ny phil biennial newspaper

116MAY 23—JUNE 11, 2016#LETSPLAYNYP

NYPHIL.ORG/BIENNIAL

Two years have passed since we embarked on an experiment we decidedto call the NY PHIL BIENNIAL, borrowing a word from the world ofambitious visual art exhibitions to convey our own aspiration to presentan imaginative, varied, provocative, and surprising snapshot of the currentstate of our art form. Our biennial is not a survey, nor is it a “Best of” list. Itis an array of “pavilions”: distinct, even idiosyncratically curated collectionsof works by today’s composers that reflect the tastes, interests, and pointsof view of a variety of artists and music programmers, all of whom share apassion for discovery and belief in the value of collaboration.

These collections arise from, and reflect, a sound world that is wider than ever. New works may be tonal, or serialist, or a combination of the two — an approach that seemed irreconcilable half a century ago. They can be performed by acoustic instruments, the unaccompanied human voice, or by computer. Composers have an unprecedented flexibility in the media through which they create. That is what makes the juxtaposition of programs crafted by a variety of sophisticated curators so fascinating and compelling.

To balance the need to choose with a determination to embrace — even revel in — this diversity, we have joined with partners who also delight in new music, but who act on that delight with alternate viewpoints, interests, and sensibilities. Clearly, the first NY PHIL BIENNIAL, in 2014, struck a chord, because afterward we were approached by a gratifying number of musicians and organizations — many based across the country and in Europe — clamoring to be part of the second. With his rare combination of empathy as a composer, insight as a performer, and eagerness as a learner, Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonic’s Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in- Residence, was the ideal colleague in poring over all the possibilities, and helping to craft a second biennial with more partners curating an even greater variety of musical pavilions than were on display in 2014.

To accommodate this surge of enthusiasm by musicians, performing arts organizations, and museums — and the audiences keen for yet more immersion in the new — we expanded the biennial to 28 events presented by the New York Philharmonic and our 12 partners. I know that Matthew VanBesien, the Philharmonic’s President, is as excited as I am to collaborate

with leading institutions of music education from far and wide, because the Philharmonic has focused an even greater spotlight on our ability to inspire the rising generation of professional musicians. We are delighted to be providing this New York City platform for Colorado’s Aspen Music Festival and School, Michigan’s Interlochen Arts Academy, Switzerland’s LUCERNE FESTIVAL, and others. This biennial is giving these young musicians a platform on which they can both perform and also share their perspectives, preferences, and priorities.

I gave up counting the number of composers represented when I reached 100. Like last time, these creators range in age and eminence, from icons like Pierre Boulez and György Ligeti to children just discovering their own compositional voices. And while they hail from a fascinating variety of countries — from Brazil to Iceland, from Turkey to South Korea — this biennial has a prominently American accent: more than half of the composers are from the United States. There will be more than 50 World Premieres, not to mention dozens of U.S. and New York Premieres. The NY PHIL BIENNIAL is intended to be a citywide celebration, so in addition to traditional settings such as David Geffen Hall and the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center, we now venture into new spaces like the new Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking District and Williamsburg’s National Sawdust.

In scanning through these pages I am proud because, as is the case with many truly exciting ideas, the NY PHIL BIENNIAL has taken on a life of its own and created its own set of necessities and demands. It has been a joy to rise to the challenge posed by the warmth with which the inaugural adventure was received. This project fulfills my highest aspirations for manifesting the pioneering role the New York Philharmonic plays in the world of music.

ALAN GILBERT New York Philharmonic Music Director

CONTENTS PROGRAMS & PAVILIONS 2

EXTRAS 7

THE PARTNERS 8

THE BIENNIAL AT A GLANCE 10

LET’S PLAY 12

A WIDE-RANGING EXPLORATION OF TODAY’S MUSIC

28 EVENTS 100+ COMPOSERS 100s OF MUSICIANS12 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

A flagship project of the New York Philharmonic, the NY PHIL BIENNIALis a wide-ranging exploration of today’s music that brings together aninternational roster of composers, performers, and curatorial voices forconcerts presented both on the Lincoln Center campus and with partnersin venues throughout the city. The second NY PHIL BIENNIAL, takingplace May 23–June 11, 2016, features diverse programs — ranging fromsolo works and a chamber opera to large-scale symphonies — by more than 100 composers, more than half of whom are American; present someof the country’s top music schools and youth choruses; and expand tomore New York City neighborhoods. A range of events and activities has been created to engender an ongoing dialogue among artists, composers, and audience members. Partners in the 2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL include National Sawdust; 92nd Street Y; Aspen Music Festival and School; Interlochen Center for the Arts; League of Composers / ISCM; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; LUCERNE FESTIVAL; MetLiveArts; New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival; Whitney Museum of American Art; WQXR’s Q2 Music; and Yale School of Music.

Major support for the NY PHIL BIENNIAL is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and The Francis Goelet Fund.Additional funding is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation and Honey M. Kurtz.Esa-Pekka Salonen is The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence.

CREATING TODAY, INSPIRING TOMORROW

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CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND NATIONAL SAWDUST

TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2016, 7:00 P.M.

TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2016, 7:00 P.M.

Shared MadnessJENNIFER KOH, VIOLINHELGA DAVIS, HOST

Works by more than 30 composers, which taken together explore the shared creative space between composer and performer in the 21st century, with a concentration on virtuosity. Presented over two nights, the following composers’ contributions will be heard in their World Premieres:

Samuel ADAMS, Timo ANDRES, Matt AUCOIN, Jean-Baptiste BARRIÈRE, Derek BERMEL, Lisa BIELAWA, Daníel BJARNASON, David BRUCE, Chris CERRONE, Anthony CHEUNG, Bryce DESSNER, Zosha DI CASTRI, Philip GLASS, Michael GORDON, Mark GREY, John HARBISON, Vijay IYER, Gabriel KAHANE, Phil KLINE, David LANG, David LUDWIG, James MATHESON, Missy MAZZOLI, Eric NATHAN, Marc NEIKRUG, Andrew NORMAN, Christopher ROUNTREE, Kaija SAARIAHO, Sean SHEPHERD, Noam SIVAN, Augusta Read THOMAS, and Julia WOLFE

National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

PRESENTED BY 92ND STREET Y

MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016, 8:30 P.M.

