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2011 SEASON


MUSIC WITH FILM: WEST SIDE STORY
Avery Fisher Hall
Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 8, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

David Newman, conductor
BERNSTEIN West Side Story (with film)


ARCHIVAL EXHIBIT
In Times of Strife: The Philharmonic’s Response — f
rom Abraham Lincoln to 9/11
Bruno Walter Gallery
September 9–October 30, 2011


A CONCERT FOR NEW YORK FOR
THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 —
IN REMEMBRANCE AND RENEWAL
Avery Fisher Hall
Saturday, September 10, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
New York Choral Artists
Joseph Flummerfelt, director
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, Resurrection


ANDREA BOCELLI LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK
Central Park, The Great Lawn
Thursday, September 15, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Andrea Bocelli, tenor
Westminster Symphonic Choir,
Joe Miller, director


HENRY V: A SHAKESPEARE SCENARIO
Avery Fisher Hall
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Christopher Plummer, narrator
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic
Chorus and Chamber Choir
Kent Tritle, director
American Boychoir,
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, director
WAGNER Overture and Bacchanal from Tannhäuser
WALTON Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario


ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS:
GALA OPENING NIGHT CONCERT WITH
DEBORAH VOIGT
Avery Fisher Hall
Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Live From Lincoln Center

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Deborah Voigt, soprano
BARBER The School for Scandal Overture
WAGNER “Dich, teure Halle,” from Tannhäuser
BARBER Andromache’s Farewell
WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser
R. STRAUSS Intermezzo, Dance of the Seven Veils, and
Final Scene from Salome


ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS:
MAHLER’S RESURRECTION SYMPHONY
Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, September 22, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Miah Persson, soprano*
Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano
New York Choral Artists
Joseph Flummerfelt, director
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, Resurrection


ALAN GILBERT WITH
AUGUSTIN HADELICH AT CARAMOOR
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
Katonah, New York
Friday, September 23, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
SCHUBERT Overture to Rosamunde
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica


ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: WORLD PREMIERE OF
JOHN CORIGLIANO’S ONE SWEET MORNING
Avery Fisher Hall
Friday, September 30, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 1, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
John CORIGLIANO One Sweet Morning
(World Premiere–New York
Philharmonic Co-Commission with the
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra)
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7


SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT
Avery Fisher Hall
Saturday, October 1, 2011, 2:00 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Michelle Kim, violin
Cynthia Phelps, viola
Carter Brey, cello
Satoshi Okamoto, bass
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano**
SCHUBERT Quintet in A major, Trout
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7


ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN
PERFORMS BACH WITH ALAN GILBERT
Avery Fisher Hall
Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 6, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 7, 2011, 11:00 a.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor and violin
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
J.S. BACH Concerto for Two Violins
BERG Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
 

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES
AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67 Street
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.

WOLF Italian Serenade
Lisa Kim, Hyunju Lee, violin
Rebecca Young, viola; Wei Yu, cello
BEETHOVEN String Trio in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
Kuan-Cheng Lu, violin; Peter Kenote, viola
Wei Yu, cello
Sean SHEPHERD Aperture in Shift
Quan Ge, violin; Sumire Kudo, cello
Steven Beck, piano**
SCHUMANN Piano Trio No. 3
Yulia Ziskel, violin; Ru-Pei Yeh, cello
Helen Huang, piano**


ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN
ALL-BACH RECITAL
Avery Fisher Hall
Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Enrico Pace, piano**
J.S. BACH Complete Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard,
BWV 1014–1019


LORIN MAAZEL CONDUCTS
MOZART AND DEBUSSY
Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, October 13, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 14, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 15, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Lorin Maazel, conductor
Robert Langevin, flute
Nancy Allen, harp
MOZART Symphony No. 38, Prague
MOZART Flute and Harp Concerto
DEBUSSY Jeux
DEBUSSY Ibéria


YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT
Avery Fisher Hall
Saturday, October 15, 2011, 2:00 p.m.

Four Greats: Johann Sebastian Bach
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor*
Theodore Wiprud, host
Program tba


LORIN MAAZEL CONDUCTS RICHARD STRAUSS
Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, October 20, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 21, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, October 22, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Lorin Maazel, conductor
Philip Myers, horn
R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony
R. STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 1
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks


MUSIC WITH FILM: JOHN WILLIAMS
Avery Fisher Hall
Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

John Williams, conductor
Program to include excerpts from
Hollywood scores such as Alex North’s for Spartacus;
Bernard Herrmann’s for Vertigo; and
Mr. Williams’s for the Harry Potter series and Star
Wars.


