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Romantic and colorful, these concerts are the perfect centerpiece for an entertaining night with family and friends.

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Love to lose yourself in the majestic, profound pillars of the repertoire that touch you like nothing else? These concerts are for you.

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THRILLING PERFORMANCES — ALL SEASON LONG The New York Philharmonic’s 2015-16 season features more than 100 extraordinary evenings (and matinees) of the best music-making you’ll hear anywhere. Here are a few highlights:

RACHMANINOFF: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL

IN THE SPOTLIGHT THE MARIE-JOSÉE KRAVIS COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN

The Philharmonic’s first-ever Rachmaninoff festival features three nonstop weeks of the composer’s masterpieces, including four of his spectacular piano concertos performed by the electrifying 23-year-old Daniil Trifonov.

November 10–28

New York magazine says “in his own works, the orchestra swivels, surges and throws off sparks. ... He is a master of the long and lovely meditation.” Our new Composer-in-Residence contributes three original compositions to our season. Sep 25–26 LA Variations Mar 17–19 Karawane Jun 11 World Premiere (part of NY PHIL BIENNIAL)

THE MARY AND JAMES G. WALLACH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

ERIC OWENS

RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra Daniil Trifonov

RACHMANINOFF A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL

The renowned bass-baritone joins the Philharmonic for a full range of concerts: Oct 14–15 In Their Footsteps: Great African-American Singers and Their Legacy Dec 18–19 Holidays with the Philharmonic Jan 7–12 R. Strauss Selected Songs, selections from Wagner’s Die Walküre May 12–14 Selections from Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn May 14 Young People’s Concerts: Story and Song

NACT! COT

This year, CONTACT! collaborates with SubCulture and The Metropolitan Museum of Art to explore contemporary music from around the world. For dates and programs, check nyphil.org/contact.

“We still sat riveted at Daniil Trifonov, the 23-year-old Russian capable of making the hardiest critic go weak at the knees.” — Times (London)

ALSO Nov 10 Rachmaninoff and his Circle A Co-Presentation of the New York Festival of Song and Kaufman Music Center

Nov 22 Chamber Music at 92nd Street Y A Co-Presentation of the New York Philharmonic and the 92nd Street Y

MESSIAEN WEEK

WORLD PREMIERES

Explore the many dimensions of this free-thinking French composer’s music in this week-long festival of concerts and events.

Oct 1–3

Mar 10–12

Turangalîla-symphonie with Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Dec 10–12 Andrew NORMAN Piano concerto

Mar 13

Apr 27–30

Quartet for the End of Time at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur with Alan Gilbert, violin

TBA

CONTACT! concert and Messiaen symposium 6

Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, and 4 The Isle of the Dead Symphony No. 3 Symphonic Dances

Marc NEIKRUG Canta-Concerto

Franck KRAWCZYK New work tba

Jun 9

William BOLCOM Trombone Concerto (part of NY PHIL BIENNIAL)

Throughout the program, keep an eye out for concerts marked “Special Event.” Subscribe today and you’ll have access to these performances before they go on sale to the general public in August.

THE ART OF THE SCORE: Film Week at the Philharmonic Alec Baldwin, Artistic Advisor

OPENING GALA CONCERT

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Thursday, September 24 | 7:30pm Alan Gilbert conductor Lang Lang piano

GRIEG Piano Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

MAURIZIO POLLINI Friday, October 16 | 8:00pm

ON THE WATERFRONT Friday, September 18 | 7:30pm David Newman conductor BERNSTEIN On the Waterfront World Premiere–live score with complete film

Experiencing Marlon Brando’s white-hot Oscar-winning performance is reason enough to see On the Waterfront; pair it with Leonard Bernstein’s shattering score performed live by the full New York Philharmonic, and it’s a must-see.

Alan Gilbert conductor Maurizio Pollini piano

CHINESE NEW YEAR Tuesday, February 9 | 7:30pm Long Yu conductor Nancy Allen harp

THE GODFATHER Saturday, September 19 | 8:00pm Monday, September 21 | 7:30pm Justin Freer conductor ROTA The Godfather New York Premiere–live score with complete film

Brando’s second Oscar-winning role, Francis Ford Coppola’s epic saga, and Nino Rota’s unforgettable music performed live by the New York Philharmonic — it’s an offer you can’t refuse.

In his historic return to the Philharmonic after a 20-year absence, this grand master of the piano performs Chopin’s First Piano Concerto. Also on the program: Tchaikovsky and Berlioz.

Featuring Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women by Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), a multimedia symphony for harp, orchestra and film.

