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Choose 3 or more concerts below and order today. ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS MAHLER’S FIRST SYMPHONY
Alan Gilbert conductor Kari Kriikku clarinet Tuesday, September 23 | 7:30pm Friday, September 26 | 11:00am Saturday, September 27 | 8:00pm Tuesday, September 30 | 7:30pm
Unsuk CHIN Clarinet Concerto
U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS NIELSEN
Alan Gilbert conductor Alan Gilbert
Wednesday, October 1 | 7:30pm Thursday, October 2 | 7:30pm Friday, October 3 | 2:00pm
NIELSEN Maskarade Overture NIELSEN Symphony No. 5 NIELSEN Symphony No. 6, Sinfonia semplice
BATIASHVILI PERFORMS BRAHMS
Alan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Thursday, October 9 | 7:30pm Friday, October 10 | 8:00pm Saturday, October 11 | 8:00pm Tuesday, October 14 | 7:30pm Lisa Batiashvili
Christopher ROUSE Thunderstuck
World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission
HAYDN Symphony No. 103, Drumroll BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO AND THE FIREBIRD
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Jeremy Denk piano Thursday, October 16 | 7:30pm Friday, October 17 | 8:00pm Saturday, October 18 | 8:00pm
BEETHOVEN King Stephen Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete)
BRONFMAN, BARTÓK, AND BRUCKNER
Alan Gilbert conductor Yefim Bronfman piano
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Thursday, October 23 | 7:30pm Friday, October 24 | 8:00pm Saturday, October 25 | 8:00pm Tuesday, October 28 | 7:30pm
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8
COPLAND, ROUSE, AND BOLÉRO
Leonard Slatkin conductor Robert Langevin flute Thursday, October 30 | 7:30pm Friday, October 31 | 7:30pm Saturday, November 1 | 8:00pm
COPLAND El Salón México RAVEL/Orch. Constant Gaspard de la nuit Christopher ROUSE Flute Concerto New York Premiere
RAVEL Boléro JOSHUA BELL
Case Scaglione conductor Joshua Bell violin
Yefim Bronfman
Wednesday, November 12 | 7:30pm ◆ Thursday, November 13 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, November 14 | 8:00pm ◆ Saturday, November 15 | 8:00pm ◆ Tuesday, November 18 | 7:30pm ◆
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
MOZART AND SHOSTAKOVICH
Jaap van Zweden conductor Sheryl Staples violin Cynthia Phelps viola
Joshua Bell
Thursday, November 20 | 7:30pm Friday, November 21 | 2:00pm Saturday, November 22 | 8:00pm
MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8
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HILARY HAHN AND BEETHOVEN’S SEVENTH
Jaap van Zweden conductor Hilary Hahn violin Wednesday, November 26 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, November 28 | 8:00pm ◆ Saturday, November 29 | 8:00pm ◆
J. WAGENAAR Cyrano de Bergerac Overture KORNGOLD Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Alisa Weilerstein cello
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Christoph von Dohnányi
Thursday, December 4 | 7:30pm Friday, December 5 | 2:00pm Saturday, December 6 | 8:00pm Tuesday, December 9 | 7:30pm
Program to include: DVORˇ ÁK Cello Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World
DVORˇÁK’S PIANO CONCERTO
Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Martin Helmchen piano Thursday, December 11 | 7:30pm Friday, December 12 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 13 | 8:00pm
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Alisa Weilerstein
Program to include: DVORˇ ÁK Piano Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 7
DOHNÁNYI/DVORˇÁK: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL
DVORˇÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Gary Thor Wedow conductor Camilla Tilling soprano Iestyn Davies countertenor Michael Slattery tenor James Westman baritone Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller director)
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Tuesday, December 16 | 7:30pm Wednesday, December 17 | 7:30pm Thursday, December 18 | 7:30pm Friday, December 19| 2:00pm Saturday, December 20 | 7:30pm ◆
HANDEL Messiah
RACHMANINOFF AND TCHAIKOVSKY Camilla Tilling
Juanjo Mena conductor Daniil Trifonov piano Tuesday, December 30 | 7:30pm Friday, January 2 | 8:00pm Saturday, January 3 | 8:00pm Tuesday, January 6 | 7:30pm
