2017-18 Subscription brochure

2017/ 18SEASON

What I love about the New York Philharmonic is how the city’s frenetic spirit imbues the Orchestra with a living, present quality that the audience can feel and connect with. — Violinist Elizabeth Zeltser

2017/18 Season Highlights Jaap van Zweden

Music Director Designate

Get a preview of the new era of the New York Philharmonic with three weeks of thrilling concerts conducted by our bold and passionate Music Director Designate.

Philip Glass’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra | Sep 22–23 with Katia and Marielle Labèque Wagner’s Act I from Die Walküre | Feb 14–17 Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring | Feb 28–Mar 3

175th Birthday Concert

Dec 6–9

Alan Gilbert conductor Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante for Winds featuring Philharmonic Principals Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5

Alan Gilbert

2018 NY PHIL BIENNIAL

May–Jun

Programming to be announced.

Esa-Pekka Salonen

The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence

This innovative and imaginative conductor / composer rounds off his third and final season as Composer-in-Residence with not-to-be-missed performances of his own music as well as conducting appearances.

Helix | Jan 11–13 Esa-Pekka Salonen

Jaap van Zweden

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Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s new work | Apr 4–6 conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

Oct 25–Nov 14

A Centennial Festival

Join us in honoring our beloved former Music Director, Leonard Bernstein, on his 100th birthday, and hear his very own orchestra perform his complete symphonic works. Conducted by Alan Gilbert and Leonard Slatkin.

Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah & Serenade | Oct 25–31 with Joshua Bell

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Bernstein’s Philharmonic

Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety & Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue | Nov 2–4 with Makoto Ozone Symphony No. 3, Kaddish & R. Strauss’s Don Quixote | Nov 9–14 with Philharmonic Principals Young People’s Concert | Nov 11

Leif Ove Andsnes

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

The Wall Street Journal called him “one of the most gifted musicians of our generation,” and we’re proud to call him our Artist-in-Residence.

This year, the esteemed pianist joins the Philharmonic for three concert weeks and a highly anticipated solo recital on May 2, 2018.

Leif Ove Andsnes

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 4 | Oct 12–17 Britten’s Piano Concerto | Feb 8–10 Debussy’s Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra | Apr 26 & 28

Amadeus

Live in Concert

THE ART OF THE SCORE

Alec Baldwin, Artistic Advisor

Apr 11–17 Film projected on a towering screen above the Orchestra.

This film is rated R

Amadeus Live is an Avex Classics International production.

Leonard Bernstein

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Jaap van Zweden

Opening Gala Concert Sep 19

Jaap van Zweden conductor Mahler Symphony No. 5 6

Leonard Bernstein

New Year’s Eve: Bernstein on Broadway Dec 31

Celebrate with selections from Leonard Bernstein’s beloved musicals.

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

May 1

The six-time Tony Award winner returns to the New York stage for the first time in more than a year.

Long Yu

Chinese New Year Gala Feb 20

Long Yu conductor Celebrate the Year of the Dog.

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Curated Weekday Sampler Series Concerts begin at 7:30pm 5–6 concert series

Quan Ge New York Philharmonic Violin 8

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Leif Ove Andsnes

Manfred Honeck

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D Semyon Bychkov

Yuja Wang

Tuesday, October 17

Wednesday, October 25

Tuesday, November 14

5 WEEKNIGHTS + 1 CHOOSE YOUR OWN

Paavo Järvi conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano

Leonard Slatkin conductor Cynthia Phelps viola Carter Brey cello Soprano tba Speaker tba Chorus tba Brooklyn Youth Chorus Dianne Berkun Menaker director

Tuesday, October 31

SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo, and Finale RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 Wednesday, November 22 Gianandrea Noseda conductor Frank Huang violin RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh Suite SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 Tuesday, December 12 Andrew Manze conductor Joélle Harvey soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Ben Bliss tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director HANDEL Messiah Presented by Gary W. Parr

Wednesday, April 4 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Benjamin Grosvenor piano Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR New work

BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Wednesday, December 27 Bramwell Tovey conductor Yefim Bronfman piano SMETANA The Bartered Bride Overture BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 MUSORGSKY / Orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Wednesday, January 17 Charles Dutoit conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Boléro Wednesday, April 11 Richard Kaufman conductor Chorus tba

Tuesday, April 17 Richard Kaufman conductor Chorus tba MOZART Amadeus — Live (New York Premiere– score performed live to complete film)

