MUSIC RENEWS US. NY Phil 2021/22 SEASON YOUR ORCHESTRA WELCOMES YOU BACK. Join us for the 2021–22 season. A Letter from Jaap van Zweden 05 and Deborah Borda 06 A Promise to Our Audience 07 Create Your Own Series 08 Highlights 10 2021–22 Subscription Concerts 15 Young People’s Concerts® 16 Series by Design 18 Add-On Special Events 19 Become a Member 20 2021–22 Venues Music renews us. Let’s experience it together again. nyphil.org | 212.875.5656 The reimagined David Geffen Hall. Coming Fall 2022. Dear New York Philharmonic Family, New York City is coming back, and so are we! A city as resilient as ours can’t be kept down for long. You can see it in the parks and in the streets, in restaurants and cafés. And soon, this fall, you’ll see the Philharmonic tuning up again, as we start the countdown to the thrilling and long-awaited reopening of David Geffen Hall in Fall 2022 — further proof that the city we know and love is re-emerging stronger than ever. At this very moment, construction is swiftly underway inside David Geffen Hall. While we await the completion of our reimagined, state-of-the-art home, our journey for 2021–22 brings you, our subscription family, back to live orchestral music in two nearby venues: Alice Tully Hall and the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. This season, please come with us on this new adventure and Create Your Own Series. What an amazing time, full of rebirth, hope, and anticipation! Choose your concerts and join us in celebrating the return of your New York Philharmonic. After this long intermission, we can’t wait to see you again. With thanks for your continued support, Jaap van Zweden Deborah Borda Music Director Linda and Mitch Hart President and CEO 4 5 nyphil.org | 212.875.5656 A PROMISE to Our Audience The New York Philharmonic has long provided our city with music that uplifts, inspires, challenges, and HOW TO comforts. The support of our resilient community has been crucial to our success since our first concert in 1842. We look forward to many more concerts, and we remain committed to excellence in every area of our work — from acclaimed performances and innovative educational programs to first-rate customer service. CREATE YOUR Our community will always sit at the center of our guiding principles. You can expect the following: OWN SERIES • In partnership with Lincoln Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center, we will comply with all federal, state, This season we are offering more flexibility than ever. Although Curated Series — and city guidelines for health and safety. These include, but are not limited to, meeting HVAC system which offer subscribers the chance to reserve the same seat for each performance requirements, cleaning surfaces regularly, and providing hand sanitizer. 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Subscribers get the best seats at the best prices — plus so much more. • Priority access to seating in the reimagined David Geffen Hall in the 2022–23 season • Unlimited no-fee exchanges • Presale access to special events and films • Discounted additional tickets all season long Delight Guaranteed! If you don’t enjoy your first concert, cancel your subscription and we’ll refund the balance of your payment. 6 7 nyphil.org | 212.875.5656 DISCOVER HIGHLIGHTS THE 2021–22 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN JOSHUA BELL The 2021–22 season salutes our From beloved concertos The celebrated Joshua Bell SEASON and symphonies to newly returns with Beethoven’s community’s resilience. From composers’ commissioned works, Music towering Violin Concerto. tributes to lost loved ones to triumphant Director Jaap van Zweden Jaap van Zweden conducts. leads the Philharmonic in celebrations of life, this season spotlights November 24 a vast range of classic and and 26–27 the endurance of the human spirit. contemporary music. FROM SILENCE TO EMANUEL AX CELEBRATION Emanuel Ax joins Music Conducted by Jaap van Zweden, Director Jaap van the New York Philharmonic opens the Zweden in Mozart’s season with a program ranging from Piano Concerto No. 17, tragedy to triumph — with works by a beloved work of Anna Clyne, Aaron Copland, and virtuosity and depth. George Walker, and ending with December 3–4 Beethoven’s glorious Piano Concerto No. 4 performed by Daniil Trifonov. September 17–19 YEFIM YUJA WANG BRONFMAN Superstar Yuja Wang Philharmonic audience favorite dazzles with Lizst’s Yefim Bronfman teams up fiery Piano Concerto AUTHENTIC SELVES: THE BEAUTY WITHIN THE SCHUMANN CONNECTION with Music Director Jaap van No. 1. Jakub Hrůša Zweden to perform Beethoven’s conducts. Anthony Roth Costanzo, this year’s Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, Gustavo