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UPDATED May 18, 2015

CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING

2014–2015 SEASON

THE ART OF THE SCORE: FILM WEEK AT THE PHILHARMONIC

Alec Baldwin, THE ART OF THE SCORE Artistic Advisor

LA DOLCE VITA: THE MUSIC OF ITALIAN CINEMA

Avery Fisher Hall

Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 7:30 p.m. — OPENING GALA CONCERT

Alan Gilbert, conductor

Joshua Bell, violin

Renée Fleming, soprano

Josh Groban, vocalist

Giuseppe Ragazzini*, visual artist

ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville

ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Theme from Amarcord

Stelvio CIPRIANI/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from The Anonymous Venetian

ROTA/Orch. F. Gurian Valzer del Commiato from The Leopard

Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Your Love” from Once Upon a Time in the West

ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from La Dolce Vita

Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Non Penso a Te” from Incontro

Nicola PIOVANI Buongiorno Principessa from Life Is Beautiful

Andrea and Ennio MORRICONE/ “Se” from Cinema Paradiso

Arr. and Orch. W. Ross

ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from 8½

ROSSINI Overture to William Tell

Luis BACALOV/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Mi Mancherai” from Il Postino

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* New York Philharmonic debut

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Great Performances telecast at a later date on PBS stations


Joshua Bell, violin

Renée Fleming, soprano

Josh Groban, vocalist

Giuseppe Ragazzini*, visual artist

ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Theme from Amarcord

Stelvio CIPRIANI/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from The Anonymous Venetian

Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Your Love” from Once Upon a Time in the West

ROTA/Orch. F. Gurian Valzer del Commiato from The Leopard

Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Non Penso a Te” from Incontro

Luis BACALOV/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from City of Women

TROVAJOLI/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from Profumo di Donna

ORTOLANI & OLIVIERO/Arr. W. Ross “More” from Mondo cane

ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from Juliet of the Spirits

Ennio MORRICONE/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Theme from The Sicilian Clan

Andrea and Ennio MORRICONE/ “Se” from Cinema Paradiso

Arr. and Orch. W. Ross

ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from La Dolce Vita

FUSCO/Arr. F. Gurian Theme from L’Eclisse

Nicola PIOVANI Buongiorno Principessa from Life Is Beautiful

ROTA/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross Suite from 8½

Luis BACALOV/Arr. and Orch. W. Ross “Mi Mancherai” from Il Postino

THE ART OF THE SCORE: FILM WEEK AT THE PHILHARMONIC

Alec Baldwin, THE ART OF THE SCORE Artistic Advisor

“CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S MODERN TIMES: THE TRAMP AT 100”

Avery Fisher Hall

Friday, September 19, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 20, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Timothy Brock*, conductor

Timothy BROCK Kid Auto Races at Venice

CHAPLIN Modern Times


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ALAN GILBERT OPENS THE SEASON: U.S. PREMIERE OF UNSUK CHIN’S

CLARINET CONCERTO

Avery Fisher Hall

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, September 26, 2014, 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, September 27, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 7:30 p.m.


Kari Kriikku**, clarinet

Unsuk CHIN Clarinet Concerto (U.S. Premiere–New

York Philharmonic Co-Commission

with the Gothenburg Symphony

Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra,

and the Barcelona Symphony

Orchestra)

MAHLER Symphony No. 1

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: THE NIELSEN PROJECT

Avery Fisher Hall

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 2, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 3, 2014, 2:00 p.m.


NIELSEN Maskarade Overture

NIELSEN Symphony No. 5

NIELSEN Symphony No. 6, Sinfonia semplice

** New York Philharmonic subscription debut

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ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: WORLD PREMIERE OF THUNDERSTUCK BY

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE CHRISTOPHER ROUSE; ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA

BATIASHVILI PERFORMS BRAHMS

Avery Fisher Hall



Saturday, October 11, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 7:30 p.m.


Lisa Batiashvili, violin

Christopher ROUSE Thunderstuck (World Premiere–New York

Philharmonic Commission)

HAYDN Symphony No. 103, Drumroll

BRAHMS Violin Concerto

SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT

Avery Fisher Hall



Michelle Kim, Lisa Kim, violin

Rebecca Young, viola

Eileen Moon, cello

DVOŘÁK String Quartet in F major, American

Christopher ROUSE Thunderstuck (New York Philharmonic

Commission)

HAYDN Symphony No. 103, Drumroll

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ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND JEREMY DENK

Avery Fisher Hall




Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Jeremy Denk*, piano

BEETHOVEN King Stephen Overture

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1

STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete)

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center

129 West 67 Street

Sunday, October 19, 2014, 3:00 p.m.

