New York Philharmonic

Scholar Discovers Missing Bassoon Line in Ravel Manuscript

Elana Estrin | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Maurice Ravel, Harry Ransom Center, Ravel Bassoon, Ravel Bassoon Manuscript, Ravel Mother Goose, Arts News

Saturday marks the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Maurice Ravel's "Mother Goose" ballet suite. Just in time for its centennial, a Ravel scholar has discovered that orchestras have been playing the piece incorrectly for the past 100 years.

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Bent Neck Syndrome and Compulsive Connectivity Disorder: Latest Smartphone Afflictions?

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Twitter, Smartphones, Youtube, Constant Contact, Angry Birds, Words With Friends, Media, Facebook, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Texting, New York Philharmonic, Compulsive Connectivity Disorder, Bent Neck Syndrome, Technology Addiction, Technology News

We'll put down our phones, get up from our ergonomic chairs, straighten our necks and step away from whatever screens we have wrapped all around us. And we'll heal.

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WATCH: Ringtone Halts NY Philharmonic

AP | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: New York Around Town, NY Around Town, New York Philharmonic, Cellphones, Ringtones, Alan Gilbert, Gustav Mahler, Alan Gilbert Cell Phone, Video, New York News

NEW YORK — It's the dreaded sound at any live performance – a ringing cellphone. That's what happened Tuesday night at Lincoln Center's A...

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A Cell Phone-Owner Causes A Scene At The NY Philharmonic

artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Cell Phone Philharmonic, Cell Phone Interruptions, Mobile Phone Concert, Alan Gilbert Cell Phone, Cell Phones at Concerts, Alan Gilbert, Cell Phone Ban, Culture News

The end of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony contains some of the most spiritual and peaceful music ever written. So when a cellphone began ringing – and ri...

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42-Year-Old Brought In To Revive Nation's Oldest Orchestra

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Zarin Mehta, New York Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic Director, Matthew VanBesien Philharmonic, Matthew VanBesien New York Philharmonic, Ny Philharmonic Executive Director, Matthew VanBesien, NY Philharmonic, Culture News

NEW YORK -- The New York Philharmonic has named a new executive director to tackle huge financial shortfalls at the nation's oldest orchestra. Orches...

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Ravel et al. at the Philharmonic

Howard Kissel | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Anne Sofie Von Otter, New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, La Valse, Alan Gilbert, Arts News

Certain pieces, no matter how sophisticated your audio equipment is, can only be fully understood in the concert hall.

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Founding Fathers: Washington and Ives

Albert Imperato | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Baltimore Symphony, New York Philharmonic, George Washington, Gustav Mahler, Charles Ives, Jeremy Denk, Founding Fathers, Transcendentalists, Leonard Bernstein, Alan Gilbert, Hilary Hahn, Books News

In a strange twist of timing, I found myself reading Ron Chernow's new biography of George Washington at the same time that I just happened to be reading Jan Swafford's Charles Ives: A Life with Music.

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New York Philharmonic New Season

Howard Kissel | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Classical Music, Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, NY Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, Lincoln Center, New York Philharmonic Review, New York Orchestra, Arts News

The opening concert Wednesday night made clear that the bond between the orchestra and its "new" musical director, Alan Gilbert, is as close as any this difficult orchestra and a "boss" have had in a long time.

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Wagner, Walton and an English Country Lad

Howard Kissel | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Christopher Plummer, Shakespeare, Henry V, Richard Wagner, Arts News

Saturday night the New York Philharmonic performed the work of three great musicians -- fabulously.

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The Catharsis of Song

Susanne Mentzer | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: 9/11, Classical Music, New York Philharmonic, Post 9/11, New York Firefighters, September 11 Anniversary, Decade After 9/11 - Remembering, September 11, Arts News

About ten days after 9/11/01, I was asked to sing on the opening subscription concerts at the New York Philharmonic. After the performance I wandered out alone through the Lincoln Center plaza and wondered why I was there at that moment.

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Resurrection: Why We Need Mahler's Second Symphony on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

Albert Imperato | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Lincoln Center, New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, Gustav Mahler, 9/11 Anniversary, Mahler New York Philharmonic, Mahler's Resurrection New York, Arts News

For all its titanic reach, dramatic force and visceral power, Mahler's "Resurrection" has some unforgettable moments of repose that provide great salve for the ravaged soul.

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The Cunning Little Vixen

Howard Kissel | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Karole Armitage, Leos Janacek, New York, Alan Gilbert, Gyorgy Li, Czech Opera, Cunning Little Vixen Opera, Opera, Cunning Little Vixen, Le Gran Macabre, Arts News

Whenever you see Leos Janacek's 1923 opera The Cunning Little Vixen, you wonder why it doesn't get produced more often. Unlike many operas of the 20th century, it is directly accessible, both musically and dramatically.

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Arts Lust: Central Europe's Underwear Showing

Allan M. Jalon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Ligeti, Hungary, Music, Austria, Bartok, Denk, Classical Music, NY Culture, NY Around Town, Janacek, Biss, Arts News

We're still curious about rebellions against imperial power, be they Victorian or modern. The authoritarianism of forms, political and aesthetic, draws artists like red flags draw bulls.

