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SPECIAL EVENT: OPENING NIGHTWed, Sep 22, 7:30pmAlan Gilbert conductor Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis artistic director & trumpet

Wynton MARSALIS Swing Symphony† R. STRAUSS Don Juan HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber †U.S. Premiere – New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and The Barbican.

PERLMAN PERFORMS MENDELSSOHNThurs, Sep 23, 7:30pm | Fri, Sep 24, 11:00am | Tues, Sep 28, 7:30pmAlan Gilbert conductor Itzhak Perlman violin

R. STRAUSS Don Juan MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto Henri DUTILLEUX Métaboles HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS MAHLER’S SIXTH SYMPHONYWed, Sep 29, 7:30pm | Fri, Oct 1, 8:00pm Alan Gilbert conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 6

JOSHUA BELL, DEBUSSY, SIBELIUS AND LINDBERG Thurs, Oct 7, 7:30pm | Fri, Oct 8, 8:00pm | Tues, Oct 12, 7:30pmAlan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Magnus Lindberg piano Carter Brey cello Markus Rhoten timpani Christopher S. Lamb, Daniel Druckman percussion

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun SIBELIUS Violin Concerto Magnus LINDBERG Kraft *

ZUKERMAN, WEBERN AND BRAHMSThurs, Oct 14, 7:30pm | Fri, Oct 15, 2:00pm | Sat, Oct 16, 8:00pmAlan Gilbert conductor Pinchas Zukerman violin

WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1 BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

MENDELSSOHN’S ELIJAHWed, Nov 10, 7:30pm | Thurs, Nov 11, 7:30pmAlan Gilbert conductor Carolyn Sampson soprano Alice Coote mezzo-sopranoAllan Clayton tenor Gerald Finley bass-baritone New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt director

MENDELSSOHN Elijah

TCHAIKOVSKY’S VIOLIN CONCERTO AND STRAVINSKY’S FIREBIRDFri, Nov 26, 8:00pm | Sat, Nov 27, 8:00pmRafael Frühbeck de Burgos conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin Women of the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt director

GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto DEBUSSY Nocturnes STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919)

HAYDN, DEBUSSY AND FIREBIRD Tues, Nov 30, 7:30pmRafael Frühbeck de Burgos conductor Women of the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt director

GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila HAYDN Symphony No. 100, Military DEBUSSY Nocturnes STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919) BEETHOVEN AND MAHLERThurs, Dec 2, 7:30pm | Sat, Dec 4, 8:00pm | Tues, Dec 7, 7:30pmSir Colin Davis conductor Dorothea Röschmann soprano Ian Bostridge tenor

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Wynton Marsalis

Itzhak Perlman

Joshua Bell

Pinchas Zukerman

Sir Colin Davis

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Yefim Bronfman

ELGAR AND MOZARTThurs, Dec 9, 7:30pm | Fri, Dec 10, 8:00pm | Sat, Dec 11, 8:00pmSir Colin Davis conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin

ELGAR Introduction and Allegro MOZART Symphony No. 36, Linz ELGAR Violin Concerto

HANDEL’S MESSIAHTues, Dec 14, 7:30pm | Wed, Dec 15, 7:30pm | Thurs, Dec 16, 7:30pm Fri, Dec 17, 7:30pm | Sat, Dec 18, 7:30pmBernard Labadie conductor Karina Gauvin soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux mezzo-soprano Tilman Lichdi tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt director HANDEL Messiah

ALAN GILBERT AND SOLOISTS FROM THE PHILHARMONIC Tues, Dec 28, 7:30pm | Wed, Dec 29, 7:30pm | Thurs, Dec 30, 7:30pmAlan Gilbert conductor Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, Marc Ginsberg, Lisa Kim, violins Philip Smith trumpet Philip Myers horn Liang Wang oboe

VIVALDI Concerto for Four Violins, Op. 3, No. 10 Aaron Jay KERNIS a Voice, a Messenger*** HINDEMITH Horn ConcertoChristopher ROUSE Oboe Concerto* RAVEL Boléro

MOZART, MAHLER, AND A THOMAS ADÈS PREMIEREThurs, Jan 6, 7:30pm | Fri, Jan 7, 8:00pm | Sat, Jan 8, 8:00pmAlan Gilbert conductor Thomas Hampson baritone Thomas Adès piano Tal Rosner video artist

