UPDATED September 16, 2016
Updates Are Bold
CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING
2016–17 SEASON
THE ART OF THE SCORE: FILM WEEK AT THE PHILHARMONIC
Alec Baldwin, THE ART OF THE SCORE Artistic Advisor
WEST SIDE STORY
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
David Newman, conductor
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story (score performed live to complete film)
THE ART OF THE SCORE: FILM WEEK AT THE PHILHARMONIC
Alec Baldwin, THE ART OF THE SCORE Artistic Advisor
MANHATTAN
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Friday, September 16, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 17, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
GERSHWIN
Manhattan (World Premiere–score performed
live to complete film)
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: 175TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
OPENING GALA CONCERT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Aaron Diehl*, piano
John CORIGLIANO
GERSHWIN
DVOŘÁK
STOMP for Orchestra (New York Premiere)
Concerto in F
Symphony No. 9, From the New World
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: DVOŘÁK’S SYMPHONY NO. 9, FROM THE NEW WORLD
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, September 22, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 23, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 24, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY
DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 9, From the New World
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: JOHN CORIGLIANO’S STOMP AND MOZART WITH
ANTHONY MCGILL
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinet
John CORIGLIANO
MOZART
DVOŘÁK
* New York Philharmonic debut
STOMP for Orchestra
Clarinet Concerto
Symphony No. 9, From the New World
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: BERLIOZ WITH MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, September 29, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 30, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 1, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Magdalena Kožená*, mezzo-soprano
BERLIOZ
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Les Nuits d’été
Scheherazade
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 5
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Christopher Martin*, trumpet
BARTÓK
LIGETI
BEETHOVEN
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Mysteries of the Macabre, for Trumpet and Orchestra
Symphony No. 5
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: BEETHOVEN WITH LANG LANG; LIGETI AND BARTÓK
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, October 6, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 7, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 8, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Christopher Martin, trumpet
Lang Lang, piano
LIGETI
BEETHOVEN
BARTÓK
* New York Philharmonic debut
Mysteries of the Macabre, for Trumpet and Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 4
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Sunday, October 9, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
SHOSTAKOVICH/Arr. Atomyan
Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
Elizabeth Zeltser, Shanshan Yao, violin;
Liza Stepanova§, piano
Behzad RANJBARAN
Dance of Life for Violin and Double Bass
Duoming Ba, violin; Satoshi Okamoto, double bass
MOZART
Quintet for Piano and Winds
Sherry Sylar, oboe; Pascual Martínez Forteza,
clarinet; Kim Laskowski, bassoon; R. Allen Spanjer,
horn; Yi-Fang Huang§, piano
BRAHMS
Piano Quintet
Anna Rabinova, Hannah Choi, violin; Rebecca
Young, viola; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello; Joy
Cline Phinney§, piano
CIRCLE MAP AT PARK AVENUE ARMORY
Presented by Park Avenue Armory
Wade Thompson Drill Hall
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue (between 66th and 67th Streets)
Thursday, October 13, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, October 14, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Kari Kriikku, clarinet
Pierre Audi*, director
Kaija SAARIAHO
Kaija SAARIAHO
Kaija SAARIAHO
Kaija SAARIAHO
§ New York Philharmonic guest artist
* New York Philharmonic debut
Lumière et Pesanteur (New York Premiere)
D’OM LE VRAI SENS, for Clarinet and Orchestra
(New York Premiere)
Lonh, for soprano and electronics
Circle Map (New York Premiere)
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LEONIDAS KAVAKOS CONDUCTS AND PERFORMS
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, October 20, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 21, 2016, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, October 22, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Leonidas Kavakos†, conductor / violin
J.S. BACH
BUSONI
SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto in D minor (reconstructed), BWV 1052
Berceuse élégiaque
Symphony No. 2
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
The Ages of Music: “Baroque”
Saturday, October 22, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Joshua Gersen, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor / violin (Violin Concerto)
Theodore Wiprud, host
Program to include selections from:
J.S. BACH
J.S. BACH
J.S. BACH
† New York Philharmonic conducting debut
Orchestral Suite No. 3
Violin Concerto in D minor (reconstructed), BWV 1052
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
PABLO HERAS-CASADO AND CONCERTMASTER FRANK HUANG IN BRUCH
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, October 27, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 28, 2016, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, October 29, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Frank Huang, violin
BARTÓK
BRUCH
DVOŘÁK
Dance Suite
Violin Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 7
ZUBIN MEHTA AND ANOUSHKA SHANKAR DEBUT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, November 3, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 4, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 5, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Anoushka Shankar*, sitar
R. SHANKAR
SCHUBERT
* New York Philharmonic debut
Rāgā-Mālā Concerto No. 2, for Sitar and Orchestra
Symphony in C major, Great
VLADIMIR JUROWSKI AND DANIIL TRIFONOV IN MOZART
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 10, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 11, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 12, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir
