NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS IN THE PARKS PRESENTED BY DIDI AND OSCAR SCHAFER
MAJOR CORPORATE SUPPORT BY TIME WARNER INC. JULY 11–17, 2012

The 2012 New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer, will return for the 47th season with five free outdoor concerts taking place on The Great Lawn in Central Park, Manhattan (July 12 and 17); Prospect Park, Brooklyn (July 11); Cunningham Park, Queens (July 13); and Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx (July 16). In addition, the New York Philharmonic Brass will give a Free Indoor Concert at the Center for the Arts, College of Staten Island, CUNY (July 15). Major corporate support for the 2012 New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks and the Free Indoor Concert has been provided by Time Warner Inc.

Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, will conduct the free performances in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on Wednesday, July 11, and in Central Park on Thursday, July 12, leading a program that combines Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Mr. Gilbert first led the Philharmonic’s Concerts in the Parks in the summer of 2008 as Music Director Designate, and returned in the summer of
2009, just prior to beginning his tenure with the Philharmonic that fall. Andrey Boreyko, who had presided over this summer series in 2010, will conduct the concerts on Friday, July 13, in Cunningham Park; Monday, July 16 in Van Cortlandt Park; and Tuesday, July 17, in Central Park, leading Lyadov Polonaise in Memory of A.S. Pushkin; Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, with James Ehnes (who made his Philharmonic debut in the parks in the summer of 2003) as soloist; and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1. All performances begin at 8:00 p.m. and there will be fireworks by Bay Fireworks following the performances in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The New York Philharmonic Brass will perform a Free Indoor Concert at the Center for the Arts, College of Staten Island, CUNY, on Sunday, July 15, at 3:00 p.m.

The New York Philharmonic’s free parks concerts have become an iconic New York summer experience since they began in 1965, transforming parks throughout the New York area into a patchwork of picnickers, and providing music lovers with an opportunity to hear the best classical music under the stars. More than 14 million listeners have been delighted by the performances since their inception.

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