JACK QUARTET

Cenk ERGÜN Sonare (New York Premiere)Derek BERMEL Intonations (World Premiere)Cenk ERGÜN Celare (New York Premiere)Marc SABAT Euler Lattice Spirals Scenery

(New York Premiere)

92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue

Cenk Ergün’s Celare and Sonare have been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program,

with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND LINCOLN CENTER’S GREAT PERFORMERS AS PART OF THE

LINCOLN CENTER–NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC OPERA INITIATIVE

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016, 7:30 P.M.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016, 7:30 P.M.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2016, 7:30 P.M.

ILAN VOLKOV, CONDUCTORRAMIN GRAY, DIRECTORBEN CLARK, ASSOCIATE SET DESIGN, AFTER AN IDEA BY JOHANNES SCHÜTZCHRISTINA CUNNINGHAM, COSTUME DESIGNFRANZ PETER DAVID, LIGHTING DESIGNLEON BAUGH, MOVEMENT DIRECTORNEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

PRODUCTION BY THE ROYAL OPERA

Gerald BARRY The Importance of Being Earnest (U.S. Stage Premiere–Co-Commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director, and Barbican Centre, London)

Simon Wilding, bass (Lane / Merriman)Benedict Nelson, baritone (Algernon Moncrieff)Paul Curievici, tenor (John Worthing)Stephanie Marshall, mezzo-soprano (Gwendolen Fairfax)Alan Ewing, bass (Lady Bracknell)Hilary Summers, contralto (Miss Prism)Claudia Boyle, soprano (Cecily Cardew)Kevin West (The Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.)

Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center, 10 Columbus Circle

CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, LUCERNE FESTIVAL, AND METLIVEARTS

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016, 7:00 P.M.

Ligeti Forward, Program I

ALAN GILBERT, CONDUCTORDAVID FULMER, CONDUCTOR (CHIN)CONOR HANICK, PIANOENSEMBLE OF THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI

Alexandre LUNSQUI Kinetic Study 2Alexandre LUNSQUI Three Short Pieces Unsuk CHIN Fantaisie mécaniqueGyörgy LIGETI Piano Concerto


Ligeti Forward, Program II

ALAN GILBERT, CONDUCTORDAVID FULMER, CONDUCTOR (FUJIKURA)JAY CAMPBELL, CELLOENSEMBLE OF THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI

Marc-André DALBAVIE AxiomGyörgy LIGETI Cello ConcertoDai FUJIKURA ice

SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016, 2:00 P.M.

Ligeti Forward, Program III

ALAN GILBERT, CONDUCTORDAVID FULMER, CONDUCTOR (GRISEY)MIVOS QUARTET PEKKA KUUSISTO, VIOLINENSEMBLE OF THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI

Gérard GRISEY TaleaJohn ZORN Remedy of FortuneGyörgy LIGETI Violin Concerto

The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue

Ligeti Forward is supported by Swiss Re — Partner LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI. Additional generous funding is provided by Julia Lanigan.

PROGRAMS & PAVILIONS

PRESENTED BY THE LEAGUE OF COMPOSERS / ISCM

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016, 7:30 P.M.

LOUIS KARCHIN, MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTORCHARLES WUORINEN, CONDUCTOR (WUORINEN)ANNE-MARIE McDERMOTT, PIANO ORCHESTRA OF THE LEAGUE OF COMPOSERS

Huck HODGE Alêtheia (New York Premiere)Felipe LARA Fringes (U.S. Premiere)Paul MORAVEC Sempre Diritto!Charles WUORINEN Flying to Kahani for piano and

chamber orchestra

Miller Theatre at Columbia University, 2960 Broadway

CO-PRESENTED BY YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND WQXR’S Q2 MUSIC

MUSIC

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016, 7:00 P.M.

MUSICIANS FROM THE YALE SCHOOL OF MUSICJESSICA PRAY, SOPRANODOUGLAS DICKSON, PIANOHELGA DAVIS, HOST

Charles IVES Five songs for voice and piano: Disclosure, Mists, West London, World’s Wanderers, and Memories

Christopher THEOFANIDIS Kaoru for two flutesAaron Jay KERNIS Toward the Setting Sun (Vers le soleil

couchant) (New York Premiere)Hannah LASH Leaves, Space (New York Premiere)David LANG where you go for 12 singers (New

York Premiere)Martin BRESNICK And I Always Thought for clarinet,

violin, and piano (New York Premiere)

Hilary PURRINGTON For your judicious and pious consideration for mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano (New York Premiere)

The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, 44 Charlton Street

PRESENTED BY NATIONAL SAWDUST

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016, 7:00 P.M.

BROOKLYN RIDER

Program to include:Colin JACOBSEN BTT (World Premiere)John ZORN The Alchemist Tyondai BRAXTON Arp Rec 1 (New York Premiere)


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CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND NATIONAL SAWDUST

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M.

JON DEAK, CO-HOSTTHEODORE WIPRUD, CO-HOST

Very Young Composers of the New York Philharmonic: Voices for the Future Aidan NG (age 12, NYC) Whitewashed Window

(World Premiere)Taehyun WON (age 13, Seoul, South Korea) Future of Space

(World Premiere)Chi-Chi EZEKWENNA (age 11, NYC) Incredibly Dangerous,

Curiously Marvelous (World Premiere)

Angie ANDRADE (age 13, Caracas, Venezuela) El Huracán de la Unión (World Premiere)

Mia MICIC (age 14, NYC) The Wings of a Butterfly (World Premiere)

Aino HARTONEN (age 12, Helsinki, Finland) Two Worlds (World Premiere)Nina MOSKE (age 12, NYC) we will always be humans

(World Premiere)Angélica NEGRÓN (VYC Teaching Artist) This Person (World Premiere)Paola PRESTINI (VYC Founding Teaching Artist) Tomorrow’s Labyrinth

(World Premiere)


Very Young Composers is sponsored, in part, by The Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation, Inc., Muna & Basem Hishmeh,

The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Solender.

This concert is made possible, in part, through the generosity of contributors to the Very Young Composers’ 20th-anniversary Kickstarter campaign.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016

5:00 P.M.

