April 2012
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Apr 30th
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“I don’t believe it is easy or even fruitful any more for a composer to invent a...”
– Magnus Lindberg, of his Piano Concerto No. 2, The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence at the New York Philharmonic, which Alan Gilbert and the Orchestra will premiere May 3–5. Learn more about the composer of Kraft and EXPO, and his thoughts about the last work he is writing during his...
Apr 30th
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Flash Forward
“The New York Philharmonic will certainly shed light on the different aspects of Bach’s music. Mendelssohn loved Bach and was influenced by Bach. When we juxtapose these two composers, it will be possible to appreciate both of them more deeply. This concept can be ideally realized by an orchestra like the New York Philharmonic.” So said conductor Masaaki Suzuki, who will open The Bach Variations:...
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Apr 26th
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Are You a Phan Fan?
“For this aria – about a roasting swan about to be eaten – I have to sing three high Ds! I’m never scared of it, thank goodness. I have fun with it, and when people hear me they invite me to do it again.” Tenor Nicholas Phan talks about his somewhat enigmatic role in Carmina burana. He will make his New York Philharmonic debut when Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos conducts Orff’s...
Apr 26th
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“Mr. Blomstedt, conducting without score, led a tightly wrought interpretation...”
– Vivien Schweitzer on Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in her New York Times review of last week’s program with conductor Herbert Blomstedt and pianist Garrick Ohlsson. The program was two for two, as Ms. Schweitzer wrote of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9: “Mr. Ohlsson played with...
Apr 23rd
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The Buzz
Check out what Philharmonic news had Twitter buzzing this week:
Apr 20th
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“Marc Neikrug’s theater piece ‘Through Roses’ (1979–80, to his own...”
– New York Philharmonic Program Annotator James M. Keller, in the program notes for Marc Neikrug’s Concerto for Orchestra, which Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic will premiere April 26–28. Learn more about Neikrug’s background, as well as about the work he has created with this...
Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
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Listen“I think what Alan was really looking for...
Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
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From the Radio Room ... with Garrick Ohlsson
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson, fresh from rehearsal with guest conductor Herbert Blomstedt and the New York Philharmonic, joined us in the radio room to discuss his 32-year performance history with Mr. Blomstedt, life as a self-proclaimed “Chopin-aholic,” and his ever-growing list of the greatest piano concertos ever written (one being Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9, Jeunehomme, which...
Apr 18th
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WatchWatch
Mr. Baldwin Goes to Washington New York Philharmonic Radio Host Alec Baldwin made a personal appeal for the arts when he spoke to The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Monday, and then took the message to Capitol Hill as part of Arts Advocacy Day before delivering the 25th annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy at the Kennedy Center. He begins with that magical moment when...
Apr 17th
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“Mahler marks the opening of the finale ‘With violent movement,’ and...”
– The New York Times’s Anthony Tommasini on Thursday evening’s performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, conducted by Jaap van Zweden in his New York Philharmonic debut. There’s still one more chance to catch this potent symphony paired with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No....
Apr 16th
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The Buzz
Check out what Philharmonic fans have been saying on Twitter and what’s coming up:
Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
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From the Radio Room ... with Yuja Wang
Pianist Yuja Wang joined us in the radio room this afternoon following her first rehearsal of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Philharmonic and her first rehearsal ever with guest conductor Jaap van Zweden. She remarked on Mr. van Zweden’s detailed-oriented approach to rehearsal by stating that “the greatness always lies in the details” and shared that while...
Apr 11th
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Listen“Mozart is showing his orchestral genius...
Apr 11th
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Apr 10th
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WatchWatch
Absolut Alan Gilbert Alan Gilbert trades violas for vents and piccolos for pipes in this new ad campaign for Absolut. Not too far from Kraft, eh?
Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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