NY Phil's CONTACT! New-Music Series Continues Tonight

The sixth season of CONTACT!, the New York Philharmonic's new-music series, continues with "New Music from Nordic Countries," tonight, March 7, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with Met Museum Presents, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert and Assistant Conductor Courtney Lewis. Alan Gilbert will conduct the New York Premiere of Per Nørga?rd's Cello Concerto No. 2, Momentum, with Philharmonic cellist Eric Bartlett as soloist, and Kalevi Aho's Chamber Symphony No. 2; Courtney Lewis will conduct the U.S. Premiere of the string orchestra version of Kaija Saariaho's Terra Memoria, and the U.S. Premiere of ?uro Z?ivkovic?'s The White Angel.

The 2014-15 season of CONTACT! features World, U.S., and New York Premieres, as well as seminal works by leading composers, in programs that explore the new-music scene from four different countries. CONTACT! will continue with "New Music from Italy" at SubCulture, a chamber concert co-presented with 92nd Street Y (May 11, 2015), followed by "New Music from Japan," conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (June 5, 2015).

Christopher Rouse, who in 2014-15 is completing his three-year term as The Marie-Jose?e Kravis Composer-in-Residence, advises the Philharmonic on the CONTACT! series. Per Nørga?rd, whose Cello Concerto No. 2, Momentum, is featured on the program is the second recipient of The Marie-Jose?e Kravis Prize for New Music at the New York Philharmonic, which recognizes a composer for extraordinary artistic endeavor in the field of new music.