OCTOBER 8-11, 2015 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
R E S I D E N C Y W E E K E N D
Please Join Us! UMS invites you to join us in Ann Arbor for the first extended New York Philharmonic residency, part of an ambitious fiveyear partnership that will bring the celebrated ensemble to the University of Michigan campus three times between now and 2019. Over the course of four days in October, you can attend three different concerts and dozens of master classes, lectures, and workshops presented by UMS and the New York Philharmonic. With activities taking place during the University of Michigan’s Homecoming Weekend, you will have the chance to experience one of the country’s premier orchestras in one of the country’s premier concert halls – Hill Auditorium.
The New York Philharmonic made its UMS debut in March 1916. Thanks to the generous support of so many over the past century, both organizations continue to contribute to a vibrant cultural community, committed to bold artistic leadership and engaged learning through the arts.
And we recognize a true Victor for the Arts in UMS National Council member Eugene M. Grant (LSA ’38), whose leadership gift made this residency possible.
Residency activities planned in collaboration with
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Leonard Bernstein
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New York Philharmonic Alan Gilbert, music director and conductor (Friday & Saturday) Inon Barnatan, piano (Friday) David Newman, conductor (Sunday) Friday, October 9 // 8 pm Saturday, October 10 // 8:30 pm Sunday, October 11 // 3 pm Hill Auditorium The New York Philharmonic performs three different concerts in Hill Auditorium during the U-M Homecoming Weekend. The programs will be drawn from the New York Philharmonic’s first two weeks of 2015-16 subscription concerts, as well as their opening night gala at Carnegie Hall. Friday night’s program highlights the work of Beethoven, notably his first piano concerto and seventh symphony. Saturday’s program puts the spotlight on the New York Philharmonic’s new concertmaster, Frank Huang, who performs the extended violin solo in Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben. The first two programs also feature new works by New York Philharmonic composers-in-residence Magnus Lindberg (2009-12) and Esa-Pekka Salonen (2015-18).
Photo by Jack Mitchell
Leonard Bernstein
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CONCERTS
The orchestra’s residency closes with an unprecedented performance of Leonard Bernstein’s magnificent soundtrack to the 1954 classic On the Waterfront, which will be performed live in conjunction with a screening of the film. The music churns with dramatic intensity, underscoring the brutality of the docks, the tough combativeness of the longshoremen, and the dark,
looming presence of the mob bosses who dominate their territory. Directed by Elia Kazan, the story is based on true events about crime and corruption on the waterfronts of New York and New Jersey, with Bernstein’s music accentuating the somber, yet triumphant, conclusion. Academy Award-nominated film composer and conductor David Newman leads the orchestra. (108 minutes, not rated) PROGRAM (FRI 10/9)
Magnus Lindberg Beethoven Beethoven
Vivo Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
P R O G R A M ( S AT 1 0 / 1 0 )
Esa-Pekka Salonen LA Variations R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben PROGRAM (SUN 10/11)
Bernstein
On the Waterfront: Film with Live Orchestra
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CONCERTS
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New York Philharmonic Residency
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY ALAN GILBERT ORCHESTRAS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: A N E W PA R A D I G M Thursday, October 8 // 6-7 pm Rackham Auditorium (915 E. Washington St.) The launch of the 2015 New York Philharmonic residency is commemorated by Music Director Alan Gilbert in a special keynote address on the role of orchestras in the 21st century. Gilbert’s address (first delivered for the Royal Philharmonic Society in April 2015) explores the challenges faced by orchestras today as they balance tradition, innovation, education, and performance in a landscape of changing audience expectations and emerging technologies and media, with new ideas about the centrality of music to social change and civic life. A reception follows the Keynote Address in the Rackham Lobby.
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SIDE-BY-SIDE CHAMBER CONCERT WITH MUSICIANS FROM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND THE U-M SCHOOL OF M U S I C , T H E AT R E & D A N C E Thursday, October 8 // 7:30 pm Rackam Auditorium UMS, the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD), and the New York Philharmonic celebrate their historic five-year partnership with a chamber concert featuring eight SMTD students playing side-by-side with eight musicians from the New York Philharmonic in an exchange of talent and artistic resources between Ann Arbor and New York. PROGRAM
Mendelssohn Mozart
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20 Wind Serenade in c minor, K. 388
U-M STUDENT MUSICIANS: Rita Wang and Christina Adams, violin Kristina Willey, viola Richard Narroway, cello Alex Hayashi, oboe Joshua Anderson, clarinet Michael Cody Dean, bassoon Caroline Steiger, horn
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC MUSICIANS: Frank Huang and Michelle Kim, violin Cynthia Phelps, viola Carter Brey, cello Liang Wang, oboe Anthony McGill, clarinet Judith LeClair, bassoon Philip Myers, horn All activities are free (no registration required). Updates will be posted at www.ums.org. RESIDENCY ACTIVITIES N E W YO R K P H I L H A R M O N I C R ES I D E N C Y K I C KO F F
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2 1 S T- C E N T U R Y O R C H E S T R A S AND SOCIAL IMPACT Matthew VanBesien, president, New York Philharmonic Friday, October 9 // 1:30-3 pm Ross School of Business (701 Tappan Ave.), Room R1240 Given the challenges orchestras face today, are there opportunities to create broader impact with symphonic music and talented orchestral musicians? Can an orchestra still be a “great orchestra” on stage every week, but also allow itself to become a greater resource for civic life and beyond? As part of the weekly lecture series hosted by the U-M Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies, New York Philharmonic President Matthew VanBesien will explore his vision for the next important chapter for orchestras like the New York Philharmonic. Since coming to the Philharmonic, he has expanded the Orchestra’s role as a resource to its hometown community (such as through the inaugural NY PHIL BIENNIAL in the spring of 2014) and across the country and globally, as evidenced in the New York Philharmonic Global Academy, which develops partnerships with cultural institutions that combine performance with intensive training by Philharmonic musicians.
In collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies
SEMINAR A V I S I O N O F P U B L I C M U S I C O L O G Y : How Musicians, Composers, and Scholars Can Use Local Performance Histories to Connect to their Communities Barbara Haws, archivist/historian, New York Philharmonic Friday, October 9 // 4:30-6 pm SMTD Moore Building (1100 Baits Drive), Watkins Lecture Hall In 1846 the New York Philharmonic gave the first U.S. performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Why did the first performance take place in New York and not in Boston or Philadelphia? What does it say about New York that the “Ode to Joy” was sung in English? Why did it take so long for complete performances of Beethoven’s symphonies to be played in New York or anywhere in the United States? Exact answers to these questions may be impossible to find, but investigating the cultural context in which a work is performed leads not only to a better understanding of the community, but of the work’s and the musicians’ relationship with that community over time. So much of our focus in music history is on the life, time, and culture of the composer that we often overlook how, why, and when seminal works are performed in a particular community. Relating local performance history to a community’s broader history and culture provides a better understanding of that community and forges unique bonds between the community and the music that was previously thought to be from somewhere else. Barbara Haws has been the archivist/historian of the New York Philharmonic since 1984 and will discuss how she has gone about relating the Philharmonic’s concert experience to the broader cultural life of the city.
In collaboration with the U-M Department of Musicology
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CO N V E R S AT I O N Interview and Discussion with Vince Ford, director of digital media, New York Philharmonic Sunday, October 11 // 9:30-11 am SMTD Moore Building (1100 Baits Drive), Britton Recital Hall The New York Philharmonic’s digital media guru, Vince Ford, shares his insights on the mechanics and aesthetics of technology in today’s performing arts digital mediascape. Learn which tools to use and which are a waste of time. Learn to track the impact of social media activity and to sharpen and target your online strategy to propel your own career as a performing artist. A former French horn freelancer in the Atlanta area, Ford completed his MBA at Emory’s Goizueta Business School in 2007 with a focus in business strategy. Immediately prior to working at the Philharmonic, he developed the role of director of technology and new media for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
In collaboration with U-M Arts Enterprise and the SMTD EXCEL initiative
P R E- CO N C E R T TA L K Music in Character and as Character: Bernstein’s Musical Score to On the Waterfront Sunday, October 11 // 2-2:45 pm Hill Auditorium Mezzanine Lobby Must have a ticket to the performance to attend. Join Mark Clague (U-M associate professor of musicology and director of research), Caryl Flinn (U-M professor of screen arts and cultures and women’s studies), and conductor David Newman as they explore the role of music as a storytelling device in Leonard Bernstein’s one and only score for a motion picture, On the Waterfront.
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PUBLIC MASTER CLASSES During their residency, principal musicians of the New York Philharmonic will offer a range of instrumental master classes for U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) students. The master classes listed here are open to the public for observation. Please note, certain classrooms have limited capacity and observers will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Unless otherwise noted, all master classes take place in the SMTD Moore Building on U-M’s North Campus (1100 Baits Drive). F R I D AY, O C T O B E R 9
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11 am-1 pm Inon Barnatan, Artist-in-Association Britton Recital Hall
11 am-1 pm Principal Bassoon Judith LeClair Classroom 2058
2-4 pm Principal Cello Carter Brey McIntosh Theatre
Principal Clarinet Anthony McGill Britton Recital Hall
Principal Viola Cynthia Phelps Classroom 1374 Concertmaster Frank Huang Watkins Lecture Hall 3-5 pm Principal Bass Timothy Cobb Kevreson Rehearsal Hall 4:30-6:30 pm Principal Harp Nancy Allen Classroom 1374
Principal Flute Robert Langevin Classroom 1370 Principal Horn Philip Myers Watkins Lecture Hall Principal Oboe Liang Wang Classroom 1374 Principal Percussion Christopher S. Lamb Hankinson Rehearsal Hall Principal Trombone Joseph Alessi Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center (1226 Murfin Ave., North Campus) Acting Principal Trumpet Matthew Muckey McIntosh Theatre Principal Tuba Alan Baer Classroom 1378
GOING TO THE MICHIGAN FOOTBALL GAME O N S AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 1 0 ? Don’t miss the New York Philharmonic Brass and the UMS Choral Union as they join the Michigan Marching Band at halftime under the baton of special guest conductor Alan Gilbert! MASTER CLASSES
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