New York Philharmonic: 2008-2009 MyPhil Brochure

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THE 2008-09 SEASON Lorin Maazel ~ A Grand Finale

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THE 2008-09 SEASON Lorin Maazel ~ A Grand Finale FOR MUSIC LOVERS UNDER 35

Yefim Bronfman Plays Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto Lorin Maazel, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Thu, Sep 18 · Tue, Sep 23 Also: Steven STUCKY Rhapsodies* RAVEL Mother Goose Suite BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

Joyce Yang plays Bernstein Lorin Maazel, conductor Robert Langevin, flute Joyce Yang, piano Kiera Duffy, soprano Thu, Sep 25 · Fri, Sep 26, Mat · Sat, Sep 27 MAHLER Adagio from Symphony No. 10 Lorin MAAZEL Music for Flute Pierre BOULEZ Pli selon Pli: Improvisation II sur Mallarmé BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety

Bach and Tchaikovsky

Joyce Yang

Lorin Maazel, conductor With New York Philharmonic musicians Wed, Oct 1 · Thu, Oct 2 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Bernard RANDS CHAINS LIKE THE SEA** TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No. 3 Hear & Now presentation with host Steven Stucky and Bernard Rands one hour before concert time. Free with concert ticket.

Dvoˇrák’s New World Symphony Marin Alsop, conductor Host, TBA Kevin Deas, bass Fri, Oct 10 Get the surprising inside story behind the best-loved symphony ever composed in America, starting with a fascinating multimedia introduction and concluding with a powerful Philharmonic performance.

Manuel de Falla’s La vida breve Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Cast includes: María Rodriguez, Vicente Ombuena, Marina Pardo, Gustavo Peña, Josep Miquel Ramón, Pedro Sanz, Alfredo García, Lola Casariego Coro Nacional de España, Mireia Barrera, director Thu, Oct 16 · Fri, Oct 17 · Sat, Oct 18 · Tue, Oct 21 Also: ALBÉNIZ Suite española In this colorful production direct from Spain, Manuel de Falla’s fiery love story comes alive with Flamenco dancers and singers, the National Chorus of Spain, and an all-star cast.

David Robertson conducts Mozart and Brahms Marin Alsop

Leonidas Kavakos, violin Thu, Oct 23 · Sat, Oct 25 · Tue, Oct 28 MOZART Symphony No. 34 BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 3

Robertson conducts Bernstein

Yefim Bronfman

Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano Steven Stucky, host Thu, Oct 30 · Fri, Oct 31 COPLAND Appalachian Spring Elliott CARTER Of Rewaking BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah Christopher ROUSE Rapture Hear & Now presentation with host Steven Stucky one hour before concert time. Free with concert ticket.

Lang Lang plays Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Wed, Nov 5 Also: BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9

Gil Shaham and Stravinsky’s Firebird Andrey Boreyko, conductor Wed, Nov 12 · Thu, Nov 13 · Sat, Nov 15 Also: LYADOV Kikimora KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto Giya KANCHELI Abii ne viderem

Alisa Weilerstein and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony Lorin Maazel, conductor With New York Philharmonic musicians Thu, Nov 20 Also: J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Krzysztof PENDERECKI Cello Concerto No. 2

Julia Fischer Plays Mozart Gil Shaham

Lorin Maazel, conductor With New York Philharmonic musicians Fri, Nov 28 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4

Saturday Matinee: Maazel conducts Bach and Mozart Lorin Maazel, conductor Julia Fischer, violin With New York Philharmonic musicians Sat, Nov 29 Mat BRAHMS String Sextet No. 1 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish

Strauss’s Elektra Julia Fischer

Lorin Maazel, conductor New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director Thu, Dec 4 · Sat, Dec 6 · Tue, Dec 9 · Sat, Dec 13 Cast to include: Deborah Polaski, Anne Schwanewilms, Jane Henschel, Julian Tovey, Richard Margison, Ryan MacPherson, Helen Huse Ralston, Janice Meyerson, Stephanie Chigas, Linda Pavelka, Priti Gandhi, Julianne Borg

