New York Philharmonic
Ureli Corelli Hill, New York Philharmonic founder
Background information
Origin	New York, New York, United States
Genre(s)	Classical
Occupation(s)	Symphony orchestra
Years active	1842-present
Website	www.NYPhil.org
Members
Music Director Lorin Maazel Associate Conductor Xian Zhang Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow Music Director Emeritus Kurt Masur
Former members
Founder Ureli Corelli Hill
Notable instrument(s)
Violin Bott 1725 Stradivari Guarneri, del Gesù 1727 Viola ex-Nathan Gordon 1580 da Salò

The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842. The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a Xian Zhang ( born in 1973 in Dandong, China) is a Chinese American conductor. Glenn Dicterow (born December 23 1948) is an American Violinist and is currently concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Kurt Masur (b WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Ureli Corelli Hill (born New York, 1802 - died Paterson Antonio Stradivari (1644 &ndash December 18 1737 was an Italian Luthier, a crafter of Stringed instruments such as Violins cellos Guarneri is the family name of a group of distinguished Violin makers ( Luthiers from Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries whose standing Gasparo da Salò ( May 20 1540 - April 14 1609) is the name given to Gasparo di Bertolotti one of the earliest violin makers of which A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Based in New York City, the Philharmonic performs most of its concerts at Avery Fisher Hall. The City of New York Avery Fisher Hall, located in New York City, is a part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex The orchestra is older than any other American symphonic institution in existence by nearly four decades; its record-setting 14,000th concert was given in December 2004. ^[1] Since 2002, the Philharmonic's music director has been Lorin Maazel, whose tenure is scheduled to conclude at the end of the 2008-2009 season. The title of music director or musical director is used by many Symphony orchestras to designate the primary conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a Starting with the 2009-2010 season, Alan Gilbert is scheduled to become the Philharmonic's next music director. Alan Gilbert (born 1967 New York City) is an American violinist and conductor.

History

Founding and first concert, 1842

Apollo Rooms. NYC Philharmonic Archives

The orchestra was founded by Ureli Corelli Hill in 1842 as the New York Philharmonic Society^[2] – the third Philharmonic on American soil since 1792, declaring as its purpose "the advancement of instrumental music. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Ureli Corelli Hill (born New York, 1802 - died Paterson " The first concert of the New York Philharmonic, on December 7, 1842, took place in the Apollo Rooms on lower Broadway before an audience of 600. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The concert opened with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 led by American-born conductor Ureli Corelli Hill, who was also founder and first president of the Philharmonic. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Ludwig van Beethoven 's Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 was written in 1804–08 WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Ureli Corelli Hill (born New York, 1802 - died Paterson Two other conductors, German-born Henry Christian Timm and French-born Denis Etienne, led parts of the eclectic, three-hour program, which included chamber music and several operatic selections with a leading singer of the day, as was the custom. Henry Christian Timm (1811 Hamburg – 1892 New York City) was a German -born American Pianist, conductor, and Composer The musicians operated as a cooperative society, deciding by a majority vote such issues as who would become a member, which music would be performed and who among them would conduct. At the end of the season the players would divide any proceeds amongst themselves.

Beethoven's ninth and a new home, 1846

After only a dozen public performances and barely four years old, the Philharmonic organized a concert to raise funds to build a new music hall. The centerpiece was the American premiere of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 to take place at Castle Garden on the southern tip of Manhattan. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. The Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125 "Choral" is the last complete Symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton was once a circular sandstone Fort now located in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New About 400 instrumental and vocal performers gathered for this premiere. The chorals were translated into what would be the first English performance anywhere in the world. However, with the expensive US$2. 00 ticket price and a war rally uptown, the hoped-for audience was kept away and the new hall would have to wait. Although judged by some as an odd work with all those singers kept at bay until the end, the Ninth soon became the work performed most often when a grand gesture was required.

