February 2012
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On the Road
David Zinman and the New York Philharmonic take The Modern Beethoven: A Philharmonic Festival to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on March 9, performing two Beethoven symphonies — Nos. 4 and 8 — and Barber’s Cello Concerto, featuring Alisa Weilerstein.
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“I just go on doing, as they say, my thing.”
– Follow in the footsteps of Samuel Barber and do your thing at the second program of The Modern Beethoven: A Philharmonic Festival, which features Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 4 and 8 paired with Barber’s Cello Concerto, performed by Alisa Weilerstein.
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Getting Emotional
Earlier today conductor David Zinman led the Orchesta in a rehearsal of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, which will be featured on the first program of The Modern Beethoven: A Philharmonic Festival, together with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 and Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra with Peter Serkin. Time to break out the tissues …
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“You can understand why it was so shocking and so provocative and so unusual when...”
– Alan Gilbert on Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, which he is performing with The Juilliard Orchestra on Friday, March 2. The Philharmonic Music Director is also the Director of Conducting and Orchestral Studies at Juilliard, and so leads those budding professionals throughout the year, including on...
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Next Season's Buzz
On Wednesday, we announced our 2012–13 season and it set Twitter a-buzz with chatter about next season’s highlights. Check out what our followers had to say about what’s coming down the pike:
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WatchNo, Dave, it’s the New York Philharmonic
Philharmonic Announcer-in-Residence Alec Baldwin stopped by the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday night. While there, Alec straightened out Dave’s misconception about his position here at Lincoln Center.
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The Modern Beethoven
Where can you hear six Beethoven symphonies paired with works by Stravinsky, Barber, and Hartmann, featuring pianist Peter Serkin, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and violinist Gil Shaham, conducted by David Zinman? At the Philharmonic, of course, next month during The Modern Beethoven: A Philharmonic Festival — profiled in a recent segment on “This Week at Lincoln...
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“I was sort of numb.”
It was a Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo that struck dumb New York Philharmonic Principal Percussion Christopher S. Lamb. The Michigan native was on tour in Europe with the Philharmonic when he got a late-night call from his wife. “I kept it to myself, I didn’t really say much about it,” he admitted afterward. But eventually, people heard the news, and he...
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“These are masterpieces.”
The latest On the Music...
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“It seems so fresh. It seems so new.”
– Music Director Alan Gilbert on Steven Stucky’s Son et lumière, which the Orchestra will perform starting tonight on a program also featuring works by Berlioz and Musorgsky.
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Star Light, Star Bright
The fourth release from...
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“A good fortissimo does tend to make the ears perk up a bit.”
– Composer Christopher Rouse, the Philharmonic’s 2012–13 Season Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence. In the first of his two-year tenure, the Pulitzer Prize– and Grammy Award–winning composer will be represented by three works — including his Phantasmata and Seeing — and will serve in a...
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“We can’t contain all of our ideas in one event.”
– Music Director Alan Gilbert speaking at the Philharmonic’s 2012–13 Season Announcement at The Greene Space.
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“Taking it from the opera into the ballet world … We’re doing...”
– Following up on the success of The Cunning Little Vixen, director Doug Fitch returns to the Philharmonic in the 2012–13 Season with Stravinsky’s Petrushka, in a theatrical collaboration created by Giants Are Small.
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“Any performance with the Philharmonic is a privilege and this will be special.”
– Pianist Emanuel Ax, who is the Philharmonic’s 2012–13 Season Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence.
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“We’re experimenting — which is the whole point of Contact!”
– New York Philharmonic Artisic Administrator Ed Yim on the new season of Contact!, the Philharmonic’s new-music series, which will feature works by Andy Akiho, Andrew Norman, Jude Vaclavik, Unsuk Chin, Poul Ruders, Anders Hillborg, and Yann Robin.
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“I love the music of Nielsen and I think that v for whatever reason — he is not...”
– Music Director Alan Gilbert at the 2012–13 Season Announcement on performing Nielsen’s three concertos in the next season as part of The Nielsen Project, featuring violinist Nikolaj Znaider, Philharmonic Principal Flute Robert Langevin, and Principal Clarinet Ricardo Morales.
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Have you submitted your 2012–13 Season questions to #nyp1213?
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Join the Party
The 2012–13 season with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic will be announced TOMORROW and you can tune in via Webcast at 11:00 AM when the event is streamed live from The Greene Space. New this year: Submit your own questions for Alan Gilbert to answer tomorrow, using the hashtag #nyp1213. Be sure to watch the Webcast to see if your question is selected, and hear the...
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A British Buzz
See what our tour-rific fans across the pond have to say about the New York Philharmonic’s ongoing International Associates residency at the Barbican Centre as part of the EUROPE / WINTER 2012 tour:
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“There are a lot of things that go into conducting, which is what makes it...”
– Music Director Alan Gilbert in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Front Row — the most prestigious arts show in the UK — discussing the principles that every young conductor needs to know. Among other things, he talks about growing up as the son of two Philharmonic musicians and the qualities of a...
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The New Season Is Coming …
One week from today we will be announcing the details of our 2012–13 season — Alan Gilbert’s fourth as Music Director. Stay tuned to Tumblr and be the first to hear the news on Wednesday, February 22!
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“I’ve always thought of the New York Philharmonic as an international orchestra....”
– Music Director Alan Gilbert talks about the Philharmonic’s upcoming appearances at London’s Barbican Centre as part of the EUROPE / WINTER 2012 tour on the latest Gramophone podcast
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