New York Philharmonic 2010-2011 Season Guide

New York Philharmonic 2010-2011 Season Guide Your Guide to More Than 140 Extraordinary Concerts

Alan Gilbert Music Director

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Avery Fisher Hall

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

– The New York Times

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

Every performance is a ride. One that will transport you to unexpected places. It comes from the way Alan Gilbert conceives surprising and uniquely moving musical evenings that allow you to experience the music in a new way. It’s the fresh energy he brings to every performance, drawing acclaim from audiences and critics alike. And it’s the bond between conductor and musician that has The New York Times proclaiming, “The orchestra is playing splendidly for Mr. Gilbert. …the chemistry seems right.”

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Alan Gilbert

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Open Rehearsal at 9:45am

Coffee Bar at 9:15am *New York Premiere **World Premiere ***World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission

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Highlights of the 2010 | 11 Season Wynton Marsalis

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER THE MARY AND JAMES G. WALLACH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

OPENING NIGHT GALA Alan Gilbert and Wynton Marsalis September 22, 2010

With the New York Philharmonic:

The Opening Night Gala is generously underwritten

by BNY Mellon, Judith M. and Russell L. Carson, and Credit Suisse.

November 18–23, 2010, March 31–April 2, June 2–4, 2011 Chamber Performances: Anne-Sophie Mutter

HUNGARIAN ECHOES A Philharmonic Festival Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen March 10–26, 2011

NEW YEAR’S EVE Lang Lang and Tchaikovsky December 31, 2010

Lang Lang

November 14, 2010 April 3, June 5, 2011

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

Major support for Hungarian Echoes is provided

by The Kaplen Foundation.

Esa-Pekka Salonen Michael Tilson Thomas

The THomashefskys Music and Memories of a Life in Yiddish Theater April 5–6, 2011

VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS For Ages 3–6 Pre-schoolers enjoy classical music through games, active listening, and hands-on music-making with musicians from the New York Philharmonic, at Merkin Concert Hall.

Young People’s Concerts® For Ages 6–12 Four multimedia concerts explore The Ages of Music, 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.

To learn more about the Philharmonic’s programs for young people, go to nyphil.org/education.

MAGNUS LINDBERG THE MARIE-JOSÉE KRAVIS COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

Michael Tilson Thomas’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

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Magnus Lindberg

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THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN June 22–25, 2011

Alan Gilbert

Explore Opportunities for Young People at the Philharmonic

• Read program notes for deeper insights about the music in advance

The Cunning Little Vixen is generously sponsored

by Yoko Nagae Ceschina. Generous support provided by the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.

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Thomas Hampson

Yefim Bronfman

Joshua Bell

“A stupendous performance… .

The emotion surged through the music.”

– The New Yorker

Deborah Voigt

Kurt Masur

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Get Behind the Notes Emanuel Ax

Radu Lupu

Coffee Bar at 9:15am *New York Premiere **World Premiere ***World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission

New York Philharmonic Offstage at Barnes & Noble Meet this season’s conductors, artists, and featured composers at Barnes & Noble, 66th Street and Broadway.

For details, visit nyphil.org/bn or call 212 875 5700.

Treasures from the Archives Archival exhibits in the Bruno Walter Gallery include Dimitri Mitropoulos: A Celebration of the Philharmonic’s Music Director from Greece, marking the 50th anniversary of Mitropoulos’s death, and Mahler: His Last Months in New York marking the centennial of his death. Exhibits are presented in the Bruno Walter Gallery, located on the Grand Promenade between doors 4 and 5.

Juilliard at Night Subscribers to the Philharmonic receive a 15% discount on many non-credit classes in The Juilliard Evening Division. For a catalog, call The Juilliard School Evening Division at 212 799 5040, visit www.juilliard.edu/evening, or email evening@juilliard.edu.

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September & October Wynton Marsalis

Opening Night Gala Wed, September 22 | 7:30pm

†U.S. Premiere – New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and The Barbican.

The Opening Night Gala is generously underwritten by BNY Mellon, Judith M. and Russell L. Carson, and Credit Suisse.

