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Opening Night Gala: Gilbert & Fleming
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Renée Fleming
Location: Avery Fisher Hall (Directions)
Price Range: $59.00-$79.00
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Wed, Sep. 16, 2009 7:30PM |
The Alan Gilbert era begins in historic fashion with a
brand-new, never-before-heard overture written especially for
the occasion by Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg.
The world-renowned Renée Fleming will then sing exotic
Messiaen and the evening will conclude with Berlioz’s
spectacular orchestra showpiece.
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Magnus Lindberg | EXPO (World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission) | About this Music |
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Messiaen | Poèmes pour Mi | About this Music |
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Berlioz | Symphonie fantastique | About this Music |

| Alan Gilbert | Conductor | About this Artist |
| Renée Fleming | Soprano | About this Artist |


Concert Duration:
2 hours
The Opening Night concert will be broadcast live, and FREE to the public, on a jumbo screen located outside Avery Fisher Hall on the Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center Plaza at 7:30PM. Chairs will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No tickets are required.
This concert will be broadcast on PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center. Please check your local listings for details.

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The Opening Night Gala is generously underwritten by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Credit Suisse, and Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert.
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MAGNUS LINDBERG (b. 1958) 
Alan Gilbert will begin his tenure as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in the 2009–10 season, the first native New Yorker to hold the post. For his inaugural season he has introduced a number of new initiatives: Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg; The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Thomas Hampson; an annual three-week festival; and CONTACT, the New York Philharmonic’s new-music series. He will also lead the Orchestra on a major tour of Asia in October 2009, with debuts in Hanoi and Abu Dhabi; a European tour in January 2010; and performances of world, U.S., and New York premieres. Also in the 2009–10 season Mr. Gilbert becomes the first to hold the William Schuman Chair in Musical Studies at The Juilliard School, a position that will include coaching, conducting, and performance master classes. 