BEETHOVEN Duo in E-flat major for Viola and Cello

“with two obbligato eyeglasses,” WoO 32

Peter Kenote, viola; Qiang Tu, cello

GLIÈRE/Arr. Grossman Suite for Violin and Double Bass

Anna Rabinova, violin; David J. Grossman, bass

BARTÓK String Quartet No. 3, BB 93, Sz.85

Lisa GiHae Kim, Quan Ge, violin;

Vivek Kamath, viola; Sumire Kudo, cello

THUILLE Sextet for Piano and Winds, Op. 6

Yoobin Son, flute; Sherry Sylar, oboe;

Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet;

Kim Laskowski, bassoon; R. Allen Spanjer, horn;

Yi-Fang Huang§, piano


§ denotes New York Philharmonic guest artist

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ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: TWO MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS WITH

LANG LANG

Avery Fisher Hall



Lang Lang, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17

MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute


ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: YEFIM BRONFMAN IN BARTÓK

Avery Fisher Hall






Yefim Bronfman, piano

BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 (Nowak 1890)

LEONARD SLATKIN AND PRINCIPAL FLUTE ROBERT LANGEVIN IN NEW YORK

PREMIERE OF ROUSE’S FLUTE CONCERTO

Avery Fisher Hall



Saturday, November 1, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Robert Langevin, flute

COPLAND El Salón México

RAVEL/orch. Constant Gaspard de la nuit

Christopher ROUSE Flute Concerto (New York Premiere)

RAVEL Boléro

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KERN & HAMMERSTEIN’S SHOW BOAT

Avery Fisher Hall

Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 6, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 7, 2014, 8:00 p.m.



Ted Sperling, conductor and director

Cast to include (in alphabetical order):

Christopher Fitzgerald* (Frank)

Norm Lewis* (Joe)

Alli Mauzey* (Ellie)

Julian Ovenden* (Gaylord Ravenal)

Edward Watts* (Steve)

Fred Willard* (Cap’n Andy)

NaTasha Yvette Williams* (Queenie)

Vanessa Williams* (Julie)

Lauren Worsham* (Magnolia)

KERN & HAMMERSTEIN Show Boat (semi-staged)

CASE SCAGLIONE AND JOSHUA BELL

Avery Fisher Hall





Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Case Scaglione, conductor

Joshua Bell, violin

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

* denotes New York Philharmonic debut

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YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT

Avery Fisher Hall

SUPER SONIC MUSIC BOX: “Melody Transformed”


Pre-concert activities — 1:00 p.m.

Courtney Lewis, conductor*

Theodore Wiprud, host

Tom Dulack, scriptwriter and director

Allan McCormick*, dancer

IVES/Orch. W. Schuman Variations on America

MAHLER Selection from Symphony No. 1

DEBUSSY Selection from Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

PROKOFIEV Selections from Symphony No. 5


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CONTACT! HOSTED BY JOHN ADAMS

A Co-Presentation of the New York Philharmonic and 92nd Street Y

SubCulture

45 Bleecker Street

Monday, November 17, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

John Adams, host

Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

Daníel BJARNASON Bow to String

Jayce Ogren, conductor

Nathan Vickery, solo cello

Duoming Ba, Quan Ge, violin;

Katherine Greene, viola; Maria Kitsopoulos, cello; Max Zeugner, bass;

Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet; R. Allen Spanjer, horn;

Steven Beck§, Stephen Gosling§, piano

Ingram MARSHALL Muddy Waters

Maria Kitsopoulos, cello; Timothy Cobb, bass;

Oren Fader§, electric guitar; Lino Gomez§, bass clarinet;

Daniel Druckman, marimba; Eric Huebner, piano

Missy MAZZOLI Dissolve, O My Heart

Anna Rabinova, violin

Daníel BJARNASON Five Possibilities for clarinet, cello, and piano

Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet; Patrick Jee, cello;

Eric Huebner, piano

Timo ANDRES Early to Rise (New York Premiere)

Fiona Simon, Sharon Yamada, violin;

Robert Rinehart, viola; Eileen Moon cello


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JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

SHERYL STAPLES AND PRINCIPAL VIOLA CYNTHIA PHELPS IN MOZART

Avery Fisher Hall




Jaap van Zweden, conductor

Sheryl Staples, violin

Cynthia Phelps, viola

MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8



129 West 67 Street

Sunday, November 23, 2014, 3:00 p.m.

