUSE Flute Concerto (New York Premiere) RAVEL Boléro 7 KERN & HAMMERSTEIN’S SHOW BOAT Avery Fisher Hall Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 6, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 7, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, November 8, 2014, 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 8, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Ted Sperling, conductor and director Cast to include (in alphabetical order): Christopher Fitzgerald* (Frank) Norm Lewis* (Joe) Alli Mauzey* (Ellie) Julian Ovenden* (Gaylord Ravenal) Edward Watts* (Steve) Fred Willard* (Cap’n Andy) NaTasha Yvette Williams* (Queenie) Vanessa Williams* (Julie) Lauren Worsham* (Magnolia) KERN & HAMMERSTEIN Show Boat (semi-staged) CASE SCAGLIONE AND JOSHUA BELL Avery Fisher Hall Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 13, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 14, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, November 15, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Case Scaglione, conductor Joshua Bell, violin DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 * denotes New York Philharmonic debut 8 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT Avery Fisher Hall SUPER SONIC MUSIC BOX: “Melody Transformed” Saturday, November 15, 2014, 2:00 p.m. Pre-concert activities — 1:00 p.m. Courtney Lewis, conductor* Theodore Wiprud, host Tom Dulack, scriptwriter and director Allan McCormick*, dancer IVES/Orch. W. Schuman Variations on America MAHLER Selection from Symphony No. 1 DEBUSSY Selection from Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun PROKOFIEV Selections from Symphony No. 5 * New York Philharmonic debut 9 CONTACT! HOSTED BY JOHN ADAMS A Co-Presentation of the New York Philharmonic and 92nd Street Y SubCulture 45 Bleecker Street Monday, November 17, 2014, 7:30 p.m. John Adams, host Musicians from the New York Philharmonic Daníel BJARNASON Bow to String Jayce Ogren, conductor Nathan Vickery, solo cello Duoming Ba, Quan Ge, violin; Katherine Greene, viola; Maria Kitsopoulos, cello; Max Zeugner, bass; Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet; R. Allen Spanjer, horn; Steven Beck§, Stephen Gosling§, piano Ingram MARSHALL Muddy Waters Maria Kitsopoulos, cello; Timothy Cobb, bass; Oren Fader§, electric guitar; Lino Gomez§, bass clarinet; Daniel Druckman, marimba; Eric Huebner, piano Missy MAZZOLI Dissolve, O My Heart Anna Rabinova, violin Daníel BJARNASON Five Possibilities for clarinet, cello, and piano Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet; Patrick Jee, cello; Eric Huebner, piano Timo ANDRES Early to Rise (New York Premiere) Fiona Simon, Sharon Yamada, violin; Robert Rinehart, viola; Eileen Moon cello § denotes New York Philharmonic guest artist 10 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER SHERYL STAPLES AND PRINCIPAL VIOLA CYNTHIA PHELPS IN MOZART Avery Fisher Hall Thursday, November 20, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 21, 2014, 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 22, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Jaap van Zweden, conductor Sheryl Staples, violin Cynthia Phelps, viola MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center 129 West 67 Street Sunday, November 23, 2014, 3:00 p.m. SCHNITTKE Moz-Art, for Two Violins Soohyun Kwon, Joo Young Oh, violin Joel Eric SUBEN Piano Trio “Ballo di Corte” (World Premiere) Vladimir Tsypin, violin; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello; Elena Kuschnerova§, piano BEETHOVEN String Trio in C minor, Op.