HOLIDAYS WITH THE PHILHARMONIC

NEW YEAR’S EVE: LA VIE PARISIENNE

Friday, December 18 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 19 | 2:00pm

Thursday, December 31 | 7:30pm

The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus joins the Philharmonic for a heart-warming concert of holiday favorites. Bonus: Artist-in-Residence Eric Owens performs “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”

Ring in the New Year with an evening of fizzy French treats, including selections from Offenbach’s Le Gaîté parisienne and Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals. Conducted by Alan Gilbert with pianists Makoto Ozone and Inon Barnatan and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham.

SEPTEMBER–NOVEMBER 2015

Here it is. The complete 2015–16 New York Philharmonic season. To create your own series, just pick four or more of your favorite concerts from the following pages and order now, before the best seats are gone.

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EVENING CONCERTS

THE ART OF THE SCORE: Film Week at the Philharmonic Alec Baldwin, THE ART OF THE SCORE Artistic Advisor

ON THE WATERFRONT

David Newman conductor

Friday, September 18 | 7:30pm $97.50 $87.50 $77.50 $67.50 $57.50 $47.50

BERNSTEIN On the Waterfront

THE GODFATHER

Justin Freer conductor

Saturday, September 19 | 8:00pm Monday, September 21 | 7:30pm September 19 $127.50 $117.50 $97.50 $77.50 $67.50 $57.50 September 21 $101.50 $91.50 $77.50 $67.50 $61.50 $51.50

World Premiere–live score with complete film

ROTA The Godfather

New York Premiere–live score with complete film

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OPENING GALA CONCERT WITH LANG LANG Thursday, September 24 | 7:30pm $261.50 $191.50 $127.50 $117.50 $101.50 $81.50 Available now as an Add-On to your Create Your Own Series.

Alan Gilbert conductor Lang Lang piano GRIEG Piano Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Friday, September 25 | 8:00pm Saturday, September 26 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor

Wednesday, September 30 | 7:30pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Emanuel Ax piano

Esa-Pekka SALONEN LA Variations MAHLER Symphony No. 5

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

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– Hyunju Lee

Thursday, October 1 | 7:30pm Saturday, October 3 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Emanuel Ax piano BRAHMS Tragic Overture Marc NEIKRUG Canta-Concerto

World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

E - Evenings on the Town M - The Masters A - Musical Adventures Gala Seating

Wednesday, October 14 | 7:30pm Thursday, October 15 | 7:30pm

Thomas Wilkins conductor Eric Owens host and curator

IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS:

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Great African-American Singers and Their Legacy In this moving evening of powerful music combined with rarely seen historical footage, we celebrate four American legends: Marian Anderson, William Warfield, Betty Allen, and George Shirley.

CHOPIN WITH MAURIZIO POLLINI

Friday, October 16 | 8:00pm $120.50 $92.50 $81.50 $67.50 $56.50 $35.50 Available now as an Add-On to your Create Your Own Series.

Wednesday, October 21 | 7:30pm Thursday, October 22 | 7:30pm Saturday, October 24 | 8:00pm

“I wanted to look back at some of the African American singers who have, in many ways, paved the way for me. They brought a lot of heart, soul, and intellect to their music-making and in how they let their light shine. I wanted to honor and thank them.”

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– Eric Owens, on In Their Footsteps

Alan Gilbert conductor Maurizio Pollini piano BERLIOZ Le Corsaire Overture TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1

Semyon Bychkov conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Gautier Capuçon cello Detlev GLANERT Brahms-Fantasie BRAHMS Double Concerto for Violin and Cello BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Thursday, October 29 | 7:30pm Saturday, October 31 | 8:00pm

Jaap van Zweden conductor Inon Barnatan piano BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Wednesday, November 4 | 7:30pm ◆ Thursday, November 5 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, November 6 | 8:00pm ◆ Saturday, November 7 | 8:00pm ◆

Alan Gilbert conductor Philip Myers horn Musicians from the New York Philharmonic MOZART Divertimento in D major, K.136/125a MOZART Horn Concerto No. 2 MOZART Serenade for 13 Winds, Gran partita

“Brahms is all about human emotions.”

– Lisa Batiashvili

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RACHMANINOFF: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL

EVENING CONCERTS

Cristian Ma˘celaru conductor Daniil Trifonov piano

Thursday, November 19 | 7:30pm Saturday, November 21 | 8:00pm

Neeme Järvi conductor Daniil Trifonov piano

RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2

RACHMANINOFF/Orch A. Leytush Russian Song, Op. 11, No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

Tuesday, November 24 | 7:30pm Friday, November 27 | 8:00pm Saturday, November 28 | 8:00pm

Thursday, December 10 | 7:30pm Friday, December 11 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 12 | 8:00pm

Ludovic Morlot conductor Daniil Trifonov piano RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

James Gaffigan conductor Jeffrey Kahane piano BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 Andrew NORMAN Piano concerto

World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission

R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

“Rachmaninoff was always changing the interpretations of his own works. He does many things that are not written in his own score, so, there is always freedom for the performer.”