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
SWAN LAKE AND MOZART
Alan Gilbert conductor
Daniil Trifonov
Thursday, January 8 | 7:30pm Friday, January 9 | 8:00pm Saturday, January 10 | 8:00pm Tuesday, January 13 | 7:30pm
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales MOZART Symphony No. 35, Haffner TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Swan Lake
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Alan Gilbert conductor Angela Meade soprano Lilli Paasikivi mezzo-soprano Brandon Jovanovich tenor Eric Owens bass-baritone New York Choral Artists (Joseph Flummerfelt director) Thursday, January 15 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, January 16 | 7:30pm ◆ Saturday, January 17 | 8:00pm ◆
Faun
VERDI Requiem
SHOSTAKOVICH’S FIFTH SYMPHONY AND MOZART Eric Owens
Long Yu conductor Philip Myers horn Thursday, January 22 | 7:30pm Friday, January 23 | 8:00pm Saturday, January 24 | 8:00pm
CHEN Qigang Enchantements oubliés New York Premiere
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Long Yu
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EMANUEL AX PERFORMS CHOPIN
David Robertson conductor Emanuel Ax piano Wednesday, January 28 | 7:30pm Thursday, January 29 | 7:30pm Friday, January 30 | 11:00am Saturday, January 31 | 8:00pm
RACHMANINOFF Vocalise CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 STRAVINSKY The Song of the Nightingale BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND SYMPHONY AND BATIASHVILI
David Zinman conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Thursday, February 5 | 7:30pm Friday, February 6 | 8:00pm Saturday, February 7 | 8:00pm
Emanuel Ax
Christopher ROUSE Iscariot BARBER Violin Concerto RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY’S SYMPHONY NO. 4 AND THIBAUDET
Stéphane Denève conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano Wednesday, February 11 | 7:30pm Thursday, February 12 | 7:30pm Friday, February 13 | 2:00pm
FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande Suite James MACMILLAN Piano Concerto No. 3, The Mysteries of Light New York Premiere
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 Jean-Yves Thibaudet
YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
Alan Gilbert conductor Yo-Yo Ma cello Silk Road Ensemble Thursday, February 19 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, February 20 | 8:00pm ◆ Saturday, February 21 | 8:00pm ◆
PROGRAM TBA
BRAHMS, SIBELIUS, AND ZIMMERMANN
Sakari Oramo conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann violin Thursday, February 26 | 7:30pm Friday, February 27 | 11:00am Saturday, February 28 | 8:00pm
Yo-Yo Ma
SIBELIUS The Oceanides SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN AND BERLIOZ
Thomas Adès conductor Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano Simon Keenlyside baritone Thursday, March 12 | 7:30pm Friday, March 13 | 7:30pm Saturday, March 14 | 8:00pm
Frank Peter Zimmermann
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BERLIOZ Les Francs-juges Overture Thomas ADÈS Totentanz U.S. Premiere
GILBERT CONDUCTS RAVEL AND STRAUSS
Alan Gilbert conductor Inon Barnatan piano Thursday, March 19 | 7:30pm Friday, March 20 | 11:00am Tuesday, March 24 | 7:30pm
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Nyx RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major DEBUSSY Jeux R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Suite
PETRUSHKA AND LEILA JOSEFOWICZ
Alan Gilbert conductor Leila Josefowicz violin
Leila Josefowicz
Thursday, March 26 | 7:30pm Friday, March 27 | 8:00pm Saturday, March 28 | 8:00pm ◆
LYADOV The Enchanted Lake STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911, original version) John ADAMS Scheherazade.2 – Symphony for violin and orchestra
World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra – David Robertson Chief Conductor and Artistic Director
BATIASHVILI, BACH, AND SHOSTAKOVICH
Alan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin François Leleux oboe
François Leleux
Wednesday, April 8 | 7:30pm Thursday, April 9 | 7:30pm Friday, April 10 | 8:00pm Saturday, April 11 | 8:00pm
