NY Philharmonic To Present HUNGARIAN ECHOES PROGRAM III, 3/18-3/22

Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, will take place March 10-26, 2011. Program III, which will be performed Friday and Saturday, March 18-19, 2011, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m., will feature Bartók's opera, Bluebeard's Castle, starring mezzo-soprano Michelle De Young, bass Gábor Bretz - making his New York Philharmonic debut - and actress Marthe Keller, who will recite the Bard's Poem at the beginning of the work. The program opens with Ligeti's Concert Românesc and Haydn's Symphony No. 7, Le Midi.

Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival will explore the music of Haydn, Bartók, and Ligeti, three composers of different periods, styles, and approaches, all bearing strong ties to Hungary. Highlights include Haydn's Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Symphonies; Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle as well as his Concerto for Orchestra, Piano Concerto No. 1, and Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin; and Ligeti's Piano Concerto, Concert Românesc, and Clocks and Clouds. Guest artists are pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Olli Mustonen, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, bass Gábor Bretz (in his Philharmonic debut), and the Women of the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director. The festival will include pre-concert talks, radio broadcasts, and podcasts. (For more information: nyphil.org/hungarianfest)

HUNGARIAN ECHOES: A PHILHARMONIC FESTIVAL
CONDUCTED BY ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
Program III
Avery Fisher Hall
Friday, March 18, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 19, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Pre-Concert Talk (one hour before each concert) with Paul Moravec, Pulitzer Prizewinning composer and University Professor at Adelphi University
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Gábor Bretz, bass*
LIGETI Concert Românesc
HAYDN Symphony No. 7, Le Midi
BARTÓK Bluebeard's Castle
*New York Philharmonic debut

Related Events
Magyar Magic: Special Preview at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WQXR
A discussion with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, hosted by WQXR/Q2's Nadia Sirota. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Philharmonic musicians will perform works by Haydn, Bartók, and Ligeti (including Ligeti harpsichord works, performed by Conor Hanick). The event is to be broadcast live on Classical 105.9 FM WQXR, and made available as a live video Webcast on WQXR.org., Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $10.
44 Charlton Street (at Varick). Information: www.thegreenespace.org

Pre-Concert Talks
Paul Moravec, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and University Professor at Adelphi University will introduce the program one hour before each performance in the Helen Hull Room on March 18-19 and 22, 2011. Pre-Concert Talks are $7; discounts available for multiple concerts, students, and groups. Attendance is limited to 90 people. Information: nyphil.org or (212) 875-5656

On the Music: The New York Philharmonic Podcast
The producers and hosts of the award-winning On the Music: New York Philharmonic Podcast are Elliott Forrest, Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, producer, and weekend host on Classical 105.9 FM WQXR, and Mark Travis, a producer for the WFMT Radio Network since 1999 and the producer of the 52-weekper-year nationally syndicated radio series, The New York Philharmonic This Week. Both will produce podcasts for Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival. These award-winning previews of upcoming programs - through musical selections as well as interviews with guest artists, conductors, and Orchestra musicians - are available at nyphil.org/podcast and from iTunes.

National Radio Broadcast
This program will be broadcast the week of March 28, 2011,* on The New York Philharmonic This Week, a radio concert series syndicated nationally to more than 300 stations by the WFMT Radio Network. The 52-week series, hosted by actor Alec Baldwin, is generously underwritten by The Kaplen Foundation, the Audrey Love Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Philharmonic's corporate partner, MetLife Foundation. The broadcast will be available on the Philharmonic's Website, nyphil.org. The program is broadcast locally in the New York metropolitan area on Classical 105.9 FM WQXR on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m.
*Check local listings for broadcast and program information.

Single tickets for these performances start at $39. Tickets for Open Rehearsals are $18. Pre-Concert Talks are $7; discounts are available for multiple concerts, students, and groups (visit nyphil.org/preconcert for more information). All other tickets may be purchased online at nyphil.org or by calling (212) 875-5656, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets may also be purchased at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office or the Alice Tully Hall Box Office at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street. The Box Office opens at 10:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and at noon on Sunday. On performance evenings, the Box Office closes one-half hour after performance time; other evenings it closes at 6:00 p.m. A limited number of $12.50 tickets for select concerts may be available through the Internet for students within 10 days of the performance, or in person the day of. Valid identification is required. To determine ticket availability, call the Philharmonic's Customer Relations Department at (212) 875-5656. [Ticket prices subject to change.]