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Alan Gilbert among the trunks the Philharmonic has used for its international tours since the 1950s

2010 | 11 Season Take your seat at a concert by Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, and prepare yourself for a brilliant journey.

“ An evening at the Philharmonic is a total experience. It’s meant to transcend, and transport. Every concert is conceived as a complete journey, and our promise is to bring you with us, to inspire and thrill you as only great music can.”

-Alan Gilbert

Every performance is created to take you someplace very different from where you started when you arrived at Avery Fisher Hall. Partly it’s the deft way in which Alan Gilbert conceives surprising and uniquely moving musical evenings that help you experience the music in a new way. Partly it’s the fresh energy he brings to classics old and new that is drawing audiences and critics to their feet in acclaim. And partly it’s the bond between conductor and orchestra that has The New York Times proclaiming, “The orchestra is playing splendidly for Mr. Gilbert…the chemistry seems right.”

No matter the reason, the result is the same: an experience that simply cannot be duplicated.

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Highlights of the 2010 | 11 Season

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OPENING NIGHT GALA: Wynton Marsalis and Alan Gilbert

Sept. 22, 2010 Alan Gilbert conducts the U.S. Premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s new work for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.

NEW YEAR’S EVE: Lang Lang and Tchaikovsky

Dec. 31, 2010 A true mid-winter night’s dream: Alan Gilbert conducts Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist Lang Lang, and the magical second act of The Nutcracker.

MESSIAH Hallelujah! Baroque master Bernard Labadie conducts

Dec. 14-18, 2010 With soloists Karina Gauvin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Tilman Lichdi, and Andrew Foster-Williams. Presented by the Robert Hekemian Family Foundation.

Wynton Marsalis

The THomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in Yiddish Theater Apr. 5-6, 2011 With archival film clips, theatrical staging, a quartet of

performers and the New York Philharmonic, conductor and host Michael Tilson Thomas tells the poignant and flamboyant real-life story of Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, who – besides being superstars of the Yiddish Theater on the Lower East Side of 100 years ago – were his beloved grandparents, directed by Patricia Birch. “Hysterically funny. . . an evening of pure pleasure.” -Los Angeles Times “This one really raises the roof.” -Financial Times

Emanuel Ax

Lang Lang

The New York Philharmonic salutes Young Concert Artists on the occasion of its 50th anniversary during the 2010|11 Season. Our programs feature three YCA alumni: Emanuel Ax, Olli Mustonen, and Pinchas Zukerman.

Lisa Batiashvili

Kurt Masur

Gil Shaham

Yefim Bronfman

THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN Jun. 22-25, 2011 In 1924 Leos Janácek ˇ penned what is likely the most endearing opera ever inspired by a comic strip.

This touching tale of the cycle of life in a European forest – featuring a brilliant orchestral score and characters as varied as the forest itself – receives its Philharmonic premiere in a colorful production conducted by Alan Gilbert and directed by Douglas Fitch.

MASTERS AND MASTERPIECES

Both Brahms Piano Concertos conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi, with soloists Yefim Bronfman and Radu Lupu.

Mahler’s Symphonies No. 4, 5, and 6 conducted by Alan Gilbert and Daniel Harding.

TODAY’S MUSIC

The latest from Magnus Lindberg (The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence), plus Rouse, Kernis, Adès, Rihm, Gubaidulina, and more. Lindberg’s Kraft surrounds the audience with performers stationed throughout the hall, and Adès’s In Seven Days is a combination of piano concerto and video art.

Itzhak Perlman Karita Mattila

A SEASON OF BRILLIANT STARS

Violinists Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Pinchas Zukerman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Gil Shaham, Lisa Batiashvili, and more.

Pianists: In addition to Yefim Bronfman and Radu Lupu, we welcome Emanuel Ax, Pierre Laurent Aimard, Olli Mustonen, and more.

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, vocalists Thomas Hampson, Ian Bostridge, Karita Mattila, Deborah Voigt, and more.

“A stupendous performance. . .

The emotion surged through the music.”

Joshua Bell

–The New Yorker

Thomas Hampson

Deborah Voigt

Sir Colin Davis

Pinchas Zukerman

anne-Sophie Mutter – The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence

One of the supreme musicians of our time, Anne-Sophie Mutter joins the Philharmonic as Artist-in-Residence for the 2010-11 season.

The full range of Mutter’s artistry will be displayed in performances as orchestra soloist, chamber musician, director, and a leading champion of new music for violin and orchestra.

orchestra Concerts thursday, March 31 | 7:30pm friday, april 1 | 8:00pm Saturday, april 2 | 8:00pm Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

thursday, June 2 | 7:30pm friday, June 3 | 2:00pm Saturday, June 4 | 8:00pm Alan Gilbert conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

prokoFieV overture in b-flat major, American sofia gUbaiDUlina In Tempus Praesens, concerto for Violin and orchestra* tchaikoVsky symphony no. 2, Little Russian

beethoVen romance no. 2 for Violin and orchestra sebastian cUrrier Time Machines** brUckner symphony no. 2

Sunday, november 14 | 3:00 pm Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Yuri Bashmet viola Lynn Harrell cello

Sunday, april 3 | 3:00pm Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Roman Patkoló bass Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

Sunday, June 5 | 3:00pm Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Lambert Orkis piano

beethoVen string trio in c minor beethoVen serenade in D major beethoVen string trio in e-flat major

ˇ DVorÁk terzetto for two Violins and Viola wolfgang rihm new work for Violin and Double bass** krzysztof penDerecki new work for Violin and Double bass** menDelssohn octet for strings

thursday, november 18 | 7:30pm friday, november 19 | 11:00am Saturday, november 20 | 8:00pm tuesday, november 23 | 7:30pm Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin Michael Francis conductor moZart Violin concerto no. 1 moZart Violin concerto no. 3 wolfgang rihm Lichtes Spiel ** moZart Violin concerto no. 5

Chamber Concerts

DebUssy Violin sonata menDelssohn Violin sonata tba brahms Violin sonata no. 3 sarasate Carmen Fantasy see page 26 for special seating $220

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*new york premiere **world premiere

$172 $124

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“In the range of music that we play – roughly 300 years’ worth – there really are more similarities than differences.”