Handel’s Messiah

Emanuel Ax

Ton Koopman, conductor Sunhae Im, soprano Andreas Scholl, countertenor Jörg Dürmüller, tenor Detlef Roth, baritone Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, director Wed, Dec 17 · Thu, Dec 18 · Fri, Dec 19

Emanuel Ax Lorin Maazel, conductor With New York Philharmonic musicians Fri, Jan 2 · Sat, Jan 3 · Tue, Jan 6 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 R. STRAUSS Burleske for Piano and Orchestra SZYMANOWSKI Symphony No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra MUSSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Anne-Sophie Mutter

Saturday Matinee: Pictures at an Exhibition Lorin Maazel, conductor With New York Philharmonic musicians Sat, Jan 3 Mat MOZART String Quintet in G minor MUSSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Debussy’s La Mer Ludovic Morlot, conductor Olli Mustonen, piano Thu, Jan 8 · Fri, Jan 9 Mat · Sat, Jan 10 Also: Tristan MURAIL Gondwana* MOZART Piano Concerto No. 11 MESSIAEN Oiseaux exotiques

Riccardo Muti conducts Haydn and Brahms Alisa Weilerstein

Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone Thu, Jan 22 · Sat, Jan 24 · Tue, Jan 27 HAYDN Symphony No. 89 HAYDN Selected Arias BRAHMS Serenade No. 1

Brahms’s Serenade No. 1 Riccardo Muti, conductor Fri, Jan 23 BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 Through an engaging blend of sight and sound you’ll discover the remarkable story behind the glorious music of Brahms.

A complete performance of his beautiful first Serenade highlights the evening.

Muti and Lupu perform Beethoven Riccardo Muti, conductor Radu Lupu, piano Thu, Jan 29 · Fri, Jan 30 · Sat, Jan 31 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 SCRIABIN Symphony No. 2

Masur and Mutter

Riccardo Muti

Kurt Masur, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Cast to include: Jorma Silvasti, tenor Albert Dohmen, bass-baritone Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller, director Wed, Feb 4 · Fri, Feb 6 MENDELSSOHN Overture to Ruy Blas MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto MENDELSSOHN Die erste Walpurgisnacht (The First Walpurgis Night)

Zubin Mehta and PercaDu

Joshua Bell

Steven Stucky, host Wed, Mar 18 · Thu, Mar 19 · Fri, Mar 20 Mat · Sat, Mar 21 Avner DORMAN Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra PercaDu, a young dynamic Israeli percussion duo, “teased a range of textures and colors out of their instruments…moving about the stage with dramatic grace.” —The Jerusalem Post Hear & Now presentation with host Steven Stucky one hour before concert time. Free with concert ticket.

All-Handel Celebration PercaDu

Nicholas McGegan, conductor Christine Schäfer, soprano Thu, Mar 26 · Fri, Mar 27 · Sat, Mar 28 HANDEL Concerto a due cori, No. 2 HANDEL Selected Arias from Partenope, Julius Caesar, and Alcina HANDEL Concerto Grosso in C major, Alexander’s Feast HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks

Lisa Batiashvili, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky Charles Dutoit, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin Fri, Apr 3 STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Christine Schäfer

Mitsuko Uchida performs Ravel Riccardo Muti, conductor Wed, Apr 15 RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, Great

Riccardo Muti conducts The Pines of Rome Wed, Apr 22 · Fri, Apr 24 Mat · Sat, Apr 25 VERDI Overture to Giovanna d’Arco VERDI Ballet of the Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani PUCCINI Preludio sinfonico RESPIGHI Pines of Rome Mitsuko Uchida

Alan Gilbert and Joshua Bell Alan Gilbert, conductor Joshua Bell, violin Thu, Apr 30 · Fri, May 1 ˇÁK The Golden Spinning Wheel DVOR ¨ NS Violin Concerto No. 3 SAINT-SAE ° Symphony No. 4 MARTINU

**World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission

THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS, a co-presentation of Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic

The Complete Brandenburg Concertos

Alan Gilbert conducts Mahler’s First Symphony Alan Gilbert, conductor Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano Russell Braun, baritone New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director Steven Stucky, host Thu, May 7 · Fri, May 8 · Sat, May 9 Peter LIEBERSON The World in Flower** MAHLER Symphony No. 1

RUSH HOUR RUSH HOUR CONCERTS BEGIN AT 6:45 P.M. AND ARE ABOUT 1 HOUR LONG

Hear & Now presentation with host Steven Stucky one hour before concert time. Free with concert ticket.