Thurs, September 23 | 7:30pm • Fri, September 24 | 11:00am Sat, September 25 | 8:00pm Tues, September 28 | 7:30pm SCALE C

Itzhak Perlman

Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

Thurs, October 7 | 7:30pm Fri, October 8 | 8:00pm Tues, October 12 | 7:30pm SCALE B

Ensembles Sun, October 10 | 3:00pm Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street Bernard ANDRÈS Chants d’arrière-saison REINECKE Sextet ˇ DVORÁK Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, Op. 81

Thurs, October 14 | 7:30pm • Fri, October 15 | 2:00pm Sat, October 16 | 8:00pm SCALE C

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

CARNEGIE HALL Fri, November 12 | 8:00pm 57th Street and 7th Avenue For tickets call 212 247 7800.

Gerald Finley

MAHLER Symphony No. 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 Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Magnus Lindberg piano Chen Halevi clarinet Carter Brey cello Markus Rhoten timpani Christopher S. Lamb, Daniel Druckman percussion Juhani Liimatainen electronics

The New York Philharmonic Ensembles concerts are funded, in part, by the Zubin Mehta Fund for the Orchestra, an endowment fund created to honor the accomplishments of the Philharmonic’s former Music Director, Zubin Mehta.

Alan Gilbert conductor Pinchas Zukerman violin WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1 BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Coffee Bar at 9:15am *New York Premiere **World Premiere ***World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission

Thurs, November 18 | 7:30pm • Fri, November 19 | 11:00am Sat, November 20 | 8:00pm Tues, November 23 | 7:30pm SCALE C Anne-Sophie Mutter is the Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-inResidence. Michael Francis’s appearance is made possible through the Daisy and Paul Soros Endowment Fund. This concert is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

Barbara Hannigan

CONTACT! The New Music Series Fri, November 19 | 8:00pm Symphony Space Sat, November 20 | 7:00pm The Metropolitan Museum of Art For Symphony Space tickets, go to nyphil.org or call 212 875 5656.

For The Metropolitan Museum of Art tickets, go to www.metmuseum.org/tickets or call 212 570 3949.

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun SIBELIUS Violin Concerto Magnus LINDBERG Kraft * With New York Philharmonic musicians Nancy Allen, Pascual Martinez Forteza, Hae-Young Ham, Mindy Kaufman, Michelle Kim, Kim Laskowski, Judith LeClair, Philip Myers, Robert Rinehart, R. Allen Spanjer, Ru-Pei Yeh, and guest artist Eric Huebner

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Friends Sun, November 14 | 3:00pm SCALE B Anne-Sophie Mutter is the Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-inResidence. This concert is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Fri, November 26 | 8:00pm • † Sat, November 27 | 8:00pm SCALE C Leonidas Kavakos

• † The Open Rehearsal for this program is Wed, Nov 24, 1:30pm.

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

Sat, November 27 | 2:00pm SCALE C Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

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

Alan Gilbert

Alan Gilbert conductor Itzhak Perlman violin

Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin

Tickets are $33. To order, call Merkin Concert Hall at 212 501 3330 or visit merkinconcerthall.org.

Pinchas Zukerman

Broadcast nationally on PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center.

Wed, October 6 | 7:30pm • SCALE B

Magnus Lindberg is The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-inResidence. Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

Magnus Lindberg

Wynton MARSALIS Swing Symphony† R. STRAUSS Don Juan HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Alan Gilbert conductor

Alan Gilbert’s appearance is made possible through the Daisy and Paul Soros Endowment Fund.

Wed, November 10 | 7:30pm • Thurs, November 11 | 7:30pm Sat, November 13 | 8:00pm SCALE A

Alan Gilbert conductor Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Wynton Marsalis artistic director and trumpet

Wed, September 29 | 7:30pm • Thurs, September 30 | 7:30pm Fri, October 1 | 8:00pm SCALE A

Alan Gilbert

Joshua Bell

November

After the concert join us for a lively Q&A panel discussion with Philharmonic musicians.

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

Alan Gilbert conductor Midori violin BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto John ADAMS Harmonielehre

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 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

Alan Gilbert conductor Barbara Hannigan soprano Magnus LINDBERG New work*** GRISEY Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil Magnus Lindberg is The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence.