MOZART Symphony No. 40 MAHLER Kindertotenlieder Thomas ADÈS In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image)*

BRONFMAN, SCHUMANN, AND BRAHMSThurs, Jan 13, 7:30pm | Fri, Jan 14, 8:00pm | Sat, Jan 15, 8:00pmChristoph von Dohnányi conductor Yefim Bronfman piano

Jörg WIDMANN Con brio, Concert Overture for Orchestra SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

RUSH HOUR: BRAHMS’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1Wed, Jan 19, 6:45pmChristoph von Dohnányi conductor Radu Lupu piano

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

VON DOHNÁNYI CONDUCTS SCHUMANN AND DVO ̌RÁKThurs, Jan 20, 7:30pmChristoph von Dohnányi conductor

Jörg WIDMANN Con brio, Concert Overture for Orchestra SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 DVO ̌ RÁK Symphony No. 8

VON DOHNÁNYI, LUPU, BRAHMS, AND DVO ̌RÁKFri, Jan 21, 8:00pm | Sat, Jan 22, 8:00pmChristoph von Dohnányi conductor Radu Lupu piano

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 DVO ̌ RÁK Symphony No. 8

ALAN GILBERT, KARITA MATTILA, BEETHOVEN, SIBELIUS, AND NIELSEN Fri, Jan 28, 8:00pm | Sat, Jan 29, 8:00pm | Tues, Feb 1, 7:30pmAlan Gilbert conductor Karita Mattila soprano

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Ah, perfido! SIBELIUS Selected Songs for Soprano and Orchestra NIELSEN Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments

BEETHOVEN’S THIRD PIANO CONCERTO AND SHOSTAKOVICH’S FIFTH SYMPHONY Thurs, Feb 10, 7:30pm | Fri, Feb 11, 11:00am | Sat, Feb 12, 8:00pmAndris Nelsons conductor Jonathan Biss piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

*New York Premiere **World Premiere ***World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission

Karita Mattila

Thomas Hampson

Radu Lupu

Alan Gilbert

Christoph von Dohnányi

BRANFORD MARSALIS Wed, Feb 16, 7:30pm | Thurs, Feb 17, 7:30pm | Fri, Feb 18, 2:00pm | Sat, Feb 19, 8:00pmAndrey Boreyko conductor Branford Marsalis saxophone

HAYDN Symphony No. 60, Il distratto GLAZUNOV Concerto for Alto Saxophone SCHULHOFF/Bennett Hot-Sonate for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra R. STRAUSS Le Bourgeois gentilhomme JANINE JANSEN AND BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH SYMPHONYThurs, Feb 24, 7:30pm | Fri, Feb 25, 11:00am | Sat, Feb 26, 8:00pmTues, Mar 1, 7:30pmPaavo Järvi conductor Janine Jansen violin

Erkki-Sven TÜÜR Aditus* BRITTEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

MAHLER’S FOURTH SYMPHONYThurs, Mar 3, 7:30pm | Fri, Mar 4, 2:00pm | Sat, Mar 5, 8:00pmDaniel Harding conductor Glenn Dicterow violin Lisa Milne soprano

SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD Thurs, Mar 10, 7:30pm | Fri, Mar 11, 11:00am | Sat, Mar 12, 8:00pmEsa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

HAYDN Symphony No. 6, Le Matin LIGETI Piano Concerto BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

SALONEN CONDUCTS BARTÓK’S CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA Thurs, March 17 | 7:30pmEsa-Pekka Salonen conductor

LIGETI Concert Românesc HAYDN Symphony No. 7, Le Midi BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

SALONEN CONDUCTS BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE Fri, Mar 18, 8:00pm | Sat, Mar 19, 8:00pm | Tues, Mar 22, 7:30pmEsa-Pekka Salonen conductor Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Evgeny Nikitin bass-baritone

LIGETI Concert Românesc HAYDN Symphony No. 7, Le Midi BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle

SALONEN CONDUCTS THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN Thurs, Mar 24, 7:30pm | Fri Mar 25, 2:00pm | Sat, Mar 26, 8:00pmEsa-Pekka Salonen conductor Olli Mustonen pianoWomen of the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt director