Salonen conducts Sibelius

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin Thu, May 14 · Sat, May 16 LUTOSLAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Fri, May 15 How does a composer living in the quiet countryside of Finland, the world at war around him, come to write one of the greatest symphonies of the century? Find out in this dramatic evening of sight and sound, featuring a riveting Philharmonic performance of Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony.

Gustavo Dudamel

Dudamel conducts Mahler Gustavo Dudamel conductor Wed, Jan 14 MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Bach and Boléro

Alan Gilbert

Lorin Maazel, conductor Philip Smith, trumpet Stanley Drucker, clarinet With New York Philharmonic musicians Thu, Jun 4 · Sat, Jun 6 · Tue, Jun 9 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Aaron Jay KERNIS New work for trumpet and orchestra** COPLAND Clarinet Concerto RAVEL Boléro Pre-Concert Talk with Aaron Jay Kernis and Steven Stucky, one hour before concert time. Free with ticket.

Maazel conducts Britten’s War Requiem

Lorin Maazel

Also: Lionel Bringuier, conductor Nancy Gustafson, soprano Vale Rideout, tenor Ian Greenlaw, baritone New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director The Dessoff Symphonic Choir, James Bagwell, director Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun, director Thu, Jun 11 · Fri, Jun 12 · Sat, Jun 13

Maazel and Sibelius Lorin Maazel, conductor Wed, Jun 17 · Thu, Jun 18 · Sat, Jun 20 Lorin MAAZEL Monaco Fanfares Lorin MAAZEL Farewells SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand Lorin Maazel, conductor Cast to include: Christine Brewer, Nancy Gustafson, Jeanine De Bique, Mary Phillips, Anthony Dean Griffey, Wolfgang Schöne, Jason Grant New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director The Dessoff Symphonic Choir, James Bagwell, director Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun, director Wed, Jun 24 · Fri, Jun 26 MAHLER Symphony No. 8

Charles Dutoit

Christian Tetzlaff

Dutoit conducts Tchaikovsky Wed, Apr 1 STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin Wed, May 13 SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1 LUTOSLAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra

RUSH HOUR CONCERTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLY AS A SERIES. GET ALL 3 OF THESE CONCERTS, AT $29 EACH. Pre-Concert Talks start 1 hour before concert time, $5.

PHOTO CREDITS: Cover photo by Veer Images. First Panel: Lorin Maazel and Orchestra

by Chris Lee. Second Panel: Avery Fisher Hall aerial by David Lamb, Lorin Maazel by Chris Lee, Lang Lang by Philip Glaser, Lisa Batiashvili by Mat Hennek,Violins by Chris Lee. Third Panel: Joyce Yang by Oh Seok Hoon, Marin Alsop by Kym Thomson, Yefim Bronfman by Dario Acosta. Fourth Panel: Gil Shaham by J. Henry Fair, Julia Fischer

by KASSKARA/DG, Emanuel Ax by J. Henry Fair,Anne-Sophie Mutter by Tina Tahir, Alisa Weilerstein by Christian Steiner. Fifth Panel: Riccardo Muti by Chris Lee, Joshua Bell

by Chris Lee, PercaDu courtesy CMS Concert Management, Christine Schafer courtesy CAMI, Mitsuko Uchida by Avedon. Sixth Panel: Esa-Pekka Salonen by KASSKARA/DG, Alan Gilbert by Chris Lee, Lorin Maazel by Andrew Garn, Gustavo Dudamel by Mathias Bothor, Charles Dutoit by Michael DiVito, Christian Tetzlaff by Alexandra Vosding.

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