–Esa-Pekka Salonen

Hungarian Echoes: a Philharmonic festival Conducted by esa-Pekka Salonen

Over his 30 years as a conductor and composer, Esa-Pekka Salonen has achieved worldwide renown for his brilliantly inventive and innovative approach to classics old and new. Now, in one of the signature events of the season, Salonen and the New York Philharmonic present this illuminating three-week festival featuring trailblazing composers from three different eras, each inspired by his connections to Hungary.

Look for these concerts in the subscription series on pages 10-20. thursday, March 10 | 7:30pm friday, March 11 | 11:00am Saturday, March 12 | 8:00pm tuesday, March 15 | 7:30pm Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

friday, March 18 | 8:00pm Saturday, March 19 | 8:00pm tuesday, March 22 | 7:30pm Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Evgeny Nikitin bass-baritone

hayDn symphony no. 6, Le Matin ligeti piano concerto bartÓk concerto for orchestra

ligeti Concert Românesc hayDn symphony no. 7, Le Midi bartÓk Bluebeard’s Castle

thursday, March 17 | 7:30pm Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

thursday, March 24 | 7:30pm friday, March 25 | 2:00pm Saturday, March 26 | 8:00pm

ligeti Concert Românesc hayDn symphony no. 7, Le Midi bartÓk concerto for orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Olli Mustonen piano Women of the New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

hayDn symphony no. 8, Le Soir bartÓk piano concerto no. 1 ligeti Clocks and Clouds bartÓk suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

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WEEKNIGHT SAMPLER A (SPA)

Six Weeknights at 7:30pm Tuesday, September 28 Alan Gilbert conductor Itzhak Perlman violin

R. STRAUSS Don Juan MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto Henri DUTILLEUX Métaboles HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Tuesday, November 30 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conductor Women of the New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila HAYDN Symphony No. 100, Military DEBUSSY Nocturnes STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919)

Tuesday, December 28 Alan Gilbert conductor Liang Wang oboe Philip Myers horn Philip Smith trumpet Musicians from the New York Philharmonic VIVALDI Concerto for Four Violins, Op. 3, No. 10 Aaron Jay KERNIS a Voice, a Messenger*** HINDEMITH Horn Concerto Christopher ROUSE Oboe Concerto RAVEL Boléro

Wednesday, June 22 Alan Gilbert conductor Douglas Fitch director and designer Isabel Bayrakdarian soprano (Vixen) Alan Opie baritone (Forester) Marie Lenormand mezzo-soprano (Fox) Keith Jameson tenor (Schoolmaster, Mosquito) ˇ JANÁCEK The Cunning Little Vixen A fully staged production

Tuesday, March 1 Paavo Järvi conductor Janine Jansen violin Erkki-Sven TÜÜR Aditus* BRITTEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in Yiddish Theater Tuesday, April 5 Michael Tilson Thomas conductor and host Patricia Birch director

Janine Jansen

A fully staged musical-theatrical production See Page 26 for Seating Chart

$626 $458 $421 $336 $289 $167

WEEKNIGHT SAMPLER B (SPB)

Six Weeknights at 7:30pm

Tuesday, November 23 Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin Michael Francis conductor

Wednesday, February 16 Andrey Boreyko conductor Branford Marsalis saxophone

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 1 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 Wolfgang RIHM Lichtes Spiel ** MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5

HAYDN Symphony No. 60, Il distratto GLAZUNOV Concerto for Alto Saxophone SCHULHOFF Hot-Sonate for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra R. STRAUSS Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Tuesday, December 14 Bernard Labadie conductor Karina Gauvin soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux mezzo-soprano Tilman Lichdi tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director HANDEL Messiah Tuesday, January 4 Alan Gilbert conductor Winner of the 16th International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition CHOPIN Piano Concerto TBD TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II

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Anne-Sophie Mutter

Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival Tuesday, March 15 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano HAYDN Symphony No. 6, Le Matin LIGETI Piano Concerto BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Wednesday, April 13 Kurt Masur conductor Cynthia Phelps viola Rebecca Young viola LISZT Les Préludes Sofia GUBAIDULINA Two Paths BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

*New York Premiere ** World Premiere ***World Premiere—New York Philharmonic Commission

See Page 26 for Seating Chart $628 $460 $423 $337 $291 $168

† U.S.

Indoor Premiere

WEEKNIGHT SAMPLER C (SPC)

Five Weeknights at 7:30pm

Tuesday, October 12 Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Magnus Lindberg piano Musicians from the New York Philharmonic DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun SIBELIUS Violin Concerto Magnus LINDBERG Kraft †

Wednesday, December 15 Bernard Labadie conductor Karina Gauvin soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux mezzo-soprano Tilman Lichdi tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director HANDEL Messiah

Tuesday, February 1 Alan Gilbert conductor Karita Mattila soprano

Lisa Batiashvili

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Ah, perfido!