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A Morning Concert, A Revolution in Egypt

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jonathan Biss, New York Philharmonic, Tahir Square, Joseph Stalin, Egypt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Beethoven, Andris Nelsons, Hosni Mubarak, New York News

Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony couldn't have been a more perfect thing to hear after learning of the revolution in Egypt.

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From D.C.'s Kennedy Center to East of Angel Town: Conversations with Branford Marsalis and Peter Cincotti

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nea, The Commodores, Daniel Radcliffe, Funkadelic, Spider-Man, Josh Groban, The Kennedy Center, Keith Jarret, Miles Davis, Billy Joel, Jochem Van Der Saag, Otis Redding, Alexa Ray Joel, Ellis Marsalis, Shostakovich, David Foster, Delfeayo Marsalis, Louis Armstrong, Elton John, Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Brahms, Charlie Parker, James Brown, Parliament, Branford Marsalis, New York Philharmonic, Frankie Trumbauer, Ornette Coleman, Led Zeppelin, Peter Cincotti, Mahler, December Boys, Humberto Gatica, Donald Harrison, Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Montreal Jazz Festival, Sidney Bechet, Pink Floyd, Teo Macero, American Idol, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Prokofiev, Sting, Entertainment News

Legendary jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis has been accumulating a series of honors, with the upcoming NEA's Jazz Masters Award being one of the most prestigious yet.

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WATCH: NY Philharmonic Rifle Through Scrap Yard

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Classical Music, Magnus Lindberg, New York Philharmonic, Kraft, NY Music, NY Culture, Music, Philarmonic, Video, New York News

If you think the New York Philharmonic's raison d'etre is playing Brahms at Central Park summer picnics, you'd be mistaken. The Philharmonic posted ...

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New York Philharmonic To Play Subway-Inspired Compositions By High School Students

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sixty Sixth Center, Stella Fiorenzoli, New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, Fiorello LaGuardia, Ethan D'ver, Brooklyn Bound F Train, Alan Gilbert, Subway Music, New York News

NEW YORK — Two subway-inspired compositions written by New York City high school students are being performed at Lincoln Center. Maestro Alan G...

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Violinist Mikhail Simonyan

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lincoln Center, Tchaikovsky, New York Philharmonic, Mikhail Simonyan, Avery Fisher Hall, Bramwell Tovey, Classical Violin, Video, Arts News

WHO: Mikhail Simonyan, violinist WHAT: Debut as soloist with the New York Philharmonic WHEN: June 29 and 30, 2010 at 7:30pm WHERE: Avery Fisher H...

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Music Unites Gets Behind Mikhail Simonyan To Raise Funds for Afghanistan National Institute of Music

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Russian, Australia, Music Education, Afghanistan, Afghanistan National Institute of Music, Beethoven Not Bullets, Robert Schumann, Bob Dylan, Lang Lang, Joshua Bell, Charlie Siem, Ministry of Education of Afghanistan, Music Unites, Monash University, Mikhail Simonyan, City Winery, Entertainment News

Music Unites will be hosting an event for Russian-Armenian violinist virtuoso Mikhail Simonyan and musicians from the New York Philharmonic on June 14...

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Alan Gilbert's Inaugural Season as MD of NY Phil

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Leos Janacek, Beethoven, Gyorgy Ligeti, Alan Gilbert, Gustav Mahler, New York News

"The story that needs to be told is that the New York Philharmonic can play any kind of music brilliantly," Gilbert says.

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Gustav Mahler's Life-Changing Music

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Hampson, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Mahler, Carnegie Hall, New York News

You'll be hearing a lot about Mahler in the coming weeks and months. July 7, 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of his birth in Kaliste, a small town in Bohemia -- now in the Czech Republic.

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Dudamel Redux: Music Critics Eat Their Words

Donna Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, First National Tour, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, Cleveland Orchestra, Leonard Bernsteinnthony, Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert, Los Angeles News

It was supposed to be the "Eat Your Heart Out" tour, with guest appearances by Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in major U.S. cities. Very quickly, it became the "Sour Grapes" tour.

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On the Culture Front: Oliver Parker, Dusk Rings a Bell, and Le Grand Macabre

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Cnn, The Economist, Stephen Belber, Paul Sparks, Kate Walsh, Elizabeth Meriwether, Tracy Letts, John Larroquette, New York News

Elizabeth Meriwether's plays make me excited to go to the theater. Her dialogue is effortless and often very funny without being frivolous.

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Meet the Amazing Aroon Shivdasani of NYC's Indo-American Arts Council

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Indo-American Arts Council founder and executive director Aroon Shivdasani has lived all over the world but has called New York home for about half he...

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Seen and Heard in New York: Alan Gilbert, Alain Ducasse, Mimi Sheraton, Jane Campion, Gloria Steinem

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Jane Campion, Betty Friedan, Alain Ducasse, Mimi Sheraton, Kurt Gutenbrunner, Gloria Steinem, Museum of the Moving Image, Alan Gilbert, Gyorgy Ligeti, New York News

The New York Philharmonic earlier this year began a new series of post-concert suppers with star chefs, hosted by food writer Mimi Sheraton.

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