Kent Tritle, director
MOZART
RAVEL
Piano Concerto No. 25
Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet)
ITZHAK PERLMAN AND THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Itzhak Perlman, conductor / violin
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BRAHMS
BRAHMS
Romance No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra
Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra
Academic Festival Overture
Symphony No. 4
JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS NEW YORK PREMIERE BY JULIA ADOLPHE
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, November 17, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 18, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 19, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Cynthia Phelps, viola
WAGNER
Julia ADOLPHE
TCHAIKOVSKY
Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Unearth, Release (Concerto for Viola and Orchestra)
(New York Premiere–New York Philharmonic
Co-Commission with the League of American Orchestras)
Symphony No. 4
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Sunday, November 20, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
FRANÇAIX
String Trio
Shanshan Yao, violin; Peter Kenote, viola;
Qiang Tu, cello
PROKOFIEV
Quintet in G minor for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola,
and Double Bass
Anna Rabinova, violin; Vivek Kamath, viola;
Blake Hinson, double bass; Sherry Sylar, oboe;
Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet
BEETHOVEN
Quintet in E-flat major for Oboe, Three Horns, and
Bassoon
Liang Wang, oboe; Kim Laskowski, bassoon;
Richard Deane, R. Allen Spanjer, Howard Wall, horn
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Quintet in D major for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Cello,
and Piano
Lisa Kim, violin; Eileen Moon, cello;
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Philip Myers, horn;
John Novacek§, piano
§ New York Philharmonic guest artist
IVÁN FISCHER WITH NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, November 23, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 25, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 26, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Iván Fischer, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
BEETHOVEN
DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 8
SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Saturday, November 26, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Iván Fischer, conductor
Frank Huang, Sheryl Staples, violin
Cynthia Phelps, viola; Carter Brey, cello
DVOŘÁK
DVOŘÁK
String Quartet in F major, American
Symphony No. 8
ALL-MOZART WITH BERNARD LABADIE AND PRINCIPAL FLUTE
ROBERT LANGEVIN
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, December 1, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 2, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 3, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Robert Langevin, flute
Ying Fang*, soprano
MOZART
MOZART
MOZART
MOZART
* New York Philharmonic debut
Symphony No. 31, Paris
Flute Concerto No. 2
Exsultate, jubilate
Symphony No. 39
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
The Ages of Music: “Classical”
Saturday, December 3, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Joshua Gersen, conductor
Theodore Wiprud, host
Program to include selections from:
MOZART
MOZART
Symphony No. 31, Paris
Symphony No. 39
JIŘÍ BĔLOHLÁVEK WITH KUN WOO PAIK
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, December 8, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 9, 2016, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, December 10, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Jiří Bĕlohlávek, conductor
Kun Woo Paik**, piano
JANÁČEK
BEETHOVEN
DVOŘÁK
House of the Dead Overture
Piano Concerto No. 3
Symphony No. 6
** New York Philharmonic subscription debut
SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Saturday, December 10, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Jiří Bĕlohlávek, conductor
Robert Langevin, flute / piccolo; Liang Wang, oboe
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Amy Zoloto, bass clarinet
Judith LeClair, bassoon; Christopher Martin, trumpet
Philip Myers, horn
HINDEMITH
HINDEMITH
DVOŘÁK
Kleine Kammermusik for Five Winds, Op. 24, No. 2
Septet
Symphony No. 6
CHINA PHILHARMONIC
Presented by the New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Sunday, December 11, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Long Yu, conductor
Julian Rachlin, violin
China Philharmonic
PROKOFIEV
SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 5
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Presented by Gary W. Parr
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Tuesday, December 13, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 16, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 17, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Christina Landshamer*, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
John Relyea, bass-baritone
Concert Chorale of New York
James Bagwell, director
HANDEL
Messiah
HOLIDAY BRASS
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Sunday, December 18, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
New York Philharmonic Brass and Percussion
Philip Smith, conductor / host / trumpet
Program tba
* New York Philharmonic debut
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: WORLD PREMIERE BY WYNTON MARSALIS,
PART OF THE NEW YORK COMMISSIONS
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, December 28, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 29, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 30, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Christopher Martin, trumpet
English horn tba
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
COPLAND
William BOLCOM
Wynton MARSALIS
Quiet City
Trombone Concerto
New work (World Premiere–New York
Philharmonic Commission)
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH JOYCE DIDONATO
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Saturday, December 31, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Alan Gilbert will conduct the annual New Year’s Eve concert, featuring mezzo-soprano Joyce
DiDonato in an evening of American classics, including works by Rodgers & Hammerstein and
others.