SCHNITTKE Moz-Art, for Two Violins

Soohyun Kwon, Joo Young Oh, violin

Joel Eric SUBEN Piano Trio “Ballo di Corte” (World Premiere)

Vladimir Tsypin, violin; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales,

cello; Elena Kuschnerova§, piano

BEETHOVEN String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3

Lisa Kim, violin; Rémi Pelletier, viola;

Patrick Jee, cello

SCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor, Rosamunde, D.804

Duoming Ba, Kuan Cheng Lu, violins;

Vivek Kamath, viola; Ru-Pei Yeh, cello


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JAAP VAN ZWEDEN AND HILARY HAHN

Avery Fisher Hall





Hilary Hahn, violin

J. WAGENAAR Cyrano de Bergerac Overture

KORNGOLD Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7


Avery Fisher Hall



Hilary Hahn, violin

Liang Wang, Robert Botti, oboe

Anthony McGill, Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet

Judith LeClair, Roger Nye, bassoon

Arlen Fast, contrabassoon

Philip Myers, R. Allen Spanjer, Howard Wall, horn

Eileen Moon, cello

Timothy Cobb, bass

DVOŘÁK Wind Serenade

J. WAGENAAR Cyrano de Bergerac Overture

KORNGOLD Violin Concerto

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VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS

Merkin Concert Hall

Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center

129 West 67th Street

Sunday, November 30, 2014, at 12:30 and 3:00 p.m.

Monday, December 1, 2014, at 10:30 a.m.

Rebecca Young, host and toy trumpet

Marion Schoevaert, illustrator

Mindy Kaufman, flute and piccolo

Philharmonic Playdates: “Games and toys”

Program to include:

DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46, No. 8

L. MOZART (attrib.) Allegro from Toy Symphony

VIVALDI Concerto for Piccolo and Strings in C major, RV 443

DOHNÁNYI / DVOŘÁK: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL CONDUCTED BY

KRZYSZTOF URBAŃSKI; WITH ALISA WEILERSTEIN

Avery Fisher Hall

Thursday, December 4, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, December 5, 2014, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 6, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Krzysztof Urbański*, conductor

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7


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DOHNÁNYI / DVOŘÁK: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH ALISA WEILERSTEIN, ARTIST-IN-ASSOCIATION INON

BARNATAN, AND NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC MUSICIANS

A Co-Presentation with 92nd Street Y

92nd Street Y

1395 Lexington Avenue

Sunday, December 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m.

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Inon Barnatan, piano

Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, violin

Cynthia Phelps, viola

Sherry Sylar, oboe

Anthony McGill, clarinet

Judith LeClair, bassoon

Matthew Muckey, trumpet

DVOŘÁK Terzetto in C major for Two Violins and Viola,

Op. 74

MARTINŮ La Revue de cuisine Suite, for Clarinet, Bassoon,

Trumpet, Violin, Cello, and Piano, H. 161

SCHULHOFF Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon

DVOŘÁK Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87

DOHNÁNYI / DVOŘÁK: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL CONDUCTED BY

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI; WITH MARTIN HELMCHEN

Avery Fisher Hall




Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor

Martin Helmchen*, piano

DVOŘÁK Piano Concerto

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World


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HOLIDAY BRASS

Avery Fisher Hall

Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:00 p.m.

Philip Smith, conductor and host

New York Philharmonic Brass and Percussion Ensemble

Program to include:

BYRD/Arr. Howarth The Earl of Oxford’s March

GABRIELI Jubilate Deo

J.S. BACH Selections from Christmas Oratorio and

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

VARIOUS/Arr. G. Pascuzzi and P. Snedecor A Celebration of Chanukah

VARIOUS Christmas Carols including Joy to the World,

Coventry Carol, Carol of the Bells,

Il est né, and Silent Night

VARIOUS Christmas Toons, featuring music from

holiday television classics

L. ANDERSON/Arr. Wasson Sleigh Ride

GARY THOR WEDOW CONDUCTS HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Avery Fisher Hall


Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 7:30 p.m.




Gary Thor Wedow, conductor

Camilla Tilling*, soprano

Iestyn Davies, countertenor

Michael Slattery, tenor

James Westman*, baritone

Connor Tsui*, boy soprano

Westminster Symphonic Choir

Joe Miller, director

HANDEL Messiah


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HOLIDAYS WITH THE PHILHARMONIC

Avery Fisher Hall



Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor

Whoopi Goldberg*, narrator (December 19)

Mo Rocca*, narrator (December 20)

Program to include:

ANDERSON A Christmas Festival

MOZART Sleigh Ride from Three German Dances

Traditional/Arr. C. Dragon “O Tannenbaum”

WELLS & TORMÉ/Arr. H. Mancini “The Christmas Song”

ANDERSON Suite of Carols

BERLIN/Arr. Larry Blank Irving Berlin Holiday Medley (World Premiere–

New York Philharmonic Co-Commission

with the San Francisco Symphony)

Randol BASS The Night Before Christmas

HUMPERDINCK Prelude to Hansel and Gretel

PROKOFIEV Troika from Suite from Lieutenant Kijé

Jeff TYZIK Chanukah Suite

HOLST/Arr. B. Tovey “In the Bleak Midwinter”