During the Philharmonic's first seven seasons, seven musicians alternated the conducting duties. In addition to Hill, Timm and Etienne, these were William Alpers, George Loder, Louis Wiegers and Alfred Boucher. ^[3] This changed when, in 1849, Theodore Eisfeld was installed as sole conductor for the season. Theodore Eisfeld ( April 11, 1816, Wolfenbüttel, Braunschweig, Germany &ndash 16 September[[ 882]] Wiesbaden ^[3] Eisfeld, later along with Carl Bergmann, would be the conductors until 1865. Carl Bergmann (born Ebersbach, Saxony, 1821 died New York, 1876 was a German-American cellist and conductor. That year, Eisfeld conducted the Orchestra’s memorial concert for the recently assassinated Abraham Lincoln but in a peculiar turn of events which was criticized in the New York press, the Philharmonic omitted the last movement, "Ode to Joy", as being inappropriate for the occasion. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal " To Joy " ( An die Freude in German, in English often familiarly called the Ode to Joy) is an Ode written in That year Eisfeld returned to Europe, and Bergmann continued to conduct the Society until his death in 1876.

Competition, 1878

The New York Philharmonic Club, a chamber ensemble of Philharmonic musicians, clowning for their public-relations photograph in the 1880s. New York Philharmonic Archives

Leopold Damrosch, Franz Liszt's former concertmaster at Weimar, served as conductor of the Philharmonic for the 1876-1877 season. Leopold Damrosch ( October 22, 1832 &ndash February 15, 1885) was a German American orchestral conductor. Weimar (ˈvaɪmaʁ is a City in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of Thuringia (Thüringen north of the Thüringer Wald, But failing to win support from the Philharmonic's public, he left to create the rival Symphony Society of New York in 1878. The New York Symphony Society was an Orchestra founded in New York City by Leopold Damrosch in 1878 Upon his death in 1885, his 23-year-old son Walter took over and continued the competition with the old Philharmonic. It was Walter who would convince Andrew Carnegie that New York needed a first-class concert hall and on May 5, 1891 both Walter and Russian composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted at the inaugural concert of the city's new Music Hall, which in a few years would be renamed for its primary benefactor, Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie (properly kɑrˈneɪgi but commonly /ˈkɑrnɨgi/ or /kɑrˈnɛgi/ (25 November 1835 – 11 August 1919 was a Scottish -born American Industrialist Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east

The German-born, American-trained conductor Theodore Thomas, who had achieved fame and great success conducting his own orchestra, the Thomas Orchestra, in competition with the Philharmonic for over a decade, began conducting the Philharmonic in 1877. Theodore Thomas can refer to the following people Theodore Thomas (conductor (1835–1905 American violinist and conductor Theodore Thomas With the exception of the 1878-1879 season (when he was in Cincinnati and Adolph Neuendorff led the group) Thomas conducted every season until 1891. Adolf Heinrich Anton Magnus Neuendorff, also known as Adolph Neuendorff ( June 13, 1843 Hamburg - December 4, 1897 He raised the orchestra to a virtuosic level before leaving in 1891 to found the Chicago Symphony, taking with him 13 Philharmonic musicians. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( CSO) is an American orchestra based in Chicago Illinois.

Another celebrated conductor, Anton Seidl, followed Thomas on the Philharmonic podium, serving until 1898. Anton Seidl ( 7 May 1850 &ndash 28 March 1898) was a Hungarian conductor. Seidl, who had served as Wagner's assistant, was a renowned conductor of the composer’s works; Seidl's romantic interpretations inspired both adulation and controversy. During his tenure, the Philharmonic enjoyed a period of unprecedented success and prosperity and performed its first world premiere written by a world-renowned composer in the United States – Antonín Dvořák's Ninth Symphony "From the New World. Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( (often pronounced in English as; DVOR-zhahk; September 8 1841 – May 1 1904 was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed "New World Symphony" redirects here for the Miami -based orchestra see New World Symphony Orchestra. " Seidl’s sudden death in 1898 from food poisoning at the age of 47 was widely mourned. Twelve thousand people applied for tickets to his funeral at the Metropolitan Opera House at 39th Street and Broadway and the streets were jammed for blocks with a "surging mass" of his admirers. The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera.