Immediacy of Nowness Reiner KRÄMER Stück für querflöte, saxofon und computer in drei Teilen (for flute, alto saxophone and computer)Ted MOORE discreet and discrete (for alto saxophone and laptops)Mikel KUEHN Crack (for alto saxophone and electroacoustic accompaniment)Paul David THOMAS A Thread Unwound (for flute, alto saxophone, and two computers)Joshua CLAUSEN James Carville and Mary Matalin Are Impressive (for flute and electronics) (Patricia Surman, flute; Jeffery Kyle Hutchins, alto saxophone; Reiner Krämer and Ted Moore, computers)

8:00 P.M. Eric LYON Little History of Photography (Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet) Stuart CUNNINGHAM Noise Without Noise (for two-channel fixed media)James DASHOW Soundings in Pure Duration 7 (for alto saxophone)Ragnar GRIPPE Spider’s Web (for two-channel fixed media)Tuo WANG IDB (Emilio Guarino, double bass)Paolo GATTI Poltergeist (Maja Cerar, violin)Maja CERAR & Autopoesis (Maja Cerar, violin) Liubo BORISSOV Yasuhiro OTANI Reverie (Yasuhiro Otani, electric guitar)Wang-chin LI River (Yi-An Huang, oboe)Joshua MAILMAN Material Soundscapes Collide (Arthur Kampela, guitar)Michael GOGINS Scrims (for video)Howie KENTY The Halls Within the Mirror (Rebekah Norris, soprano)

PROGRAMS & PAVILIONS CONTINUED

CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL AND NATIONAL SAWDUST


SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016

3:00 P.M. Thomas DEMPSTER melt (for four-channel fixed media)Gerald ECKERT Klangräume (Beatrix Wagner, piccolo)Damon LEE Stumm (for video)Fernando LAUB Consummation (for ad-hoc electroacoustic device)Andrew BABCOCK Ventriloquy (for two-channel fixed media)Tania LEÓN Axon (Maja Cerar, violin)Paul HEMBREE Apocryphal Chrysopoeia (for laptop)Clelia PATRONO Tension and Release (for video)Jérémie JONES Silver Fix & Complex Systems (for four-channel

fixed media)Aaron EINBOND Xylography (for cello)Andrew WALTERS Red Plastic Bell Abstract (for eight-channel fixed

media)Margaret SCHEDEL QfefQ (reACT: Francesca Arnone, flute; Mikylah

Myers McTeer, violin)

7:00 P.M. Kari VÄKEVÄ Sundog ii (for eight-channel fixed media)Christopher BAILEY Composition for S#|††¥ Piano... (Shiau-uen Ding,

piano)Ari FRANKEL inErnest (for video)Ari FRANKEL enCaged (for video)Hanna KIM Yellow Forest (for two laptops)Ken UENO Vedananupassana (Maja Cerar, violin)Charles NICHOLS At the Boundary (for string quartet)Lawrence FRITTS Musicometry I (Esther Lamneck, clarinet)Eric EVANS Homoousios (Cassie Lear, flute)Phill NIBLOCK Timepiece / Maize (for video and two- or

four-channel audio)

10:00 P.M.

Ghost VoicesAnnie GOSFIELD Captured Signals and Radio Ephemera

(for sampler and guitar)Annie GOSFIELD Long Waves and Random Pulses (for violin and

fixed media)Shelley HIRSCH & Book Bark Tree Skin Line Stage 1

Joke LANZ

MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016

5:00 P.M. HOLLANDS, PUBLIQuartet The Scheherazade Project & Amy KHOSHBIN (indie-rock duo Hollands; PUBLIQuartet; visual artist Amy Khoshbin)

8:00 P.M. Mark ZAKI Windows (for video)Nicholas CLINE water-witching (for tenor saxophone)Maurice WRIGHT Wo Klingend? (for four-channel fixed media)Fred SZYMANSKI Turbulence — Convections (for video)Elizabeth HOFFMAN Fastenings (Maja Cerar, violin)Hubert HOWE Inharmonic Fantasy No. 4 (for video) & Sylvia PENGILLYMarc AINGER Windswept (Madeleine Shapiro, cello;

Ann Stimson, flute) Clemens VON REUSNER HO (for eight-channel fixed media)Grant LUHMANN Arborea (for violin)Jeffrey HASS Three Easy Recipes (for video)John NICHOLS III The Pillar II (Scott Deal, percussion)

3 DAYS O

F EVENTS!

JOSHUA GERSEN, CONDUCTORANNA URREY, FLUTELIAM BURKE, CLARINETHOWARD WALL, HORNKYLE ZERNA, PERCUSSIONANNA RABINOVA, VIOLIN

NA SUN, VIOLINPETER KENOTE, VIOLAALEXEI YUPANQUI GONZALES, CELLOMAX ZEUGNER, BASSALMA MICIC, VOCALIST

CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS

SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016, 3:00 P.M.

Young AmericansCHRISTOPHER ROUNTREE, CONDUCTORINTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY ORCHESTRAINTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY DANCE COMPANY

Jennifer HIGDON Machine (New York Premiere)Hannah LASH Chaconnes (World Premiere)Ashley FURE Bound to the Bow (World Premiere)Nico MUHLY So Far So Good (New York Premiere) The Good So Far

CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, CHOREOGRAPHER

David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

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CO-PRESENTED BY THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016, 7:00 P.M.

TIMOTHY WEISS, CONDUCTORSPENCER LANG, TENORASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL’S ASPEN CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE

Thomas KOTCHEFF bang Z (New York Premiere)Stephen HARTKE The Blue Studio (New York Premiere)Nina C. YOUNG Rising Tide (New York Premiere)Steven STUCKY The Stars and the Roses

(New York Premiere)Christopher STARK Mercy Bell (New York Premiere)Esa-Pekka SALONEN Catch and Release (New York

Premiere)

Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street

PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC


ALAN GILBERT, CONDUCTORNEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

Pierre BOULEZ Messagesquisse Eric Bartlett, solo cello; Patrick Jee, Qiang Tu, Sumire Kudo, Maria Kitsopoulos, Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, Wendy Sutter, cello

Steven STUCKY Second Concerto for Orchestra (New York Premiere)Per NØRGÅRD Symphony No. 8 (U.S. Premiere)


This performance is made possible by Edward Jay Wohlgemuth.

PROGRAMS & PAVILIONS

EXTRAS

CONTINUED

CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMOINIC AND LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016, 7:30 P.M.