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: WORLD PREMIERE BY HK GRUBER
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, January 5, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 6, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 7, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
WEILL
HK GRUBER
SCHUBERT
Little Threepenny Music for Wind Orchestra
Piano Concerto (World Premiere–New York
Philharmonic Co-Commission with the
Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw,
and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras)
Symphony No. 2
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Sunday, January 8, 2017, 3:00 p.m.
MAURER
Concertante for Four Violins
Michelle Kim, Soohyun Kwon, Joo Young Oh,
Jin Suk Yu, violin; piano tba
RAVEL
Piano Trio
Quan Ge, violin; Patrick Jee, cello; Qian Wu§, piano
BRAHMS
Piano Quartet in C minor
Frank Huang, violin; Robert Rinehart, viola;
Eileen Moon, cello; Krisztina Wajsza§, piano
§ New York Philharmonic guest artist
VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Monday, January 9, 2017, 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, January 15, 2017, 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Rebecca Young, host
Philharmonic Families: “Strings”
Program tba
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: BEETHOVEN WITH STEPHEN HOUGH
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, January 11, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 12, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 13, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 14, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
BEETHOVEN
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Symphony No. 3
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
The Ages of Music: “Romantic”
Saturday, January 21, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Joshua Gersen, conductor
Theodore Wiprud, host
Program to include:
DVOŘÁK
Works by Very Young Composers
Selections from Symphony No. 9, From the New World
BELOVED FRIEND — TCHAIKOVSKY AND HIS WORLD: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL
VOCAL CONCERT
A Co-Presentation of the Kaufman Music Center and New York Festival of Song
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Artists to include:
Antonina Chehovska, soprano
Alexey Lavrov, baritone
Michael Barrett, piano
Steven Blier, piano and arranger
This vocal concert features songs by Tchaikovsky, his students including Rachmaninoff and
Taneyev, and his teacher Anton Rubinstein.
BELOVED FRIEND — TCHAIKOVSKY AND HIS WORLD: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL
CONDUCTED BY SEMYON BYCHKOV; WITH YEFIM BRONFMAN
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, January 26, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 27, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 28, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
GLINKA
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
Valse fantaisie
Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 5
BELOVED FRIEND — TCHAIKOVSKY AND HIS WORLD: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL
WITH YEFIM BRONFMAN
A Co-Presentation of the New York Philharmonic and 92nd Street Y
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Sunday, January 29, 2017, 3:00 p.m.
Frank Huang, Sheryl Staples, violin
Cynthia Phelps, Rebecca Young, viola
Carter Brey, Eileen Moon, cello
Yefim Bronfman, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
Selections from The Seasons
Souvenir de Florence
Piano Trio
CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT AND GALA
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Long Yu, conductor
Elizabeth Zeltser*, violin
David Cossin*, percussion
LI Huanzhi
PUCCINI
XU Shuya
Andy AKIHO
* New York Philharmonic debut
Spring Festival Overture
Selections from Turandot
The Light of Summer (World Premiere–New York
Philharmonic Co-Commission with the
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra)
Ricochet, Concerto for Ping Pong, Violin,
Percussion, and Orchestra (U.S. Premiere)
BELOVED FRIEND — TCHAIKOVSKY AND HIS WORLD: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL
CONDUCTED BY SEMYON BYCHKOV; WITH KIRILL GERSTEIN
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, February 2, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 3, 2017, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, February 4, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1 (1879 version)
Manfred Symphony
BELOVED FRIEND — TCHAIKOVSKY AND HIS WORLD: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL
St. Paul the Apostle Church
Friday, February 3, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller, director
RACHMANINOFF
All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Sunday, February 5, 2017, 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Monday, February 6, 2017, 10:30 a.m.
