#NewYorkNotes @NYPhil BOX OFFICE OPEN FOR NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC’S 2019–20 SEASON

SEASON PILLARSPROJECT 19, HOTSPOTS, MAHLER’S NEW YORK

THE OPENING WEEKSWORLD PREMIERE by Philip GLASSFully Staged Production of BARTÓK’s Bluebeard’s Castle and SCHOENBERG’s Erwartung

MUSIC DIRECTOR JAAP van ZWEDEN TO CONDUCTWorld Premieres of New York Philharmonic Commissions byPhilip GLASS, David HERTZBERG, Tania LEÓN, Nico MUHLY,Sarah Kirkland SNIDER, Nina C. YOUNG, Ellen REID

Symphonic Cornerstones by MOZART, BRUCKNER, SHOSTAKOVICH, MAHLER, JOHN ADAMS

The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence DANIIL TRIFONOVTwo Concertos, Recital, Chamber Music

The New York Philharmonic’s Box Office opens today, July 30, 2019, for the 2019–20 season. Single tickets are now available for purchase online at nyphil.org, by phone at (212) 875-5656, and in person at the David Geffen Hall Box Office. Curated, Matinee, Young People’s Concerts, Very Young People’s Concerts, and Create Your Own subscription series continue to be on sale.

The New York Philharmonic’s 2019–20 season will be anchored by three initiatives: Project 19, which marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment with commissions by 19 women composers; the hotspots festival, which highlights three new-music centers — Berlin, Reykjavík, and New York; and Mahler’s New York, which will examine Mahler’s time in New York as the Philharmonic’s tenth Music Director. In his second season as Music Director, Jaap van Zweden will conduct repertoire ranging from seven World Premieres to symphonic cornerstones. The season will also include appearances by Daniil Trifonov as The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, the return of the Kravis Nightcap series and the GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON series (Sound ON tickets will go on sale at a later date), and more.

2019–20 Season Highlights:

• The 2019–20 season will be anchored by three special initiatives, each exploring a culturally relevant topic:
  • Project 19 will mark the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment with commissions by 19 women composers; the multi-season initiative will launch with eight World Premieres in 2019–20, six during a three-week focus in February 2020.
  • The three-week hotspots festival will spotlight three new-music centers: Berlin, Reykjavík, and New York (May–June 2020).
  • Before the Philharmonic opens the Concertgebouw’s Mahler Festival as the first American orchestra in the festival’s 100-year history, Jaap van Zweden and the Orchestra will examine Mahler as a composer and his time in New York as the Philharmonic’s tenth Music Director through Mahler’s New York (April 2020).
• Jaap van Zweden will begin his second season by conducting the opening subscription program (September 18–21, 2019) featuring the World Premiere of a New York Philharmonic commission by Philip Glass; Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915with soprano Kelli O’Hara; and selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.
• Jaap van Zweden will conduct the US Stage Premiere of director / designer Bengt Gomér’s production of Schoenberg’s Erwartung and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle (September 26–28, 2019), which incorporates video, lighting, and additional roles to integrate the two one-act operas into a complete narrative united by an exploration of the unconscious. Bluebeard’s Castle will feature soprano Nina Stemme as Judith and baritone Johannes Martin Kränzle as Duke Bluebeard; Erwartungwill feature mezzo-soprano Katarina Karnéus as A Woman.
• Jaap van Zweden will conduct the World Premieres of seven New York Philharmonic commissions by Philip Glass(September 18–21, 2019); Nina C. Young (February 5–11, 2020), Tania León (February 13–18, 2020), and Ellen Reid (February 20–22, 2020) as part of Project 19; David Hertzberg (April 17­–18, 2020) as part of Mahler’s New York; Nico Muhly (June 4–9, 2020) as part of the hotspots festival; and Sarah Kirkland Snider (June 11–13, 2020) as part of hotspots and Project 19.
• Jaap van Zweden will lead symphonic cornerstones including Mozart’s Mass in C minor, Great (February 5–11, 2020); Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, Romantic (February 20–22, 2020); Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 (April 1–4, 2020); Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (April 15–21, 2020) and Symphony No. 2, Resurrection (April 23–25, 2020); and John Adams’s Harmonium(June 11–13, 2020).
• The two new-music series introduced in Maestro van Zweden’s inaugural season will return: the Kravis Nightcap series and the GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON series (Sound ON tickets will go on sale at a later date), both hosted by The Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner Nadia Sirota. Nightcap curators will include Laurie Anderson (October 5, 2019), Bryce Dessner(November 16, 2019), Steve Reich (December 7, 2019), Tania León (February 15, 2020), Olga Neuwirth (May 30, 2020), Nico Muhly (June 6, 2020), and Sarah Kirkland Snider (June 13, 2020).
• The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Daniil Trifonov will perform two concertos with the Orchestra, both led by Jaap van Zweden: Scriabin’s Piano Concerto (November 27 and 29–30 and December 3, 2019) and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 (April 15–16, 18, and 21, 2020). He will also perform an all–J.S. Bach recital at Alice Tully Hall, presented in association with Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series (March 3, 2020), and chamber music with the New York Philharmonic String Quartet at 92nd Street Y in a program that will include the New York Premiere of Daniil Trifonov’s Piano Quintet (December 1, 2019).
• The 2019–20 season of Young People’s Concerts (ages 6–12) will include Orchestral Music in America, conducted by Francesco Lecce-Chong (November 9, 2019); A Composer’s Toolkit, conducted by Jaap van Zweden (December 7, 2019); Music as a Change Agent, conducted by Roderick Cox (March 21, 2020); and The Woman’s Voice, conducted by Mei-Ann Chen (May 30, 2020). Each concert is preceded by YPC Overtures, at which children can meet Philharmonic musicians, try out orchestral instruments, and hear music newly written by composers their own age through the Philharmonic Very Young Composers Program. The 2019–20 season of Very Young People’s Concerts (ages 3–6), hosted by Associate Principal Viola Rebecca Young and designed / directed by Doug Fitch, will feature three programs on the theme of Philharmonic Families:“Strings” at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall (February 2, 2020) and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (February 8, 2020); “Brass” at Merkin Hall (March 29, 2020) and Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture (April 4, 2020), and “Woodwinds” at Merkin Hall (June 7, 2020) and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (June 13, 2020).

A complete chronological listing for the entire 2019–20 season is available here. Please stay up to date by visiting the New York Philharmonic’s online newsroom.

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Project 19, hotspots festival, and Mahler’s New York are supported in part by a generous grant from the American Orchestras’ Futures Fund, a program of the League of American Orchestras made possible by funding from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.

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Major support for Mahler’s New York is provided by Laura Chang and Arnold Chavkin.

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The program featuring Jaap van Zweden leading Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony is made possible with support from the Helen Huntington Hull Fund.

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Nadia Sirota is The Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner.

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Daniil Trifonov is The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence.

The Donna and Marvin Schwartz Virtuoso Piano Performance Series has provided major support for Daniil Trifonov’s appearances during the New York Philharmonic’s 2019–20 season.

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Support for Young People’s Concerts is provided by The Theodore H. Barth Foundation and The Brodsky Family Foundation.

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Major support for Very Young Composers is provided by Susan and Elihu Rose.

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Support for Very Young People’s Concerts is provided by The Brodsky Family Foundation.

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Citi. Preferred Card of the New York Philharmonic.

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Programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.