Tuesday, December 15 | 7:30pm Wednesday, December 16 | 7:30pm Thursday, December 17 | 7:30pm Saturday, December 19 | 7:30pm

Jane Glover conductor Heidi Stober soprano Tim Mead countertenor Paul Appleby tenor Roderick Williams baritone Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director HANDEL Messiah

– Daniil Trifonov

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HOLIDAYS WITH THE PHILHARMONIC Friday, December 18 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 19 | 2:00pm $77.50 $67.50 $57.50 $47.50 $37.50 Available now as an Add-On to your Create Your Own Series.

Conductor tba Eric Owens bass-baritone New York City Gay Men’s Chorus Program to include: HAGUE & DR. SEUSS/Arr. and Orch. T. Firth “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”

Live Concert Previews Learn about the music you’ll hear in Pre-Concert Insights one hour before each concert. Email Updates Program notes, artist interviews, and audio clips emailed to you: only the New York Philharmonic does so much to help you enjoy the music more.

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Learn more about subscriber benefits at nyphil.org/benefits Tuesday, December 29 | 7:30pm Wednesday, December 30 | 7:30pm Saturday, January 2 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Finlandia

NEW YEAR’S EVE: LA VIE PARISIENNE

Alan Gilbert conductor Susan Graham mezzo-soprano Inon Barnatan piano Makoto Ozone piano

Available now as an Add-On to your Create Your Own Series.

Program to include: SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Princess OFFENBACH Selections from Gaîté parisienne

Thursday, December 31 | 7:30pm $277.50 $197.50 $157.50 $127.50 $107.50 $91.50

Thursday, January 7 | 7:30pm Friday, January 8 | 8:00pm Saturday, January 9 | 8:00pm Tuesday, January 12 | 7:30pm

Thursday, January 14 | 7:30pm Saturday, January 16 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Heidi Melton soprano Eric Owens bass-baritone SIBELIUS En Saga R. STRAUSS Selected Songs WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries and Final Scene from Act III of Die Walküre

Alan Gilbert conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann violin RESPIGHI Church Windows Magnus LINDBERG Violin Concerto No. 2

U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

“Something in his music is so universal. It’s so deep. And with just one note or this one kind of phrase that is so typically Sibelius, he can conjure up pictures of entire populations and entire natural landscapes.” – Alan Gilbert

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“I started to imagine a circus lost in time and space, in endless slow motion through strange landscapes towards the next performance with or without audience, no purpose other than to keep moving.” – Esa-Pekka Salonen, on his work Karawane

Wednesday, January 27 | 7:30pm Thursday, January 28 | 7:30pm Friday, January 29 | 8:00pm Saturday, January 30 | 8:00pm ◆

Juanjo Mena conductor James Ehnes violin

Wednesday, February 3 | 7:30pm Thursday, February 4 | 7:30pm Friday, February 5 | 8:00pm Saturday, February 6 | 8:00pm ◆

Charles Dutoit conductor Yuja Wang piano

CHINESE NEW YEAR

Tuesday, February 9 | 7:30pm $67.50 $57.50 $47.50 $37.50 Available now as an Add-On to your Create Your Own Series.

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9, Jeunehomme RESPIGHI Roman Festivals RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome RESPIGHI Pines of Rome Long Yu conductor Nancy Allen harp Program to include: LI Huanzhi Spring Festival Overture TAN DUN Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women, for harp and orchestra New York Premiere

Thursday, February 11 | 7:30pm Friday, February 12 | 8:00pm Saturday, February 13 | 8:00pm Tuesday, February 16 | 7:30pm

Semyon Bychkov conductor

Thursday, February 18 | 7:30pm Saturday, February 20 | 8:00pm Tuesday, February 23 | 7:30pm

Juraj Valcˇ uha conductor Yefim Bronfman piano

Thursday, February 25 | 7:30pm Saturday, February 27 | 8:00pm Tuesday, March 1 | 7:30pm

Christoph Eschenbach conductor Baiba Skride violin

MAHLER Symphony No. 6

KODÁLY Dances of Galánta LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 DVORˇ ÁK The Water Goblin RAVEL La Valse

DVORˇ ÁK Carnival Overture BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

