By Sedgwick Clark<\/b><\/p>\n
Repertoire for international orchestra tours is usually so ho-hum that Alan Gilbert\u2019s tour with the New York Philharmonic, which began on April 16 in Dublin, came as a jolt to me. If you\u2019ve been going to his concerts the past few weeks, you\u2019ll have heard the music\u2014and noted, I should add, the top-notch level of performances.<\/p>\n
The majority of the works are early 20th century\u2014Stravinsky, Ravel, Debussy, Bart\u00f3k, and Richard Strauss\u2014but work their way up to Shostakovich\u2019s Tenth (1953) and then to downright contemporary fare: Esa-Pekka Salonen\u2019s Nyx<\/i>, the world premiere of Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s\u2019s Senza sangue<\/i>, and five composers on one of Gilbert\u2019s new-music CONTACT!<\/i> concerts of whom only Salonen is well known.<\/p>\n
Being of critical mien, I might have had my druthers to strut the Phil\u2019s stuff to the world, beginning with a couple of Carl Nielsen\u2019s works that Gilbert led so magnificently earlier this season\u2014the Fifth or Sixth symphonies or the Clarinet Concerto with the orchestra\u2019s superb new principal clarinet, Anthony McGill. But perhaps the maestro has chosen the great Dane\u2019s effervescent Maskarade <\/i>Overture as an encore.<\/p>\n
I suppose the programs of largely familiar fare below will daunt a few concertgoers in some backward bergs, but only the Cologne concert on May 1might be chancy for New York subscribers. The distinguished German, Viennese, French, and Russian orchestras bring their music here (although rarely do the British ones, which should change with the onset of Simon Rattle at the LSO). So now Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic are giving them a taste of their own music the way we do it over here.<\/p>\n
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<\/b>New York Philharmonic\/Alan Gilbert: EUROPE \/ SPRING 2015 tour (April 16\u2013May 1)<\/b><\/p>\n
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April 16<\/b><\/p>\n
Dublin, Ireland<\/b><\/p>\n
National Concert Hall<\/b><\/p>\n
Esa-Pekka Salonen:\u00a0Nyx<\/i><\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/i>\u00a0(with Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano)<\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Valses nobles et sentimentales<\/i><\/p>\n
R. Strauss:\u00a0Der Rosenkavalier<\/i>\u00a0Suite<\/p>\n
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April 17<\/b><\/p>\n
London, England<\/b><\/p>\n
Barbican Centre<\/b><\/p>\n
Esa-Pekka Salonen:\u00a0Nyx<\/i><\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/i>\u00a0(with Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano)<\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Valses nobles et sentimentales<\/i><\/p>\n
R. Strauss:\u00a0Der Rosenkavalier<\/i>\u00a0Suite<\/p>\n
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April 18<\/b><\/p>\n
London, England<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Milton Court Concert Hall<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
CONTACT!\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Dan\u00edel Bjarnason:\u00a0Five Possibilities<\/i><\/p>\n
Timo Andres:\u00a0Early to Rise<\/i><\/p>\n
Missy Mazzoli:\u00a0Dissolve, O My Heart<\/i><\/p>\n
Esa-Pekka Salonen:\u00a0Homunculus\u00a0<\/i>for string quartet<\/p>\n
Shulamit Ran:\u00a0Mirage\u00a0<\/i>for five players<\/p>\n
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April 19<\/b><\/p>\n
London, England<\/b><\/p>\n
Barbican Centre<\/b><\/p>\n
Young People\u2019s Concert<\/b><\/p>\n
Stravinsky:\u00a0Petrushka<\/i>\u00a0(staged)<\/p>\n
Doug Fitch, director\/designer<\/p>\n
Edouard G\u00e9taz, producer<\/p>\n
A Production by Giants Are Small<\/p>\n
Tom Lee, puppetry director<\/p>\n
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April 19<\/b><\/p>\n
London, England<\/b><\/p>\n
Barbican Centre<\/b><\/p>\n
Bart\u00f3k:\u00a0The Miraculous Mandarin Suite<\/i><\/p>\n
Debussy:\u00a0Jeux<\/i><\/p>\n
Stravinsky:\u00a0Petrushka<\/i>\u00a0(staged)<\/p>\n
Doug Fitch, director\/designer<\/p>\n
Edouard G\u00e9taz, producer<\/p>\n
A Production by Giants Are Small<\/p>\n
Tom Lee, puppetry director<\/p>\n
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April 21<\/b><\/p>\n
Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/b><\/p>\n
Royal Concertgebouw<\/b><\/p>\n
Esa-Pekka Salonen:\u00a0Nyx<\/i><\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/i>\u00a0(with Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano)<\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Valses nobles et sentimentales<\/i><\/p>\n
R. Strauss:\u00a0Der Rosenkavalier Suite<\/i><\/p>\n
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April 22<\/b><\/p>\n
Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/b><\/p>\n
Royal Concertgebouw<\/b><\/p>\n
Stravinsky:\u00a0Petrushka<\/i>\u00a0(original 1911 version)<\/p>\n
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10<\/p>\n
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April 23<\/b><\/p>\n
Luxembourg<\/b><\/p>\n
Philharmonie Luxembourg<\/b><\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Valses nobles et sentimentales<\/i><\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/i>\u00a0(with Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano)<\/p>\n
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10<\/p>\n
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April 25<\/b><\/p>\n
Paris, France<\/b><\/p>\n
Philharmonie de Paris<\/b><\/p>\n
Esa-Pekka Salonen:\u00a0Nyx<\/i><\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/i>\u00a0(with Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano)<\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Valses nobles et sentimentales<\/i><\/p>\n
R. Strauss:\u00a0Der Rosenkavalier Suite<\/i><\/p>\n
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April 26<\/b><\/p>\n
Paris, France<\/b><\/p>\n
Philharmonie de Paris<\/b><\/p>\n
Stravinsky:\u00a0Petrushka<\/i>\u00a0(original 1911 version)<\/p>\n
Debussy:\u00a0Jeux<\/i><\/p>\n
Bart\u00f3k:\u00a0The Miraculous Mandarin Suite<\/i><\/p>\n
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April 28<\/b><\/p>\n
Frankfurt, Germany<\/b><\/p>\n
Alte Oper Frankfurt<\/b><\/p>\n
Stravinsky:\u00a0Petrushka<\/i>\u00a0(original 1911 version)<\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Valses nobles et sentimentales<\/i><\/p>\n
R. Strauss:\u00a0Der Rosenkavalier Suite<\/i><\/p>\n
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April 30<\/b><\/p>\n
Cologne, Germany<\/b><\/p>\n
K\u00f6lner Philharmonie<\/b><\/p>\n
Stravinsky:\u00a0Petrushka\u00a0<\/i>(original 1911 version)<\/p>\n
Ravel:\u00a0Valses nobles et sentimentales<\/i><\/p>\n
R. Strauss:\u00a0Der Rosenkavalier Suite<\/i><\/p>\n
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May 1<\/b><\/p>\n
Cologne, Germany<\/b><\/p>\n
K\u00f6lner Philharmonie<\/b><\/p>\n
Esa-Pekka Salonen:\u00a0Nyx<\/i><\/p>\n
Bart\u00f3k:\u00a0The Miraculous Mandarin Suite<\/i><\/p>\n
Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s:\u00a0Senza sangue<\/i>\u00a0(world premiere of New York Philharmonic co-commission,<\/p>\n
with Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano & Russell Braun, baritone)<\/p>\n
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