updated january 18, 2018 chronological listing 2017 18...

UPDATED April 2, 2018

CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING

2017–18 SEASON

STAR WARS — FILM CONCERT SERIES

A NEW HOPE

David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

Friday, September 15, 2017, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 16, 2017, 8:00 p.m.

David Newman, conductor

John WILLIAMS Star Wars: A New Hope (World Premiere–score

performed live to complete film)

JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS: 106 ALL-STARS

OPENING GALA CONCERT


Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Jaap van Zweden, conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 5

JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS: NEW YORK PREMIERE BY PHILIP GLASS AND

MAHLER’S FIFTH SYMPHONY


Friday, September 22, 2017, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 23, 2017, 8:00 p.m.


Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos

Philip GLASS Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra

(New York Premiere)

MAHLER Symphony No. 5


THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK


Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 28, 2017, 7:30 p.m.


John WILLIAMS Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

(World Premiere–score performed live to

complete film)


RETURN OF THE JEDI


Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 5, 2017, 7:30 p.m.


John WILLIAMS Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (World Premiere–score



THE FORCE AWAKENS


Friday, October 6, 2017, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 7, 2017, 8:00 p.m.


John WILLIAMS Star Wars: The Force Awakens (World Premiere–

score performed live to complete film)

PAAVO JÄRVI WITH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LEIF OVE ANDSNES;

NEW YORK PREMIERE BY COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE ESA-PEKKA SALONEN



Friday, October 13, 2017, 11:00 a.m.


Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Paavo Järvi, conductor

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Esa-Pekka SALONEN Gambit (New York Premiere)

RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4

SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT



Paavo Järvi, conductor

Frank Huang, violin

Carter Brey, cello


GRIEG Andante con moto, for piano trio

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio in E minor

SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center

129 West 67th Street

Sunday, October 15, 2017, 3:00 p.m.

Kevin PUTS Credo

Shanshan Yao, Lisa GiHae Kim, violin;

Vivek Kamath, viola; Patrick Jee, cello

SCHULHOFF Concertino for Flute, Viola, and Double Bass

Mindy Kaufman, flute; Rebecca Young, viola;

Max Zeugner, bass

BIZET / Arr. W. Thomas-Mifune Carmen Suite for Five Cellos

Sumire Kudo, Ru-Pei Yeh, Patrick Jee, Alexei Yupanqui

Gonzales, Nathan Vickery, cello

MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 44, No. 3

Fiona Simon, Sharon Yamada, violin;

Robert Rinehart, viola; Eileen Moon-Myers, cello

ANDRÁS SCHIFF CONDUCTS AND PERFORMS





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

BERNSTEIN’S PHILHARMONIC: A CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL

ALAN GILBERT WITH JOSHUA BELL AND KELLEY O’CONNOR;

U.S. PREMIERE BY JOEY ROUKENS


Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 7:30 p.m.




Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor

Joshua Bell, violin

Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano

Joey ROUKENS Boundless (Homage to L.B.) (U.S. Premiere)

BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)

BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah


ALAN GILBERT WITH ANTHONY MCGILL AND MAKOTO OZONE


Thursday, November 2, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 3, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 4, 2017, 8:00 p.m.


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

** New York Philharmonic subscription debut


LEONARD SLATKIN CONDUCTS STRAUSS AND KADDISH




Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Cynthia Phelps, viola

Carter Brey, cello

Tamara Wilson*, soprano

Jeremy Irons, speaker

Concert Chorale of New York

James Bagwell, director

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Dianne Berkun Menaker, director

R. STRAUSS Don Quixote

BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3, Kaddish


YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT



YPC Overtures at 12:45 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Makoto Ozone, piano

Mikaela Bennett*, soprano

Miles Mykkanen*, tenor

Jamie Bernstein, speaker

Habib Azar, stage director

Theodore Wiprud, host

Inspirations and Tributes: “Celebrating Leonard Bernstein”

BERNSTEIN Candide Overture

BERNSTEIN Selections from On the Town

BERNSTEIN Masque from Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety

BERNSTEIN Profanation from Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah

BERNSTEIN Selections from West Side Story

* New York Philharmonic debut

CHAMBER MUSIC

A Co-Presentation of the New York Philharmonic and 92nd Street Y

92nd Street Y

1395 Lexington Avenue

Sunday, November 12, 2017, 3:00 p.m.