Wednesday, June 6 Frank Huang leader Sheryl Staples violin MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings $664 $480 $432 $343 $296 $179 6 weeknights

Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Wednesday, December 6 Alan Gilbert conductor Liang Wang oboe Anthony McGill clarinet Judith LeClair bassoon Philip Myers horn WEBER Oberon Overture MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Winds BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Tuesday, January 9 Jeffrey Kahane conductor / piano Alisa Weilerstein cello MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme HAYDN Symphony No. 98

MOZART Amadeus — Live (New York Premiere–

Wednesday, February 14

Tuesday, May 8

Jaap van Zweden conductor Heidi Melton soprano Simon O’Neill tenor John Relyea bass

score performed live to complete film)

(World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

R. STRAUSS Don Quixote BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3, Kaddish

Manfred Honeck conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin DVOŘÁK / Arr. M. Honeck Rusalka Fantasy SIBELIUS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Sleeping Beauty $551 $399 $359 $285 $246 $149 5 weeknights

John Luther ADAMS Dark Waves WAGNER Act I from Die Walküre Tuesday, May 22 Semyon Bychkov conductor Bertrand Chamayou piano BRAHMS Tragic Overture MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 $551 $399 $359 $285 $246 $149 5 weeknights

Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Wednesday, December 13 Andrew Manze conductor Joélle Harvey soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Ben Bliss tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director HANDEL Messiah Presented by Gary W. Parr

Wednesday, February 28 Jaap van Zweden conductor Yuja Wang piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring Tuesday, April 24 Bernard Haitink conductor Till Fellner piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 Tuesday, June 5 Frank Huang leader Sheryl Staples violin MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings

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Curated Thursday Evening Series Concerts begin at 7:30pm 6–7 concert series

A Frank Huang

Thursday, October 12

Thursday, January 25

Paavo Järvi conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Stéphane Denève conductor James Ehnes violin

SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo, and Finale RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

PROKOFIEV The Love for Three Oranges Suite PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet

Thursday, November 9

Thursday, February 8

Leonard Slatkin conductor Cynthia Phelps viola Carter Brey cello Soprano tba Speaker tba Chorus tba Brooklyn Youth Chorus Dianne Berkun Menaker director

Antonio Pappano conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Kent Tritle organ

R. STRAUSS Don Quixote BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3, Kaddish Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Thursday, December 28 Bramwell Tovey conductor Yefim Bronfman piano SMETANA The Bartered Bride Overture BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 MUSORGSKY / Orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme

by Thomas Tallis BRITTEN Piano Concerto SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ Thursday, May 17 Semyon Bychkov conductor Bertrand Chamayou piano BRAHMS Tragic Overture MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 Thursday, May 31 Frank Huang leader Sheryl Staples violin MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings $792 $576 $520 $416 $361 $224 7 Thursdays

Matthew Muckey New York Philharmonic Associate Principal Trumpet 10

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Alan Gilbert

Susanna Mälkki

D Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Thursday, November 2

Thursday, May 3

Thursday, October 19

5 THURSDAYS + 1 CHOOSE YOUR OWN

Alan Gilbert conductor Anthony McGill clarinet Makoto Ozone piano

Manfred Honeck conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin

András Schiff conductor / piano

Thursday, October 26

DVOŘÁK / Arr. M. Honeck Rusalka Fantasy SIBELIUS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Sleeping Beauty

HAYDN Symphony No. 80 BARTÓK Divertimento for String Orchestra J.S. BACH Piano Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto

Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano

Thursday, May 24

Thursday, November 30

Semyon Bychkov conductor Roomful of Teeth

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Emanuel Ax piano

BERIO Sinfonia R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

Bent SØRENSEN Evening Land (World Premiere–

BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, for Piano and Orchestra BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Thursday, December 14 Andrew Manze conductor Joélle Harvey soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Ben Bliss tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director HANDEL Messiah Presented by Gary W. Parr

$791 $567 $511 $406 $350 $210 7 Thursdays

New York Philharmonic Commission with the generous support of The Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music)

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 Thursday, January 11 Susanna Mälkki conductor Baiba Skride violin

Thursday, January 4

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Esa-Pekka SALONEN Helix (New York Concert Premiere) DEBUSSY La Mer

Jeffrey Kahane conductor / piano Alisa Weilerstein cello

Thursday, February 22

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme HAYDN Symphony No. 98 Thursday, March 1 Jaap van Zweden conductor Yuja Wang piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring Thursday, April 5 Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Benjamin Grosvenor piano