SIBELIUS Selected Songs for Soprano and Orchestra NIELSEN Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival Tuesday, March 22 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Evgeny Nikitin bass-baritone LIGETI Concert Românesc HAYDN Symphony No. 7, Le Midi BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle Wednesday, May 4 Alan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

See Page 26 for Seating Chart $523 $383 $353 $279 $243 $139

WEEKNIGHT SAMPLER D (SPD)

Five Weeknights at 7:30pm Wednesday, October 6 Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin

DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun SIBELIUS Violin Concerto R. STRAUSS Don Juan HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Wednesday, December 29 Alan Gilbert conductor Liang Wang oboe Philip Myers horn Philip Smith trumpet Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

Joshua Bell

VIVALDI Concerto for Four Violins, Op. 3, No. 10 Aaron Jay KERNIS a Voice, a Messenger *** HINDEMITH Horn Concerto Christopher ROUSE Oboe Concerto RAVEL Boléro

Wednesday, November 10 Alan Gilbert conductor Carolyn Sampson soprano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Gerald Finley bass-baritone New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director

The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in Yiddish Theater Wednesday, April 6 Michael Tilson Thomas conductor and host Patricia Birch director

MENDELSSOHN Elijah

A fully staged musical-theatrical production

Tuesday, December 7 Sir Colin Davis conductor Dorothea Röschmann soprano Ian Bostridge tenor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn

See Page 26 for Seating Chart $517 $377 $347 $276 $237 $136

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THURSDAY A (THA) Seven Thursdays at 7:30pm Thursday, September 23 Alan Gilbert conductor Itzhak Perlman violin R. STRAUSS Don Juan MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto Henri DUTILLEUX Métaboles HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Thursday, November 11 Alan Gilbert conductor Carolyn Sampson soprano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Gerald Finley bass-baritone New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director MENDELSSOHN Elijah Thursday, December 16 Bernard Labadie conductor Karina Gauvin soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux mezzo-soprano Tilman Lichdi tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director

Thursday, January 20 Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Jörg WIDMANN Con brio, Concert Overture for Orchestra SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 ˇ Symphony No. 8 DVORÁK

Thursday, June 2 Alan Gilbert conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin BEETHOVEN Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra Sebastian CURRIER Time Machines** BRUCKNER Symphony No. 2

Thursday, February 24 Paavo Järvi conductor Janine Jansen violin Erkki-Sven TÜÜR Aditus* BRITTEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival Thursday, March 24 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Olli Mustonen piano Women of the New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director HAYDN Symphony No. 8, Le Soir BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1 LIGETI Clocks and Clouds BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

Itzhak Perlman

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HANDEL Messiah

$727 $531 $488 $390 $334 $193

THURSDAY B (THB) Seven Thursdays at 7:30pm Thursday, September 30 Alan Gilbert conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 6 Thursday, November 18 Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin Michael Francis conductor MOZART Violin Concerto No. 1 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 Wolfgang RIHM Lichtes Spiel ** MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 Thursday, December 30 Alan Gilbert conductor Liang Wang oboe Philip Myers horn Philip Smith trumpet Musicians from the New York Philharmonic VIVALDI Concerto for Four Violins, Op. 3, No. 10 Aaron Jay KERNIS a Voice, a Messenger *** HINDEMITH Horn Concerto Christopher ROUSE Oboe Concerto RAVEL Boléro

Thursday, January 27 Alan Gilbert conductor Karita Mattila soprano

Thursday, June 16 Ludovic Morlot conductor Gil Shaham violin

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Ah, perfido!

SIBELIUS Selected Songs for Soprano and Orchestra NIELSEN Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments

MUSORGSKY Prelude to Khovanshchina WALTON Violin Concerto RAVEL Pavane pour une Infante défunte MUSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Thursday, March 3 Daniel Harding conductor Glenn Dicterow violin Lisa Milne soprano SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1 MAHLER Symphony No. 4 Thursday, April 14 Kurt Masur conductor Cynthia Phelps viola Rebecca Young viola LISZT Les Préludes Sofia GUBAIDULINA Two Paths BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Kurt Masur See Page 26 for Seating Chart $731 $535 $492 $392 $338 $195

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*New York Premiere ** World Premiere ***World Premiere—New York Philharmonic Commission

† U.S.

Indoor Premiere

THURSDAY C (THC) Seven Thursdays at 7:30pm Thursday, October 7 Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Magnus Lindberg piano Musicians from the New York Philharmonic DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun SIBELIUS Violin Concerto Magnus LINDBERG Kraft † Thursday, December 9 Sir Colin Davis conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin ELGAR Introduction and Allegro MOZART Symphony No. 36, Linz ELGAR Violin Concerto Thursday, January 6 Alan Gilbert conductor Thomas Hampson baritone Thomas Adès piano Tal Rosner video artist MOZART Symphony No. 40 MAHLER Kindertotenlieder Thomas ADÈS In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image)*

Thursday, February 10 Andris Nelsons conductor Jonathan Biss piano

Thursday, June 9 David Robertson conductor Deborah Voigt soprano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead SCHOENBERG Erwartung

Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival Thursday, March 10 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

Michael Tilson Thomas

HAYDN Symphony No. 6, Le Matin LIGETI Piano Concerto BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Thursday, March 31 Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin PROKOFIEV Overture in B-flat major, American Sofia GUBAIDULINA In Tempus Praesens, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra* TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2, Little Russian See Page 26 for Seating Chart $729 $533 $491 $389 $337 $193

THURSDAY D (THD) Seven Thursdays at 7:30pm Thursday, October 14 Alan Gilbert conductor Pinchas Zukerman violin

Thursday, February 17 Andrey Boreyko conductor Branford Marsalis saxophone

WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1 BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

HAYDN Symphony No. 60, Il distratto GLAZUNOV Concerto for Alto Saxophone SCHULHOFF Hot-Sonate for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra R. STRAUSS Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Thursday, December 2 Sir Colin Davis conductor Dorothea Röschmann soprano Ian Bostridge tenor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn Thursday, January 13 Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Yefim Bronfman piano Jörg WIDMANN Con brio, Concert Overture for Orchestra SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

Thursday, June 23 Alan Gilbert conductor Douglas Fitch director and designer Isabel Bayrakdarian soprano (Vixen) Alan Opie baritone (Forester) Marie Lenormand mezzo-soprano (Fox) Keith Jameson tenor (Schoolmaster, Mosquito) ˇ JANÁCEK The Cunning Little Vixen A fully staged production

Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival Thursday, March 17 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor LIGETI Concert Românesc HAYDN Symphony No. 7, Le Midi BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Thursday, April 28 Alan Gilbert conductor Emanuel Ax piano DEBUSSY Selections from Estampes for solo piano MESSIAEN Couleurs de la cité céleste MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Emanuel Ax See Page 26 for Seating Chart $731 $535 $492 $392 $338 $195

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“Gilbert led an energetic account... Its rousing conclusion drew the audience to its feet for a five-minute ovation.”