BERNARD/Arr. C. Dragon “Winter Wonderland”

VARIOUS / Arr. C. Kitsopoulos Christmas Carol Sing-Along

JUANJO MENA AND DANIIL TRIFONOV

Avery Fisher Hall


Friday, January 2, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 3, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Juanjo Mena*, conductor

Daniil Trifonov, piano

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol

RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique


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BRAMWELL TOVEY CONDUCTS ALL-GERSHWIN NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT

Avery Fisher Hall

Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Dianne Reeves*, vocalist

Norm Lewis, vocalist

With Peter Martin, piano; Reuben Rogers, bass; Terri Lyne Carrington, drums

GERSHWIN/Arr. Rose “Strike Up the Band” from Strike Up the Band

GERSHWIN Catfish Row: Suite from Porgy and Bess

GERSHWIN/Arr. B. Tovey “A Foggy Day”

GERSHWIN/Arr. B. Tovey “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”

GERSHWIN Cuban Overture

GERSHWIN Lullaby for String Orchestra

GERSHWIN/Arr. V. Mendoza “Nice Work If You Can Get It”

GERSHWIN/Arr. B. Childs “Fascinating Rhythm”

GERSHWIN “Our Love Is Here To Stay”

GERSHWIN/Arr. B. Childs “Embraceable You”

GERSHWIN/Arr. V. Mendoza “S’Wonderful”

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: NIELSEN’S CLARINET CONCERTO

Avery Fisher Hall

Thursday, January 8, 2015, 7:30 p.m.



Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 7:30 p.m.


Anthony McGill*, clarinet

RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales

NIELSEN Clarinet Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Swan Lake


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ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: VERDI’S REQUIEM

Avery Fisher Hall





Angela Meade*, soprano

Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano

Brandon Jovanovich*, tenor

Eric Owens, bass-baritone

New York Choral Artists

Joseph Flummerfelt, director

VERDI Requiem



129 West 67 Street

Sunday, January 18, 2015, 3:00 p.m.

Andy AKIHO Hadairo

The rAy’s end

Aka

Ethan Bensdorf, trumpet; Elizabeth Zeltser, violin

Max Zeugner, bass; Christopher S. Lamb,

percussion; Andy Akiho§, steel pan

VILLA-LOBOS Assobio a Jato (Jet Whistle)

Mindy Kaufman, flute; Maria Kitsopoulos, cello

RAVEL/Arr. Salzedo Sonatine en Trio

Mindy Kaufman, flute; Maria Kitsopoulos, cello;

Nancy Allen, harp

SCHUMANN Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63

Hyunju Lee, violin; Sumire Kudo, cello;

Steven Beck§, piano

* New York Philharmonic debut § denotes New York Philharmonic guest artist

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LONG YU AND MAXIM VENGEROV

Avery Fisher Hall




Long Yu**, conductor

Maxim Vengerov, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto



Avery Fisher Hall


Case Scaglione, conductor


Michael Thomas Holmes, actor

Kevin Del Aguila, scriptwriter and director

BERNSTEIN The Great Lover from On the Town

BEETHOVEN Selection from Symphony No. 5

Karen LEFRAK A Bite of the Apple

ELLINGTON It Don’t Mean a Thing

Daniel Goble§ saxophone, Joseph Alessi trombone,

Christopher S. Lamb drum set; David J. Grossman piano,

Timothy Cobb bass

BERNSTEIN Lonely Town from On the Town

Hawa SAKHO New York: In Town and Out

LIAO Shuwen Shadow of the Wolf

BERNSTEIN Times Square from On the Town

** New York Philharmonic subscription debut


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DAVID ROBERTSON AND EMANUEL AX

Avery Fisher Hall

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 7:30 p.m.


Friday, January 30, 2015, 11:00 a.m.


David Robertson, conductor

Emanuel Ax, piano

RACHMANINOFF Vocalise

CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2

STRAVINSKY The Song of the Nightingale

BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

DAVID ZINMAN CONDUCTS THE MARY AND JAMES G. WALLACH

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI IN BARBER’S VIOLIN CONCERTO;

ROUSE’S ISCARIOT

Avery Fisher Hall

Thursday, February 5, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, February 6, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 7, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

David Zinman, conductor


Christopher ROUSE Iscariot

BARBER Violin Concerto

RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

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SATURDAY MATINEE CONCERT WITH ARTIST-IN-ASSOCIATION

INON BARNATAN

Avery Fisher Hall


David Zinman, conductor

Sheryl Staples, Lisa Kim, violin

Rebecca Young, viola

Carter Brey, cello


DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet, Op. 81

RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2


Merkin Concert Hall

Sunday, February 8, 2015, 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Monday, February 9, 2015, 10:30 a.m.