Joshua Gersen conductor BARBER Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story COPLAND Symphony No. 3 Thursday, April 12

Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Thursday, December 7 Alan Gilbert conductor Liang Wang oboe Anthony McGill clarinet Judith LeClair bassoon Philip Myers horn WEBER Oberon Overture MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Winds BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Thursday, January 18 Charles Dutoit conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Boléro Thursday, February 15

MOZART Amadeus — Live (New York Premiere–

Jaap van Zweden conductor Heidi Melton soprano Simon O’Neill tenor John Relyea bass

Thursday, April 26

John Luther ADAMS Dark Waves WAGNER Act I from Die Walküre

Richard Kaufman conductor Chorus tba score performed live to complete film)

Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR New work

Edward Gardner conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter DEBUSSY Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

(World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah

Thursday, May 10 Nikolaj Znaider conductor Jian Wang cello ELGAR Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams $777 $561 $505 $401 $346 $209 7 Thursdays

Thursday, April 19 Bernard Haitink conductor Till Fellner piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9

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Curated Friday Evening Series Concerts begin at 8:00pm 7 concert series

Liang Wang New York Philharmonic Principal Oboe 12

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B Katia and Marielle Labèque

Joshua Bell

6 FRIDAYS + 1 CHOOSE YOUR OWN

Friday, February 23

6 FRIDAYS + 1 CHOOSE YOUR OWN

Friday, April 6

Friday, September 22

Joshua Gersen conductor

Friday, October 27

Jaap van Zweden conductor Katia Labèque piano Marielle Labèque piano

BARBER Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story COPLAND Symphony No. 3

Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Benjamin Grosvenor piano

Friday, October 20 András Schiff conductor / piano HAYDN Symphony No. 80 BARTÓK Divertimento for String Orchestra J.S. BACH Piano Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto Friday, November 24 Gianandrea Noseda conductor Frank Huang violin RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh Suite SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

Friday, May 18

BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah

Semyon Bychkov conductor Bertrand Chamayou piano

Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Friday, May 11

Friday, December 1

Nikolaj Znaider conductor Jian Wang cello

BRAHMS Tragic Overture MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

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Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Emanuel Ax piano Bent SØRENSEN Evening Land (World Premiere– New York Philharmonic Commission with the generous support of The Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music)

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 Friday, January 19 Charles Dutoit conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano

Friday, December 29

RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Boléro

Bramwell Tovey conductor Yefim Bronfman piano

Friday, March 2

SMETANA The Bartered Bride Overture BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 MUSORGSKY / Orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

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(World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

ELGAR Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams

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Jaap van Zweden conductor Yuja Wang piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

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Philip GLASS Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (New York Premiere) MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR New work

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Curated Saturday Evening Series Concerts begin at 8:00pm (unless otherwise noted) 7–8 concert series

A Alisa Weilerstein

Saturday, October 21

Jaap van Zweden conductor Katia Labèque piano Marielle Labèque piano

András Schiff conductor / piano

Saturday, November 25 Gianandrea Noseda conductor Frank Huang violin RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh Suite SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 Saturday, December 16 | 7:30pm Andrew Manze conductor Joélle Harvey soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Ben Bliss tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director HANDEL Messiah Presented by Gary W. Parr

Saturday, January 6 Jeffrey Kahane conductor / piano Alisa Weilerstein cello MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme HAYDN Symphony No. 98 Saturday, February 24 Joshua Gersen conductor BARBER Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story COPLAND Symphony No. 3 Saturday, April 28 Edward Gardner conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter DEBUSSY Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Saturday, May 26 Semyon Bychkov conductor Roomful of Teeth BERIO Sinfonia R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

Maria Kitsopoulos 14

Jaap van Zweden

Saturday, September 23

Philip GLASS Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (New York Premiere) MAHLER Symphony No. 5

New York Philharmonic Cello

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$863 $625 $583 $471 $429 $268 7 Saturdays