J.S. BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe Thierry ESCAICH Concerto for Violin and Oboe
U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
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PETRUSHKA AND DER ROSENKAVALIER
Alan Gilbert conductor
Wednesday, May 6 | 7:30pm
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RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Suite STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911, original version)
SCHUBERT’S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY
Alan Gilbert conductor Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano Russell Braun baritone Jonathan Biss
Friday, May 8 | 8:00pm Saturday, May 9 | 8:00pm
SCHUBERT Symphony in B minor, Unfinished Peter EÖTVÖS Senza sangue
U.S. Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commisison with the support of The Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music, with the Kölner Philharmonie
BRAHMS’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO
Susanna Mälkki conductor Jonathan Biss piano
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Thursday, May 21 | 7:30pm Friday, May 22 | 11:00am Saturday, May 23 | 8:00pm Manfred Honeck
MOZART AND BRAHMS
Manfred Honeck conductor Augustin Hadelich violin Thursday, May 28 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, May 29 | 2:00pm Saturday, May 30 | 8:00pm ◆
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J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus Overture MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
ALL-MOZART
Jeffrey Kahane conductor and piano Jeffrey Kahane
Wednesday, June 3 | 7:30pm Thursday, June 4 | 7:30pm Friday, June 5 | 11:00am Saturday, June 6 | 8:00pm ◆
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 MOZART Don Giovanni Overture MOZART Symphony No. 38, Prague
MARION COTILLARD IN JOAN OF ARC
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BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn HARVEY Tranquil Abiding BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
Alan Gilbert conductor Côme de Bellescize director Cast to include: Marion Cotillard actress (Joan) Éric Génovèse actor (Brother Dominique) Christian Gonon actor (Narrator) Simone Osborne soprano (Marguerite) Faith Sherman mezzo-soprano (Catherine) Thomas Blondelle tenor Steven Humes bass
Marion Cotillard
Wednesday, June 10 | 7:30pm ◆ Thursday, June 11 | 7:30pm ◆ Friday, June 12 | 7:30pm ◆ Saturday, June 13 | 8:00pm ◆
HONEGGER Joan of Arc at the Stake (staged)
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Lisa Batiashvili is The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence. Christopher Rouse is The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence
Avery Fisher Hall is the home of the New York Philharmonic. Photo Credits: Cover: Eric Owens by Dario Acosta, Christoph von Dohnányi by Decca, Yo-Yo Ma by Todd Rosenberg, Orchestra Member by Chris Lee, Lisa Batiashvili by Anja Frers, Orchestra Members by Chris Lee, Renée Fleming by DeccaAndrew Eccles, Lang Lang courtesy of CAMI, Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee, Orchestra Members by Chris Lee, Marion Cotillard by Mondino, Joshua Bell by Bill Phelps, Yefim Bronfman by Dario Acosta, Emanuel Ax by Lisa Marie Mazzucco, Hilary Hahn by Peter Miller, Orchestra Members by Chris Lee. Inside: New York Philharmonic by Chris Lee, Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee, LIsa Batiashvili by Anja Frers, Esa-Pekka Salonen by Katja Tähjä, Yefim Bronfman by Dario Acosta, Joshua Bell courtesy of New York Philharmonic, Christoph von Dohnányi by Decca, Alisa Weilerstein by Decca-Harold Hoffmann, Camilla Tilling by Mats Widen, Daniil Trifonov by Vadim Shults, Eric Owens by Dario Acosta, Long Yu courtesy of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Emanuel Ax by Lisa Mari Mazzucco, Jean-Yves Thibaudet by Decca-Kasskara, Yo-Yo Ma by Todd Rosenberg, Frank Peter Zimmermann by Franz Hamm, Leila Josefowicz by J Henry Fair, François Leleux by Uwe Arens, Jonathan Biss by Jamie Jung, Manfred Honeck by Felix Broede, Jeffrey Kahane courtesy of CM Artists, Marion Cotillard by Mondino.
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