MASAAKI SUZUKI

Masaaki Suzuki, considered a leading authority on the works of J.S. Bach, founded the Bach Collegium Japan in 1990; he still serves as its music director, taking the ensemble regularly to major venues and festivals in Europe and the United States. He also works with renowned period ensembles such as Collegium Vocale Gent and Philharmonia Baroque in addition to conducting modern-instrument orchestras in works by composers as diverse as Britten, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Stravinsky. Continue Reading

ALAN GILBERT

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, began his tenure in September 2009, launching what New York magazine called "a fresh future for the Philharmonic." The first native New Yorker to hold the post, he has sought to make the Orchestra a point of civic pride for the city as well as for the country. Mr. Gilbert's creative approach to programming combines works in fresh and innovative ways. He has also forged artistic partnerships, introducing the positions of The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence and The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, held in the 2011–12 season by Magnus Lindberg and violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, respectively; an annual three-week festival, which this season is The Modern Beethoven, conducted by David Zinman; and CONTACT!, the new-music series in which Philharmonic musicians perform works by today's leading and emerging composers in New York's more intimate venues. Continue Reading

BERNARD LABADIE

Bernard Labadie has established himself worldwide as one of the leading conductors of the Baroque and Classical repertoire, a reputation that is closely tied with Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec, both of which he founded and continues to lead as music director. He regularly tours with both ensembles in Canada, the United States, and across Europe, and in major venues and festivals such as New York's Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Barbican Centre, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, and the Salzburg Festival. Continue Reading

ANDRÁS SCHIFF

András Schiff was born in Budapest, Hungary, and started piano lessons at age five with Elisabeth Vadász. He continued musical studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy with Professor Pál Kadosa, György Kurtág, and Ferenc Rados, and in London with George Malcolm. He has given recitals and special cycles of the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, and Bartók. Between 2004 and 2009 he performed complete cycles of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in 20 cities throughout the United States and Europe, a project recorded live in Zurich's Tonhalle and released in eight volumes for ECM New Series. Continue Reading

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Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869

Thu, Nov 1, 8PM
András Schiff, piano

Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 873-893

Wed, Jan 30, 8PM
Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Bach: Organ Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 (arr. Szántó)
Plus works by Busoni / Debussy / Hamelin / Rachmaninoff

Wed, Feb 13, 8PM
Michala Petri, recorder
Anthony Newman, harpsichord

Bach: Sonata for Recorder and Continuo, BWV 1034
Bach: Sonata for Recorder and Obbligato Harpsichord, BWV 1030
Bach: Works for Solo Harpsichord
Bach: Partita for Solo Alto Recorder, BWV 1013
Plus works by Corelli / Tartini / Vivaldi

Sat, Mar 2, 8PM
Jennifer Koh, violin

Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Bartók: Sonata
Kline: New work New York premiere, 92Y co-commission
Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002

Sun, Mar 3, 11AM
Interpreting Bach: A Symposium
Presented in partnership with the New York Philharmonic

Alan Gilbert, Jennifer Koh, Masaaki Suzuki, panelists
Hanna Arie-Gaifman, moderator

Sat, Mar 9, 8PM
Manueal Barrueco, guitar

Bach: Suite in D major, BWV 1007
Plus works by Scarlatti, Sierra (New York premiere) Albéniz and others

Sat, Mar 23, 8PM                                 
Raphaella Smits, guitar             

Bach: Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995
Bach: Partita in D minor, BWV 1004
Plus works by Mertz

Thu, May 23, 8PM                                            
Benjamin Verdery, guitar

Bach: Suite in E-flat major, BWV 1010
Plus works by Albéniz / Laderman / Vergery / Mozart and others