Rebecca Young, host

Marion Schoevaert, illustrator

Philharmonic Playdates: “Make Believe”

DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46, No. 8

MOZART Selections from Allegretto con variazioni from

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K.581

SAINT-SAËNS Selections from Carnival of the Animals

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CONTACT! AT SUBCULTURE: NEW MUSIC FROM ISRAEL


SubCulture

45 Bleecker Street

Monday, February 9, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Case Scaglione, conductor (Haber)

Yotam Haber, host


Josef BARDANASHVILI Quasi danza macabra from String Quartet No. 1

Michelle Kim, Yulia Ziskel, violin;

Rémi Pelletier, viola; Nathan Vickery, cello

Yotam HABER Estro poetico–armonico II

Shanshan Yao, violin; Patrick Jee, cello;

Helen Campo, alto flute; Lino Gomez§, bass clarinet;

Eric Huebner, piano

Shulamit RAN Mirage for five players

Quan Ge, violin; Sumire Kudo, cello; Yoobin Son, flute/piccolo;

Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet; Eric Huebner, piano

Avner DORMAN Jerusalem Mix (New York Premiere)

Sherry Sylar, oboe; Mark Nuccio, clarinet;

Kim Laskowski, bassoon; Leelanee Sterrett, horn;

Eric Huebner, piano

STÉPHANE DENÈVE CONDUCTS NEW YORK PREMIERE OF JAMES MACMILLAN’S

THE MYSTERIES OF LIGHT; WITH PIANIST JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET

Avery Fisher Hall

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 7:30 p.m.



Stéphane Denève*, conductor

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande Suite

James MACMILLAN Piano Concerto No. 3, The Mysteries

of Light (New York Premiere)

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4


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A BROADWAY ROMANCE

Avery Fisher Hall


Ted Sperling, conductor

Laura Osnes, vocalist

Santino Fontana, vocalist

GERSHWIN Overture from Girl Crazy

BERNSTEIN/Stephen SONDHEIM “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story

GERSHWIN “The Man I Love” from Lady, Be Good

BOCK/HARNICK “Tonight at Eight” from She Loves Me

BOCK/HARNICK “Will He Like Me” from She Loves Me

Benj BASEK/Justin PAUL “First Date/Last Night” from Dogfight

Burt BACHARACH/Hal DAVID “She Likes Basketball” from Promises, Promises

BERNSTEIN/COMDEN & GREEN “A Little Bit in Love” from Wonderful Town

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN “If I Loved You” from Carousel

BERLIN “I Got Lost in His Arms” from Annie Get Your Gun

LOESSER “I’ve Never Been in Love Before” from Guys and Dolls

BERLIN “An Old-Fashioned Wedding” from Annie Get Your Gun

Stephen SONDHEIM “Getting Married Today” from Company

BERNSTEIN/Stephen SONDHEIM “One Hand, One Heart” from West Side Story

LANE/HARBURG “The Begat” from Finian’s Rainbow

Stephen FLAHERTY/Lynn AHRENS “Our Children” from Ragtime

Adam GUETTEL “Dividing Day” from The Light in the Piazza

Stephen SONDHEIM “Buddy’s Blues” from Follies

Stephen SONDHEIM “Could I Leave You” from Follies

LERNER & LOEWE “How to Handle a Woman” from Camelot

ARLEN & MERCER “Come Rain or Come Shine” from St. Louis Woman

BERNSTEIN/Stephen SONDHEIM “Somewhere” from West Side Story

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129 West 67 Street

Sunday, February 15, 2015, 3:00 p.m.

Krzysztof PENDERECKI String Trio

Quan Ge, violin; Dawn Hannay, viola;

Nathan Vickery, cello

SIBELIUS String Quartet in D minor, Voces intimae, Op. 56

Anna Rabinova, Hyunju Lee, violin;

Irene Breslaw, viola; Qiang Tu, cello

GIANNINI Piano Quintet

Yulia Ziskel, Shanshan Yao, violin;

Rémi Pelletier, viola; Nathan Vickery, cello;

Keun A Lee§, piano

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SILK ROAD

ENSEMBLE

SACRED AND TRANSCENDENT

Avery Fisher Hall




Alan Gilbert, conductor (Yanov-Yanovsky, R. Strauss, Golijov)

The Silk Road Ensemble* with Yo-Yo Ma (Fanfare, The Silk Road Suite, Yanov-Yanovsky,

Golijov)

New York Philharmonic (R. Strauss and Golijov)