New York Philharmonic String Quartet

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 4

DVOŘÁK String Quartet in F major, American

MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in F minor

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

NOVEMBER 16–21, 2017

The New York Philharmonic will continue its five-year residency partnership with the University

Musical Society of the University of Michigan (UMS). The Orchestra’s second residency in Ann

Arbor will include three performances at Hill Auditorium: Mahler’s Symphony No. 5

(November 17, led by Jaap van Zweden); the Young People’s Concert “Celebrating Leonard

Bernstein,” featuring pianist Makoto Ozone (November 18, led by Leonard Slatkin); and

R. Strauss’s Don Quixote, featuring Principal Viola Cynthia Phelps and Principal Cello Carter

Brey, and Bernstein’s Symphony No. 3, Kaddish, with soprano Tamara Wilson, speaker Jeremy

Irons, UMS Choral Union directed by Scott Hanoian, and Michigan State University Children’s

Choir directed by Kyle Zeuch (November 19, led by Leonard Slatkin).

GIANANDREA NOSEDA WITH CONCERTMASTER FRANK HUANG IN SAINT-SAËNS


Wednesday, November 22, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 24, 2017, 8:00 p.m.


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




Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Mindy Kaufman, flute

Robert Botti, oboe

Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet

Judith LeClair, bassoon

Richard Deane, horn

NIELSEN Wind Quintet

RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

EDO DE WAART CONDUCTS WORLD PREMIERE BY BENT SØRENSEN



Friday, December 1, 2017, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 2, 2017, 8:00 p.m.

Edo de Waart, conductor

Emanuel Ax, piano

Bent SØRENSEN Evening Land (World Premiere–New York

Philharmonic Commission)

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2




Sunday, December 3, 2017, 3:00 p.m.

KLEIN String Trio

Quan Ge, violin; Rebecca Young, viola;

Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello

BEETHOVEN Octet for Winds, Op. 103

Sherry Sylar, Robert Botti, oboe;

Pascual Martínez Forteza, Amy Zoloto, clarinet;

Kim Laskowski, Arlen Fast, bassoon;

Richard Deane, R. Allen Spanjer, horn

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet

Shanshan Yao, Marié Rossano, violin;

Peter Kenote, viola; Qiang Tu, cello;

William Wolfram§, piano

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC’S

175th BIRTHDAY CONCERT


Wednesday, December 6, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 7, 2017, 7:30 p.m.




Liang Wang, oboe



Richard Deane*, horn

WEBER Oberon Overture

MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Winds

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

§ New York Philharmonic guest artist


ANDREW MANZE CONDUCTS HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Presented by Gary W. Parr


Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 7:30 p.m.



Friday, December 15, 2017, 11:00 a.m.


Andrew Manze, conductor

Joélle Harvey, soprano

Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

Ben Bliss**, tenor

Tyler Duncan, baritone

Westminster Symphonic Choir

Joe Miller, director

HANDEL Messiah


HOLIDAY BRASS



New York Philharmonic Brass and Percussion

Philip Smith, conductor / host / trumpet

Doc Severinsen*, trumpet

PIERPONT / Arr. Robert Elkjer Jingle Bells

TRADITIONAL / Arr. John Mindeman Ding Dong Merrily / Good King Wenceslas

G. GABRIELI / Arr. Tim Higgins O magnum mysterium

J.S. Bach / Arr. Michael Allen Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

BYRD / Arr. Michael Allen Wolsey’s Wilde

SOLER / Arr. Michael Allen The Emperor’s Fanfare

Anthony DiLORENZO The Toy Maker

Greg PASCUZZI Hanukkah 360

TRADITIONAL / Arr. Douglas Richard Deck the Halls

TRADITIONAL / Arr. Anthony DiLorenzo Joy to the World

Greensleeves

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

TRADITIONAL / Arr. Andrew Wainwright Carol of the Bells

Night of Joy

TRADITIONAL / Arr. Dorothy Gates Silent Night

HAGUE / Arr. Anthony DiLorenzo Welcome Christmas, Trim Up the Tree, and

You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch from

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

ROLLINS and NELSON / Arr. Anthony DiLorenzo Frosty the Snowman

COOTS and GILLESPIE / Arr. Anthony DiLorenzo Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