Insights at the Atrium: “NY PHIL BIENNIAL: A Player’s Guide”

ALAN GILBERT, HOSTLISA BIELAWA, MARTIN BRESNICK, JAY

CAMPBELL, JOHN CORIGLIANO, COLIN JACOBSEN, AARON JAY KERNIS, JENNIFER KOH, DIANNE BERKUN MENAKER, HILARY PURRINGTON, and CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS, SPEAKERS

A preview of the NY PHIL BIENNIAL

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center Columbus Avenue at 62nd Street

E X H I B I TBiennial Backstory: Messiaen’s Aesthetics and Influence at the Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic Archives celebratesthe NY PHIL BIENNIAL by looking back at the groundbreaking music of Olivier Messiaen and his principal interpreters, former Music Directors Pierre Boulez and Zubin Mehta. Boulez, a student of Messiaen, opened the door to Messiaen’s compositions with an unprecedented focus on contemporary music in the 1970s and the start of the Philharmonic’s first contemporary music series, Prospective Encounters. Mehta further championed him, by commissioning the massive Éclairs sur L’Au-Delà…, which would be the composer’s last completed work, and by performing more Messiaen works than any Philharmonic conductor to date. The focus both Music Directors gave to the music of their time set the groundwork for future Philharmonic contemporary music festivals.

The exhibit is located in the Bruno WalterGallery on the Grand Promenade of DavidGeffen Hall, between doors 4 and 5. It is opento David Geffen Hall ticket holders during concert hours.

P L A Y D A T E S Stick around after select NY PHIL BIENNIALconcerts for NY PHIL BIENNIAL Play Dates,post-concert meet-ups with composers andperformers over cocktails. And for the Play Datesfollowing David Geffen Hall concerts, DavidGeffen Hall Café in the lobby will be transformedinto Bar Biennial.

MAY 11 AT DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM

MAY 24 AND 31, AND JUNE 3, 5, 6, AND 7 AT NATIONAL SAWDUST

MAY 25 AT THE JEROME L. GREENE PERFORMANCE SPACE

JUNE 4 (with Lincoln Center ’s Great Performers) AND 9 AT ROSE THEATER AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER (June 9 between the double bill)

JUNE 5 (with LUCERNE FESTIVAL and MetLiveArts) AT THE

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

JUNE 5, 10, AND 11 AT BAR BIENNIAL IN DAVID GEFFEN HALL

For the latest Play Date information visit nyphil.org/biennial.


THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016, 7:00 P.M.

BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS DIANNE BERKUN MENAKER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTORSAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS LISA BIELAWA, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR VALÉRIE SAINTE-AGATHE, MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTORTHEO BLECKMANN, VOCALISTHOTEL ELEFANT, AMPLIFIED STRING QUARTET

Philip GLASS / “Father Death Blues” from Hydrogen Arr. L. Bielawa & Jukebox (New York Premiere of P. Glass choral arrangement)Carla KIHLSTEDT Herring Run (New York Premiere)Theo BLECKMANN Final Answer (World Premiere)Caroline SHAW so quietly (World Premiere)Mary KOUYOUMDJIAN Become Who I AmGabriel KAHANE Back of the Choir (World Premiere)

8:30 P.M.

THE KNIGHTS COLIN JACOBSEN, CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ERIC JACOBSEN, CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTORBROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS DIANNE BERKUN MENAKER, ARTISTIC DIRECTORSAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS LISA BIELAWA, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR VALÉRIE SAINTE-AGATHE, MUSIC DIRECTORNICHOLAS PHAN, TENORCOLIN JACOBSEN, VIOLIN

Lisa BIELAWA My Outstretched Hand (World Premiere)Nico MUHLY Impossible Things (U.S. Premiere)Colin JACOBSEN If I Were Not Me (World Premiere)Aaron Jay KERNIS Remembering the Sea — Souvenir de la Mer

(World Premiere)Timo ANDRES Comfort Food (New York Premiere)

Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center, 10 Columbus Circle


FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016, 7:00 P.M.

ALAN GILBERT, CONDUCTORJOSEPH ALESSI, TROMBONEMARTIN GRUBINGER, PERCUSSIONNEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

William BOLCOM Trombone Concerto (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra)

John CORIGLIANO Conjurer: Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra (New York Premiere)


William Bolcom’s commission is made possible with generous support from Edward Stanford & Barbara Scheulen.

CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL


TIMOTHY WEISS, CONDUCTORSPENCER LANG, TENORASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL’S

ASPEN CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE

Steven STUCKY The Stars and the RosesEsa-Pekka SALONEN Catch and Release


Select biennial moments will also be video-streamed live on the Philharmonic’s Facebook page via Facebook Live; follow our social media channels to find out when to tune in.

Highlights from Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic’s biennial performances will be broadcast on WFMT’s Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead (available at www.relevantones.com) and released on the New York Philharmonic’s digital recording series, Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic: 2015–16 Season, available from all major digital download services.

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IAOpportunities to experience the NY PHIL BIENNIAL online include:MAY 11: INSIGHTS AT THE ATRIUM: “NY PHIL BIENNIAL: A PLAYER’S GUIDE” — VIDEO ON NYPHIL.ORG/BIENNIAL

MAY 23: JACK QUARTET — LIVE VIDEO WEBCAST ON 92Y.ORG

MAY 24: 24-HOUR NY PHIL BIENNIAL MARATHON — AUDIO ON Q2MUSIC.ORG

MAY 24 AND 31: SHARED MADNESS — LIVE AUDIO STREAM ON Q2MUSIC.ORG

MAY 25: YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC’S NEW MUSIC NEW HAVEN — LIVE VIDEO WEBCAST ON Q2MUSIC.ORG

JUNE 3, 4, AND 5: LIGETI FORWARD — LIVE VIDEO WEBCAST ON METMUSEUM.ORG

For more information and updates, visit nyphil.org/biennial and follow the New York Philharmonic on Twitter and Facebook.

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The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) is dedicated to showcasing the best electroacoustic music and video art from all over the world in New York City, through a multi-day festival in different venues throughout the city. The festivals include electroacoustic music recorded alone in up to eight channels, works involving live electronics, works combining musical instruments or voices with recorded or live electronics, video and multimedia works, and audio and video installations.

The festival solicits works from electroacoustic music composers not just from New York or the United States, but internationally. It uses a peer-reviewed selection process to ensure the best works are presented. The festival presents not just audio, but also video and multimedia works, as well as installations that offer the most innovative new-music programming. nycemf.org

Created in 1964, Interlochen Arts Academy is one part of the nationally recognized nonprofit Interlochen

Center for the Arts. Since its inception, the Academy has been committed to excellence in the arts and

academics, creating an atmosphere of support in which students can achieve the highest possible artistic,

intellectual, and ethical standards as individuals and as responsible members of a diverse community.