New management, 1909

Gustav Mahler

In 1909, to ensure the financial stability of the Philharmonic, a group of wealthy New Yorkers led by two women, Mary Seney Sheldon and Minnie Untermyer, formed the Guarantors Committee and changed the Orchestra's organization from a musician-operated cooperative to a corporate management structure. Mary R Seney Sheldon ( July 3, 1863 - June 16, 1913) was the first female president of the New York Philharmonic. The Guarantors were responsible for bringing Gustav Mahler to the Philharmonic as principal conductor and expanding the season from 18 concerts to 54, which included a tour of New England. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the The Philharmonic was the only symphonic orchestra where Mahler worked as music director without any opera responsibilities, freeing him to explore the symphonic literature more deeply. In New York, he conducted several works for the first time in his career and introduced audiences to his own compositions. Under Mahler, a controversial figure both as a composer and conductor, the season expanded, musicians' salaries were guaranteed, the scope of operations broadened, and the twentieth-century orchestra was created.

In 1911 Mahler died unexpectedly, and the Philharmonic appointed Josef Stransky as his replacement. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Josef Stransky (1872- March 6 1936 was a Czech conductor Many commentators were surprised by the choice of Stransky, whom they did not see as a worthy successor to Mahler. ^[4] Stransky led all of the orchestra's concerts up until 1920^[5], and also made the first recordings with the orchestra in 1917.

Mergers and outreach, 1921

When the Philharmonic merged in 1921 with the National Symphony, it also acquired the imposing conductor Willem Mengelberg. Joseph Willem Mengelberg ( 28 March 1871 &ndash 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor. For the 1922-1923 season Stransky and Mengelberg shared the conducting duties, but Stransky was ousted thereafter. For nine years Mengelberg dominated the scene, although other conductors, among them Bruno Walter, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Igor Stravinsky, and Arturo Toscanini, led about half of each season's concerts. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Bruno Walter ( September 15, 1876 &ndash February WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25 1886 &ndash November 30 1954 was a Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January During this period, the Philharmonic became one of the first American orchestras to boast an outdoor symphony series when it began playing low-priced summer concerts at Lewisohn Stadium in upper Manhattan. Lewisohn Stadium was an amphitheater and athletic facility built on the campus of the City College of New York, and opened in 1915 In 1920 the orchestra hired Henry Hadley as "associate conductor" given specific responsibility for the “Americanization” of the orchestra: each of Hadley's concerts featured at least one work by an American-born composer. ^[5]

In 1924, the Young People's Concerts were expanded into a substantial series of children's concerts under the direction of American pianist-composer-conductor Ernest Schelling. The Young People's Concerts at the New York Philharmonic are the longest-running series of family concerts in the world having begun in 1924 under the direction of "Uncle" Ernest Ernest Henry Schelling ( 26 July, 1876 - 8 December, 1939) was an American Pianist, Composer, and conductor This series became the prototype for concerts of its kind around the country and grew by popular demand to 15 concerts per season by the end of the decade.

Mengelberg and Toscanini both led the Philharmonic in recording sessions for the Victor Talking Machine Company, initially in a recording studio and then in Carnegie Hall, as electrical recording was improved. Victrola redirects here For other uses see Victrola (disambiguation The Victor Talking Machine Company ( 1901 – 1929 However, all of the early electrical recordings for Victor were made with a single microphone, usually placed near or above the conductor, a process called "Orthophonic. " Mengelberg's most successful recording with the Philharmonic was a 1927 performance, in Carnegie Hall, of Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben. Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Ein Heldenleben (literally A Heroic Life, but usually more loosely translated as A Hero's Life) op Toscanini's recordings with the Philharmonic actually began with a single disc for Brunswick Records in 1926, recorded in a rehearsal hall at Carnegie Hall. Brunswick Records is a United States based Record label. The label is currently distributed by Koch Entertainment. Additional Toscanini recordings with the Philharmonic, all for Victor, took place on Carnegie Hall's stage in 1929 and 1936. By 1936 Victor had been acquired by RCA, which began to experiment with multiple microphones to achieve more comprehensive reproductions of the orchestra. RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986