MARKS / Arr. Anthony DiLorenzo Jingle Jingle Jingle, There’s Always

Tomorrow, and Rudolph the Red-

Nosed Reindeer from Rudolph the

Red-Nosed Reindeer


BRAMWELL TOVEY WITH YEFIM BRONFMAN IN BARTÓK






Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Yefim Bronfman, piano

SMETANA The Bartered Bride Overture

BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2

MUSORGSKY / Orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

NEW YEAR’S EVE: BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY



Live From Lincoln Center telecast on PBS stations, 9:00 p.m. (check local listings)

Bramwell Tovey, conductor and host

Lonny Price, stage direction and continuity

Annaleigh Ashford*, vocalist

Christopher Jackson*, vocalist

Laura Osnes, vocalist

Aaron Tveit*, vocalist

BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide

BERNSTEIN Selections from On the Town

“Taxi Number: Come Up to My Place”

“Lucky To Be Me”

BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

The Great Lover

Lonely Town: Pas de deux

Times Square: 1944

BERNSTEIN Selections from Wonderful Town

“Ohio”

“It’s Love”

“Wrong Note Rag”

BERNSTEIN Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free

Galop

Waltz

Danzon

BERNSTEIN “Dream with Me,” from Peter Pan

BERNSTEIN Selections from West Side Story

Mambo

“Cool”

“Maria”

Balcony Scene

BERNSTEIN / Arr. S. Ramin, A Quiet Place Suite, Jazz Trio (“Mornin’ Sun”)

M. T. Thomas, M. Barrett

BERNSTEIN “I Can Cook Too,” from On the Town

BERNSTEIN “Make Our Garden Grow,” from Candide


JEFFREY KAHANE CONDUCTS AND PERFORMS WITH ALISA WEILERSTEIN


Thursday, January 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 5, 2018, 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, January 6, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 9, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor / piano

Alisa Weilerstein, cello


TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme

HAYDN Symphony No. 98





Jeffrey Kahane, conductor / piano

Sterling Elliott*, cello

Janey Choi*, host

Constantine Malahias*, actor

Peter Flynn*, scriptwriter and director

Inspirations and Tributes: “Classical Echoes”

MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

TCHAIKOVSKY Overture to The Nutcracker

MOZART Selection from Piano Concerto No. 17

TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Variations on a Rococo Theme

HAYDN Selection from Symphony No. 98


CONTACT! AT NATIONAL SAWDUST

A Co-Presentation of the New York Philharmonic and National Sawdust

National Sawdust

80 North 6th Street

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Monday, January 8, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

Sarah Kirkland SNIDER Thread and Fray

Ashley FURE Therefore I Was

DU Yun Tattooed in Snow, for String Quartet

(New York Premiere)

Fernanda Aoki NAVARRO Parthenogenesis (New York Premiere)

Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Ró

SUSANNA MÄLKKI CONDUCTS NEW YORK CONCERT PREMIERE BY

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE ESA-PEKKA SALONEN



Friday, January 12, 2018, 2:00 p.m.


Susanna Mälkki, conductor

Baiba Skride, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto

Esa-Pekka SALONEN Helix (New York Concert Premiere)

DEBUSSY La Mer




Sunday, January 14, 2018, 3:00 p.m.

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 1

Hannah Choi, Jin Suk Yu, violin;

Cynthia Phelps, viola; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello

TURINA Piano Quartet

Anna Rabinova, violin; Robert Rinehart, viola;

Maria Kitsopoulos, cello; Margaret Kampmeier§, piano

ROESGEN-CHAMPION Concert No. 2

Roger Nye, bassoon; Paul Cohen§, alto saxophone;

Anna Vasilyeva§, piano

BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 3

Yulia Ziskel, violin; Sumire Kudo, cello; Eric Huebner, piano

JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN CONDUCTS DEBUSSY AND RAVEL

WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET


Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 7:30 p.m.