Christina PATO and Wu TONG Fanfare for Gaita, Suona, and Brass

VARIOUS The Silk Road Suite

Dmitri YANOV-YANOVSKY Selections from Sacred Signs Suite: Concerto for 13

Musicians

R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration

Osvaldo GOLIJOV Rose of the Winds



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Avery Fisher Hall


Courtney Lewis, conductor

The Silk Road Ensemble

Cristina Pato, gaita

Hu Jianbing, suona

Brass musicians from the New York Philharmonic


Super Sonic Music Box: “Orchestra Transformed”

MOZART Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio

Cristina PATO/Wu TONG Fanfare for Gaita, Suona, and Brass

BORODIN Selection from Prince Igor

VARIOUS Selections from The Silk Road Suite

GOLIJOV Selection from Rose of the Winds

CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT AND GALA

Avery Fisher Hall

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Long Yu, conductor

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Wu Tong, sheng

Lei Jia*, vocalist

Gulinaer Yiming*, ghijak

LI Huanzhi Spring Festival Overture

Hai-Deng YAN/Arr. Ye Zou Jin Tune for sheng and orchestra

BORODIN Selection from Prince Igor

TRADITIONAL/Arr. Ye Zou Fantasy on Maqam Themes for ghijak and orchestra

TRADITIONAL Chinese folk songs: The Village of Sanshilipu and

In Praise of Cattle

ZHAO Lin Duo for cello, sheng, and orchestra (U.S. Premiere)


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SAKARI ORAMO AND FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN

Avery Fisher Hall


Friday, February 27, 2015, 11:00 a.m.


Sakari Oramo, conductor

Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

SIBELIUS The Oceanides

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

CONTACT! AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART:

NEW MUSIC FROM NORDIC COUNTRIES

Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 Fifth Avenue

Saturday, March 7, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

Alan Gilbert, conductor (Nørgård and Aho)

Courtney Lewis, conductor (Saariaho and Živković)

Eric Bartlett, cello

Per NØRGÅRD Cello Concerto No. 2, Momentum (New York Premiere)

Eric Bartlett, solo cello

Kalevi AHO Chamber Symphony No. 2

Đuro ŽIVKOVIĆ The White Angel (New York Premiere)

Kaija SAARIAHO Terra Memoria for string orchestra

(U.S. Premiere of string orchestra version)

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THOMAS ADÈS CONDUCTS U.S. PREMIERE OF HIS TOTENTANZ

Avery Fisher Hall

Thursday, March 12, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 13, 2015, 7:30 p.m.


Thomas Adès†, conductor

Christianne Stotijn*, mezzo-soprano

Mark Stone*, baritone

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1

BERLIOZ Les Francs-juges Overture

Thomas ADÈS Totentanz (U.S. Premiere)



129 West 67 Street

Sunday, March 15, 2015, 3:00 p.m.

BOTTESINI Gran Duo Concertante for Violin, Double Bass, and Piano

Michelle Kim, violin; Timothy Cobb, bass;

Jean Schneider§, piano

TOURNIER Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 34

Mindy Kaufman, flute; Sharon Yamada, violin;

Robert Rinehart, viola; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales,

cello; Nancy Allen, harp

BRAHMS String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36

Fiona Simon, Quan Ge, violin; Judith Nelson,

Rémi Pelletier, viola; Eric Bartlett, Patrick Jee, cello

† New York Philharmonic conducting debut * New York Philharmonic debut


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ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: ARTIST-IN-ASSOCIATION INON BARNATAN

IN RAVEL

Avery Fisher Hall


Friday, March 20, 2015, 11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 7:30 p.m.


Inon Barnatan*, piano

Esa-Pekka SALONEN Nyx

RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major

DEBUSSY Jeux

R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Suite

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: ARTIST-IN-ASSOCIATION INON BARNATAN

IN RAVEL

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

C.W. Post Campus

Long Island University

Brookville, New York




Esa-Pekka SALONEN Nyx

RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major

DEBUSSY Jeux



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Merkin Concert Hall

Sunday, March 22, 2015, 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Monday, March 23, 2015, 10:30 a.m.

Rebecca Young, host

Philharmonic Playdates

Program tba

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: LEILA JOSEFOWICZ

IN WORLD PREMIERE OF JOHN ADAMS’S SCHEHERAZADE.2

Avery Fisher Hall


Friday, March 27, 2015, 8:00 p.m.



Leila Josefowicz, violin

LYADOV The Enchanted Lake

STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911, original version)

John ADAMS Scheherazade.2 — Dramatic symphony for violin

and orchestra (World Premiere–New

York Philharmonic Co-Commission

with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Amsterdam; the Royal Concertgebouw; and

the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David

Robertson, Chief Conductor and Artistic

Director)

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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI IN RECITAL

A Collaboration with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Alice Tully Hall

Monday, March 30, 2015, 7:30 p.m.