The year 1928 marked the New York Philharmonic's last and most important merger: with the New York Symphony Society. The New York Symphony Society was an Orchestra founded in New York City by Leopold Damrosch in 1878 The Symphony had been quite innovative in its 50 years prior to the merger. It made its first domestic tour in 1882, introduced educational concerts for young people in 1891, and gave the premieres of works such as Gershwin's Concerto in F and Holst's Egdon Heath. George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Concerto in F is a composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and orchestra which is closer in form to a traditional Concerto than the earlier Gustav Theodore Holst (21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934was an English Composer and was a music teacher for nearly 20 years Egdon Heath is a fictitious heath in Hardy's Wessex, a hamlet of people who cut the Furze, or Gorse, that grows there The merger of these two venerable institutions consolidated extraordinary financial and musical resources. At the first joint board meeting in 1928, the chairman, Clarence Mackay, expressed the opinion that "with the forces of the two Societies now united. . . the Philharmonic-Symphony Society could build up the greatest orchestra in this country if not in the world. "

The Maestro, 1930

Arturo Toscanini (standing in the center, sporting a bow tie and cap) with the Orchestra aboard the S. S de Grasse, embarking on their European tour, 1930. . New York Philharmonic Archives

Of course, the merger had ramifications for the musicians of both orchestras. Winthrop Sargeant, a violinist with the Symphony Society and later a writer for The New Yorker, recalled the merger as "a sort of surgical operation in which twenty musicians were removed from the Philharmonic and their places taken by a small surviving band of twenty legionnaires from the New York Symphony. This operation was performed by Arturo Toscanini himself. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January Fifty-seventh Street wallowed in panic and recrimination. " Toscanini, who had guest-conducted for several seasons, became the sole conductor for the joined forces and in 1930 led the group on a European tour that brought immediate international fame to the Orchestra. In the same year nationwide radio broadcasts began and continued without interruption for 38 years. A legend in his own time, Toscanini would prove to be a tough act to follow as the country headed into war.

The War years, 1940

After an unsuccessful attempt to hire the German conductor, Wilhelm Furtwangler, the English conductor John Barbirolli and Pole, Artur Rodzinski, were joint replacements for Toscanini in 1936. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25 1886 &ndash November 30 1954 was a WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir John Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, CH ( 2 December Artur Rodziński ( January 1, 1892 &ndash November 27, 1958) was a Polish conductor. The following year Barbirolli was given the full conductorship, a post he held until the spring of 1941. In 1943, Rodzinski, who had conducted the Orchestra's centennial concert at Carnegie Hall in the preceding year, was appointed Musical Director. He had also been conducting on the Sunday afternoon radio broadcast when CBS listeners around the country heard the announcer break in on Arthur Rubinstein's performance of Brahms's Second Piano Concerto to update them about the attack on Pearl Harbor. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Arthur Rubinstein KBE ( January 28 1887 &ndash December 20 1982) was a Polish - American pianist who is widely Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat major Op 83 by Johannes Brahms is separated by a gap of 22 years from his first piano concerto. Pearl Harbor is a Harbor on the Island of O{{okina}}ahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. (The initial word of the attack was forwarded by CBS News Correspondent John Charles Daly on his own show before the Philharmonic broadcast. John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly,(generally known by John Charles Daly or simply John Daly, February 20, 1914 &ndash February 24 ) Soon after the United States entered World War II, Aaron Copland wrote Lincoln Portrait at the request of conductor Andre Kostelanetz as a tribute to and expression of the "magnificent spirit of our country. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Aaron Copland (November 14 1900 &ndash December 2 1990 was an American Composer of concert and film music as well as an accomplished Pianist. Lincoln Portrait is an Orchestral work written by the American composer Aaron Copland. André Kostelanetz (Russian Андрей Костеланец December 22, 1901, St "

Artur Rodzinski, Bruno Walter, and Sir Thomas Beecham made a series of recordings with the Philharmonic for Columbia Records during the 1940s. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Bruno Walter ( September 15, 1876 &ndash February Sir Thomas Beecham 2nd Baronet, CH (29 April 1879 &ndash 8 March 1961 was a British conductor and Impresario. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Many of the sessions were held in an historic vaudeville theater, Liederkranz Hall. Sony Records later digitally remastered the Beecham recordings for reissue on CD.