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Gala Seating

Thursday, March 3 | 7:30pm Friday, March 4 | 8:00pm Saturday, March 5 | 8:00pm ◆ Tuesday, March 8 | 7:30pm ◆

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Camilla Tilling soprano Matthias Goerne baritone New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director BRAHMS A German Requiem

Thursday, March 10 | 7:30pm Friday, March 11 | 8:00pm Saturday, March 12 | 8:00pm

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Yuja Wang piano

Thursday, March 17 | 7:30pm Friday, March 18 | 8:00pm Saturday, March 19 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director

“Beethoven was an artist of extraordinary power. It was as if he was writing for all of humanity and about all of humanity.” – Manfred Honeck

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MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Suite from The Age of Gold Esa-Pekka SALONEN Karawane New York Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday, March 30 | 7:30pm Thursday, March 31 | 7:30pm Saturday, April 2 | 8:00pm Tuesday, April 5 | 7:30pm

Bramwell Tovey conductor Joyce Yang piano Emily Fons mezzo-soprano

Thursday, April 7 | 7:30pm ◆ Saturday, April 9 | 8:00pm ◆ Tuesday, April 12 | 7:30pm ◆

Manfred Honeck conductor Liang Wang oboe

MASSENET Ballet Music from Le Cid FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat (complete ballet)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto SUPPÉ Poet and Peasant Overture

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Thursday, April 14 | 7:30pm Friday, April 15 | 8:00pm Saturday, April 16 | 8:00pm Tuesday, April 19 | 7:30pm

Bernard Haitink conductor

Wednesday, April 20 | 7:30pm Thursday, April 21 | 7:30pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Stefan Vinke tenor Thomas Hampson baritone

MAHLER Symphony No. 9

SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde

Wednesday, April 27 | 7:30pm Thursday, April 28 | 7:30pm Saturday, April 30 | 8:00pm

Alan Gilbert conductor Carter Brey cello Franck KRAWCZYK New work

World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission, with the support of the Kravis Prize for New Music

SCHUMANN Cello Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

Thursday, May 12 | 7:30pm Friday, May 13 | 8:00pm Saturday, May 14 | 8:00pm

John Storgårds conductor Eric Owens bass-baritone

Thursday, May 26 | 7:30pm Saturday, May 28 | 8:00pm

David Robertson conductor Alan Baer tuba Musicians from the New York Philharmonic Women’s Chorus tba

SCHUMANN Genoveva Overture MAHLER Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

ELGAR Introduction and Allegro John WILLIAMS Tuba Concerto HOLST The Planets

“The power of Holst’s The Planets leaves one feeling transported through an amazing journey!”

Thursday, June 2 | 7:30pm Friday, June 3 | 8:00pm Saturday, June 4 | 8:00pm

Conductor/violin tba Program to include: VIVALDI The Four Seasons

- Sheryl Staples

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MAY 31 – JUNE 11, 2016 Immerse yourself in a veritable playground of new music– 12 days of horizon-stretching, genre-bending music from around the world, combined into a singular New York festival. It’s a time to revel and be delighted. Let’s Play. “Perhaps the most ambitious and extensive contemporarymusic festival yet overseen by an American orchestra.”

— The New York Times

Details to come this spring.

2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL PARTNERS: YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC’S NEW MUSIC NEW HAVEN, ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL’S ASPEN CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE, INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA, LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, GOTHAM CHAMBER OPERA, AND AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA Artists to include The Knights, Jennifer Koh, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and San Francisco Girls Chorus

MATINEES

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Friday, October 23 Semyon Bychkov conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Gautier Capuçon cello

Friday, December 18 Jane Glover conductor Heidi Stober soprano Tim Mead countertenor Paul Appleby tenor Roderick Williams baritone Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

E “Brahms’s music always touches me deeply. Even his jolly, major-themed melody has a dark feeling to it, and that’s what’s so amazing and beautiful about it. It makes me think maybe he was never really happy, but wanted to imagine happiness through music.” – Yoobin Son, on Brahms’s Symphony No. 1

Friday, April 29 Alan Gilbert conductor Carter Brey cello Franck KRAWCZYK New work

World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission, with the support of the Kravis Prize for New Music

RACHMANINOFF: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL Friday, November 20 Neeme Järvi conductor Daniil Trifonov piano

Friday, February 26 Christoph Eschenbach conductor Baiba Skride violin

Friday, April 8 ◆ Manfred Honeck conductor Liang Wang oboe

Friday, April 22 Alan Gilbert conductor Stefan Vinke tenor Thomas Hampson baritone

RACHMANINOFF: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL

Saturday, November 28 Ludovic Morlot conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic Program to include: RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