Paul Lewis, piano

SCHUBERT Violin Sonata in A major, D.547

SCHUBERT Rondo for Violin and Piano in B minor, D.895,

Rondo brilliant

BACH/arr. Busoni “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” for solo piano

TELEMANN Fantaisie No. 4 in D major for solo violin

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 96

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: U.S. PREMIERE OF WORK BY THIERRY ESCAICH;

WITH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE LISA BATIASHVILI AND FRANÇOIS LELEUX

Avery Fisher Hall

Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 9, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 10, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 11, 2015, 8:00 p.m.



François Leleux*, oboe

J.S. BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe

Thierry ESCAICH Concerto for Violin and Oboe (U.S.

Premiere–New York Philharmonic

Co-Commission)



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EUROPE / SPRING 2015 TOUR

Tour to include concerts in Dublin, London, Paris, and Cologne, among other cities. In London the

Philharmonic will present Giants Are Small’s theatrical reimagining of Stravinsky’s ballet

Petrushka. The Philharmonic also returns to London for its second residency at the Barbican

Centre under the auspices of its International Associates initiative. In Cologne the Philharmonic

will present the World Premiere of Peter Eötvös’s Senza sangue, a co-commission, with the

support of The Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music, with the Kölner Philharmonie.

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: STRAVINSKY, RAVEL, AND R. STRAUSS

Avery Fisher Hall

Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 7:30 p.m.


STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911, original version)

RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales


ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: U.S. PREMIERE OF PETER EÖTVÖS’S ONE-ACT

OPERA, SENZA SANGUE

Avery Fisher Hall

Friday, May 8, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 9, 2015, 8:00 p.m.


Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano

Russell Braun, baritone

SCHUBERT Symphony in B minor, Unfinished

Peter EÖTVÖS Senza sangue (U.S. Premiere–New York

Philharmonic Co-Commission, with

the support of the Kravis Prize for

New Music, with the Kölner

Philharmonie)

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YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS

Avery Fisher Hall

Saturday, May 9, 2015, 2:00 p.m.

Conductor tba


Super Sonic Music Box: “Dance Transformed”

Program to include works by Johann Strauss II, Richard Strauss, Maurice Ravel, and Christopher

Rouse.

CONTACT! AT SUBCULTURE: NEW MUSIC FROM ITALY


SubCulture

45 Bleecker Street

Monday, May 11, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Vitturio Montalti, host

Joshua Gersen, conductor (Berio)


BERIO Differences for five instruments and tape

Peter Kenote, viola; Nathan Vickery, cello;

June Han§, harp; Mindy Kaufman, flute;

Pascual Martínez Forteza, clarinet

Vittorio MONTALTI Passacaglia for marimba and cello (U.S. Premiere)

Maria Kitsopoulos, cello; Daniel Druckman, marimba

Salvatore SCIARRINO tre duetti con l’eco (U.S. Premiere)

Dawn Hannay, viola; Yoobin Son, flute;

Kim Laskowski, bassoon

Luca FRANCESCONI Encore Da capo (U.S. Premiere of

transcription by Francesconi)

Quan Ge, violin; Sumire Kudo, cello;

Yoobin Son, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet;

Eric Huebner, piano; Daniel Druckman, vibraphone


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BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY

Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

Friday, May 15, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 16, 2015, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 16, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

George Daugherty*, conductor

Whoopi Goldberg, special guest

Created by George Daugherty and David Ka Lik Wong

From WAGNER The Ride of the Valkyries (adapted from Die Walküre)

Max STEINER The Warner Bros. Fanfare

Charles TOBIAS, Merrily We Roll Along (The Merrie Melodies Theme)

Murray MENCHER &

Eddie CANTOR

Milt FRANKLYN Baton Bunny (based on Suppé’s Overture to Morning, Noon,

and Night in Vienna; animation direction by Chuck

JONES and Abe LEVITOW)

Milt FRANKLYN Show Biz Bugs (animation direction by Friz FRELENG)

Carl W. STALLING Rhapsody Rabbit (based on Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2;

animation direction by Friz FRELENG)

Scott BRADLEY Johann Mouse (after music by Johann Strauss, Jr.; animation

direction by William HANNA and Joseph BARBERA)

Scott BRADLEY Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl (based on

Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Overture to Die Fledermaus;

animation direction by William HANNA and

Joseph BARBERA)

Carl W. STALLING Back Alley Oproar (based on Rossini’s “Largo al factotum”

from The Barber of Seville; animation direction by

Friz FRELENG)

Carl W. STALLING Zoom and Bored (based on “The Dance of the Comedians”

& Milt FRANKLYN from Smetana’s The Bartered Bride; animation

direction by Chuck JONES)

Carl W. STALLING Pepe Le Pew, le Chanteur Romantique

For Scent-imental Reasons (animation direction by

Chuck JONES)

A Scent of the Matterhorn (animation direction by

Chuck JONES)