–Associated Press

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fRiDaY a (Fra)

seven Fridays at 8:00pm friday, october 1 Alan Gilbert conductor mahler symphony no. 6 friday, november 26 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin Women of the New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director glinka overture to Ruslan and Ludmila tchaikoVsky Violin concerto DebUssy Nocturnes straVinsky suite from The Firebird (1919) friday, December 10 Sir Colin Davis conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin elgar introduction and allegro moZart symphony no. 36, Linz elgar Violin concerto

friday, January 14 Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Yefim Bronfman piano

friday, June 10 David Robertson conductor Deborah Voigt soprano

Jörg wiDmann Con brio, concert overture for orchestra schUmann symphony no. 4 brahms piano concerto no. 2

shostakoVich symphony no. 1 rachmaninoFF The Isle of the Dead schoenberg Erwartung Yefim Bronfman

friday, January 28 Alan Gilbert conductor Karita Mattila soprano beethoVen symphony no. 8 beethoVen Ah, perfido! sibeliUs selected songs for soprano and orchestra nielsen symphony no. 2, The Four Temperaments friday, May 6 Alan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin bartÓk Violin concerto no. 2 beethoVen symphony no. 3, Eroica

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fRiDaY B (Frb) seven Fridays at 8:00pm friday, october 8 Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Magnus Lindberg piano Musicians from the New York Philharmonic DebUssy Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun sibeliUs Violin concerto magnus linDberg Kraft † friday, December 17 | 7:30pm Bernard Labadie conductor Karina Gauvin soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux mezzo-soprano Tilman Lichdi tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director

friday, January 21 Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Radu Lupu piano brahms piano concerto no. 1 ˇ DVorÁk symphony no. 8 Hungarian echoes: a Philharmonic festival friday, March 18 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Evgeny Nikitin bass-baritone

ˇ JanÁcek The Cunning Little Vixen a fully staged production

ligeti Concert Românesc hayDn symphony no. 7, Le Midi bartÓk Bluebeard’s Castle

hanDel Messiah

friday, april 1 Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

friday, January 7 Alan Gilbert conductor Thomas Hampson baritone Thomas Adès piano Tal Rosner video artist

prokoFieV overture in b-flat major, American sofia gUbaiDUlina In Tempus Praesens, concerto for Violin and orchestra* tchaikoVsky symphony no. 2, Little Russian

moZart symphony no. 40 mahler Kindertotenlieder thomas aDÈs In Seven Days (concerto for piano with moving image)*

friday, June 24 Alan Gilbert conductor Douglas Fitch director and designer Isabel Bayrakdarian soprano (Vixen) Alan Opie baritone (Forester) Marie Lenormand mezzo-soprano (Fox) Keith Jameson tenor (schoolmaster, mosquito)

Radu adu Lupu

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*new york premiere

† U.s.

indoor premiere

$190

Cynthia Phelps

Glenn Dicterow

Rebecca Young

Liang Wang

“Gilbert and the orchestra performed with breathtaking precision and power.”

Philip Myers

Philip Smith

–The Daily News

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SATURDAY A (SAA) Seven Saturdays at 8:00pm Saturday, September 25 Alan Gilbert conductor Itzhak Perlman violin

Saturday, January 15 Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Yefim Bronfman piano

R. STRAUSS Don Juan MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto Henri DUTILLEUX Métaboles HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Jörg WIDMANN Con brio, Concert Overture for Orchestra SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

Saturday, November 20 Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin Michael Francis conductor MOZART Violin Concerto No. 1 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 Wolfgang RIHM Lichtes Spiel ** MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 Saturday, December 18 | 7:30pm Bernard Labadie conductor Karina Gauvin soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux mezzo-soprano Tilman Lichdi tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director

Saturday, March 5 Daniel Harding conductor Glenn Dicterow violin Lisa Milne soprano

Saturday, June 25 Alan Gilbert conductor Douglas Fitch director and designer Isabel Bayrakdarian soprano (Vixen) Alan Opie baritone (Forester) Marie Lenormand mezzo-soprano (Fox) Keith Jameson tenor (Schoolmaster, Mosquito) ˇ JANÁCEK The Cunning Little Vixen A fully staged production

SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1 MAHLER Symphony No. 4 Saturday, April 16 Kurt Masur conductor Cynthia Phelps viola Rebecca Young viola LISZT Les Préludes Sofia GUBAIDULINA Two Paths BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Isabel Bayrakdarian

HANDEL Messiah

See Page 26 for Seating Chart $761 $572 $530 $421 $379 $195

SATURDAY B (SAB) Seven Saturdays at 8:00pm Saturday, October 2 Alan Gilbert conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 6 Saturday, November 27 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin Women of the New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto DEBUSSY Nocturnes STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919) Saturday, January 8 Alan Gilbert conductor Thomas Hampson baritone Thomas Adès piano Tal Rosner video artist MOZART Symphony No. 40 MAHLER Kindertotenlieder Thomas ADÈS In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image)*

Saturday, February 12 Andris Nelsons conductor Jonathan Biss piano

Saturday, June 11 David Robertson conductor Deborah Voigt soprano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead SCHOENBERG Erwartung

Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival Saturday, March 12 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano HAYDN Symphony No. 6, Le Matin LIGETI Piano Concerto BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Saturday, April 2 Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin PROKOFIEV Overture in B-flat major, American Sofia GUBAIDULINA In Tempus Praesens, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra* TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2, Little Russian

Deborah Voigt

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*New York Premiere **World Premiere

SATURDAY C (SAC) Seven Saturdays at 8:00pm Saturday, October 16 Alan Gilbert conductor Pinchas Zukerman violin

Saturday, February 19 Andrey Boreyko conductor Branford Marsalis saxophone

Saturday, June 4 Alan Gilbert conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1 BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

HAYDN Symphony No. 60, Il distratto GLAZUNOV Concerto for Alto Saxophone SCHULHOFF Hot-Sonate for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra R. STRAUSS Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

BEETHOVEN Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra Sebastian CURRIER Time Machines** BRUCKNER Symphony No. 2

Saturday, December 4 Sir Colin Davis conductor Dorothea Röschmann soprano Ian Bostridge tenor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival Saturday, March 19 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Evgeny Nikitin bass-baritone

Saturday, January 29 Alan Gilbert conductor Karita Mattila soprano

LIGETI Concert Românesc HAYDN Symphony No. 7, Le Midi BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Ah, perfido!