The Telegenic Age, 1950

Leonard Bernstein with members of the Philharmonic rehearsing for a television broadcast, circa 1958. Bert Bial, New York Philharmonic Archives

Leopold Stokowski and Dimitri Mitropoulos were appointed co-principal conductors in 1949, with Mitropoulos becoming Musical Director in 1951. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Leopold Stokowski (born Leopold Anthony Stokowski though on occasion Dimitris Mitropoulos (Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος ( &ndash November 2, 1960) known in the West as Dimitri Mitropoulos Mitropoulos, known for championing new composers and obscure operas-in-concert pioneered in other ways; adding live Philharmonic performances between movies at the Roxy Theatre and taking Edward R. Murrow and the See it Now television audience on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Orchestra. Edward R Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25 1908 &ndash April 27 1965) was an American journalist Mitropoulos made a series of recordings for Columbia Records, mostly in mono; near the end of his tenure, he recorded excerpts from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet in stereo. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who In 1957, Mitropoulos and Leonard Bernstein served together as Principal Conductors until, in the course of the season, Bernstein was appointed Music Director, becoming the first American-born-and-trained conductor to head the Philharmonic.

Leonard Bernstein who had made his headline-grabbing debut with the Philharmonic in 1943 was Music Director for 11 seasons, a time of significant change and growth. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Two television series were initiated on CBS: the Young People's Concerts and "Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. The Young People's Concerts at the New York Philharmonic are the longest-running series of family concerts in the world having begun in 1924 under the direction of "Uncle" Ernest " The former program, launched in 1958, made television history, winning every award in the field of educational television. Bernstein continued the orchestra's recordings with Columbia Records until he retired as music director in 1969; he even made a few recordings for Columbia after that, but most of his later recordings were for Deutsche Grammophon. Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. Sony has digitally remastered Bernstein's numerous Columbia recordings and released them on CD as a part of its extensive "Bernstein Century" series. Although the Philharmonic performed primarily in Carnegie Hall until 1962, Bernstein preferred to record in the Manhattan Center. The Manhattan Center building built in 1906 and located at 311 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, houses Manhattan Center Studios (home to two His later recordings were made in Philharmonic Hall. In 1960, the centennial of the birth of Gustav Mahler, Bernstein and the Philharmonic began an historic cycle of recordings of eight of Mahler's nine symphonies for Columbia Records. (Symphony No. 8 was recorded by Bernstein with the London Symphony. ) In 1962 Bernstein caused controversy with his comments before a performance by Glenn Gould of the First Piano Concerto of Johannes Brahms. The New York Philharmonic concert of April 6[[ 962]] is widely regarded as one of the most controversial in the orchestra 's history Glenn Herbert Gould At a young age he reportedly behaved differently from typical children at the piano he would strike single notes and listen to their long decay Johannes Brahms composed his Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor ( Op Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer

Modern music, 1962

Bernstein, a life-long advocate of living composers, oversaw the beginning of the Orchestra's largest commissioning project, resulting in the creation of 109 new works for orchestra. In September 1962, the Philharmonic commissioned Aaron Copland to write a new work, Connotations for Orchestra, for the opening concert of the new Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The move to Lincoln Center brought about an expansion of concerts into the spring and summer. Among the many series that have taken place during the off-season have been the French-American and Stravinsky Festivals (1960s), Pierre Boulez's "Rug Concerts" in the 1970s, and composer, Jacob Druckman's Horizon's Festivals in the 1980s.

In 1971 Pierre Boulez became the first Frenchman to hold the post of Philharmonic Music Director. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Boulez (pjɛʁ buˈlɛz (b Boulez's years with the Orchestra were notable for expanded repertoire and innovative concert approaches, such as the "Prospective Encounters" which explored new works along with the composer in alternative venues. During his tenure, the Philharmonic inaugurated the "Live From Lincoln Center" television series in 1976, and the Orchestra continues to appear on the Emmy Award-winning program to the present day. Boulez made a series of quadraphonic recordings for Columbia, including an extensive series of the orchestral music of Maurice Ravel. Quadraphonic (or quadrophonic) sound &ndash the most-widely-used early term for what is now called 4

Ambassadors abroad

Zubin Mehta, one of the youngest of the new generation of internationally known conductors, became Music Director in 1978. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Zubin Mehta (born April 29 1936 is an Indian conductor Throughout his career Mehta has shown a strong commitment to contemporary music. During his tenure as Music Director, 52 pieces were presented for the first time. In 1980 the Philharmonic, always known as a touring orchestra embarked on a European tour marking the 50th anniversary of Toscanini’s trip to Europe this time led by Mehta.

