#NewYorkNotes @nyphil #WhomYouKnow MUSIC DIRECTOR JAAP van ZWEDEN AND THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC MATTHIAS GOERNE To Make First Appearance as The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Performing Selected Songs by SCHUBERT and R. STRAUSS
Program Also To Include:
J.S. BACH’s Fuga (Ricercata) from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
MOZART’s Symphony No. 40
December 6–8, 2018
Free INSIGHTS AT THE ATRIUM: “An Evening with Matthias Goerne,” December 5
Music Director Jaap van Zweden will conduct Matthias Goerne’s first appearance as The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence of the New York Philharmonic for the 2018–19 season. He will be joining the Orchestra for orchestral arrangements of selected songs by Schubert and Richard Strauss in concerts that also include Webern’s arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Fuga (Ricercata) from Musical Offering, BWV 1079, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40. The program takes place Thursday, December 6, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, December 7 at 2:00 p.m.; and Saturday, December 8 at 8:00 p.m.
Jaap van Zweden and Matthias Goerne have collaborated in orchestral performances of songs by Schubert and Strauss around the world for several years. The Chicago Tribune wrote of one such collaboration, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2015: “The songs perfectly suited Goerne’s dark, burnished baritone, his masterful legato, the fullness, evenness and ease of his tonal emission throughout a wide range. … Beyond the sheer beauty of his voice lay the sensibility of a born lieder interpreter, the greatest of his generation. … Van Zweden’s accompaniments were things of great, caring subtlety in their own right.”
“I know few conductors who take such great care that everything is taking shape,” Artist-in-Residence Matthias Goerne said of Music Director Jaap van Zweden. “It makes concerts more interesting, in dramatic color. We try to make the atmosphere such that, even with orchestra, there is the intimacy, the fragility, of chamber music. Any time I have worked with the New York Philharmonic it was absolutely thrilling, especially also in conjunction with the New York audience.”
The Insights at the Atrium event “An Evening with Matthias Goerne” will take place Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Goerne will discuss his role as a leading interpreter of German art songs, his inspirations, and his reflections on the music he will perform with the Philharmonic this season. Philharmonic Vice President, Artistic Planning, Isaac Thompson will moderate.
The New York Philharmonic will offer an allotment of free tickets to young people ages 13–26 for the concert on Friday, December 7 as part of Philharmonic Free Fridays.
Artist-in-Residence Matthias Goerne will return for performances of Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem (February 2019) and John Adams’s The Wound-Dresser (March 2019), both led by Jaap van Zweden. He will also perform chamber music with pianist Daniil Trifonov and Philharmonic musicians at 92nd Street Y (March 2019). Matthias Goerne has appeared with the Philharmonic 13 times, beginning with his debut in 2006.
Biographies
Insights at the Atrium: Matthias Goerne, Isaac Thompson
Tickets
Single tickets start at $31. (Ticket prices subject to change.) A limited number of $18 tickets for select concerts may be available for students within 10 days of the performance at nyphil.org/rush, or in person the day of; valid identification is required. The New York Philharmonic is offering an allotment of free tickets to young people ages 13–26 for the concert Friday, December 7 as part of Philharmonic Free Fridays; learn more at nyphil.org/freefridays.
Tickets may be purchased online at nyphil.org or by calling (212) 875-5656, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Tickets may also be purchased at the David Geffen Hall Box Office. The Box Office opens at 10:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and at noon on Sunday. On performance evenings, the Box Office closes one-half hour after performance time; other evenings it closes at 6:00 p.m.
Insights at the Atrium events are free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Subscribers, Friends at the Affiliate level and above, and Patrons may secure guaranteed admission by emailing AdultEd@nyphil.org. Space is limited.
Event Listing
Insights at the Atrium
“An Evening with Matthias Goerne”
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets)
Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Matthias Goerne, speaker
New York Philharmonic Vice President, Artistic Planning, Isaac Thompson, moderator
On the eve of his first performance as The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence at the New York Philharmonic, baritone Matthias Goerne discusses his role as a leading interpreter of German art songs, his inspirations, and his reflections on the music he will perform with the Philharmonic this season. Philharmonic Vice President, Artistic Planning, Isaac Thompson moderates.
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Thursday, December 6, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 7, 2018, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 8, 2018, 8:00 p.m.
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
J.S. BACH / Arr. Webern Fuga (Ricercata) from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
SCHUBERT / Orch. A. Schmalcz An Silvia
R. STRAUSS / Orch. Heger Traum durch die Dämmerung
SCHUBERT/ Orch. A. Schmalcz Des Fischers Liebesglück
R. STRAUSS Das Rosenband
R. STRAUSS Freundliche Vision
SCHUBERT / Orch. Brahms Greisengesang
R. STRAUSS Ruhe, meine Seele
SCHUBERT / Orch. Reger Im Abendrot
R. STRAUSS Allerseelen
SCHUBERT / Orch. Webern Tränenregen (from Die Schöne Müllerin)
R. STRAUSS Morgen!
MOZART Symphony No. 40
ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