SIBELIUS Selected Songs for Soprano and Orchestra NIELSEN Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments

Saturday, April 30 Alan Gilbert conductor Emanuel Ax piano Branford Marsalis

DEBUSSY Selections from Estampes for solo piano MESSIAEN Couleurs de la cité céleste MAHLER Symphony No. 5

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Saturday, February 26 Paavo Järvi conductor Janine Jansen violin

Saturday, June 18 Ludovic Morlot conductor Gil Shaham violin

Erkki-Sven TÜÜR Aditus* BRITTEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

MUSORGSKY Prelude to Khovanshchina WALTON Violin Concerto RAVEL Pavane pour une Infante défunte MUSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

$759 $570 $528 $419 $377 $193

SATURDAY D (SAD) Seven Saturdays at 8:00pm

Saturday, November 13 Alan Gilbert conductor Carolyn Sampson soprano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Gerald Finley bass-baritone New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director MENDELSSOHN Elijah Saturday, December 11 Sir Colin Davis conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin ELGAR Introduction and Allegro MOZART Symphony No. 36, Linz ELGAR Violin Concerto Saturday, January 22 Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Radu Lupu piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 ˇ DVORÁK Symphony No. 8

Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival Saturday, March 26 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Olli Mustonen piano Women of the New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director HAYDN Symphony No. 8, Le Soir BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1 LIGETI Clocks and Clouds BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin Saturday, May 7 Alan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Janine Jansen

BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica See Page 26 for Seating Chart

$757 $568 $526 $417 $375 $191

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fRiDaY 11aM Matinee (Frc)

six Fridays at 11:00am friday, September 24 Alan Gilbert conductor Itzhak Perlman violin

friday, february 25 Paavo Järvi conductor Janine Jansen violin

r. straUss Don Juan menDelssohn Violin concerto henri DUtilleUX Métaboles hinDemith Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

erkki-sven tÜÜr Aditus* britten Violin concerto beethoVen symphony no. 5

friday, november 19 Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin Michael Francis conductor moZart Violin concerto no. 1 moZart Violin concerto no. 3 wolfgang rihm Lichtes Spiel** moZart Violin concerto no. 5 friday, february 11 Andris Nelsons conductor Jonathan Biss piano beethoVen piano concerto no. 3 shostakoVich symphony no. 5

Hungarian echoes: a Philharmonic festival friday, March 11 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano hayDn symphony no. 6, Le Matin ligeti piano concerto bartÓk concerto for orchestra

Gil Shaham

friday, June 17 Ludovic Morlot conductor Gil Shaham violin mUsorgsky prelude to Khovanshchina walton Violin concerto raVel Pavane pour une Infante défunte mUsorgsky/ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

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fRiDaY 2PM Matinee (FrD)

six Fridays at 2:00pm

friday, october 15 Alan Gilbert conductor Pinchas Zukerman violin webern passacaglia, op. 1 brahms Violin concerto brahms symphony no. 4 friday, february 18 Andrey Boreyko conductor Branford Marsalis saxophone hayDn symphony no. 60, Il distratto glaZUnoV concerto for alto saxophone schUlhoFF Hot-Sonate for alto saxophone and orchestra r. straUss Le Bourgeois gentilhomme friday, March 4 Daniel Harding conductor Glenn Dicterow violin Lisa Milne soprano sZymanowski Violin concerto no. 1 mahler symphony no. 4

Hungarian echoes: a Philharmonic festival friday, March 25 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Olli Mustonen piano Women of the New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director hayDn symphony no. 8, Le Soir bartÓk piano concerto no. 1 ligeti Clocks and Clouds bartÓk suite from The Miraculous Mandarin friday, april 29 Alan Gilbert conductor Emanuel Ax piano

Pinchas Zukerman

DebUssy selections from Estampes for solo piano messiaen Couleurs de la cité céleste mahler symphony no. 5 friday, June 3 Alan Gilbert conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin beethoVen romance no. 2 for Violin and orchestra sebastian cUrrier Time Machines** brUckner symphony no. 2

see page 26 for seating chart $474 $389 $370 $316 $275 $153

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*new york premiere **world premiere

“The performance Mr. Gilbert drew from the Philharmonic was urgent, assured and luxuriously beautiful.”

–The New York Times

SATURDAY 2PM MATINEE (SATM)

Four Saturdays at 2:00pm

More than a matinee, this is a triple feature. It begins with chamber music

by Philharmonic musicians, followed by a spectacular, full orchestra performance, then a lively post-concert panel discussion to round off the afternoon.

Saturday, November 27 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin

Saturday, February 12 Andris Nelsons conductor Jonathan Biss piano

MOZART String Quintet in G minor, K.516 HAYDN Symphony No. 100, Military TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto

MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds, K.452 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

Saturday, January 29 Alan Gilbert conductor MOZART Divertimento for Two Horns and Strings, K.320b NIELSEN Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments

Saturday, June 18 Ludovic Morlot conductor MOZART String Quintet in D major, K.593 RAVEL Pavane pour une Infante défunte Musorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Leonidas Kavakos

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RUSH HOUR SERIES (RH)

When work ends, come experience a different kind of rush. Head over to the Philharmonic for an evening of music that’s guaranteed to revitalize you. Rush Hour Series concerts begin at 6:45pm and last about an hour.

