Concerts / Past Events

Hilda Paredes (b.1957) Ofrendas (Offerings) (2020)
Matthew Overbay, percussion; Sophiko Simsive, piano; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass

Shulamit Ran (b.1949) Love’s Call (2016) Text by Charles Kondek, adapted from the Song of Songs
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Sophiko Simsive, piano

Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925-1991) Five Pieces on Georgian Folk Themes (1950)
Megan Yip, cello; Sophiko Simsive, piano

Traditional, transcr. Nora Fischer and Ketevan Roinishvili Tsintskaro
Megan Yip, cello; Lucy Shelton, soprano

Intermission

Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) Ainsi la nuit (Thus the Night) (1973-6)
Valerie Kim, Astrid Nakamura, violins; Lisa Sung, viola; Audrey Chen, cello

Travis Laplante (b.1982) The Golden Lock (2022)
World Premiere
Travis Laplante, saxophone; Charles Overton, harp; Marcus Elliott Gaved, double bass; Lee Dionne, piano; Eduardo Leandro, percussion

György Kurtág (b.1926) Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for string trio (1989-2005)
SoYoung Choi, violin; Nicholas Mann, viola; Sam Suggs, double bass

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Theme and Variations in D Minor, Op.18b (1860)
Qing Jiang, piano

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Des Hafis Liebeslieder (Love Songs of Hafiz), Op. 24 (1911)
Karol Szymanowski Das Grab des Hafis (Hafiz’s Tomb), Op.Posth.
Text by Hans Bethge
Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano; Chaeyoung Park, piano

Intermission

György Kurtág Doloroso (1992)
Lisa Sung, viola

Johannes Brahms String Sextet in B-Flat Major, Op.18 (1859-60)
Donald Weilerstein, Nathan Amaral, violins; Lisa Sung, Connie Pharoah, violas; Nina Kiva, Natasha Brofsky, cellos

Valentin Silvestrov (b.1937) Postludium No. 2 (1981)
Yukiko Uno, violin

James MacMillan (b.1959) Memento (1994)
Evan Hjort, Yiliang Jiang, violins; Nicholas Mann, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello

George Crumb (1929-2022) Zeitgeist, Six Tableaux for Two Amplified Pianos (1987)
Gilbert Kalish, Qing Jiang, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Alice Xu, Abigail Sin, Seth Knopp, Anna Han, Chaeyoung Park, Sophiko Simsive, pianos

Intermission

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures), Op.113 (1851)
Edgar Francis, viola; Gilbert Kalish, piano

Jörg Widmann (b.1973) Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind… (And they all lived happily ever after…) from Es war einmal… (Once upon a time…) (2015)
Barret Ham, clarinet; Hannah Burnett, viola; Gilbert Kalish, piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland, Op.48a (1950)
Viola: Lara Albesano, Hannah Burnett, Edgar Francis, Alexander McFarlane, Asbjørn Nørgaard; Connie Pharoah, Lisa Sung
Violin 1: Carolin Widmann, Astrid Nakamura, Hee-Soo Yoon, Nathan Amaral
Violin 2: Sophia Anna Szokolay, Çiğdem Tunçelli Sinangil, Julia Mirzoev
Cello 1: Leland Ko, Audrey Chen
Cello 2: Mon Puo Lee, Madelyn Kowalski
Double bass: Marcus Elliott Gaved, Sam Suggs

Robert Schumann Kind im Einschlummern (Child falling asleep) and Der Dichter spricht (The poet speaks) from Kinderszenen (Scenes from childhood), Op.15 (1838)
Peter Frankl, piano

Katherine Arndt & MuChen Hsieh, violins
Lisa Sung, viola
Eunghee Cho & Joy Yanai, cellos

-Pēteris Vasks: Castillo Interior for violin & cello
-Krzysztof Penderecki: Ciaccona for violin & viola
-Mark O’Connor: Appalachia Waltz
-Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major

Katherine Arndt & MuChen Hsieh, violins
Lisa Sung, viola
Eunghee Cho & Joy Yanai, cellos

-Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls
-Wei-Chieh Lin: Five Taiwanese Folk Songs
-Giovanni Sollima: Sonnets et Rondeaux
-Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor (arranged for solo cello and string quartet)

Brahms String Sextet No.1 in G major 

Jason Moon, Clara Neubauer, violins

Lisa Sung, Ara Gregorian, violas

Miriam Liske-Doorandish, Michael Kannen, cellos

Mozart Viola Quintet K.516 in G minor

Amelia Dietrich, Nicholas Kitchen, violins

Lisa Sung, Lynn Sue-A-Quan, violas

Michael Kannen, cello

Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor

Mari Lee, violin

Lisa Sung, viola 

Jonathan Swensen, cello

Adam Golka, piano

Jaap van Zweden conducts the New York Philharmonic’s first-ever appearances at the Usedom Music Festival, May 2022. The festival began in 1994, primarily presenting ensembles from the region, and has featured artists such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Krzysztov Penderecki, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Ute Lemper, and former Philharmonic Music Director Kurt Masur. Artists and repertoire to be announced.

Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra

Livestream link available above. 

Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
PERRY Study for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9

Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
PERRY Study for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9

Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
PERRY Study for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Andreia Pinto Correia - Os pássaros da noite (The Birds of Night) (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 4

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Andreia Pinto Correia - Os pássaros da noite (The Birds of Night) (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 4

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Andreia Pinto Correia - Os pássaros da noite (The Birds of Night) (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 4

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Andreia Pinto Correia - Os pássaros da noite (The Birds of Night) (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

R. Schumann - Symphony No. 4