KURT MASUR CONDUCTS
SCHUBERT AND SHOSTAKOVICH
Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 28, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 29, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Kurt Masur, conductor
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone
Men of the New York Choral Artists
Joseph Flummerfelt, director
SCHUBERT Symphony in B minor, Unfinished
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar


ARCHIVAL EXHIBIT
Who’s Listening? A Look at the Philharmonic
Subscribers Since 1842
Bruno Walter Gallery
November 2–December 31, 2011


MUSIC WITH FILM:
PHILIP GLASS AND GODFREY REGGIO’S
KOYAANISQATSI LIVE
Avery Fisher Hall
Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 3, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Michael Riesman, conductor*
Philip Glass* and the Philip Glass Ensemble*
Philip GLASS Koyaanisqatsi (with film)


BERNARD HAITINK CONDUCTS
R. STRAUSS AND BEETHOVEN
Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, November 10, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 11, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 12, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Bernard Haitink, conductor
Cynthia Phelps, viola
Carter Brey, cello
R. STRAUSS Don Quixote
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral


YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT
Avery Fisher Hall
Saturday, November 12, 2011, 2:00 p.m.

Four Greats: Leonard Bernstein
Case Scaglione, conductor*
Theodore Wiprud, host
Program tba


CHAMBER MUSIC
College of Staten Island
City University of New York
Monday, November 14, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Musicians of the Philharmonic


BERNARD HAITINK CONDUCTS
HAYDN AND BRUCKNER
Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, November 17, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 18, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Bernard Haitink, conductor
HAYDN Symphony No. 96, Miracle
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7


NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES
AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67 Street
Sunday, November 20, 2011, 3:00 p.m.

Jonathan PIESLAK Gray Fractures
Eric Bartlett, Sumire Kudo, Ru-Pei Yeh,
Wei Yu, cello
JANÁČEK Mládí (Youth)
Sandra Church, flute; Sherry Sylar, oboe
Pascual Martinez Forteza, clarinet
Amy Zoloto, bass clarinet**; Kim Laskowski, bassoon
R. Allen Spanjer, horn
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 2
Lisa Kim, violin; Rebecca Young, viola
Maria Kitsopoulos, cello
William Wolfram, piano**


JEFFREY KAHANE CONDUCTS FROM THE PIANO
Avery Fisher Hall
Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 25, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 26, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor, harpsichord, and piano
Sheryl Staples, violin
Liang Wang, oboe
J.S. BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe
MOZART Symphony No. 33
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1


SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT
Avery Fisher Hall
Saturday, November 26, 2011, 2:00 p.m.

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor, harpsichord, and piano
Glenn Dicterow, violin
Sheryl Staples, violin
Carter Brey, cello
Liang Wang, oboe
SCHUBERT Piano Trio in B-flat major
(Glenn Dicterow, Carter Brey, Jeffrey Kahane)
J.S. BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe
(Sheryl Staples, Liang Wang)
MOZART Symphony No. 33


DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS MAHLER
Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, December 1, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 2, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Daniel Harding, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 10


NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES
AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67 Street
Sunday, December 4, 2011, 3:00 p.m.

BEETHOVEN Duo No. 1 in C major, WoO 27
Na Sun, violin; Qiang Tu, cello
BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2
Fiona Simon, Sharon Yamada, violin
Robert Rinehart, viola; Elizabeth Dyson, cello
Douglas VISTEL Three Pieces for Violin, Double Bass and Piano
Vladimir Tsypin, violin;
William Blossom, bass
Adonis Gonzales, piano**
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in D major, Op. 18, No. 3
Anna Rabinova, Joo Young Oh, violin
Irene Breslaw, viola;
Qiang Tu, cello


DANIEL HARDING AND JOSHUA BELL
Avery Fisher Hall
Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 8, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 9, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 10, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Daniel Harding, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Oliver KNUSSEN Flourish with Fireworks
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring


HOLIDAY BRASS
Avery Fisher Hall
Sunday, December 11, 2011, 3:00 p.m.

New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet
Program tba


PETER SCHREIER CONDUCTS MESSIAH
Avery Fisher Hall
Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 16, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 17, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Peter Schreier, conductor*
Ute Selbig, soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto*
Steve Davislim, tenor*
Peter Rose, bass*
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller, director
HANDEL Messiah


CONTACT!, THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
NEW-MUSIC SERIES
Friday, December 16, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
Saturday, December 17, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, at 95th Street

Alan Gilbert, conductor
HK Gruber, chansonnier*
Alexandre LUNSQUI Fibers, Yarn, and Wire (World Premiere–New
York Philharmonic Commission)
Magnus LINDBERG Gran Duo
HK GRUBER Frankenstein!!


ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS:
WITH ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER
Avery Fisher Hall
Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 29, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 30, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
HAYDN Symphony No. 88
SCHUBERT Selected Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra
RAVEL Mother Goose (complete ballet)
RAVEL La Valse


ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS:
A NEW YORKER’S NEW YEAR’S EVE
WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
Avery Fisher Hall
Saturday, December 31, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Live From Lincoln Center

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
GERSHWIN Concerto in F
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue


ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS:
BERNSTEIN AND RAVEL AT RUSH HOUR
Avery Fisher Hall
Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 6:45 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
RAVEL Mother Goose (complete ballet)
RAVEL La Valse


ARCHIVAL EXHIBIT
An Extraordinary Musician: Remembering Bruno Walter
Bruno Walter Gallery
January 5–February 25, 2012



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