Founded in 1842, the New York Philharmonic is the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States. The New York Philharmonic plays a leading cultural role in New York City, the United States, and the world.
Pianist Yuja Wang joins forces with conductor and composer Thomas Adès in a dramatic piano concerto by the Finnish luminary Einojuhani Rautavaara. Adès also leads Saariaho’s Oltra mar — an ethereal meditation on love, time, and death — as well as Ives’s Orchestral Set No. 2 and America (A Prophecy), Adès’s own foreboding view of our nation’s fate.
Featuring the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, Alumni of the University of Michigan, and Exigence Choir.
Hailstorms. Locusts. A parting sea. Handel’s epic oratorio — complete with choir and vocal soloists — tells the biblical story of Moses leading the Israelites from bondage. Jeannette Sorrell conducts her own adaptation that brings the story’s drama to the fore.
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor Apollo's Singers (Chorus of Apollo's Fire)
The NY Phil is joined by the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, a stunning cast of soloists, and Baroque specialist Fabio Biondi as he conducts this holiday favorite — the Messiah of all Messiahs. Handel’s writing for the human voice reaches dizzying heights of expression, buoyed by iconic melodies from the Orchestra.