2010 | 11 SEASON AT A GLANCE Anne-Sophie Mutter

The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence

Radu Lupu

One of the supreme musicians of our time, Anne-Sophie Mutter joins the Philharmonic as Artist-in-Residence for the 2010-11 season. The full range of Mutter’s artistry will be displayed in performances as orchestra soloist, chamber musician, director, and a leading champion of new music for violin and orchestra.

Chamber Concerts Sunday, November 14 | 3:00 pm Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Yuri Bashmet viola Lynn Harrell cello BEETHOVEN String Trio in C minor BEETHOVEN Serenade in D major BEETHOVEN String Trio in E-flat major

Wednesday, January 19 | 6:45pm Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Radu Lupu piano

Sunday, April 3 | 3:00pm Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Roman Patkoló bass Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

Wednesday, June 8 | 6:45pm David Robertson conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 5

RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

ˇ DVORÁK Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola Wolfgang RIHM New work for Violin and Double Bass** Krzysztof PENDERECKI New work for Violin and Double Bass** MENDELSSOHN Octet for Strings

Sunday, June 5 | 3:00pm Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Lambert Orkis piano DEBUSSY Violin Sonata MENDELSSOHN Violin Sonata TBA BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 SARASATE Carmen Fantasy

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$232 $187 $187 $160 $142

Subscribe now and you can reserve your seats for these sure sellouts. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public in August.

See Page 26 for Special Seating $172 $124

$76

Alan Gilbert

Prepare to go where no audience has gone before.

Friday, November 19 | 8:00pm Saturday, November 20 | 8:00pm

Friday, December 17 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 18 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Magnus Lindberg host

Alan Gilbert conductor Magnus Lindberg host

Magnus LINDBERG New work** GRISEY Quatre chants pour

Julian ANDERSON Comedy of Change*** James MATHESON New work** Jay Alan YIM New work** LOCATION TBD

Series of 2: $35; Add-on price: $17.50

Opening Night Wednesday, September 22 | 7:30pm Alan Gilbert conductor Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Wynton Marsalis artistic director and trumpet Wynton MARSALIS New work* R. STRAUSS Don Juan HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

CONTACT! connects you with some of the most interesting, innovative, and engaging music of our time, performed by ensembles of Philharmonic musicians in more intimate and less formal settings. In addition to the music itself, each CONTACT! performance includes insightful commentary from the composers and performers.

“A dynamic addition to the Philharmonic’s offerings beyond Avery Fisher Hall,” writes The New York Times; “listeners of all ages filled the hall.”

LOCATION TBD

Broadcast nationally on PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center.

Alan Gilbert conducts the U.S. Premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s new work for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. *U.S. Premiere – New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and LA Philharmonic

See Page 26 of the brochure for Seating Chart

$249 $185 $137

$115

*New York Premiere **World Premiere ***U.S. Premiere

$95

$73

Gala Seating Only

Lang Lang

New Year’s Eve Friday, December 31 | 8:00pm Alan Gilbert conductor Lang Lang piano TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II

A true mid-winter night’s dream: Alan Gilbert conducts Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist Lang Lang, and the magical second act of The Nutcracker.

Broadcast nationally on PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center.

See Page 26 of the brochure for Seating Chart

$265 $212 $160 $133 Magnus Lindberg is The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence.

CONTACT! is made possible with generous support from The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.

$93

2010 | 11 SPECIAL EVENTS

CONTACT! The New Music Series

franchir le seuil

David Robertson

Wednesday, April 27 | 6:45pm Alan Gilbert conductor

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

$220

Magnus Lindberg

Alan Gilbert

$99

$69

RUSH HOUR SERIES (RH)

When work ends, come experience a different kind of rush. Head over to the Philharmonic for an evening of music that’s guaranteed to revitalize you. Rush Hour Series concerts begin at 6:45pm and last about an hour.

2010 | 11 SEASON AT A GLANCE Anne-Sophie Mutter

The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence

Radu Lupu

One of the supreme musicians of our time, Anne-Sophie Mutter joins the Philharmonic as Artist-in-Residence for the 2010-11 season. The full range of Mutter’s artistry will be displayed in performances as orchestra soloist, chamber musician, director, and a leading champion of new music for violin and orchestra.

Chamber Concerts Sunday, November 14 | 3:00 pm Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Yuri Bashmet viola Lynn Harrell cello BEETHOVEN String Trio in C minor BEETHOVEN Serenade in D major BEETHOVEN String Trio in E-flat major

Wednesday, January 19 | 6:45pm Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Radu Lupu piano

Sunday, April 3 | 3:00pm Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Roman Patkoló bass Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

Wednesday, June 8 | 6:45pm David Robertson conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 5

RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

ˇ DVORÁK Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola Wolfgang RIHM New work for Violin and Double Bass** Krzysztof PENDERECKI New work for Violin and Double Bass** MENDELSSOHN Octet for Strings

Sunday, June 5 | 3:00pm Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Lambert Orkis piano DEBUSSY Violin Sonata MENDELSSOHN Violin Sonata TBA BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 SARASATE Carmen Fantasy

See Page 26 of the brochure for Seating Chart

$232 $187 $187 $160 $142

Subscribe now and you can reserve your seats for these sure sellouts. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public in August.

See Page 26 for Special Seating $172 $124

$76

Alan Gilbert

Prepare to go where no audience has gone before.

Friday, November 19 | 8:00pm Saturday, November 20 | 8:00pm

Friday, December 17 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 18 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Magnus Lindberg host

Alan Gilbert conductor Magnus Lindberg host

Magnus LINDBERG New work** GRISEY Quatre chants pour

Julian ANDERSON Comedy of Change*** James MATHESON New work** Jay Alan YIM New work** LOCATION TBD

Series of 2: $35; Add-on price: $17.50

Opening Night Wednesday, September 22 | 7:30pm Alan Gilbert conductor Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Wynton Marsalis artistic director and trumpet Wynton MARSALIS New work* R. STRAUSS Don Juan HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

CONTACT! connects you with some of the most interesting, innovative, and engaging music of our time, performed by ensembles of Philharmonic musicians in more intimate and less formal settings. In addition to the music itself, each CONTACT! performance includes insightful commentary from the composers and performers.

