July 30, 2010, 10:45AM: The Philharmonic’s Residency Concludes. It’s the Orchestra’s last day at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, and Bramwell Tovey is on the podium as Alexander Gavrylyuk rehearses Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 for tonight’s performance.
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Bramwell Tovey introduces — and then conducts — music from Léhar’s popular operetta, The Merry Widow.
July 26, 2010, 10:15AM: The Philharmonic’s residency continues. After travel, two rehearsals, and three concerts, the musicians have two free days to relax and exercise. Here, Principal Trombone Joseph Alessi makes a putt at the first hole at the Red Sky Ranch and Golf Club in Vail, in a golf outing hosted by New York Philharmonic Board Member Honey Kurtz (right).
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Renée Siebert, who is retiring as the Philharmonic’s Second Flute after 35 years, reflects on her life in music and on her final concerts with the Orchestra, which are taking place during the residency at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival.
July 22, 2010, 7:45AM: The Residency Begins. Associate Principal Bassoon Kim Laskowski (left) and Acting Associate Principal Bass Orin O’Brien await their colleagues to board the bus that will take the New York Philharmonic to the airport for its flight to Vail for the Orchestra’s eighth annual summer residency at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival.
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The Philharmonic’s third of six performances at the 2010 Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival concludes with Music Director Alan Gilbert conducting Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.
The New York Philharmonic’s residency begins on July 23 with preparations for the first rehearsal — warming up, stringing violins, and practicing — and the festival’s executive director and founder John Giovando welcomes them to their eighth annual residency in the Colorado Rockies.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 7:10PM: The New York Philharmonic has returned to Central Park for its second concert on the Great Lawn. After arriving at the park, Principal Harp Nancy Allen immediately begins tuning her instrument to combat the effects of the heat and high humidity on this sultry July night.
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The Central Park concert on July 13, 2010, began with picnickers gathering, Philharmonic President Zarin Mehta welcoming the crowd, and a performance, in the first half, by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, led by Long Yu. The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Andrey Boreyko, took the stage after intermission.
The 2010 Concerts in the Parks continue with a return visit by the New York Philharmonic to Cunningham Park, Queens, and music by Tchaikovsky, Bernstein, and Prokofiev, conducted by Andrey Boreyko.