HAYDN Symphony No. 80 BARTÓK Divertimento for String Orchestra J.S. BACH Piano Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto Saturday, November 4 Alan Gilbert conductor Anthony McGill clarinet Makoto Ozone piano BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, for Piano and Orchestra BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Saturday, December 9 Alan Gilbert conductor Liang Wang oboe Anthony McGill clarinet Judith LeClair bassoon Philip Myers horn WEBER Oberon Overture MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Winds BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Saturday, January 13 Susanna Mälkki conductor Baiba Skride violin TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Esa-Pekka SALONEN Helix (New York Concert Premiere) DEBUSSY La Mer Saturday, February 17 Jaap van Zweden conductor Heidi Melton soprano Simon O’Neill tenor John Relyea bass John Luther ADAMS Dark Waves WAGNER Act I from Die Walküre

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Emanuel Ax

Yefim Bronfman

Saturday, April 21

6 SATURDAYS + 1 CHOOSE YOUR OWN

6 SATURDAYS + 1 CHOOSE YOUR OWN

Saturday, April 14 | 7:30pm

Bernard Haitink conductor Till Fellner piano

Saturday, October 14 Paavo Järvi conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo, and Finale RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

Saturday, October 28

Richard Kaufman conductor Chorus tba

Saturday, November 11

Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Frank Huang leader Sheryl Staples violin

Saturday, December 30

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 Saturday, May 5 Manfred Honeck conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin DVOŘÁK / Arr. M. Honeck Rusalka Fantasy SIBELIUS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Sleeping Beauty Saturday, May 19 Semyon Bychkov conductor Bertrand Chamayou piano BRAHMS Tragic Overture MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 $967 $695 $647 $519 $471 $287 8 Saturdays

Leonard Slatkin conductor Cynthia Phelps viola Carter Brey cello Soprano tba Speaker tba Chorus tba Brooklyn Youth Chorus Dianne Berkun Menaker director R. STRAUSS Don Quixote BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3, Kaddish

Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah

Bramwell Tovey conductor Yefim Bronfman piano SMETANA The Bartered Bride Overture BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 MUSORGSKY / Orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Saturday, January 20

Saturday, December 2

Charles Dutoit conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Emanuel Ax piano Bent SØRENSEN Evening Land (World Premiere– New York Philharmonic Commission with the generous support of The Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music)

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

Saturday, January 27 Stéphane Denève conductor James Ehnes violin PROKOFIEV The Love for Three Oranges Suite PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet Saturday, March 3 Jaap van Zweden conductor Yuja Wang piano

MOZART Amadeus — Live (New York Premiere– score performed live to complete film)

Saturday, June 2

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RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Boléro Saturday, February 10 Antonio Pappano conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Kent Tritle organ VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme

by Thomas Tallis BRITTEN Piano Concerto SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

Saturday, May 12 Nikolaj Znaider conductor Jian Wang cello ELGAR Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams

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Seating will be best available in your section. Call with your choice after you order your series.

All concerts take place at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, unless otherwise noted.

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$819 $590 $544 $433 $392 $234 6 Saturdays + 1 Choose Your Own

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BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

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Matinees 4–6 concert series

Friday 11am

Sheryl Staples

Friday

Saturday

Makoto Ozone

Esa-Pekka Salonen

2pm

Friday, October 13

Friday, November 3

Paavo Järvi conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Alan Gilbert conductor Anthony McGill clarinet Makoto Ozone piano

SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo, and Finale RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 Friday, December 15 Andrew Manze conductor Joélle Harvey soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Ben Bliss tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director HANDEL Messiah

BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, for Piano and Orchestra BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety

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 Q & A with Philharmonic musicians completes the afternoon.

Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Saturday, October 14

Friday, December 8

Paavo Järvi conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

Alan Gilbert conductor Liang Wang oboe Anthony McGill clarinet Judith LeClair bassoon Philip Myers horn

Chamber work tba SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 Saturday, November 25

Presented by Gary W. Parr

WEBER Oberon Overture MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Winds BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Friday, January 5

Friday, January 12

Jeffrey Kahane conductor / piano Alisa Weilerstein cello

Chamber work tba RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

Susanna Mälkki conductor Baiba Skride violin

Saturday, January 20

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme HAYDN Symphony No. 98 Friday, April 13 Richard Kaufman conductor Chorus tba MOZART Amadeus — Live (New York Premiere– score performed live to complete film)

Friday, May 4 Manfred Honeck conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin DVOŘÁK / Arr. M. Honeck Rusalka Fantasy SIBELIUS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Sleeping Beauty Friday, June 1 Frank Huang leader Sheryl Staples violin MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings $480 $408 $360 $360 $300 $180 6 Friday mornings

