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Jane Nadler

As usual, a delightful concert. Maestro Tovey is utterly charming and his remarks give context to the often familiar but seldom played works. Fine seats too.

Written on Jul 10 2010

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angelo avitabile

wonderfull concert-just right foe the summer and great seats at such a low price

Written on Jul 04 2009

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Excellent program, beautifully played. Familiar pieces added to the enjoyment. Conductor Bramwell Tovey has a very engaging manner with audience between selections.

Written on Jul 08 2009

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nyc

A wonderful evening-when i compare the pleasure at this event to what you would need to pay for a Broadway show-no comparison! A very entertaining conductor/host & a wonderful orchestra. Beautiful selection of music. Just a great evening!

Written on Jul 06 2009

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June 29, 30 Summertime Classics - From Russia With Love
Bramwell Tovey    Conductor and Host
Mikhail Simonyan    Violin

Prokofiev: March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges  
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto  
Glazunov: Selections from Act III of Raymonda  
Tchaikovsky: Marche slave  

July 6, 7 Summertime Classics - La Dolce Vita
Bramwell Tovey    Conductor and Host
Nicole Cabell    Soprano

Rossini: Overture to La Cenerentola  
Mozart: Arias from The Marriage of Figaro  
Donizetti: Arias from L'Elisir d'amore  
Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut  
Charpentier: Arias from Louise  
Gounod: Arias from Faust  
Massenet: Ballet Music from Le Cid  
Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust  

July 8, 9, 10 Summertime Classics - From The Danube to The Rhine
Bramwell Tovey    Conductor and Host
Alexander Gavrylyuk    Piano

Reznicek: Overture to Donna Diana
Brahms/ Dvorák: Hungarian Dances Nos. 17-21  
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1  
Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture  
J. Strauss II: Pesther Csárdás  
Lehár: Ballsirenen Waltzes from The Merry Widow  
Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1  

About the Ticket Supplier: New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic is by far the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, and one of the oldest in the world. Founded in 1842 by a group of local musicians led by American-born Ureli Corelli Hill, the Orchestra currently plays some 180 concerts a year. On December 18, 2004, the Philharmonic gave its 14,000th concert--a milestone unmatched by any other orchestra in the world.

Alan Gilbert began his tenure as Music Director in September 2009, the latest in a distinguished line of musical giants that has included Lorin Maazel (2002-09); Kurt Masur (Music Director from 1991 to the summer of 2002; named Music Director Emeritus in 2002); Zubin Mehta (1978-91); Pierre Boulez (1971-77); and Leonard Bernstein, who was appointed Music Director in 1958 and given the lifetime title of Laureate Conductor in 1969.

Since its inception, the Orchestra has championed the new music of its time, giving the first performances of many important works such as Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"; Rachmaninoff 's Piano Concerto No. 3; Gershwin's Concerto in F; and Copland's Connotations, in addition to the U.S. premieres of works such as Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9, and Brahms's Symphony No. 4. This pioneering tradition has continued to the present day, with works of major contemporary composers regularly scheduled each season. John Adams's On the Transmigration of Souls, written in memory of September 11, 2001, and commissioned by the New York Philharmonic with Lincoln Center's Great Performers, received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Music; a CD of the work, performed in concert by the Orchestra in 2002, was released on Nonesuch in August 2004, and garnered three Grammy awards.

The roster of composers and conductors who have led the Philharmonic includes such historic figures as Theodore Thomas, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Antonin Dvork, Gustav Mahler (Music Director, 1909-11), Otto Klemperer, Richard Strauss, Willem Mengelberg (Music Director, 1922-30), Wilhelm Furtwngler, Arturo Toscanini (Music Director, 1928-36), Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Bruno Walter (Music Advisor, 1947-49), Dimitri Mitropoulos (Music Director, 1949-58), Klaus Tennstedt, George Szell (Music Advisor, 1969-70), and Erich Leinsdorf.

The Philharmonic's remarkable achievements in radio, television, and other media have helped shape communications history. In 1922 the Philharmonic became one of the first orchestras to broadcast a live concert, and its coast-to-coast radio broadcast of 1930 was the first of its kind. In addition, the Philharmonic undertakes a diversified touring schedule each season to share its music with new audiences around the world. From its first tour in 1882, through the 2004-05 season, the Orchestra has performed in 416 cities in 57 countries on five continents.

Television and the Internet have further expanded the Philharmonic's audiences. For more than 20 years, the Orchestra regularly telecast its legendary Young People's Concerts, most of them led by Leonard Bernstein; and, since 1976, the frequent annual appearances of the Philharmonic on PBS's Emmy Award-winning Live From Lincoln Center have made it one of the most "watched" orchestras in the world. In 1999 the Philharmonic launched the hugely popular and award-winning Kidzone, an interactive Website for children and educators alike, and in 2002, a unique initiative in the orchestra world began the streaming of live radio broadcasts for a period of two weeks following the performance, bringing the Philharmonic to a worldwide audience through its Website.

Since 1917 the Philharmonic has recorded nearly 2,000 albums; more than 500 recordings are currently available. In February 2003, the Orchestra was honored by The Recording Academy with a Trustees Award in recognition of its outstanding contributions to the industry and American culture. Members of the Philharmonic also performed on the 45th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, televised internationally from New York's Madison Square Garden--the first time that a major symphony orchestra had performed live on the Grammy Awards.