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Rebecca Young, host
Philharmonic Families: “Brass”
Program tba
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LEONIDAS KAVAKOS IN RECITAL WITH YUJA WANG
Presented by the New York Philharmonic in Association with Lincoln Center’s Great Performers
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Yuja Wang, piano
JANÁČEK
SCHUBERT
DEBUSSY
BARTÓK
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Fantasy in C major, D.934
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, BB 84
BELOVED FRIEND — TCHAIKOVSKY AND HIS WORLD: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL
CONDUCTED BY SEMYON BYCHKOV
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, February 9, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 10, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 11, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
TANEYEV
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
Oresteia Overture
Francesca da Rimini
Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
MANFRED HONECK CONDUCTS MAHLER; ARTIST-IN-ASSOCIATION
INON BARNATAN IN BEETHOVEN
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 16, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 17, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 18, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
BEETHOVEN
MAHLER
Piano Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 1
HERBERT BLOMSTEDT CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 24, 2017, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 7
ALAN GILBERT’S 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, February 23, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Joshua Bell, violin
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Renée Fleming, soprano
Pamela Frank, violin
Frank Huang, violin
Program tba
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Sunday, February 26, 2017, 3:00 p.m.
MENOTTI
Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Hyunju Lee, violin; Pascual Martínez Forteza,
clarinet; piano tba
SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht
Quan Ge, Lisa GiHae Kim, violin; Vivek Kamath,
Rémi Pelletier, viola; Sumire Kudo, Ru-Pei Yeh,
cello
SCHUMANN
Piano Trio No. 3
Na Sun, violin; Qiang Tu, cello; Hélène Jeanney§,
piano
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: WORLD PREMIERE BY LERA AUERBACH WITH
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LEONIDAS KAVAKOS
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 2, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 3, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Christina Landshamer, soprano
Lera AUERBACH
MAHLER
§ New York Philharmonic guest artist
Violin Concerto No. 4 (World Premiere–New York
Philharmonic Commission)
Symphony No. 4
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: MAHLER AND BARTÓK
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Saturday, March 4, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Christina Landshamer, soprano
BARTÓK
MAHLER
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Symphony No. 4
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: JOHN ADAMS IN HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY SEASON
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, March 9, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 10, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 11, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Frank Huang, Sheryl Staples, violin
Cynthia Phelps, viola; Carter Brey, cello
John ADAMS
John ADAMS
Absolute Jest
Harmonielehre
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
The Ages of Music: “Modern”
Saturday, March 11, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Theodore Wiprud, host
Program to include selections from:
John ADAMS
John ADAMS
John ADAMS
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
Absolute Jest
Harmonielehre
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: NEW YORK PREMIERE BY COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN WITH YO-YO MA
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 16, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 17, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 18, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
John ADAMS
Esa-Pekka SALONEN
BERLIOZ
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
Cello Concerto (New York Premiere–New York
Philharmonic Co-Commission with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Barbican
Centre, and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)
Symphonie fantastique
EUROPE / SPRING 2017 TOUR
Alan Gilbert will lead the Philharmonic on the EUROPE / SPRING 2017 tour, March 23–April 7,
2017. The tour will include performances in Antwerp, Luxembourg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Budapest,
Vienna, London as part of the Philharmonic’s third Barbican Centre residency, Hamburg, and
Copenhagen. The repertoire will reflect major highlights of the Philharmonic’s 2016–17 season,
including Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto with Yo-Yo Ma as soloist; Mahler’s Symphony No.
4; Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta; John Adams’s Harmonielehre, Absolute Jest,
and The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra); Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique; and
Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with Frank Peter Zimmermann.
COURTNEY LEWIS WITH JONATHAN BISS
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, April 20, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 21, 2017, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, April 22, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Courtney Lewis, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano
BERLIOZ
Timo ANDRES
BEETHOVEN
ELGAR
Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Piano Concerto No. 3, The Blind Banister
Piano Concerto No. 2
In the South (Alassio)
SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Saturday, April 22, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Courtney Lewis, conductor
New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet
Program to include:
BERLIOZ
ELGAR
Selections from Romeo and Juliet
In the South (Alassio)
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Sunday, April 23, 2017, 3:00 p.m.