Situated on a 1,200-acre campus in northwestern Michigan, Interlochen Arts Academy is the nation’s

first fine arts boarding high school, uniting 500 talented and motivated young artists each year who study

music, theatre, comparative arts, dance, visual arts, creative writing, motion picture arts, and challenging

academics in a college-like setting. Dedicated to providing university-level academic instruction combined

with arts instruction from accomplished professionals, the Academy is a fast-paced environment that

challenges students, focuses talents, and develops creativity. The 82 outstanding artists and educators

who make up the Interlochen Arts Academy faculty instruct a curriculum that prepares students to take

prominent roles in any professional endeavor.

Thanks to a collaborative effort between New York Philharmonic President Matthew VanBesien, himself

an alumnus of Interlochen Arts Camp, and Interlochen President Jeffrey Kimpton, the Academy Orchestra

will perform in Young Americans as part of the NY PHIL BIENNIAL. This is a tremendous opportunity for

the students and a milestone for the Academy, which is the only high school invited to participate in the

biennial. interlochen.org

The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by the artist and

philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875−1942), houses the foremost

collection of American art from the 20th and 21st centuries. The core of the

Whitney’s mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of

our time and serve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity

and diversity of art and culture in the United States. Through this mission and a

steadfast commitment to artists themselves, the Whitney has long been a powerful

force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to help define what

is innovative and influential in American art today. The Whitney also has a rich

history that dates back to the 1960s of presenting performance in relation to visual

art, which has continued to evolve at the Museum’s new building on 99 Gansevoort

Street. As part of the Museum’s commitment to presenting work by contemporary

composers, the Whitney is delighted to host the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at

the Museum as part of the NY PHIL BIENNIAL. whitney.org

Q2 Music — WQXR’s online platform dedicated to contemporary classical composers, innovative ensembles, and musical discovery — is proud to partner with the NY PHIL BIENNIAL and its mission to serve audiences for 21st-century classical music. Its programming includes immersive festivals, insightful commentary from hosts such as composer Phil Kline and vocalist Helga Davis, full-length album streams, live webcasts, and exclusive concert audio from local and national venues, as well as special events in front of live audiences at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WQXR. Q2 Music produces Meet the Composer with host Nadia Sirota, a Peabody Award–winning interview podcast that mines the brains of today’s leading composers, as well as LPR Live, a podcast that shares dynamic new-music performances from Greenwich Village’s Le Poisson Rouge. Q2 Music is streamed live, 24 / 7, at www.wqxr.org/q2music and is also available via the free WQXR App.

The League of Composers / ISCM is the nation’s oldest organization devoted to contemporary music. Dating back to 1923, it merged with the U.S. section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) in 1954. Its concerts draw on a remarkably rich heritage, and include such groundbreaking premieres as Arnold Schönberg’s Die glückliche Hand, Béla Bartók’s Village Scenes, Samuel Barber’s Piano Sonata, and Anton Webern’s Symphony. The organization more recently presented the American premieres of György Ligeti’s Horn Trio, Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Harlequin, and Elliott Carter’s On Conversing with Paradise. The League’s mission is to engage audiences by presenting performances of new music of the highest caliber written by both emerging and established living composers, with an emphasis on American composition.

The Orchestra of the League of Composers was established in 2009 by ISCM President David Gordon, composer / conductor Louis Karchin, and flutist Sue Ann Kahn. It presented its debut concert at Miller Theatre on June 10, 2009, in a program of music by Elliott Carter, Christopher Dietz, Julia Wolfe, Charles Wuorinen, and Alvin Singleton. Since its founding, it has commissioned ten new works and presented 23 New York or World Premieres. It has collaborated with soloists such as cellist Fred Sherry, baritone Evan Hughes, soprano Kate Lindsay, Philharmonic Principal Oboe Liang Wang, and violist Paul Neubauer. The New York Times and other publications have praised the orchestra for its “boundary-erasing spirit,” “stylistically omnivorous programming,” and its “polished” performances. The orchestra is honored to participate in the NY PHIL BIENNIAL. leagueofcomposers.org

Located in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the non-profit National Sawdust is a dynamic home for artists and new music of all kinds. It is a place for exploration and discovery — where emerging and established artists can share their music with serious music fans and casual listeners alike. In a city teeming with venues, National Sawdust is a singular space founded with an expansive vision: to provide composers and musicians across genres with a setting in which they can flourish, and a place where they are given unprecedented support and critical resources essential to create, and then share, their work.

A diversity of world-class artists, arts organizations, and institutions are collaborating with National Sawdust’s creative and executive director, the composer Paola Prestini, as curators. In addition to hosting rehearsals, performances, recordings, and broadcasts in state-of-the art facilities, National Sawdust commissions new works and arranges workshops and residencies. It aims to be a resource not only for the community of musicians, but also for audiences in search of remarkable musical experiences at accessible ticket prices.

For the local community, National Sawdust creates progressive public programs and educational initiatives. Other offerings include talks, publications, and mentorship programs for composers and musicians, and for related fields. Designed by Brooklyn’s Bureau V, National Sawdust is constructed within the existing shell of a century-old sawdust factory, preserving the authenticity of Williamsburg’s industrial past while providing a refined and intimate setting for the exploration of new music. At the venue’s core is a flexible chamber hall, acoustically designed by the renowned engineering firm Arup to provide the highest-quality experience of both unamplified and amplified music. nationalsawdust.org

LUCERNE FESTIVAL encompasses a series of internationally leading festivals in the realm of classical music. Each year three distinct festivals take place: the Easter Festival, the Summer Festival, and the Piano Festival. LUCERNE FESTIVAL was founded in 1938 and Michael Haefliger has been its executive and artistic director since 1999. Each year the most acclaimed symphony orchestras come to Lucerne to perform: these include such ensembles as the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, which was founded in 2004 by Claudio Abbado and Michael Haefliger, brings internationally acclaimed orchestral musicians to Lucerne each summer for a two-week period. Starting in 2016 Riccardo Chailly will be the orchestra’s new music director. Along with cultivating the traditional repertoire, contemporary music plays an essential role at LUCERNE FESTIVAL in terms of programming and education. Equally important is the development of emerging talent in the areas known as LUCERNE FESTIVAL YOUNG and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY. The Academy, which was founded by Pierre Boulez and Michael Haefliger, will be under a new directorship starting in 2016, with artistic director Wolfgang Rihm and principal conductor Matthias Pintscher. As LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI, participants of the Academy continue to have an impact in Lucerne and around the world through first-class concert projects. The KKL Luzern, a complex designed by Jean Nouvel and celebrated for its outstanding acoustics and its architecture alike, serves as the central venue for LUCERNE FESTIVAL. lucernefestival.ch