CONTACT! is made possible with generous support from The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. The performance of Gérard Grisey’s Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil is supported in part by the French American Fund for Contemporary Music.

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)

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin Glenn Dicterow, Michelle Kim violin Cynthia Phelps, Rebecca Young viola Eileen Moon cello MOZART String Quintet in G minor, K.516 HAYDN Symphony No. 100, Military TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto

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

Tues, November 30 | 7:30pm SCALE B

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila HAYDN Symphony No. 100, Military DEBUSSY Nocturnes STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919)

December

Fri, December 17 | 7:00pm The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sat, December 18 | 8:00pm Symphony Space

Alan Gilbert

Philip Smith

Thurs, December 2 | 7:30pm • Sat, December 4 | 8:00pm Tues, December 7 | 7:30pm SCALE A

Sir Colin Davis conductor Dorothea Röschmann soprano Ian Bostridge tenor

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

For Symphony Space tickets, go to nyphil.org or call 212 875 5656.

For the Metropolitan Museum of Art tickets, go to www.metmuseum.org/tickets or call 212 570 3949.

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

Tues, December 28 | 7:30pm • Wed, December 29 | 7:30pm Thurs, December 30 | 7:30pm SCALE A

Alan Gilbert conductor Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, Marc Ginsberg, Lisa Kim violins Philip Smith trumpet Philip Myers horn Liang Wang oboe

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Sir Colin Davis’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

Sir Colin Davis

CONTACT! The New Music Series Alan Gilbert conductor

Young People’s Concerts For Ages 6–12 Sat, December 4 | 2:00pm

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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.

Daniel Boico conductor Theodore Wiprud host THE AGES OF MUSIC: Baroque 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.

The commissioning of Aaron Jay Kernis’s a Voice, a Messenger was made possible with a generous gift from Marie-Josée Kravis. Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

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

New Year’s Eve Fri, December 31 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Lang Lang piano TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from Eugene Onegin TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II

Lang Lang Daniel Boico

Thurs, December 9 | 7:30pm • Fri, December 10 | 8:00pm Sat, December 11 | 8:00pm SCALE A Sir Colin Davis’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

Ian Bostridge

HOLIDAY BRASS Sun, December 12 | 3:00pm A New York Tradition The New York Philharmonic gratefully acknowledges support for its activities from the Gurnee and Marjorie Hart Endowment Fund.

Sir Colin Davis conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin ELGAR Introduction and Allegro MOZART Symphony No. 36, Linz ELGAR Violin Concerto

Broadcast nationally on PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center.

January Tues, January 4 | 7:30pm SCALE B

New York Philharmonic Principal Brass The Philharmonic’s Principal Brass presents our annual holiday classic filled with wit, virtuosity, and the glorious music of the season.

CHOPIN Piano Concerto TBD TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II

Thomas Hampson

ENSEMBLES Sun, December 12 | 3:00pm Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street Nikolaj Znaider

Bernard Labadie

Tickets are $33. To order, call Merkin Concert Hall at 212 501 3330 or visit merkinconcerthall.org.

GLIERE Eight Duets for Violin and Cello, Op. 39 James MATHESON Quartet for Oboe and Strings WEBER Trio in G minor, Op. 63 BRAHMS Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 Tues, December 14 | 7:30pm • Wed, December 15 | 7:30pm Thurs, December 16 | 7:30pm Fri, December 17 | 7:30pm Sat, December 18 | 7:30pm SCALE A Presented by the Robert Hekemian Family Foundation.

Alan Gilbert conductor Winner of the 16th International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition

With New York Philharmonic Musicians Eric Bartlett, Glenn Dicterow, Elizabeth Dyson, Dawn Hannay, Kuan-Cheng Lu, Anna Rabinova, Sherry Sylar, Qiang Tu, Wei Yu, Elizabeth Zeltser, and guest artists Hélène Jeanney, Tatiana Goncharova

Thurs, January 6 | 7:30pm • Fri, January 7 | 8:00pm Sat, January 8 | 8:00pm SCALE A

Alan Gilbert conductor Thomas Hampson baritone Thomas Adès piano Tal Rosner video artist

Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

MOZART Symphony No. 40 MAHLER Kindertotenlieder Thomas ADÈS In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image)*

Yefim Bronfman

Thurs, January 13 | 7:30pm • Fri, January 14 | 8:00pm Sat, January 15 | 8:00pm SCALE B

The New York Philharmonic Ensembles concerts are funded, in part, by the Zubin Mehta Fund for the Orchestra, an endowment fund created to honor the accomplishments of the Philharmonic’s former Music Director, Zubin Mehta.