Joshua Weilerstein, 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





Joshua Weilerstein, conductor

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, violin

Cynthia Phelps, viola

Eileen Moon-Myers, cello

FRANCK Piano Quintet

DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse

RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales

RAVEL Boléro

VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS



Sunday, January 21, 2018, 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Monday, January 22, 2018, 10:30 a.m.

Yulia Ziskel, violin

Katherine Greene, viola

Qiang Tu, cello

Satoshi Okamoto, bass

Eric Huebner, piano

Rebecca Young, host

Doug Fitch, designer / director

Philharmonic Playdates: “Games and Toys”

SCHUBERT Selections from Piano Quintet, Trout

STÉPHANE DENÈVE WITH JAMES EHNES IN PROKOFIEV





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, February 3, 2018, 2:00 p.m.


Joshua Gersen, conductor

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Dianne Berkun Menaker, director

Kristen Alyson Browne*, actor

Terrance McKnight*, narrator and host

Noah Himmelstein*, scriptwriter and director

Inspirations and Tributes: “An African American Lineage”

STILL Selections from Lenox Avenue

TRADITIONAL / Arr. H.T. Burleigh “My Lord, What a Mornin’”

Camryn COWAN Harlem Shake

Michael PINEDA Just Out of Reach

ELLINGTON Selections from Harlem


ANTONIO PAPPANO WITH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LEIF OVE ANDSNES AND

ORGANIST KENT TRITLE


Thursday, February 8, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, February 9, 2018, 2:00 p.m.


Antonio Pappano, conductor


Kent Tritle, organ

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

BRITTEN Piano Concerto (1945 version)

SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS: JOHN LUTHER ADAMS AND WAGNER


Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 7:30 p.m.


Concert will be broadcast live, free on Facebook (facebook.com/nyphilharmonic)

On-demand soon afterward on the Philharmonic’s website (nyphil.org), YouTube

(youtube.com/newyorkphilharmonic), and Facebook



Heidi Melton, soprano (Sieglinde)

Simon O’Neill*, tenor (Siegmund)

John Relyea, bass (Hunding)

John Luther ADAMS Dark Waves (New York Premiere)

WAGNER Act I of Die Walküre (in concert)


https://www.facebook.com/nyphilharmonic

http://www.nyphil.org/

https://www.youtube.com/user/NewYorkPhilharmonic




Sunday, February 18, 2018, 3:00 p.m.

BEETHOVEN String Trio, Op. 9, No. 1

Shanshan Yao, violin; Rémi Pelletier, viola;

Nathan Vickery, cello

DEBUSSY Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

Yoobin Son, flute; Vivek Kamath, viola;

Nancy Allen, harp

FIBICH Quintet, Op. 42

Anthony McGill, clarinet; Howard Wall, horn;

Lisa Kim, violin; Eileen Moon-Myers, cello;

Thomas Weaver§, piano


LUNAR NEW YEAR


Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Long Yu, conductor

Serena Wang*, piano

Heather Phillips*, soprano

Vanessa Vasquez*, soprano

Sarah Mesko*, mezzo-soprano

Marco Cammarota*, tenor

Chad Johnson*, tenor

Alex Rosen*, bass

Ariel Hsing*, Michael Landers*, ping pong players

Elizabeth Zeltser*, violin

David Cossin*, percussion

Farmers’ Chorus of the Yunnan Province*

Guangyuan Long, director

LI Huanzhi Spring Festival Overture

Andy AKIHO Ricochet, Concerto for Ping Pong, Violin, Percussion, and Orchestra

(U.S. Premiere)

BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy

TRADITIONAL “Flowing Stream”

JOSHUA GERSEN CONDUCTS BARBER, BERNSTEIN, AND COPLAND



Friday, February 23, 2018, 8:00 p.m.



BARBER Adagio for Strings

BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

COPLAND Symphony No. 3


JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS: PROKOFIEV AND BRAHMS WITH YUJA WANG


Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 1, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 2, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 3, 2018, 8:00 p.m.