Kurt Masur, who had been conducting the Philharmonic frequently since his debut in 1981, became Music Director in 1991. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Kurt Masur (b In addition to bringing the Orchestra to new virtuosic heights, the highlights of his tenure included a series of free Memorial Day Concerts at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and annual concert tours abroad that included the orchestra's first trip to mainland China. His tenure concluded in 2002, and he was named Music Director Emeritus of the Philharmonic.

A third century, 2000

Lorin Maazel

In 2000, Lorin Maazel made a guest-conducting appearance with the New York Philharmonic in two weeks of subscription concerts after an absence of over twenty years,^[6] which met with positive reaction from the orchestra musicians. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a ^[7] This engagement led to his appointment in January 2001 as the orchestra's next music director. ^[8] He assumed the post in September 2002, 60 years after making his debut with the Orchestra at the age of twelve at Lewisohn Stadium. In his first subscription week he led the world premiere of John Adams' On the Transmigration of Souls commissioned in memory of those who died on September 11, 2001. John Coolidge Adams (born February 15 1947 is an American Composer with strong roots in minimalism. On the Transmigration of Souls, for Orchestra, chorus, Children ’s choir and Pre-recorded tape is a composition by Maazel is scheduled to conclude his tenure as the Philharmonic's music director at the end of the 2008-2009 season.

In 2003, due to ongoing concerns with the acoustics of Avery Fisher Hall, there was a proposal to move the New York Philharmonic back to Carnegie Hall and merge the two organizations, but this proposal did not come to fruition. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east ^[9] Currently, Avery Fisher Hall is scheduled to undergo renovations starting in 2010. On December 18, 2004, the New York Philharmonic performed its 14,000th concert, a milestone unmatched by any other symphony orchestra in the world, setting a Guinness World Record. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U

In April 2007, the Philharmonic announced that it would add a new position, of "principal conductor", to the orchestra, as well a composer-in-residence position, a "director for a mini-festival", and an artist-in-residence. ^[10] On July 18, 2007, the Philharmonic named Alan Gilbert as its next music director, effective with the 2009-2010 season, to succeed Lorin Maazel. Alan Gilbert (born 1967 New York City) is an American violinist and conductor. In addition, the same announcement stated that Riccardo Muti would guest-conduct from 6 to 8 weeks per season and conduct the orchestra on tours, in an equivalent of a "principal guest conductor" without a formal title with the orchestra. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Riccardo Muti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (b It was also reported that the orchestra would retreat from the earlier announced plan of a division of labor between a music director and a "principal conductor". ^[11]

The current Assistant Conductor of the orchestra is Xian Zhang. Xian Zhang ( born in 1973 in Dandong, China) is a Chinese American conductor. ^[12] The concertmaster of the orchestra is Glenn Dicterow. Glenn Dicterow (born December 23 1948) is an American Violinist and is currently concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Visit to North Korea, 2008

Main article: 2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea

The Philharmonic performed in Pyongyang at the invitation of the North Korean government on February 26, 2008. The New York Philharmonic concert in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 26, 2008 was a significant event Pyongyang (pʰjʌŋjaŋ is the Capital and largest City of North Korea, located on the Taedong River, at. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The event was the first significant cultural visit to the country from the United States since the end of the Korean War. The concert was held at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre. The East Pyongyang Grand Theatre is a 2500 seat theatre located in the North Korean The program included the national anthems of both North Korea (Aegukka) and the United States (The Star-Spangled Banner) , the Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World", George Gershwin's An American in Paris, Georges Bizet's Farandole, Leonard Bernstein's Overture to Candide, and the popular Korean folk song Arirang. Aegukka is the name of the national anthem of North Korea. Aegukka (The Patriotic Song is the National anthem of " The Star-Spangled Banner " is the National anthem of the United States of America Lohengrin is a romantic Opera (or music drama in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner. "New World Symphony" redirects here for the Miami -based orchestra see New World Symphony Orchestra. This article is about the Gershwin composition For the 1951 musical starring Gene Kelly see An American in Paris (film. The Incidental music to L'Arlésienne was composed by Georges Bizet to the play of the same name. The Overture to Candide is the Overture to Leonard Bernstein 's Operetta Candide. This article is about the folk song See Arirang (disambiguation for other meanings ^[13] The Dvořák, Gershwin, and Bernstein works were each originally premiered by the New York Philharmonic.