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

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Yefim Bronfman piano Jörg WIDMANN Con brio, Concert Overture for Orchestra SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

Christoph von Dohnányi’s appearance is made possible through the Daisy and Paul Soros Endowment Fund. Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

Young People’s Concerts For Ages 6 to 12 Sat, January 15 | 2:00pm

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HANDEL Messiah 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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Open Rehearsal at 9:45am

Coffee Bar at 9:15am *New York Premiere **World Premiere ***World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission

†U.S. Premiere

Daniel Boico conductor Theodore Wiprud host THE AGES OF MUSIC: Classical 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.

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ENSEMBLES Sun, January 16 | 3:00pm Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street Tickets are $33. To order, call Merkin Concert Hall at 212 501 3330 or visit merkinconcerthall.org.

DEBUSSY Piano Trio in G major BRITTEN String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 BRIDGE String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, Bologna

Rush Hour Wed, January 19 | 6:45pm SCALE B Christoph von Dohnányi’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

Radu Lupu

Thurs, January 20 | 7:30pm • SCALE A Christoph von Dohnányi’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

Christoph von Dohnányi

Fri, January 21 | 8:00pm Sat, January 22 | 8:00pm SCALE B Christoph von Dohnányi’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

With New York Philharmonic Musicians Elizabeth Dyson, Hae-Young Ham, Sumire Kudo, Kuan-Cheng Lu, Judith Nelson, Robert Rinehart, Fiona Simon, Sharon Yamada, Ru-Pei Yeh, and guest artist Steven Beck.

February Thurs, February 10 | 7:30pm • Fri, February 11 | 11:00am Sat, February 12 | 8:00pm SCALE B Andris Nelsons’s debut season with the New York Philharmonic is made possible by the Kurt Masur Fund for the Philharmonic, an endowment fund created to honor the accomplishments of the Philharmonic’s Music Director Emeritus, Kurt Masur.

The New York Philharmonic Ensembles concerts are funded, in part, by the Zubin Mehta Fund for the Orchestra, an endowment fund created to honor the accomplishments of the Philharmonic’s former Music Director, Zubin Mehta.

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Radu Lupu piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

Andris Nelsons

Jonathan Biss

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

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Radu Lupu piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 ˇ DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 Branford Marsalis

VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS For Ages 3–6 Sun, January 23 | 12:30pm Sun, January 23 | 3:00pm Mon, January 24 | 10:30am Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street Karita Mattila

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

Thurs, January 27 | 7:30pm Fri, January 28 | 8:00pm Sat, January 29 | 8:00pm Tues, February 1 | 7:30pm SCALE B

Sat, January 29 | 2:00pm SCALE A After the concert join us for a lively Q&A panel discussion with Philharmonic musicians.

Alan Gilbert

Andris Nelsons’s debut season with the New York Philharmonic is made possible by the Kurt Masur Fund for the Philharmonic, an endowment fund created to honor the accomplishments of the Philharmonic’s Music Director Emeritus, Kurt Masur.

Andris Nelsons conductor Jonathan Biss piano Musicians from the New York Philharmonic MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds, K.452 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 Andrey Boreyko conductor Branford Marsalis saxophone

Thurs, February 24 | 7:30pm • Fri, February 25 | 11:00am Sat, February 26 | 8:00pm Tues, March 1 | 7:30pm SCALE B

Paavo Järvi conductor Janine Jansen violin

Tickets are $33. To order, call Merkin Concert Hall at 212 501 3330 or visit merkinconcerthall.org.

Janine Jansen

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

Wed, February 16 | 7:30pm • Thurs, February 17 | 7:30pm Fri, February 18 | 2:00pm Sat, February 19 | 8:00pm SCALE A

Ensembles Sun, February 27 | 3:00pm Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street

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

After the concert join us for a lively Q&A panel discussion with Philharmonic musicians.