“A dynamic addition to the Philharmonic’s offerings beyond Avery Fisher Hall,” writes The New York Times; “listeners of all ages filled the hall.”

LOCATION TBD

Broadcast nationally on PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center.

Alan Gilbert conducts the U.S. Premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s new work for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. *U.S. Premiere – New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and LA Philharmonic

See Page 26 of the brochure for Seating Chart

$249 $185 $137

$115

*New York Premiere **World Premiere ***U.S. Premiere

$95

$73

Gala Seating Only

Lang Lang

New Year’s Eve Friday, December 31 | 8:00pm Alan Gilbert conductor Lang Lang piano TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II

A true mid-winter night’s dream: Alan Gilbert conducts Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist Lang Lang, and the magical second act of The Nutcracker.

Broadcast nationally on PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center.

See Page 26 of the brochure for Seating Chart

$265 $212 $160 $133 Magnus Lindberg is The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence.

CONTACT! is made possible with generous support from The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.

$93

2010 | 11 SPECIAL EVENTS

CONTACT! The New Music Series

franchir le seuil

David Robertson

Wednesday, April 27 | 6:45pm Alan Gilbert conductor

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

$220

Magnus Lindberg

Alan Gilbert

$99

$69

CONTACT! The New Music Series Prepare to go where no audience has gone before.

CONTACT! connects you with some of the most interesting, innovative, and engaging music of our time, performed by ensembles of Philharmonic musicians in more intimate and less formal settings. In addition to the music itself, each CONTACT! performance includes insightful commentary from the composers and performers. “A dynamic addition to the Philharmonic’s offerings beyond Avery Fisher Hall,” writes The New York Times; “listeners of all ages filled the hall.”

Friday, November 19 | 8:00pm Saturday, November 20 | 8:00pm

Friday, December 17 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 18 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Magnus Lindberg host

Alan Gilbert conductor Magnus Lindberg host

Magnus LINDBERG New work** GRISEY Quatre chants pour

Julian ANDERSON Comedy

franchir le seuil

LOCATION TBD

of Change***

James MATHESON New work** Jay Alan YIM New work** LOCATION TBD

Series of 2: $35; Add-on price: $17.50

Magnus Lindberg

Magnus Lindberg is The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence.

CONTACT! is made possible with generous support from The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.

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*New York Premiere **World Premiere ***U.S. Premiere

Rush Hour (RH) When work ends, come experience a different kind of rush. Head over to the Philharmonic for an evening of music that’s guaranteed to revitalize you. Rush Hour Series concerts begin at 6:45pm and last about an hour.

Wednesday, January 19 | 6:45pm Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Radu Lupu piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

Wednesday, June 8 | 6:45pm David Robertson conductor Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

Wednesday, April 27 | 6:45pm Alan Gilbert conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 5

“An enormous ovation from the audience... it was a great beginning for Mr. Gilbert and his orchestra.”

–The New York Times

David Robertson

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$93

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Young People’s Concerts® (YPC) FOR CHILDREN 6 TO 12 YEARS OF AGE

Daniel Boico

Children have a natural curiosity about music, and there’s no better way to encourage their interest than by letting them experience live performances.

This season, we’re exploring The Ages of Music in concerts featuring compositions from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods. In only four concerts, kids will get to experience more than 300 years of symphonic tradition.

THE AGES OF MUSIC Baroque Saturday, Dec 4 | 2:00pm Here’s where it all started – the extravagance, grandeur, and drama that is Baroque music. Experience it all with music of the 17th and 18th centuries, including music

by Bach and Handel.

Classical Saturday, Jan 15 | 2:00pm Why is late-18th century music called Classical? Explore the music of a noble era, with its structure, clarity, and order. Music of Haydn, Mozart, and more.

Romantic Saturday, Mar 12 | 2:00pm The 19th century gave us some of the world’s most expressive music. Discover a world driven by emotion, adventure, and imagination, including music by Berlioz and Musorgsky.

Modern Saturday, Apr 2 | 2:00pm How did music change during the 20th century and where is it heading today?

Check out the most explosive period of musical development ever, with music of Bartók, Schoenberg, and more.

Major support provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, with additional support from The Theodore H. Barth Foundation.

MetLife Foundation is the Lead Corporate Underwriter for the New York Philharmonic’s Education Programs.

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Young People’s Concerts are hosted by Theodore Wiprud, Director of Education, and conducted by Daniel Boico.

Each Young People’s Concert is preceded at 12:45pm by KidZone Live! – an interactive music fair where kids can try out instruments, play musical games, and preview the theme of the day’s concert. Bring your child to join the fun!

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$76

$76

$40

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NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC 2010 |11 CONCERT SCHEDULE Guest Artists Program

Alan Gilbert conductor

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R. STRAUSS Don Juan MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto Henri DUTILLEUX Métaboles HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes

by Carl Maria von Weber

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Joshua Bell violin Magnus Lindberg piano Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

Alan Gilbert conductor

Pinchas Zukerman violin

Alan Gilbert conductor

Carolyn Sampson MENDELSSOHN Elijah soprano, Alice Coote mezzo-soprano, Allan Clayton tenor, Gerald Finley bass-baritone, NY Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director MOZART Violin Concerto No. 1 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 Wolfgang RIHM Lichtes Spiel** MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5

Rafael Leonidas Kavakos Frühbeck de violin Burgos conductor Women of the New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director

GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto DEBUSSY Nocturnes STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919)

Rafael Frühbeck Leonidas Kavakos de Burgos violin conductor

MOZART String Quartet in G minor, K.516 HAYDN Symphony No. 100, Military TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto

