NY Philharmonic Announces 2015-16 Season of Ensembles at Merkin Concert Hall

The New York Philharmonic Ensembles chamber music series will feature musicians from the Orchestra in a series of six concerts at Merkin Concert Hall during the 2015-16 season.

The series, which allows audiences to experience the artistry of the Philharmonic's virtuosos in an intimate setting, will feature various ensemble configurations performing repertoire both familiar and unexpected -- including works by Arensky, Brahms, Dvorak, Martinu, Poulenc, Shostakovich, and more -- and a performance by The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Eric Owens.

The 2015-16 New York Philharmonic Ensembles series will begin on October 25, featuring works by Poulenc, David Amram, Rachmaninoff, Handel, and Mendelssohn; and featuring Artist-in-Residence Eric Owens. The series will continue on December 6, January 17, February 14, April 17, and May 29 -- all on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m.

Since 1984 the Philharmonic Ensembles series has presented diverse programming of both classical masterpieces and modern compositions. Ensembles concerts are also offered on the Orchestra's international and domestic tours, on separate chamber music tours, and at locations throughout New York City.

Subscriptions go on sale July 7, 2015. For more information call the Merkin Concert Hall Box Office at (212) 501-3330, or online at merkinconcerthall.org.

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NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL:

Sunday, October 25, 2015, 3:00 p.m.

POULENC - Le Bal masqué
Eric Owens, bass-baritone; Sherry Sylar, oboe; Mark Nuccio, clarinet, Judith LeClair, bassoon; Hae-Young Ham, violin; Patrick Jee, cello; Matthew Muckey, trumpet; Daniel Druckman, percussion

David AMRAM - Trio for Tenor Saxophone, French Horn, and Bassoon
Kenneth Radnofsky, alto saxophone; Kim Laskowski, bassoon; Howard Wall, horn

RACHMANINOFF - Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Soohyun Kwon, violin; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello; Andreas Kirpal§, piano

HANDEL/HALVORSEN, arr. D. Grossman - Passacaglia in G minor for Violin and Double Bass
Anna Rabinova, violin; David J. Grossman, bass

MENDELSSOHN - String Quartet in E-flat major
Anna Rabinova, Fiona Simon, violin; Irene Breslaw, viola; Qiang Tu, cello

Sunday, December 6, 2015, 3:00 p.m.

J.S. BACH - Trio Sonata from Musical Offering
Yoobin Son, flute; Shanshan Yao, violin; Max Zeugner, bass; Yi-Heng Yang§, piano

ARENSKY - String Quartet No. 2
Yulia Ziskel, violin; Re?mi Pelletier, viola; Sumire Kudo, Nathan Vickery, cello

BRAHMS - String Sextet No. 1
Sharon Yamada, Fiona Simon, violin; Judith Nelson, Katherine Greene, viola; Elizabeth Dyson, Eric Bartlett, cello

Sunday, January 17, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

MARTINU? - Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello, H. 157
Joo Young Oh, violin; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello

John SICHEL - Fishbowl Diaries No. 3
Vladimir Tsypin, violin; Blake Hinson, bass; John A. Sichel§, narrator

SMETANA - Piano Trio
Lisa Kim, violin; Ru-Pei Yeh, cello; Helen Huang§, piano

BEETHOVEN - Quintet for Piano and Winds
Sherry Sylar, oboe; Pascual Marti?nez Forteza, clarinet; Kim Laskowski, bassoon; R. Allen Spanjer, horn; Yi-Fang Huang§, piano

Sunday, February 14, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

Ellen Taaffe ZWILICH - Piano Quintet
Hae-Young Ham, violin; Peter Kenote, viola; Qiang Tu, cello; Timothy Cobb, bass; He?le?ne Jeanney§, piano

SHOSTAKOVICH - String Quartet No. 14
Fiona Simon, Sharon Yamada, violin; Robert Rinehart, viola; Eileen Moon, cello

BRAHMS - Horn Trio
Hyunju Lee, violin; Richard Deane, horn; piano tba

Sunday, April 17, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

DVOR?A?K - Piano Trio No. 4, Dumky
Anna Rabinova, violin; Patrick Jee, cello; piano tba

BEETHOVEN - String Quartet No. 11 Quartetto serioso
Quan Ge, Duoming Ba, violin; Dawn Hannay, viola; Qiang Tu, cello

HUMMEL - Septet
Robert Rinehart, viola; Eileen Moon, cello; Satoshi Okamoto, bass; Mindy Kaufman, flute; Robert Botti, oboe; Howard Wall, horn; Tomoko Kanamaru§, piano

Sunday, May 29, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

SHOSTAKOVICH - String Quartet No. 7
Yulia Ziskel, Jin Suk Yu, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello

Paul SCHOENFIELD - Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Pascual Marti?nez Forteza, clarinet; Hae-Young Ham, violin; Eric Huebner, piano

SCHUBERT - Piano Quintet, Trout
Hannah Choi, violin; Vivek Kamath, viola; Nathan Vickery, cello; Blake Hinson, bass; Pallavi Mahidhara§, piano

§ denotes New York Philharmonic guest artist

Photo Credit: Chris Lee

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