Paavo Järvi’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

Rebecca Young host Dorian Rence writer and narrator Marion Schoevaert illustrator New York Philharmonic Musicians Allegro and Adagio Designed especially for 3- to 6-year-olds, Very Young People’s Concerts introduce youngsters to classical music through imaginative engagement, active listening, and hands-on music-making with members of the New York Philharmonic.

Sat, February 12 | 2:00pm SCALE B

Andris Nelsons conductor Jonathan Biss piano

DITTERSDORF Duo in E-flat major for Viola and Bass Ron WASSERMAN Quatrefoil KODÁLY Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12 SCHUMANN Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80

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

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

With New York Philharmonic musicians Nancy Allen, William Blossom, Katherine Greene, David J. Grossman, Mindy Kaufman, Lisa Kim, Hyunju Lee, Robert Rinehart, Ru-Pei Yeh, Rebecca Young, Yulia Ziskel, and guest artist Helen Huang

The New York Philharmonic Ensembles concerts are funded, in part, by the Zubin Mehta Fund for the Orchestra, an endowment fund created to honor the accomplishments of the Philharmonic’s former Music Director, Zubin Mehta.

March Glenn Dicterow

Alan Gilbert conductor Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim violin Robert Rinehart viola Eric Bartlett cello Satoshi Okamoto bass Howard Wall horn MOZART Divertimento for Two Horns and Strings, K.334 NIELSEN Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments

Thurs, March 3 | 7:30pm • Fri, March 4 | 2:00pm Sat, March 5 | 8:00pm SCALE A

Daniel Harding conductor Glenn Dicterow violin Lisa Milne soprano

HUNGARIAN ECHOES: A Philharmonic Festival Thurs, March 10 | 7:30pm • Fri, March 11 | 11:00am Sat, March 12 | 8:00pm Tues, March 15 | 7:30pm SCALE B

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

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

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund. Major support for Hungarian Echoes is provided by The Kaplen Foundation.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

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Open Rehearsal at 9:45am

Coffee Bar at 9:15am *New York Premiere **World Premiere ***World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission

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Young People’s Concerts For Ages 6 to 12 Sat, March 12 | 2:00pm

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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.

HUNGARIAN ECHOES: A Philharmonic Festival Thurs, March 17 | 7:30pm • SCALE B

Young People’s Concerts For Ages 6 to 12 Sat, April 2 | 2:00pm

Daniel Boico conductor Theodore Wiprud host THE AGES OF MUSIC: Romantic 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.

Daniel Boico

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor LIGETI Concert Românesc HAYDN Symphony No. 7, Le Midi BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Cynthia Phelps

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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.

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER AND FRIENDS Sun, April 3 | 3:00pm SCALE A

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund. Major support for Hungarian Echoes is provided by The Kaplen Foundation.

HUNGARIAN ECHOES: A Philharmonic Festival Fri, March 18 | 8:00pm Sat, March 19 | 8:00pm Tues, March 22 | 7:30pm SCALE B

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund. Major support for Hungarian Echoes is provided by The Kaplen Foundation.

HUNGARIAN ECHOES: A Philharmonic Festival Thurs, March 24 | 7:30pm • Fri, March 25 | 2:00pm Sat, March 26 | 8:00pm SCALE A

Michelle DeYoung

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund. Major support for Hungarian Echoes is provided by The Kaplen Foundation.

ENSEMBLES Sun, March 27 | 3:00pm Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street

Olli Mustonen

Tickets are $33. To order, call Merkin Concert Hall at 212 501 3330 or visit merkinconcerthall.org.

Michael Tilson Thomas

J.S. BACH Cantata BWV 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BEETHOVEN Sextet in E-flat major, Op. 81b BRAHMS String Quintet in G major, Op. 111 David GROSSMAN Mood Swings

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

Alan Gilbert

Annual Erich Leinsdorf Lecture Mon, April 4 | 6:30pm Walter Reade Theatre 165 W 65th Street

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

Tickets are free and required, and will be available at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office beginning Feb 1, 2011. Go to nyphil.org/leinsdorf.