PAGANINI
Duetto Concertante No. 2 for Violin and Bassoon
Anna Rabinova, violin; Kim Laskowski, bassoon
PERSICHETTI
Serenade No. 6 for Trombone, Viola, and Cello
Rebecca Young, viola; Maria Kitsopoulos, cello;
Joseph Alessi, trombone
BUSCH
Piano Quintet
Kuan Cheng Lu, Lisa GiHae Kim, violin;
Dawn Hannay, viola; Eric Bartlett, cello;
Peter Serkin§, piano
BRAHMS
String Quintet No. 1
Lisa Kim, Shanshan Yao, violin; Robert Rinehart,
Rémi Pelletier, viola; Nathan Vickery, cello
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS U.S. PREMIERE BY TANSY DAVIES
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, April 27, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 29, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Philip Myers, horn
R. Allen Spanjer, horn
Leelanee Sterrett*, horn
Howard Wall, horn
BEETHOVEN
Tansy DAVIES
R. STRAUSS
§ New York Philharmonic guest artist
* New York Philharmonic debut
Leonore Overture No. 2
New work for four horns (U.S. Premiere–
New York Philharmonic Co-Commission
with Philharmonia Orchestra and Warsaw
Autumn Festival)
Also sprach Zarathustra
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS AT LIU:
TANSY DAVIES’S NEW WORK FOR FOUR HORNS
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
C.W. Post Campus
Long Island University
Brookville, New York
Friday, April 28, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Philip Myers, horn
R. Allen Spanjer, horn
Leelanee Sterrett, horn
Howard Wall, horn
BEETHOVEN
Tansy DAVIES
R. STRAUSS
Leonore Overture No. 2
New work for four horns (New York Philharmonic
Co-Commission with Philharmonia
Orchestra and Warsaw Autumn Festival)
Also sprach Zarathustra
VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Sunday, April 30, 2017, 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Monday, May 1, 2017, 10:30 a.m.
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Rebecca Young, host
Philharmonic Families: “Woodwinds”
Program tba
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY AND
SCHOENBERG’S A SURVIVOR FROM WARSAW
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, May 3, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 4, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 5, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 6, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Daniela Mack*, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser*, tenor
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller, director
SCHOENBERG
BEETHOVEN
A Survivor from Warsaw
Symphony No. 9
SPRING GALA: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, May 11, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Justin Freer, conductor
Chorus tba
MANCINI
* New York Philharmonic debut
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (score performed live to complete film)
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Friday, May 12, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 13, 2017, 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 13, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
David Newman, conductor
John WILLIAMS
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (New York Premiere–score
performed live to complete film)
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: NEW YORK PREMIERES BY COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND KRAVIS EMERGING COMPOSER ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Friday, May 19, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 20, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Anu Komsi**, soprano
Piia Komsi*, soprano
BRAHMS
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR
Esa-Pekka SALONEN
Violin Concerto
Aeriality (New York Premiere)
Wing on Wing (New York Premiere)
** New York Philharmonic subscription debut
* New York Philharmonic debut
SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Saturday, May 20, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Sheryl Staples, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola
Cello tba; Timothy Cobb, double bass
Shai Wosner, piano
HUMMEL
BRAHMS
Piano Quintet in D minor (transcribed from Piano
Septet, Op. 74)
Violin Concerto
JAKUB HRŮŠA WITH AUGUSTIN HADELICH
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, May 25, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 26, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 27, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Jakub Hrůša*, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
DVOŘÁK
DVOŘÁK
JANÁČEK
* New York Philharmonic debut
Violin Concerto
Three Slavonic Dances
Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Sunday, May 28, 2017, 3:00 p.m.
J. DRUCKMAN
Come Round
Mindy Kaufman, flute; Amy Zoloto, clarinet;
Lisa GiHae Kim, violin; Sumire Kudo, cello;
Daniel Druckman, percussion; Michael Barrett§,
piano
MOZART
String Quintet in G minor
Fiona Simon, Marié Rossano, violin;
Judith Nelson, Katherine Greene, viola; Eric
Bartlett, cello
DVOŘÁK
String Quintet in G major
Sheryl Staples, Yulia Ziskel, violin; Rémi Pelletier,
viola; Maria Kitsopoulos, cello; Timothy Cobb,
double bass
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: ANNUAL FREE MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
Monday, May 29, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Soprano tba
MAHLER
§ New York Philharmonic guest artist
Symphony No. 4
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: WAGNER’S DAS RHEINGOLD
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, June 1, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 3, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 6, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Eric Owens, bass-baritone (Wotan)
Jamie Barton*, mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Christopher Purves*, baritone (Alberich)
Russell Thomas, tenor (Loge)
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano (Erda)
Morris Robinson*, bass (Fasolt)
Stephen Milling*, bass (Fafner)
Rachel Willis-Sørensen*, soprano (Freia)
Brian Jagde*, tenor (Froh)
Christian Van Horn*, bass-baritone (Donner)
Peter Bronder*, tenor (Mime)
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano (Woglinde)
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano (Wellgunde)
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano (Flosshilde)
WAGNER
* New York Philharmonic debut
Das Rheingold (complete, in concert)
ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: SEASON FINALE
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, June 8, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 9, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 10, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic and guest artists from around the world in
performances that highlight important international issues and foster the idea of a global community
that shares a common humanity.
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