Scent-imental Romeo (animation direction by

Chuck JONES)

Carl W. STALLING The Rabbit of Seville (based on Rossini’s Overture to

The Barber of Seville; animation direction by

Chuck JONES

(more)

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Alan LIVINGSTON, I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (animation direction by

Billy MAY & Matthew O’CALLAGHAN)

Warren FOSTER

Christopher LENNERTZ Coyote Falls (animation direction by Matthew

O’CALLAGHAN)

Milt FRANKLYN Robin Hood Daffy (animation direction by Chuck JONES)

Carl W. STALLING A Corny Concerto (based on J. Strauss, Jr.’s Tales of the Vienna

Woods and The Blue Danube; animation direction by

Robert CLAMPETT)

Carl W. STALLING Long-Haired Hare (animation direction by Chuck JONES)

Milt FRANKLYN What’s Opera, Doc? (animation direction by Chuck JONES)

Arr. & Orch. Carl W. STALLING Merrie Melodies: That’s All Folks

*denotes New York Philharmonic debut

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ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: 50TH

ANNIVERSARY OF CONCERTS IN THE PARKS

SPRING GALA AND CONCERT

Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 7:30 p.m.


Joe Torre, narrator

TCHAIKOVSKY Finale from Symphony No. 5

SCHUMAN Philharmonic Fanfare

BEETHOVEN Andante molto moto: Scene by the Brook from Symphony No. 6,

Pastoral

COPLAND Lincoln Portrait

TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

SUSANNA MÄLKKI AND KIRILL GERSTEIN

Avery Fisher Hall

Thursday, May 21, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 22, 2015, 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, May 23, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

Susanna Mälkki*, conductor

Kirill Gerstein, piano

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn

HARVEY Tranquil Abiding

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1


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Avery Fisher Hall

Saturday, May 23, 2015, 2:00 p.m.

Susanna Mälkki, conductor

Jonathan Biss, piano

Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, violin

Alan Gilbert, Rebecca Young, viola

Carter Brey, cello

DVOŘÁK String Quintet in E-flat major

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: FREE ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

112nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue

Monday, May 25, 2015, 8:00 p.m.


Program tba

MANFRED HONECK AND AUGUSTIN HADELICH

Avery Fisher Hall

Thursday, May 28, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 29, 2015, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 30, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

Manfred Honeck, conductor

Augustin Hadelich, violin

J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus Overture

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

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JEFFREY KAHANE CONDUCTS MOZART FROM THE PIANO

Avery Fisher Hall

Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 4, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 5, 2015, 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, June 6, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/piano



MOZART Symphony No. 38, Prague

CONTACT! AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: FOCUS ON JAPAN

Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 Fifth Avenue

Friday, June 5, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

Jeffrey Milarsky*, conductor

Stephen Gosling, piano

TAKEMITSU Archipelago S for 21 players

Dai FUJIKURA Infinite String (World Premiere–

New York Philharmonic Commission)

Misato MOCHIZUKI Si bleu, si calme (U.S. Premiere)

MESSIAEN Sept Haikai for solo piano and small orchestra

*denotes New York Philharmonic debut

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129 West 67 Street

Sunday, June 7, 2015, 3:00 p.m.

RESPIGHI Il tramonto, poemetto lirico for Mezzo-Soprano

and String Quartet

Anna Rabinova, Shanshan Yao, violin;

Katherine Greene, viola; Nathan Vickery, cello;

Sandra Piques Eddy§, mezzo-soprano

A. BUSCH Quintet for Alto Saxophone and Strings

Lisa GiHae Kim, Kuan Cheng Lu, violin;

Dawn Hannay, viola; Eric Bartlett, cello;

Harvey Pittel§, saxophone

DVOŘÁK String Quartet in C major, Op. 61

Fiona Simon, Sharon Yamada, violin;

Robert Rinehart, viola; Eileen Moon, cello


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ALAN GILBERT CONDUCTS: STAGED PERFORMANCE OF HONEGGER’S

JOAN OF ARC AT THE STAKE; WITH MARION COTILLARD

Avery Fisher Hall

Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 11, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 12, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 13, 2015, 8:00 p.m.


Côme de Bellescize*, director

Marion Cotillard*, actress (Joan)

Éric Génovèse*, actor (Brother Dominique)

Christian Gonon*, actor (Narrator)

Erin Morley, soprano (Virgin)

Simone Osborne*, soprano (Marguerite)

Faith Sherman*, mezzo-soprano (Catherine)

Thomas Blondelle*, tenor

Steven Humes*, bass

Chorus tba

HONEGGER Joan of Arc at the Stake (staged)

(U.S. Premiere of Saito Kinen Festival

Matsumoto production under Seiji

Ozawa)


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