The annual Erich Leinsdorf Lecture is made possible through a generous endowment gift from Mrs. Erich Leinsdorf.

HAYDN Symphony No. 8, Le Soir BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1 LIGETI Clocks and Clouds BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin With New York Philharmonic Musicians Joseph Alessi, Duoming Ba, Eric Bartlett, Irene Breslaw, David J. Grossman, Dawn Hannay, Peter Kenote, Soohyun Kwon, Hyunju Lee, Satoshi Okamoto, Anna Rabinova, Philip Smith, Na Sun, Qiang Tu, Howard Wall, Sharon Yamada, Wei Yu, and guest artists Paolo Bordignon, Rebekah Rae Kenote

Anne-Sophie Mutter is the Mary and James G. Wallach Artistin-Residence. This concert is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. † These works were commissioned by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.

THE THOMASHEFSKYS: Music and Memories of a Life in Yiddish Theater Tues, April 5 | 7:30pm Wed, April 6 | 7:30pm SCALE A Kurt Masur

Michael Tilson Thomas’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS For Ages 3–6 Mon, April 11 | 10:30am Sun, April 17 | 12:30pm Sun, April 17 | 3:00pm Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street

The New York Philharmonic Ensembles concerts are funded, in part, by the Zubin Mehta Fund for the Orchestra, an endowment fund created to honor the accomplishments of the Philharmonic’s former Music Director, Zubin Mehta.

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

Emanuel Ax

April Thurs, March 31 | 7:30pm • Fri, April 1 | 8:00pm Sat, April 2 | 8:00pm SCALE B

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter is the Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-inResidence. Michael Tilson Thomas’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund. This concert is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The performance of Sofia Gubaidulina’s work is made possible through the Claudette Sorel Performance Endowment Fund. Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

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

Wed, April 13 | 7:30pm • Thurs, April 14 | 7:30pm Sat, April 16 | 8:00pm SCALE B The performance of Sofia Gubaidulina’s work is made possible through the Claudette Sorel Performance Endowment Fund.

Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

Open Rehearsal at 9:45am

Coffee Bar at 9:15am *New York Premiere **World Premiere ***World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission

THE AGES OF MUSIC: Modern 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.

Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Roman Patkoló bass Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, Lisa Kim, violins Cynthia Phelps, Rebecca Young, violas Carter Brey, Eileen Moon cellos BEETHOVEN String Trio in G major Wolfgang RIHM New work for Violin and Double Bass** † Krzysztof PENDERECKI New work for Violin and Double Bass**† MENDELSSOHN Octet for Strings Alan Gilbert speaker “Conductor and Orchestra” Music Director Alan Gilbert reflects on the late Erich Leinsdorf and his legacy at the New York Philharmonic, as well as on the evolution of the relationship between conductor and orchestra.

Michael Tilson Thomas conductor and host Patricia Birch director Cast to include: Judy Blazer vocalist Fully staged

Rebecca Young host Dorian Rence writer and narrator Marion Schoevaert illustrator New York Philharmonic Musicians Treble and Bass

Designed especially for 3- to 6-year-olds, Very Young People’s Concerts introduce youngsters to classical music through imaginative engagement, active listening, and hands-on music-making with members of the New York Philharmonic.

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

Rush Hour Wed, April 27 | 6:45pm • SCALE B

Alan Gilbert conductor

Thurs, April 28 | 7:30pm Fri, April 29 | 2:00pm Sat, April 30 | 8:00pm SCALE B

Alan Gilbert conductor Emanuel Ax piano

Emanuel Ax’s appearance is made possible through the Lawrence and Ronnie Ackman Family Fund for Distinguished Pianists.

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Daniel Boico conductor Theodore Wiprud host

MAHLER Symphony No. 5

DEBUSSY Selections from Estampes for solo piano MESSIAEN Couleurs de la cité céleste MAHLER Symphony No. 5 nyphil.org or call 212 875 5656

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Rush Hour Wed, June 8 | 6:45pm SCALE A

May Lisa Batiashvili

Wed, May 4 | 7:30pm • † Fri, May 6 | 8:00pm Sat, May 7 | 8:00pm SCALE B • † The Open Rehearsal for this program is on May 3, 1:30pm.