HAYDN Symphony No. 8, Le Soir BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1 LIGETI Clocks and Clouds BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER AND TCHAIKOVSKY’S SECOND SYMPHONYThurs, Mar 31, 7:30pm | Fri, Apr 1, 8:00pm | Sat, Apr 2, 8:00pmMichael Tilson Thomas conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

PROKOFIEV Overture in B-flat major, American Sofia GUBAIDULINA In Tempus Praesens, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra* TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2, Little Russian

MASUR CONDUCTS LISZT, GUBAIDULINA, AND BRAHMSWed, Apr 13, 7:30pm | Sat, Apr 16, 8:00pmKurt Masur conductor Cynthia Phelps viola Rebecca Young viola

LISZT Les Préludes Sofia GUBAIDULINA Two Paths BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Branford Marsalis

Janine Jansen

Glenn Dicterow

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Kurt Masur

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“Gilbert led an energetic account... Its rousing conclusion drew the audience to its feet for a five-minute ovation.” –Associated Press

RUSH HOUR: MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 5Wed, Apr 27, 6:45pmAlan Gilbert conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 5

ALAN GILBERT, EMANUEL AX, AND MAHLER’S FIFTH SYMPHONYThurs, Apr 28, 7:30pm | Fri, Apr 29, 2:00pm | Sat, Apr 30, 8:00pmAlan Gilbert conductor Emanuel Ax piano

DEBUSSY Selections from Estampes for solo piano MESSIAEN Couleurs de la cité céleste MAHLER Symphony No. 5

BATIASHVILI, BARTÓK, AND BEETHOVEN’S EROICA SYMPHONYWed, May 4, 7:30pm | Fri, May 6, 8:00pm | Sat, May 7, 8:00pmAlan Gilbert conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin

BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

MUTTER, BEETHOVEN, BRUCKNER, AND A SEBASTIAN CURRIER PREMIEREThurs, Jun 2, 7:30pm | Fri, Jun 3, 2:00pm | Sat, Jun 4, 8:00pmAlan Gilbert conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

BEETHOVEN Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra Sebastian CURRIER Time Machines** BRUCKNER Symphony No. 2

RUSH HOUR: RACHMANINOFF & SHOSTAKOVICHWed, Jun 8, 6:45pmDavid Robertson conductor

RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

DEBORAH VOIGT, SHOSTAKOVICH, AND SCHOENBERGThurs, Jun 9, 7:30pm | Fri, Jun 10, 8:00pm | Sat, Jun 11, 8:00pmDavid Robertson conductor Deborah Voigt soprano

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead SCHOENBERG Erwartung

GIL SHAHAM AND MUSORGSKY’S PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITIONThurs, Jun 16, 7:30pm | Fri, Jun 17, 11:00am | Sat, Jun 18, 8:00pmLudovic Morlot conductor Gil Shaham violin

MUSORGSKY Prelude to Khovanshchina WALTON Violin Concerto RAVEL Pavane pour une Infante défunte MUSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Photo Credits. Page 2-3 Avery Fisher Hall Exterior by Julie Skarratt, Alan Gilbert by Karen Ballard Page 4-5: Wynton Marsalis by Keith Major, Itzhak Perlman by Akira Kinoshita, Joshua Bell by Bill Phelps, Pinchas Zukerman by Paul Labelle, Sir Colin Davis by Chris Lee, Alan Gilbert by Karen Ballard, Karita Mattila by Lauri Eriksson, Thomas Hampson by Dario Acosta, Yefim Bronfman by Dario Acosta, Radu Lupu by Mary Robert, Christoph von Dohnányi by Terry O’Neill, Page 6-7: Branford Marsalis by Palma Kolansky, Janine Jansen by Felix Broede, Glenn Dicterow by Chris Lee, Esa-Pekka Salonen by Nicho Södling, Anne-Sophie Mutter by Anja Frers/DG, Kurt Masur by Frans Jansen, Emanuel Ax by Harald Haugan, Lisa Batiashvili by Mat Hennek, David Robertson by Michael Tammaro, Deborah Voigt by CAMI, Gil Shaham by Christian Steiner

Lisa Batiashvili

Deborah Voigt

David Robertson

Gil Shaham

*New York Premiere **World Premiere

Emanuel Ax

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