Yuja Wang, piano

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

ASIA 2018 TOUR

Jaap van Zweden makes his first international appearances with the New York Philharmonic

when he leads the ASIA / WINTER 2018 tour, March 8–18, 2018. The tour features eight

performances in five cities.

CONTACT! AT NATIONAL SAWDUST

A Co-Presentation of the New York Philharmonic and National Sawdust

National Sawdust

80 North 6th Street

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Monday, April 2, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Esa-Pekka Salonen, host


Gerard McBurney, program consultant

Nikolay POPOV Nibiru 20/13

With video by Andrew Quinn (U.S. Premiere)

Anna Rabinova, Marié Rossano, violin; Peter Kenote, viola;

Wendy Sutter§, cello; Max Zeugner, bass

Denis KHOROV Barcarolle (U.S. Premiere)

Yoobin Son, flute; Meighan Stoops§, clarinet;

Sumire Kudo, cello; Eric Huebner, piano

Marina KHORKOVA VORderGRENZE (U.S. Premiere)

Meighan Stoops§, clarinet; Sumire Kudo, cello;

Eric Huebner, piano

Dmitri KOURLIANDSKI Voice-off

Ethan Hayden*, voice

Alexander KHUBEEV Ghost of Dystopia (U.S. Premiere)

Marié Rossano, violin; Peter Kenote, viola;

Wendy Sutter§, cello; Max Zeugner, bass;

Yoobin Son, flute; Meighan Stoops§, clarinet;

Daniel Druckman, percussion; Eric Huebner, piano;

Jeffrey Milarsky§, conductor



ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS WORLD PREMIERE BY

KRAVIS EMERGING COMPOSER ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR


Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 5, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 6, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Benjamin Grosvenor**, piano

Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Metacosmos (World Premiere–New York

Philharmonic Commission)

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica



Saturday, April 7, 2018, 2:00 p.m.

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Michelle Kim, violin

Timothy Cobb, bass



Christopher Martin, trumpet

Colin Williams, trombone

Christopher S. Lamb, percussion

Esa-Pekka SALONEN Catch and Release

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

The concert will be followed by New York Philharmonic musicians performing original

compositions by students in the Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers program in the Middle

East, South America, and New York, led by Assistant Conductor Joshua Gersen. Audience

members will be invited to contribute to organizations that benefit child refugees around the

world: Doctors Without Borders, the International Rescue Committee in New York, and the New

York Philharmonic Education Fund.





Sunday, April 8, 2018, 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Monday, April 9, 2018, 10:30 a.m.


Rebecca Young, host


Philharmonic Playdates: “Make-Believe”

Program tba

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BENJAMIN GROSVENOR,

RONNIE AND LAWRENCE ACKMAN CLASSICAL PIANO PRIZE RECIPIENT

A Co-Presentation of the New York Philharmonic and 92nd Street Y

92nd Street Y

1395 Lexington Avenue

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

Sheryl Staples, violin

Rebecca Young, viola

Eileen Moon-Myers, cello

Timothy Cobb, bass

BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1

SCHUBERT Piano Quintet, Trout

THE ART OF THE SCORE

Alec Baldwin, Artistic Advisor

AMADEUS: LIVE


Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 7:30 p.m.


Friday, April 13, 2018, 11:00 a.m.



Richard Kaufman*, conductor

Alec Baldwin, artistic advisor

Tom Hulce, special guest (April 11)

Musica Sacra, chorus

Kent Tritle, director

MOZART Amadeus: Live (New York Premiere–score





Sunday, April 15, 2018, 3:00 p.m.

LECLAIR Sonata in E minor for Two Violins, Op. 3, No. 5

Hyunju Lee, Jin Suk Yu, violin

FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor

Lisa Kim, violin; Dorian Rence, viola;

Eric Bartlett, cello; Steven Beck§, piano

BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1

Hyunju Lee, violin; Rebecca Young, viola;

Ru-Pei Yeh, cello; Helen Huang§, piano



CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH CONDUCTS BRUCKNER AND MOZART WITH TILL FELLNER





Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Till Fellner*, piano


BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9

EDWARD GARDNER WITH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LEIF OVE ANDSNES




Edward Gardner*, conductor


SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter

DEBUSSY Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

EDWARD GARDNER CONDUCTS AT LIU:

WITH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LEIF OVE ANDSNES

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

C.W. Post Campus

Long Island University

Brookville, New York

Friday, April 27, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Edward Gardner, conductor


SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter

DEBUSSY Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra


SPRING GALA: AN EVENING WITH AUDRA


Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Andy Einhorn, conductor

Audra McDonald, vocalist

Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award–winning singer and actress Audra McDonald will perform

songs by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Bernstein, Sondheim, and more, as well as works by other

composers — both established and emerging — whom she continues to champion.