The visit was anticipated as an opportunity to broaden relations with one of the world's most isolated nations. ^[14] The U. S. State Department viewed the invitation as a potential softening of anti-U. S. propaganda. In response to initial criticism of performing a concert limited to the privileged elite,^[15] the New York Philharmonic arranged for the concert to be broadcast live on North Korean television and radio. The constitution provides for Freedom of speech and the press; however the government prohibits the exercise of these rights in practice ^[16] It was additionally broadcasted live on CNN and CNN International. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner CNN International (CNNI is an English language Television network that is commonly referred to as CNN and carries news current affairs and business programming

• Medici.tv integral video of the concert

Music directors

Honors and awards

Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

• 1965 Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish”
• 1974 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
• 1978 Concert of the Century
• 1991 Ives: Symphony No. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Ureli Corelli Hill (born New York, 1802 - died Paterson Henry Christian Timm (1811 Hamburg – 1892 New York City) was a German -born American Pianist, conductor, and Composer Theodore Eisfeld ( April 11, 1816, Wolfenbüttel, Braunschweig, Germany &ndash 16 September[[ 882]] Wiesbaden Carl Bergmann (born Ebersbach, Saxony, 1821 died New York, 1876 was a German-American cellist and conductor. Leopold Damrosch ( October 22, 1832 &ndash February 15, 1885) was a German American orchestral conductor. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Theodore Thomas ( October 11, 1835 &ndash Adolf Heinrich Anton Magnus Neuendorff, also known as Adolph Neuendorff ( June 13, 1843 Hamburg - December 4, 1897 Anton Seidl ( 7 May 1850 &ndash 28 March 1898) was a Hungarian conductor. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Emil Paur ( July 19 1855 &ndash June 7 Vasily Ilyich Safonov ( Russian: Васи́лий Ильи́ч Сафо́нов Vasi'lij Ilji'č Safo'nov, also known as Wassily Safonoff) ( February WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Josef Stransky (1872- March 6 1936 was a Czech conductor Joseph Willem Mengelberg ( 28 March 1871 &ndash 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir John Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, CH ( 2 December Artur Rodziński ( January 1, 1892 &ndash November 27, 1958) was a Polish conductor. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Bruno Walter ( September 15, 1876 &ndash February WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Leopold Stokowski (born Leopold Anthony Stokowski though on occasion Dimitris Mitropoulos (Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος ( &ndash November 2, 1960) known in the West as Dimitri Mitropoulos WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> George Szell (ˈsɛl ( June 7, 1897 &ndash July WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Boulez (pjɛʁ buˈlɛz (b WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Zubin Mehta (born April 29 1936 is an Indian conductor WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Kurt Masur (b WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album has been awarded since 1962 The 7th Grammy Awards were held in 1965. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1964. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Kaddish is the third symphony of Leonard Bernstein. The 1963 symphony is a dramatic work written for a large orchestra a full choir a boys' choir a soprano soloist and a narrator The 16th Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1974, and were broadcast live on American television Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest Concerto for Orchestra ( Sz 116 BB 127 is a five-movement musical work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943 The 20th Grammy Awards were held February 23, 1978, and were broadcast live on American television The 33rd Grammy Awards were held on February 20, 1991. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year Charles Edward Ives (October 20 1874 – May 19 1954 was an American Composer of modernist Classical music. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question
• 2005 Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls

Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

• 1990 Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
• 1974 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
• 1976 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
• 2005 Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls

Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

• 1962 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
• 1963 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• 1964 Bernstein: Young People's Concerts

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra

• 1979 Horowitz Golden Jubilee - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
• 1982 Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration

Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance

• 1963 Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene; Die Walküre: Wesendonck Lieder

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

• 1970 Berio: Sinfonia

Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

• 1976 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
• 1979 Varèse: Amériques/Arcana/Ionisation
• 1982 Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration

Notes

References

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External links

• New York Philharmonic Official website
• Mahler in New York
• New York Philharmonic at Allmusic