ABOUT METLIVEARTSThe groundbreaking live arts series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art explores contemporary performance through the lens of the Museum’s exhibitions and unparalleled gallery spaces with singular performances and talks. MetLiveArts invites artists, performers, curators, and thought-leaders to explore and collaborate within The Met, leading with new commissions, World Premieres, and site-specific durational performances that have been named some of the most “Memorable” and “Best of” performances in New York City by the The New York Times, New Yorker, and Broadway World. ABOUT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTThe Met presents more than 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in three iconic sites in New York City — the main building on Fifth Avenue, at The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

Since it was founded in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum’s galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures. metmuseum.org

THE PARTNERS

METLIVEARTS

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Lincoln Center’s Great Performers offers classical and contemporary music performances from the world’s outstanding symphony orchestras, vocalists, chamber ensembles, and recitalists. Since its initiation in 1965, the series, presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA), has expanded to include significant emerging artists and premieres of groundbreaking

productions, with offerings from October through June in Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and other performance spaces around New York City. LCPA maintains a strong commitment to contemporary programming, including composer commissions and residencies. A presenter of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivals, which also include American Songbook, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Award–winning Live From Lincoln Center, which airs nationally on PBS. www.LCGreatPerformers.org

92nd Street Y is a center for the arts and innovation, a convener of ideas, an incubator for creativity. Founded in 1874, it seeks to create, provide, and disseminate programs of distinction that foster the physical and mental growth of people throughout their lives. From its New York headquarters, 92Y offers thousands of programs, including talks with leaders in every field; outstanding performing, visual, and literary arts presentations and classes; fitness and sports programs; and activities for children and families.

Through these programs, 92Y creates community far beyond its four walls, bringing people from all over the world together through innovations like the award-winning #GivingTuesday and the Social Good Summit. Along with live webcasts and a growing online archive of free talks and performances, it is transforming the way people share ideas and translate them into action all over the world.

Since the launch of its Concerts Series in 1936, 92Y has enjoyed international renown for its music presentations. The program now encompasses chamber music, solo recitals, the annual Jazz in July festival, Lyrics & Lyricists™, The Art of the Guitar, contemporary music, and family concerts. It promotes new music through commissions, and nurtures artists at all stages of their careers.

All of 92Y’s programming is built on a foundation of Jewish values: the capacity of civil dialogue to change minds; the potential of education and the arts to change lives; and a commitment to welcoming and serving people of all ages, races, religions, and ethnicities. 92Y.org.

Established in 1894, the Yale School of Music continues a position of international leadership in the training of performers and composers. A professional graduate school and the only school of music in the Ivy League, the Yale School of Music maintains a highly selective admissions process, admitting approximately 200 students who come to study with a distinguished faculty. The School of Music has a high international profile: approximately 40 percent of students come from countries outside the United States, and the School engages globally in partnerships with leading conservatories, festivals, and opera companies.

Alumni of the Yale School of Music hold major positions throughout the music world. Yale graduates perform with and conduct preeminent American and international orchestras, and voice alumni earn renown in professional opera companies. Reflecting the School’s strong chamber music program, many graduates have founded or joined prominent chamber ensembles. Yale composition alumni enjoy noted success, with continual premieres of new music. Along with artistic accomplishment, Yale School of Music graduates provide strong leadership in guiding the course of numerous academic and cultural institutions.

Our program for the NY PHIL BIENNIAL represents the Yale School of Music composition program — its past, present, and future. It begins with songs by our historically most distinguished student, Charles Ives, and concludes with a song by a very promising student (and fellow New Englander) Hilary Purrington. In between, we offer a set of New York Premieres by the School’s composition faculty: Martin Bresnick, Aaron Jay Kernis, David Lang, Hannah Lash, and Christopher Theofanidis. music.yale.edu.

The Aspen Music Festival and School is the United States’ premier classical music festival, presenting more than 400 events during its eight-week summer season. The institution draws top classical musicians from around the world to this Colorado mountain retreat for an unparalleled combination of performances and music education. Many events are free and seating on the David Karetsky Music Lawn is always free.

More than 630 top music students from more than 40 countries come each summer to play in five orchestras, sing, conduct, compose, and study with renowned artist-faculty members.

Renowned alumni include violinists Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Cho-Liang Lin, Robert McDuffie, Midori, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and Gil Shaham; pianists Ingrid Fliter, Orli Shaham, Conrad Tao, Yuja Wang, Wu Han, and Joyce Yang; conductors Marin Alsop,

James Conlon, James Levine, Leonard Slatkin, and Joshua Weilerstein; composers William Bolcom, Philip Glass, David Lang, Augusta Read Thomas, Bright Sheng, and Joan Tower; vocalists Jamie Barton, Danielle de Niese, Sasha Cooke, Renée Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, and Tamara Wilson; cellists Lynn Harrell and Alisa Weilerstein; guitarist Sharon Isbin; performer Peter Schickele; and bassist Edgar Meyer.

Since 1949 Aspen has had a proud history of commitment to new American music and it is a pleasure to partner with the New York Philharmonic on its visionary NY PHIL BIENNIAL. The two AMFS programs, with each work a New York Premiere, feature pieces by Aspen students, artist-faculty, and alumni, with a special place for the great Steven Stucky. aspenmusicfestival.com

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WED. MAY 11 7:30 P.M.Insights at the Atrium: “NY PHIL BIENNIAL: A PLAYER’S GUIDE”At David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln CenterCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert and artists from across the new-music spectrum preview highlights of the 2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL.