Gianandrea Noseda conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

Charles Dutoit conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Esa-Pekka SALONEN Helix (New York Concert Premiere) Musicians from the New York Philharmonic DEBUSSY La Mer Chamber work tba DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse Friday, January 26 RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Boléro Stéphane Denève conductor James Ehnes violin Saturday, April 7 PROKOFIEV The Love for Three Oranges Suite Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 Musicians from the New York Philharmonic PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet Friday, February 9 Antonio Pappano conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Kent Tritle organ VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme

by Thomas Tallis BRITTEN Piano Concerto SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

Chamber work tba BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica $292 $236 $204 $192 $156 $120 4 Saturday afternoons

Friday, May 25 Semyon Bychkov conductor Roomful of Teeth BERIO Sinfonia R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony $480 $408 $360 $360 $300 $180 6 Friday afternoons

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Young People’s ConcertsTM Ages 6–12 | Saturdays at 2:00pm

INSPIRATIONS AND TRIBUTES

Inspire young music lovers with four concerts that show how composers inspire each other from generation to generation.

Celebrating Leonard Bernstein

November 11

Leonard Slatkin conductor Discover Leonard Bernstein’s profound contributions as composer, conductor, and educator through music by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Richard Strauss.

Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival Young People’s Concerts

Musical Tributes

January 6

Jeffrey Kahane conductor

Leonard Bernstein

Find out how composers borrow, steal, and honor each other through the music of Stravinsky, Mozart, Haydn, and Tchaikovsky.

An African American Lineage

February 3

Conductor tba Explore the lineage of African American composers through the music of William Grant Still, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, and Very Young Composers of the New York Philharmonic.

The Riddle of Shostakovich

May 19

Conductor tba Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Fifth Symphony to show how patriotic he could be, borrowing the Soviet Union’s preferred musical styles.

See what you think about his true meaning.

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Credits: Cover: New York Philharmonic violinist Elizabeth Zeltser by Danny Clinch; Pages 2-3: New York Philharmonic Musicians by Danny Clinch; Pages 4-5: Jaap van Zweden by Roger Neve, Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee, Esa-Pekka Salonen by Clive Barda, Leif Ove Andsnes by Oezguer Albayrak, Amadeus — Live is a production of Avex Classics International, Leonard Bernstein courtesy of New York Philharmonic; Page 6: Star Wars presentation licensed by Disney Concerts, Jaap van Zweden by Bert Hulselmans, Leonard Bernstein courtesy of New York Philharmonic, Audra McDonald by Autumn de Wilde, Long Yu by Chris Lee; Page 7: Patrons by Jennifer Taylor; Pages 8-9: New York Philharmonic violinist Quan Ge by Danny Clinch, Leif Ove Andsnes by Oezguer Albayrak, Manfred Honeck by Felix Broede, Semyon Bychkov by Musacchio Ianniello, Yuja Wang by Norbert Kniat; Pages 10-11: New York Philharmonic Associate Principal Trumpet Matthew Muckey by Danny Clinch, Frank Huang by Chris Lee, Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee, Susanna Mälkki by Simon Fowler, Jean-Yves Thibaudet by Decca / Kasskara; Pages 12-13: New York Philharmonic Principal Oboe Liang Wang by Danny Clinch, Katia and Marielle Labèque by Umberto Nicoletti, Joshua Bell by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco; Pages 14-15: New York Philharmonic cellist Maria Kitsopoulos by Danny Clinch, Alisa Weilerstein by Harald Hoffman, Jaap van Zweden by Roger Neve, Emanuel Ax by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco, Yefim Bronfman by Dario Acosta; Page 16: New York Philharmonic Principal Associate Concertmaster Sheryl Staples by Chris Lee, Makoto Ozone by Kishin Shinoyama, Esa-Pekka Salonen by Clive Barda; Page 17: Young People’s Concerts by Michael DiVito, Leonard Bernstein courtesy of New York Philharmonic. Grid: New York Philharmonic by Chris Lee, Star Wars presentation licensed

by Disney Concerts, Jaap van Zweden by Bert Hulselmans, Leonard Bernstein courtesy of New York Philharmonic, Audra McDonald by Autumn de Wilde, Long Yu by Chris Lee.

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Art never stopped a war and never got anybody a job.

That was never its function.

Art cannot change events.

But it can change people.

It can affect people so that they are changed.

Because people are changed by art — enriched, ennobled, encouraged — they then act in a way that may affect the course of events … by the way they vote, they behave, the way they think.

— Leonard Bernstein