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THIRD SYMPHONY AND PIANO CONCERTO NO. 4
Neeme Järvi conductor Daniil Trifonov piano Thursday, November 19 | 7:30pm Friday, November 20 | 2:00pm Saturday, November 21 | 8:00pm
RACHMANINOFF/Orch. A. Leytush Russian Song, Op. 11, No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS MAHLER
Alan Gilbert conductor
Friday, September 25 | 8:00pm Saturday, September 26 | 8:00pm
Esa-Pekka SALONEN LA Variations MAHLER Symphony No. 5
THIRD PIANO CONCERTO AND SYMPHONIC DANCES
Ludovic Morlot conductor Daniil Trifonov piano
Daniil Trifonov
Tuesday, November 24 | 7:30pm Friday, November 27 | 8:00pm Saturday, November 28 | 8:00pm
BEETHOVEN AND BRAHMS
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
Alan Gilbert conductor Emanuel Ax piano Wednesday, September 30 | 7:30pm
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN AND STRAUSS
James Gaffigan conductor Jeffrey Kahane piano
Emanuel Ax
Thursday, December 10 | 7:30pm Friday, December 11 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 12 | 8:00pm
EMANUEL AX AND BRAHMS
Alan Gilbert conductor Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Emanuel Ax piano Thursday, October 1 | 7:30pm Saturday, October 3 | 8:00pm
BRAHMS Tragic Overture Marc NEIKRUG Canta-Concerto
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Jane Glover conductor Heidi Stober soprano Tim Mead countertenor Paul Appleby tenor Roderick Williams baritone Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director Tuesday, December 15 | 7:30pm Wednesday, December 16 | 7:30pm Thursday, December 17 | 7:30pm Friday, December 18 | 11:00am Saturday, December 19 | 7:30pm
IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS: GREAT AFRICAN AMERICAN SINGERS AND THEIR LEGACY
Thomas Wilkins conductor Eric Owens host and curator
IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS:
Wednesday, October 14 | 7:30pm Thursday, October 15 | 7:30pm
Great African American Singers and Their Legacy In this evening of powerful music combined with rarely seen historical footage, we celebrate four American legends: Marian Anderson, William Warfield, Betty Allen, and George Shirley.
World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Jeffrey Kahane
World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
Gautier Capuçon
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 Andrew NORMAN Piano concerto
HANDEL Messiah
JOSHUA BELL
Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin
Joshua Bell
Tuesday, December 29 | 7:30pm Wednesday, December 30 | 7:30pm Saturday, January 2 | 8:00pm
BATIASHVILI, BRAHMS, AND CAPUÇON
SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Finlandia
Semyon Bychkov conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Gautier Capuçon cello Lisa Batiashvili
Detlev GLANERT Brahms-Fantasie BRAHMS Double Concerto for Violin and Cello BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Wednesday, October 21 | 7:30pm Thursday, October 22 | 7:30pm Friday, October 23 | 11:00am Saturday, October 24 | 8:00pm
WAGNER AND STRAUSS
Alan Gilbert conductor Heidi Melton soprano Eric Owens bass-baritone
MOZART AND BEETHOVEN
Alan Gilbert
Jaap van Zweden conductor Inon Barnatan piano BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Thursday, October 29 | 7:30pm Friday, October 30 | 2:00pm Saturday, October 31 | 8:00pm
Jaap van Zweden
Alan Gilbert conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann violin
Thursday, January 14 | 7:30pm Friday, January 15 | 11:00am Saturday, January 16 | 8:00pm
Alan Gilbert conductor Philip Myers horn Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Eric Owens
Cristian Ma˘celaru 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 Frank Peter Zimmermann
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U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN AND BRUCKNER
Juanjo Mena conductor James Ehnes violin Wednesday, January 27 | 7:30pm Thursday, January 28 | 7:30pm Friday, January 29 | 8:00pm Saturday, January 30 | 8:00pm ◆
SECOND PIANO CONCERTO AND RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI
Wednesday, November 11 | 7:30pm ◆ Thursday, November 12 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, November 13 | 8:00pm ◆ Saturday, November 14 | 8:00pm ◆ Tuesday, November 17 | 7:30pm
RESPIGHI Church Windows Magnus LINDBERG Violin Concerto No. 2 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
MOZART Divertimento in D major, K.136/125a MOZART Horn Concerto No. 2 MOZART Serenade for 13 Winds, Gran partita
RACHMANINOFF: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL Inon Barnatan
SIBELIUS En Saga R. STRAUSS Songs WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries and Final Scene from Act III of Die Walküre
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS THE RITE OF SPRING
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS ALL-MOZART
Wednesday, November 4 | 7:30pm ◆ Thursday, November 5 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, November 6 | 8:00pm ◆ Saturday, November 7 | 8:00pm ◆
Thursday, January 7 | 7:30pm Friday, January 8 | 8:00pm Saturday, January 9 | 8:00pm Tuesday, January 12 | 7:30pm
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6
WANG, MOZART, AND PINES OF ROME
MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 9
Charles Dutoit conductor Yuja Wang piano Wednesday, February 3 | 7:30pm Thursday, February 4 | 7:30pm Friday, February 5 | 8:00pm Saturday, February 6 | 8:00pm ◆
Bernard Haitink conductor MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9, Jeunehomme RESPIGHI Roman Festivals RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Thursday, April 14 | 7:30pm Friday, April 15 | 8:00pm Saturday, April 16 | 8:00pm Tuesday, April 19 | 7:30pm
MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 6
GILBERT, SIBELIUS, AND MAHLER
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Thursday, February 11 | 7:30pm Friday, February 12 | 8:00pm Saturday, February 13 | 8:00pm Tuesday, February 16 | 7:30pm
Yuja Wang
Alan Gilbert conductor Stefan Vinke tenor Thomas Hampson baritone MAHLER Symphony No. 6
Thomas Hampson Carter Brey
Wednesday, April 27 | 7:30pm Thursday, April 28 | 7:30pm Friday, April 29 | 2:00pm Saturday, April 30 | 8:00pm
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 DVORˇ ÁK The Water Goblin RAVEL La Valse
DVORˇ ÁK AND BARTÓK
Thursday, May 12 | 7:30pm Friday, May 13 | 8:00pm Saturday, May 14 | 8:00pm
BRAHMS A German Requiem
Alan Gilbert
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
GILBERT AND KAVAKOS
Alan Gilbert conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director Thursday, March 17 | 7:30pm Friday, March 18 | 8:00pm Saturday, March 19 | 8:00pm
Wednesday, March 30 | 7:30pm Thursday, March 31 | 7:30pm Friday, April 1 | 11:00am Saturday, April 2 | 8:00pm Tuesday, April 5 | 7:30pm
David Robertson
MASSENET Ballet Music from Le Cid FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat (complete ballet)
Program to include: VIVALDI The Four Seasons
SATU RDAY MATI N E ES ALSO AVAI LAB LE Saturday, October 31 | 2:00pm Saturday, November 28 | 2:00pm Saturday, January 9 | 2:00pm Saturday, May 28 | 2:00pm
New York Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission, with the generous support of Marie-Josee Kravis, with Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey conductor Joyce Yang piano Virginie Verez mezzo-soprano Leonidas Kavakos
Thursday, June 2 | 7:30pm Friday, June 3 | 8:00pm Saturday, June 4 | 8:00pm
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Suite from The Age of Gold Esa-Pekka SALONEN Karawane
TOVEY, YANG, AND FALLA
ELGAR Introduction and Allegro John WILLIAMS Tuba Concerto HOLST The Planets
Conductor/violin tba
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Yuja Wang piano TBD ondes Martenot
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Thursday, May 26 | 7:30pm Friday, May 27 | 2:00pm Saturday, May 28 | 8:00pm
VIVALDI’S THE FOUR SEASONS
SALONEN AND MESSIAEN
Thursday, March 10 | 7:30pm Friday, March 11 | 8:00pm Saturday, March 12 | 8:00pm
SCHUMANN Genoveva Overture MAHLER Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
HOLST’S THE PLANETS David Robertson conductor Alan Baer tuba Musicians from the New York Philharmonic Women’s Chorus tba
Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Camilla Tilling soprano Matthias Goerne baritone New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt director Thursday, March 3 | 7:30pm Friday, March 4 | 8:00pm Saturday, March 5 | 8:00pm ◆ Tuesday, March 8 | 7:30pm ◆
World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission, with the support of the Kravis Prize for New Music
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
John Storgårds conductor Eric Owens bass-baritone
DVORˇ ÁK Carnival Overture BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8
BRAHMS'S A GERMAN REQUIEM
Christoph von Dohnányi
Franck KRAWCZYK New work
MAHLER AND SIBELIUS
Christoph Eschenbach conductor Baiba Skride violin Thursday, February 25 | 7:30pm Friday, February 26 | 2:00pm Saturday, February 27 | 8:00pm Tuesday, March 1 | 7:30pm
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Alan Gilbert conductor Carter Brey cello
Juraj Valcˇ uha conductor Yefim Bronfman piano
Yefim Bronfman
Wednesday, April 20 | 7:30pm Thursday, April 21 | 7:30pm Friday, April 22 | 11:00am
BRAHMS, SCHUMANN, AND A WORLD PREMIERE
YEFIM BRONFMAN AND LISZT
Thursday, February 18 | 7:30pm Friday, February 19 | 11:00am Saturday, February 20 | 8:00pm Tuesday, February 23 | 7:30pm
MAHLER Symphony No. 9
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BEETHOVEN AND STRAUSS
Manfred Honeck conductor Liang Wang oboe
Joyce Yang
Thursday, April 7 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, April 8 | 2:00pm ◆ Saturday, April 9 | 8:00pm ◆ Tuesday, April 12 | 7:30pm ◆
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto SUPPÉ Poet and Peasant Overture
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Avery Fisher Hall is the home of the New York Philharmonic. Photo Credits: Cover: Joshua Bell by Lisa Marie Mazzucco, Gautier Capuçon by Gregory Batardon, Leonidas Kavakos by Marco Borggreve, Daniil Trifonov by Dario Acosta, Yuja Wang by Felix Broede, Lisa Batiashvili by Sammy Hart, Eric Owens by Dario Acosta, New York Philharmonic by Chris Lee; Page 2: Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic by Chris Lee; Page 4: Emanuel Ax by Lisa Marie Mazucco, Gautier Capuçon by Julien Mignot, Lisa Batiashvili by Sammy Hart, Jaap van Zweden courtesy of New York Philharmonic, Inon Barnatan by Marco Borggreve; Page 5: Daniil Trifonov by Dario Acosta, Jeffrey Kahane by CMArtists, Joshua Bell by Lisa Marie Mazzucco, Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee, Eric Owens by Dario Acosta, Frank Peter Zimmermann by Franz Hamm; Page 6: Yuja Wang courtesy of New York Philharmonic, Yefim Bronfman by Dario Acosta, Christoph von Dohnányi by Decca, Esa-Pekka Salonen by Katja Tahja, Leonidas Kavakos by Marco Borggreve, Joyce Yang by KT Kim; Page 7: Thomas Hampson by Dario Acosta, Carter Brey by Chris Lee, Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee, David Robertson by Michael Tammaro.
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