MON. MAY 23 8:30 P.M.JACK QUARTET PERFORMS WORLD AND NEW YORK PREMIERESJACK QuartetAt 92nd Street YPRESENTED BY 92ND STREET Y

Works by Cenk Ergün***, Derek Bermel*, Marc Sabat***

TUES. MAY 24 7:00 P.M.JENNIFER KOH’S SHARED MADNESSJennifer Koh, violin; Helga Davis, hostAt National SawdustCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND NATIONAL SAWDUST

Shared Madness*: Short works, premiered over two evenings, exploring the idea of virtuosity. Composers include Samuel Adams, Timo Andres, Matt Aucoin, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Derek Bermel, Lisa Bielawa, Daníel Bjarnason, David Bruce, Chris Cerrone, Anthony Cheung, Bryce Dessner, Zosha Di Castri, Philip Glass, Michael Gordon, Mark Grey, John Harbison, Vijay Iyer, Gabriel Kahane, Phil Kline, David Lang, David Ludwig, James Matheson, Missy Mazzoli, Eric Nathan, Marc Neikrug, Andrew Norman, Christopher Rountree, Kaija Saariaho, Sean Shepherd, Noam Sivan, Augusta Read Thomas, Julia Wolfe (see also May 31) WED. MAY 25 7:00 P.M.YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC’S NEW MUSIC NEW HAVENMusicians from the Yale School of Music; Jessica Pray, soprano; Douglas Dickson, piano; Helga Davis, hostAt The Jerome L. Greene Performance SpaceCO-PRESENTED BY YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND WQXR’S Q2 MUSIC

Works by Charles Ives, Christopher Theofanidis, Aaron Jay Kernis***, Hannah Lash***, David Lang**, Martin Bresnick**, Hilary Purrington*

TUES. MAY 31 7:00 P.M.JENNIFER KOH’S SHARED MADNESSJennifer Koh, violin; Helga Davis, hostAt National SawdustCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND NATIONAL SAWDUST

Shared Madness*: Short works, premiered over two evenings, exploring the idea of virtuosity. Composers include Samuel Adams, Timo Andres, Matt Aucoin, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Derek Bermel, Lisa Bielawa, Daníel Bjarnason, David Bruce, Chris Cerrone, Anthony Cheung, Bryce Dessner, Zosha Di Castri, Philip Glass, Michael Gordon, Mark Grey, John Harbison, Vijay Iyer, Gabriel Kahane, Phil Kline, David Lang, David Ludwig, James Matheson, Missy Mazzoli, Eric Nathan, Marc Neikrug, Andrew Norman, Christopher Rountree, Kaija Saariaho, Sean Shepherd, Noam Sivan, Augusta Read Thomas, Julia Wolfe (see also May 24)

WED. JUNE 01 7:30 P.M.ORCHESTRA OF THE LEAGUE OF COMPOSERS Orchestra of the League of Composers; Louis Karchin and Charles Wuorinen, conductors; Anne-Marie McDermott, pianoAt Miller Theatre at Columbia UniversityPRESENTED BY THE LEAGUE OF COMPOSERS / ISCM

Works by Huck Hodge***, Felipe Lara**, Paul Moravec, Charles Wuorinen

THURS. JUNE 02 7:30 P.M.THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTNew York Philharmonic; Ilan Volkov, conductor At Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln CenterCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND LINCOLN CENTER’S GREAT PERFORMERS AS PART OF THE LINCOLN CENTER–NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC OPERA INITIATIVE

Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest‡

FRI. JUNE 03 7:00 P.M.LIGETI FORWARD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTEnsemble of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI; Alan Gilbert and David Fulmer, conductors; Conor Hanick, pianoAt The Metropolitan Museum of ArtCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, LUCERNE FESTIVAL, AND METLIVEARTS

Ligeti Forward, Program I: works by Alexandre Lunsqui, Unsuk Chin, György Ligeti

7:00 P.M.BROOKLYN RIDER: NYC’S DOWNTOWN MUSIC SCENEAt National SawdustPRESENTED BY NATIONAL SAWDUST

Program to include works by Colin Jacobsen*, John Zorn, Tyondai Braxton***

7:30 P.M.THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTNew York Philharmonic; Ilan Volkov, conductor At Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln CenterCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND LINCOLN CENTER’S GREAT PERFORMERS AS PART OF THE LINCOLN CENTER–NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC OPERA INITIATIVE

Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest

SAT. JUNE 04 11:00 A.M.VERY YOUNG COMPOSERS OF THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONICNew York Philharmonic Musicians and Teaching ArtistsAt National SawdustCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND NATIONAL SAWDUST

Voices for the Future: program to include works by Very Young Composers and Teaching Artists

7:00 P.M.LIGETI FORWARD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTEnsemble of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI; Alan Gilbert and David Fulmer, conductors; Jay Campbell, celloAt The Metropolitan Museum of ArtCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, LUCERNE FESTIVAL, AND METLIVEARTS

Ligeti Forward, Program II: works by Marc-André Dalbavie, György Ligeti, Dai Fujikura

KEY : * World Premiere ** U.S. Premiere ‡ U.S. Stage Premiere *** New York Premiere

THE BIENNIAL AT A GLANCEWED. JUNE 08 7:00 P.M. ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL AT THE WHITNEYAspen Music Festival and School’s Aspen Contemporary Ensemble; Timothy Weiss, conductor; Spencer Lang, tenorAt Whitney Museum of American Art CO-PRESENTED BY THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART

Works by Thomas Kotcheff***, Stephen Hartke***, Nina C. Young***, Steven Stucky***, Christopher Stark***, Esa-Pekka Salonen***

THURS. JUNE 09 7:00 P.M.BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS AND SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUSBrooklyn Youth Chorus and San Francisco Girls Chorus; Dianne Berkun Menaker, Valérie Sainte-Agathe, conductors; Theo Bleckmann, vocalist; Hotel Elefant, amplified string quartetAt Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln CenterPRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

Works by Philip Glass***, Carla Kihlstedt***, Theo Bleckmann*, Caroline Shaw*, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Gabriel Kahane*

8:30 P.M.THE KNIGHTS WITH BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS AND SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUSThe Knights with Brooklyn Youth Chorus and San Francisco Girls Chorus; Eric Jacobsen, conductor; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Colin Jacobsen, violinAt Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln CenterPRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

Works by Lisa Bielawa*, Nico Muhly**, Colin Jacobsen*, Aaron Jay Kernis*, Timo Andres***

FRI. JUNE 10 7:00 P.M.ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS BOLCOM AND CORIGLIANONew York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor; Joseph Alessi, trombone; Martin Grubinger, percussionAt David Geffen HallPRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

Works by William Bolcom*, John Corigliano***

SAT. JUNE 11 4:00 P.M.ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL: SALONEN AND STUCKYAspen Music Festival and School’s Aspen Contemporary Ensemble; Timothy Weiss, conductor; Spencer Lang, tenorAt David Geffen HallCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL

Works by Steven Stucky, Esa-Pekka Salonen

7:00 P.M.ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS BOULEZ, STUCKY, AND NØRGÅRDNew York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductorAt David Geffen HallPRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

Works by Pierre Boulez, Steven Stucky***, Per Nørgård**

7:30 P.M.THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTNew York Philharmonic; Ilan Volkov, conductor At Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln CenterCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND LINCOLN CENTER’S GREAT PERFORMERS AS PART OF THE LINCOLN CENTER–NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC OPERA INITIATIVE

Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest

SUN. JUNE 05 2:00 P.M.LIGETI FORWARD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTEnsemble of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI; Alan Gilbert and David Fulmer, conductors; Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Mivos QuartetAt The Metropolitan Museum of ArtCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, LUCERNE FESTIVAL, AND METLIVEARTS

Ligeti Forward, Program III: works by Gérard Grisey, John Zorn, György Ligeti

3:00 P.M. INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA: YOUNG AMERICANSInterlochen Arts Academy Orchestra and Dance Company; Christopher Rountree, conductorAt David Geffen Hall CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Program to include works by Jennifer Higdon***, Hannah Lash*, Ashley Fure*, Nico Muhly***

3:00 P.M., 7:00 P.M., 10:00 P.M.NEW YORK CITY ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL At National SawdustCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL AND NATIONAL SAWDUST

Works involving live electronics, including computer processing and laptop orchestras; works combining live instruments or voices with fixed media or live electronics; video and multimedia works; and sound installations

MON. JUNE 06 5:00 P.M., 8:00 P.M.NEW YORK CITY ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL At National SawdustCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL AND NATIONAL SAWDUST


TUES. JUNE 07 5:00 P.M., 8:00 P.M.NEW YORK CITY ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL At National SawdustCO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL AND NATIONAL SAWDUST


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2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL

Edited and produced by New York Philharmonic Publications

Lisa Mantone, Senior Vice President, Institutional Advancement

Monica Parks, Director of Publications

Karissa Krenz, Managing Editor

Design by Isaac Gertman, The Independent Group

NY PHIL BIENNIAL image featuring Leelanee Sterrett, horn, courtesy of Cade Martin and So & So

ACROSS1. Shared —4. Violinist Jennifer7. Flying to — (Wuorinen)8. Paula, in Padua (hint: Prestini)9. Composer Dai10. Augusta — Thomas12. Esa-— Salonen13. Danish Peter, as in Nørgård14. Composer John, whose music

is on two NY PHIL BIENNIAL programs

15. New — New Haven (biennial partner)

18. Composer who’s part of the Philharmonic family?

21. — Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center

23. Very Young Composer Ezekwenna

24. 2011 piece by Huck Hodge25. 18th-century mathematician

Leonhard, inspiration to composer Marc Sabat

26. Yale-Princeton Football Game composer

27. — Forward29. — Young Composers of the New

York Philharmonic

30. Big nickname in NYC culture; in one case, a biennial venue

34. Let’s —35. Mother ship of Q2 Music36. L Train straphanger, or ensemble

performing June 3 at National Sawdust

39. Brazilian composer Felipe41. What 32 Down wrote it’s

important to be45. — FESTIVAL (biennial partner)47. Kanye collaborator / NY PHIL

BIENNIAL composer Caroline48. “Straight ahead,” in Siena; also,

a Paul Moravec title49. The Jerome L. Greene

Performance —

50. Composer Matt, whose piece will be performed May 24 or 31

51. Piece by Yale composer Christopher Theofanidis

Down2. Very Young Composers

honcho Jon3. Dear departed composer

Steven4. — Saariaho5. “Between lakes” (in German)

sits this fine fine-arts boarding school

6. Irish composer Gerald8. This describes more than 100

performances in the biennial11. — Jay Kernis14. How 6 Down says z16. The — (see them June 9 at Jazz

at Lincoln Center)17. Jazz pianist, and a composer

whose piece will be performed May 24 or 31

19. — Muhly20. With the NY PHIL BIENNIAL,

“the New York Philharmonic and its music director — have turned themselves into a force of permanent revolution.” (New York magazine)

22. One who chooses and presents art: visual, musical, or otherwise

28. Composer Andres31. National Sawdust river crossing32. “The truth is rarely pure and

never simple.” (Oscar —)33. Cenk Ergün work on May 23

program35. Woman composer represented

on both inaugural and 2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL

37. Fujikura work on Ligeti Forward38. Principal Trombone Joseph40. Composer / Interlochen alum

Ashley42. Composer and 2014 biennial

blogger Shepherd43. — Contemporary Ensemble or

Skiing Company44. Title of Dalbavie quartet

dedicated to Ligeti46. Composer Chin47. Short Works for — Violin

(what you’ll hear at 1 Across)

Discover the many charms of the NY PHIL BIENNIAL through our crossword challenge. Every answer is somewhere in this book, and there’s no shame in flipping through it to complete this puzzle. The first five (5) to solve it and post a photo of their correct solution with #letsplaynyp to Twitter or Instagram will win a prize. (See page 4 for the full solution — but don’t just copy it!)By Edward Lovett, Digital Publications Editor, New York Philharmonic

Turn this newspaper into an origami carousel horse!

IF YOU DO NOT KEEP THIS BOOKLET AS A SOUVENIR OR USE IT TO MAKE CAROUSEL HORSES, PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT AND RECYCLE IT.

1. Cut newspaper into a square piece, in any size

you favor. Fold the paper in half, crease well and open, and then fold again in the

other direction.

6. Fold the “legs”upward along thecreases as shown.

10. Inside reverse foldthe head and the tail.

Finished horse!

11. Blunt the headof the horse by foldingthe tips inside reverse.

12. Give your horse some lively energetic movements

by folding the front foot (or feet) upward along

the creases shown.

13. Fold the earsand make some curved

cuts on the neck to create a mane.

7. Fold these sectionsin half, toward

the center.

8. Turn model over andrepeat steps 4–7 on theother side. The model

should now look like this.

9. Rotate model andmake creases asshown. Unfold.

2. Turn the paper over. Foldthe paper in half, crease well

and open, and then fold againin the other direction. Your

creases should look like this.

3. Using the creases youhave made, bring the top

3 corners of the model downto the bottom corner.

Flatten model.

4. Fold upper layer’soutside corners toward

center line, then fold thetop downward along the

crease shown. Unfold.

5. Cut only the top layerup to the top crease.

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