CARNEGIE HALL 120TH ANNIVERSARY Thur, May 5 | 7:00pm 57th Street and 7th Avenue For tickets call 212 247 7800.

Alan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin

David Robertson’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica David Robertson

Alan Gilbert conductor Emanuel Ax piano Gil Shaham violin Yo-Yo Ma cello Audra McDonald soprano ˇ DVORÁK Carnival Overture BEETHOVEN Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Triple ELLINGTON Songs tbd GERSHWIN An American in Paris

Presented by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

Thurs, June 9 | 7:30pm Fri, June 10 | 8:00pm Sat, June 11 | 8:00pm SCALE A

Deborah Voigt

Alan Gilbert conductor Program to include: BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

With New York Philharmonic Musicians Quan Ge, David J. Grossman, Vivek Kamath, Sumire Kudo, Robert Langevin, Kuan-Cheng Lu, Satoshi Okamoto, Tickets are $33. To order, call Merkin Concert Hall Dorian Rence, Vladimir Tsypin, Wei Yu, at 212 501 3330 or visit merkinconcerthall.org.

Yulia Ziskel, and guest artists Steven Beck, Vladimir TSYPIN Three Culinary Songs Ieva Jokubaviciute, Tomoko Kanamaru, Mikhail Svetlov for Voice and Violin György KURTÁG Bagatelles, Op. 14d The New York Philharmonic Ensembles concerts are funded, in part, by the Zubin Mehta Fund for the Orchestra, an endowment fund GLINKA Grand Sextet created to honor the accomplishments of the Philharmonic’s former SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet Music Director, Zubin Mehta.

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

Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

June Thurs, June 2 | 7:30pm • Fri, June 3 | 2:00pm Sat, June 4 | 8:00pm SCALE A Anne-Sophie Mutter is the Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence. This concert is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

Sat, June 18 | 2:00pm SCALE B

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

Ludovic Morlot

After the concert join us for a lively Q&A panel discussion with Philharmonic musicians.

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

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER IN RECITAL Sun, June 5 | 3:00pm SCALE A

Anne-Sophie Mutter

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Open Rehearsal at 9:45am

This concert is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Anne-Sophie Mutter is the Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence.

Rebecca Young host Dorian Rence writer and narrator Marion Schoevaert illustrator New York Philharmonic Musicians Forte and Piano

Isabel Bayrakdarian

Designed especially for 3- to 6-year-olds, Very Young People’s Concerts introduce youngsters to classical music through imaginative engagement, active listening, and hands-on music-making with members of the New York Philharmonic.

Coffee Bar at 9:15am *New York Premiere **World Premiere ***World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission

Wed, June 22 | 7:30pm • † Thurs, June 23 | 7:30pm Fri, June 24 | 8:00pm Sat, June 25 | 8:00pm SCALE A • † The Open Rehearsal for this program is on Jun 21,

9:45am.

The Cunning Little Vixen is generously sponsored by Yoko Nagae Ceschina. Generous support provided by the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.

Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Lambert Orkis piano DEBUSSY Violin Sonata MENDELSSOHN Violin Sonata in F major BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3 SARASATE Carmen Fantasy

Ludovic Morlot conductor Glenn Dicterow, Sheryl Staples violin Cynthia Phelps, Alan Gilbert viola Carter Brey cello MOZART String Quintet in D major, K.593 RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte Musorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Alan Gilbert Alan Gilbert

VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS For Ages 3–6 Sun, June 5 | 12:30pm Sun, June 5 | 3:00pm Mon, June 6 | 10:30am Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street

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

ENSEMBLES Sun, June 12 | 3:00pm Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street

Thurs, June 16 | 7:30pm • Fri, June 17 | 11:00am Sat, June 18 | 8:00pm SCALE B

Alan Gilbert

Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

David Robertson conductor Deborah Voigt soprano

David Robertson’s appearance is made possible through the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Conductors Endowment Fund.