Saturday, January 9 Alan Gilbert conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic GRIEG String Quartet SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4

SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde

Saturday, October 31 Jaap van Zweden conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic MOZART Wind Serenade in C minor BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto SUPPÉ Poet and Peasant Overture

Friday, April 1 Bramwell Tovey conductor Joyce Yang piano Emily Fons mezzo-soprano MASSENET Ballet Music from Le Cid FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat (complete ballet)

Friday, February 19 Juraj Valcˇ uha conductor Yefim Bronfman piano KODÁLY Dances of Galánta LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 ˇ ÁK The Water Goblin DVOR RAVEL La Valse

Our popular Saturday Matinee Concerts are more than just concerts: they’re triple features. Each concert features a chamber music gem and a performance starring the full New York Philharmonic. An entertaining and engaging panel discussion with Philharmonic musicians completes the afternoon.

DVORˇ ÁK Carnival Overture BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

RESPIGHI Church Windows Magnus LINDBERG Violin Concerto No. 2

U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Friday, October 30 Jaap van Zweden conductor Inon Barnatan piano

RACHMANINOFF/Orch A. Leytush Russian Song, Op. 11, No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

HANDEL Messiah Friday, January 15 Alan Gilbert conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann violin

SATURDAY 2PM MATINEE

BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Detlev GLANERT Brahms-Fantasie BRAHMS Double Concerto for Violin and Cello BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

FRIDAY 2PM MATINEE

Saturday, May 28 David Robertson conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic Women’s Chorus tba PROKOFIEV Quintet HOLST The Planets

Friday, May 27 David Robertson conductor Alan Baer tuba Musicians from the New York Philharmonic Women’s Chorus tba ELGAR Introduction and Allegro John WILLIAMS Tuba Concerto HOLST The Planets

SCHUMANN Cello Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

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Ages 6–12 | Saturdays at 2:00pm

ONCE UPON A TIME

Stories, poems, legends, tales of heroes and villains all come to life in music by great composers. Join the New York Philharmonic for a season of drama and whimsy that will inspire a lifelong love of symphonic music.

Fables and Folktales

Babble and Verse

December 12 When melodies and instruments identify with characters, stories come vividly to life in your imagination. Featuring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.

March 19 What happens when a nonsense poem becomes music? Find the drama and humor in music by Composer-in-Residence Esa-Pekka Salonen and others.

Myths and Legends January 23 The music of Jean Sibelius so embodied the Finnish epic Kalevala as to inspire Finnish independence. Discover the sweeping sounds of Nordic myth as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Sibelius’s birth.

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YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS

Story and Song May 14 Music plus words equals song. Add characters and you have opera. Join Artist-in-Residence Eric Owens to hear how songs can bloom with the orchestra, and how characters come to life in opera, with music by Gershwin and Mahler.

Young People’s Concerts are hosted by Theodore Wiprud, Vice President, Education. MetLife Foundation is the lead corporate underwriter for the New York Philharmonic’s Education Programs.

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC DONORS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

Revenue from ticket sales covers only one-third of the costs needed to present the extraordinary programs described in this brochure, as well as the transformative educational experiences that the Philharmonic offers in schools throughout the tri-state area. Your tax-deductible contribution will help continue this tradition of excellence by supporting:

INNOVATIVE CONCERT PROGRAMMING that reimagines what an orchestra can be in the 21st century and advances the Philharmonic’s role in the cultural life of New York City and the world WEEKLY RADIO BROADCASTS that reach millions of listeners worldwide each season ACCLAIMED EDUCATION PROGRAMS that help nurture a lifelong love of music and concert-going for more than 40,000 students, teachers, families, and music professionals each year FREE CONCERTS IN THE PARKS that continue a beloved summertime tradition for New Yorkers of all ages and all walks of life NEW TECHNOLOGY including mobile box office that connects you to the Philharmonic wherever you are DISCOUNTED TICKETS that share the rich musical resources of the Philharmonic with students, senior citizens, and community groups FREE FRIDAYS that invite young people ages 13–26 to hear the Orchestra for free at every Friday evening subscription concert For special access to performances and other insider privileges, please make a contribution today with your subscription order or contact us at 212 875 5381 or nyphil.org/support.

WE APPLAUD OUR SPONSORS

The New York Philharmonic works with its corporate partners to enhance brand awareness and visibility while providing unique opportunities for client entertainment. Sponsorships are supported by our extensive marketing platform, highly desirable audience and patron demographics, and one-of-a-kind Philharmonic events. We would be pleased to customize a plan to fulfill your business objectives.