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LEIF OVE ANDSNES IN RECITAL


Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 7:30 p.m.


NIELSEN Chaconne

SIBELIUS The Birch Tree, Op. 75, No. 4

Impromptu, Op. 97, No. 5

Rondino II, Op. 68, No. 2

The Shepherd, Op. 58, No. 4

Romance, Op. 24, No. 9

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 17, Tempest

SCHUBERT Two Scherzos, D.593

Jörg WIDMANN Idyll and Abyss

SCHUBERT Three Piano Pieces, D.946

MANFRED HONECK WITH NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER


Thursday, May 3, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 4, 2018, 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, May 5, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Manfred Honeck, conductor

Nikolaj Znaider, violin

DVOŘÁK / Arr. M. Honeck, Orch. T. Ille Rusalka Fantasy

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Sleeping Beauty

NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY AND ELGAR WITH JIAN WANG


Thursday, May 10, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 11, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 12, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Nikolaj Znaider†, conductor

Jian Wang**, cello

ELGAR Cello Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams

† New York Philharmonic conducting debut


SEMYON BYCHKOV CONDUCTS BRAHMS, SHOSTAKOVICH, AND

MENDELSSOHN WITH BERTRAND CHAMAYOU


Thursday, May 17, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 18, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 19, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Semyon Bychkov, conductor

Bertrand Chamayou*, piano

BRAHMS Tragic Overture

MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5



Saturday, May 19, 2018, 2:00 p.m.



Inspirations and Tributes: “The Riddle of Shostakovich”

Program to include selections from Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5

SEMYON BYCHKOV WITH ROOMFUL OF TEETH


Thursday, May 24, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 25, 2018, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 26, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Semyon Bychkov, conductor

Roomful of Teeth*

BERIO Sinfonia

R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony





Sunday, May 27, 2018, 3:00 p.m.

VIVALDI Trio Sonata, Op. 1, No. 3

Duoming Ba, violin; Peter Kenote, viola;

Satoshi Okamoto, bass; piano tba

Krzysztof PENDERECKI Duo concertante for Violin and Double Bass

Kuan Cheng Lu, violin; Rion Wentworth, bass

REINECKE Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano

Liang Wang, oboe; Howard Wall, horn;

Zhen Chen§, piano

BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1

Hannah Choi, violin; Patrick Jee, cello;

Steven Beck§, piano

ANNUAL FREE MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue

Monday, May 28, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

David Robertson, conductor

Kent Tritle, organ

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ


CONCERTMASTER FRANK HUANG AND

PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER SHERYL STAPLES IN MOZART


Thursday, May 31, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 1, 2018, 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, June 2, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Frank Huang, leader

Sheryl Staples, violin

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3

MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik

TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings




Sunday, June 3, 2018, 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Monday, June 4, 2018, 10:30 a.m.


Rebecca Young, host


Philharmonic Playdates: “Building Blocks”

Program tba

Photography and video is available in the New York Philharmonic’s online newsroom, nyphil.org/newsroom/1718

or by contacting the Communications Department at (212) 875-5700, or at [email protected].

FOREIGN BODIES


Friday, June 8, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor / host

Pekka Kuusisto*, violin (Violin Concerto)

Members of the Boston Ballet*

Esa-Pekka SALONEN Foreign Bodies

With live video installation by

Tal Rosner (World Premiere)

Daníel BJARNASON Violin Concerto

Esa-Pekka SALONEN / Obsidian Tear (set to Lachen verlernt and Nyx)

Chor. Wayne MCGREGOR


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