Rafael Women of the GLINKA Overture to Ruslan Frühbeck de New York and Ludmila Burgos conductor Choral Artists HAYDN Symphony No. 100, Joseph Flummerfelt Military director DEBUSSY Nocturnes STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919) Sir Colin Davis conductor

Dorothea Röschmann soprano Ian Bostridge tenor

Sir Colin Davis conductor

Nikolaj Znaider violin ELGAR Introduction and Allegro MOZART Symphony N. 36, Linz ELGAR Violin Concerto

Liang Wang oboe Philip Myers horn Philip Smith trumpet Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

VIVALDI Concerto for Four Violins, Op. 3, No. 10 Aaron Jay KERNIS a Voice, a Messenger*** HINDEMITH Horn Concerto Christopher ROUSE Oboe Concerto RAVEL Boléro

Winner of the 16th CHOPIN Piano Concerto TBD Intl. Frédéric Chopin TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Piano Competition Act II

Alan Gilbert conductor

Thomas Hampson baritone Thomas Adès piano Tal Rosner video artist

MOZART Symphony No. 40 MAHLER Kindertotenlieder Thomas ADÈS In Seven Days

Yefim Bronfman piano

Jörg WIDMANN Con brio, Concert Overture for Orchestra SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor

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Radu Lupu piano

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 ˇ DVORÁK Symphony No. 8

Alan Gilbert conductor

Karita Mattila soprano

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Ah, perfido!

SIBELIUS Selected Songs for Soprano and Orchestra NIELSEN Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments

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FEB 1

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JAN 29

MOZART Divertimento for Two Horns and Strings, K.320b NIELSEN Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments

Andris Nelsons conductor

Jonathan Biss piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

Andris Nelsons conductor

Jonathan Biss piano

MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds, K.452 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

Andrey Boreyko conductor

Branford Marsalis saxophone

HAYDN Symphony No. 60, Il distratto GLAZUNOV Concerto for Alto Saxophone SCHULHOFF Hot-Sonate for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra R. STRAUSS Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Paavo Järvi conductor

Janine Jansen violin

Daniel Harding conductor

Glenn Dicterow violin SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto Lisa Milne soprano No. 1 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Evgeny Nikitin bass-baritone

LIGETI Concert Românesc HAYDN Symphony No. 7, Le Midi BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

Olli Mustonen piano Women of the New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director

HAYDN Symphony No. 8, Le Soir BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1 LIGETI Clocks and Clouds BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

Michael Tilson Thomas conductor/host

Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

PROKOFIEV Overture in B-flat major, American Sofia GUBAIDULINA In Tempus Praesens, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra* TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2, Little Russian

Michael Tilson Thomas conductor/host

Patricia Birch director

Kurt Masur conductor

Cynthia Phelps viola LISZT Les Préludes Rebecca Young viola Sofia GUBAIDULINA Two Paths BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Alan Gilbert conductor

Emanuel Ax piano

Alan Gilbert conductor

Lisa Batiashvili violin BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Alan Gilbert conductor

Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

Erkki-Sven TÜÜR Aditus* BRITTEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

JAN 29 FEB 10

FEB 16

FEB 17

Ludovic Morlot conductor

MUSORGSKY Prelude to Khovanshchina WALTON Violin Concerto RAVEL Pavane pour une Infante défunte MUSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

MOZART String Quintet, in D major, K.593 RAVEL Pavane pour une Infante défunte MUSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

ˇ Douglas Fitch JANÁCEK The Cunning director and designer Little Vixen Isabel Bayrakdarian Fully staged soprano (Vixen) Alan Opie baritone (Forester) Marie Lenormand mezzo-soprano (Fox) Keith Jameson tenor (Schoolmaster, Mosquito)

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BEETHOVEN Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra Sebastian CURRIER Time Machines** BRUCKNER Symphony No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead SCHOENBERG Erwartung

FEB 19

FEB FEB 26 25

DEBUSSY Selections from Estampes for solo piano MESSIAEN Couleurs de la cité céleste MAHLER Symphony No. 5

David Robertson Deborah Voigt conductor soprano

FEB 11

FEB 24

MAR 1

HAYDN Symphony No. 6, Le Matin LIGETI Piano Concerto BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in Yiddish Theater Fully staged

FEB 12

FEB 12

LIGETI Concert Românesc HAYDN Symphony No. 7, Le Midi BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Gil Shaham violin

4

OCT 6

Jörg WIDMANN Con brio, Concert Overture for Orchestra SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 ˇ Symphony No. 8 DVORÁK

Alan Gilbert conductor

Matinees

(Concerto for Piano with Moving Image)*

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor

A P hilharmonic F estival

7

SEP 23

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Alan Gilbert conductor

Alan Gilbert conductor

5

SEP 28

Bernard Labadie Karina Gauvin HANDEL Messiah conductor soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux mezzo-soprano Tilman Lichdi tenor Andrew FosterWilliams bass New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director

Ludovic Morlot conductor

5

WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1 BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin Michael Francis conductor

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor

6

DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun SIBELIUS Violin Concerto R. STRAUSS Don Juan HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes

by Carl Maria von Weber

DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun SIBELIUS Violin Concerto Magnus LINDBERG Kraft †

Alan Gilbert conductor

Alan Gilbert conductor

Saturday PM

Time 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 11AM 2PM 2PM

MAHLER Symphony No. 6 Joshua Bell violin

Fri PM

Series SPA SPB SPC SPD THA THB THC THD FRA FRB SAA SAB SAC SAD FRC FRD SATM

*New York Premiere **World Premiere ***World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission † U.S. Indoor Premiere

Conductor

Thursday PM

APR 30 MAY 6

APR 29 MAY 7

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Wynton Marsalis. Anne-Sophie Mutter. Joshua Bell. Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Itzhak Perlman. Lang Lang. The Cunning Little Vixen. Mahler’s 4th, 5th and 6th Symphonies. Yefim Bronfman. Brahms’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2.

Magnus Lindberg. Deborah Voigt. Kurt Masur. Michael Tilson Thomas. Messiah.

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