Dudamel plumbs the depths and Third Piano Concerto. joins the New York Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden in this festival celebrating daring of the great Romantic’s symphonic February 10–12 September 23–25 the complexity of identity featuring Justin Vivian Bond, 22nd US Poet Laureate cycle in two weeks of programs that Tracy K. Smith, and more. These concerts include World Premieres by Gregory include contemporary works reflecting Spears and Joel Thompson and works by Julius Eastman and Joan Tower. on Robert Schumann’s relationship with Community partners from around New York City join us for this two-week exploration. composer-pianist Clara, his wife and muse. January 27–February 5 March 9–20 SHEKU GOLDA SCHULTZ KANNEH-MASON Soprano Golda Schultz Rising star Sheku Kanneh- makes her Philharmonic Mason performs Dvořák’s debut with songs lyrical Cello Concerto. by Richard Strauss. Simone Young conducts. Santtu-Matias Rouvali returns to conduct. November 11–13 February 17–19 8 9 nyphil.org | 212.875.5656 SEPTEMBER–NOVEMBER 2021 From Silence to Celebration* Michael Tilson Thomas Returns Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Friday, September 17 I 8:00pm Thursday, November 4 I 7:30pm Saturday, September 18 I 8:00pm Friday, November 5 I 2:00pm MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS JAAP VAN ZWEDEN, MUSIC DIRECTOR Sunday, September 19 I 2:00pm Sunday, November 7 I 2:00pm Jaap van Zweden conductor Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Daniil Trifonov piano Gil Shaham violin Ryan Roberts English horn (New York Philharmonic debut) CRAWFORD SEEGER Andante for Strings Christopher Martin trumpet BERG Violin Concerto Anna CLYNE Within Her Arms BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica COPLAND Quiet City WALKER Antifonys for Chamber Orchestra BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 Simone Young and ANTHONY McGILL, PRINCIPAL CLARINET Sheku Kanneh-Mason Beethoven, Haydn, and Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Hannah Kendall* Thursday, November 11 I 7:30pm Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Friday, November 12 I 8:00pm Frederick P. Rose Hall Saturday, November 13 I 8:00pm Thursday, September 23 I 7:30pm Simone Young conductor SIMONE YOUNG Friday, September 24 I 8:00pm Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello (New York Philharmonic debut) Saturday, September 25 I 8:00pm J.S. BACH / Arr. Webern Fuga (Ricercata), Jaap van Zweden conductor from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 Yefim Bronfmanpiano DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Hannah KENDALL Kanashibari (New York Premiere) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 HAYDN Symphony No. 92, Oxford Bychkov Conducts Russian Masters Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Brahms and the Schumanns* Wednesday, November 17 I 7:30pm Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Thursday, November 18 I 7:30pm Frederick P. Rose Hall Friday, November 19 I 8:00pm Thursday, October 14 I 7:30pm Semyon Bychkov conductor Friday, October 15 I 8:00pm Karen Gomyo violin Saturday, October 16 I 8:00pm SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 Jaap van Zweden conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams Leif Ove Andsnes piano DANIIL TRIFONOV C. SCHUMANN Romance in A minor, for solo piano R. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto Joshua Bell Performs Beethoven BRAHMS Serenade No. 2 Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Wednesday, November 24 I 7:30pm An American Triptych: Friday, November 26 I 8:00pm Saturday, November 27 I 8:00pm Mazzoli, Davis, and Adams* Jaap van Zweden conductor Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Joshua Bell violin Wednesday, October 20 I 7:30pm BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Thursday, October 21 I 7:30pm CHEN Yi Duo Ye Friday, October 22 I 8:00pm STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite Saturday, October 23 I 8:00pm Dalia Stasevska conductor (New York Philharmonic debut) Anthony McGill clarinet Missy MAZZOLI Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) Anthony DAVIS You Have the Right to Remain Silent John ADAMS Chamber Symphony *No Intermission All concerts take place at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall or Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, unless otherwise noted. 10 SEE PAGE 20–21 FOR SEATING CHARTS. 11 nyphil.org | 212.875.5656 DECEMBER 2021–FEBRUARY 2022 Mozart, Emanuel Ax, and Joan Tower Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center and Strauss Songs Friday, December 3 I 8:00pm Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P.