Gil Shaham

FREE MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT Mon, May 30 | 8:00pm The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

David Robertson conductor

Bramwell Tovey

Alan Gilbert conductor Doug Fitch director and designer Isabel Bayrakdarian soprano (Vixen) Alan Opie baritone (Forester) Marie Lenormand mezzo-soprano (Fox) Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano (Lapak) Keith Jameson tenor (Schoolmaster, Mosquito) ˇ JANÁCEK The Cunning Little Vixen

SUMMERTIME CLASSICS

Bramwell Tovey conductor & host

June 28–July 9

Popular masterpieces in a festive atmosphere.

Visit nyphil.org/summertime in spring 2011 for more information.

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Photo Credits Cover: Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee; Page 2: Alan Gilbert by Karen Ballard; Page 3: Avery Fisher Hall by Julie Skarratt; Page 4: Wynton Marsalis by Keith Major, Anne-Sophie Mutter by Anja Frers/DG, Lang Lang by Philip Glaser, Esa-Pekka Salonen by Nicho Södling, Michael Tilson Thomas by Susan Schelling, Magnus Lindberg by Hanya Chlala, Alan Gilbert by Karen Ballard, Christoph von Dohnányi by Terry O’Neill, Thomas Hampson by Dario Acosta, Yefim Bronfman by Dario Acosta, Joshua Bell by Bill Phelps, Kurt Masur by Frans Jansen, Deborah Voigt by CAMI, Radu Lupu by Mary Robert, Emanuel Ax by Harald Haugan; Page 5: Young concertgoers by Chris Lee; Page 6; Wynton Marsalis by Keith Major, Itzhak Perlman by Akira Kinoshita, Alan Gilbert by Karen Ballard, Joshua Bell by Bill Phelps, Magnus Lindberg by Hanya Chlala, Pinchas Zukerman by Paul Labelle; Page 7: Alan Gilbert by Karen Ballard, Gerald Finley by Sim Canetty-Clarke, Anne-Sophie Mutter by Anja Frers/DG, Barbara Hannigan by Marco Borggreve, Leonidas Kavakos by Yannis Bournias, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos courtesy of NY Philharmonic; Page 8: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos courtesy of NY Philharmonic, Sir Colin Davis by Chris Lee, Daniel Boico by Michael DiVito, Ian Bostridge by Lukas Beck, Nikolaj Znaider

by George Lange, Bernard Labadie by Luc Delisle; Page 9: Alan Gilbert by Karen Ballard, Philip Smith by Chris Lee, Lang Lang by Philip Glaser, Thomas Hampson by Dario Acosta, Young People’s Concerts by Michael DiVito; Page 10: Ensembles by Michael DiVito, Radu Lupu by Mary Robert, Christoph von Dohnányi by Terry O’Neill, Very Young People’s Concerts by Michael DiVito, Karita Mattila by Lauri Eriksson, Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee; Page11: Andris Nelsons by Marco Borggreve, Jonathan Biss by Jimmy Katz, Branford Marsalis by Palma Kolansky, Janine Jansen by Felix Broede, Glenn Dicterow by Chris Lee, Pierre-Laurent Aimard by Paul Cox; Page 12: Young People’s Concerts by Michael DiVito, Esa-Pekka Salonen by Nicho Södling, Michelle DeYoung by Christian Steiner, Ollie Mustonen by Outi Montosen, Michael Tilson Thomas by Susan Schelling, Anne-Sophie Mutter by Anja Frers/DG; Page 13: Daniel Boico

by Michael DiVito, Cynthia Phelps by Chris Lee, Alan Gilbert by Karen Ballard, Kurt Masur by Frans Jansen, Very Young People’s Concerts by Michael DiVito, Emanuel Ax by Harald Haugan; Page 14: Lisa Batiashvili by Mat Hennek, Gil Shaham by Christian Steiner, Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee, Alan Gilbert by Karen Ballard; Very Young People’s Concerts by Michael DiVito, Anne-Sophie Mutter by Anja Frers/DG; Page 15: David Robertson by Dario Acosta, Deborah Voigt by CAMI, Ensembles by Michael DiVito, Ludovic Morlot by Sussie Alhburg; Isabel Bayrakdarian by Dario Acosta, Bramwell Tovey by David Cooper; Page 16: Orchestra by Chris Lee; Page 18: Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center by David Lamb

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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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