New York Youth Symphony: Orchestra Performances

Ryan McAdams, Music Director

49th Carnegie Hall Season, 2011-12

With regular concerts in Carnegie Hall and run-out concerts at the Kupferberg Center in Queens, there are many opportunities to hear the award-winning Orchestra during the season.

Exciting Performances in Stern Auditorium
Opening Concert	Sunday, Dec 4, 2011, 2:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Eve Gigliotti	HEARNE BERNSTEIN TCHAIKOVSKY	Word for Word première "Jeremiah" Symphony Symphony No. 4
	Ryan McAdams, music director Eve Gigliotti, mezzo-soprano The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series Add to calendar

Winter Concert	Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Jay Campbell	MOZART ROGERSON BARTÓK	Overture to "Le Nozze di Figaro" That Blue Repair première Concerto for Orchestra
	Ryan McAdams, music director Jay Campbell, cello The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series Add to calendar

Spring Concert	Sunday, May 27, 2012, 2:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Genghis Barbie	KELLY MAHLER	Not an Old-Fashioned Love Song première Symphony No. 5
	Ryan McAdams, music director Genghis Barbie, horn quartet The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series Add to calendar

Concerts at the Kupferberg Center at Queens College
Queens Concerts	Various dates throughout the season
Orchestra	The New York Youth Symphony is proud to present concerts at the Kupferberg Center at Queens College. The soloists and programs are the same as the concerts at Carnegie Hall. Sunday, November 20, 2011, 2:00pm Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2:00pm Sunday, May 13, 2012, 2:00pm Buy tickets at the door the day of the performance. Adults: $5 / Children: $3

Past Performances 2010-2011
Spring Concert	Sunday, May 22, 2011, 2:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Eric Guinivan	WAGNER ERIC GUINIVAN TCHAIKOVSKY	Siegfried's Rhine Journey Meditation and Awakening première Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique"
	Ryan McAdams, music director Eric Guinivan, percussion The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

Winter Concert	Sunday, Mar 13, 2011, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Hahn-Bin	PROKOFIEV CHRISTOPHER CERRONE MUSSORGSKY SHOSTAKOVICH	Overture on Hebrew Themes Still Life première Night on Bald Mountain Symphony No. 5
	Ryan McAdams, music director Hahn-Bin, violin The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

Opening Concert	Sunday, Dec 5, 2010, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Anthony McGill	STRAUSS MOZART ROBERT HONSTEIN RESPIGHI	Don Juan Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 Verge première Pines of Rome
	Ryan McAdams, music director Anthony McGill, clarinet The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

Past Performances 2009-2010
A Hero's Life	Sunday, May 23, 2010, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Alex Sopp "outstanding" -Time Out New York	VERDI ELLIOT BARK STRAUSS	Overture to La Forza del Destino Shalom première Ein Heldenleben
	Ryan McAdams, music director Alex Sopp, flute The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

Rite of Spring	Sunday, Mar 7, 2010, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Adam Golka "especially impressive" -New York Sun	TIMOTHY STULMAN RACHMANINOFF STRAVINSKY	Element Cycle première Piano Concerto No. 3 The Rite of Spring
	Ryan McAdams, music director Adam Golka, piano The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

Winter Dreams	Sunday, Nov 22, 2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Sarah Beaty "impassioned" - The New York Times
	RAVEL KYLE BLAHA	Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 Pieces for Clarinet and Orchestra première
	TCHAIKOVSKY-ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN	Nutcracker Suite with Jazz Band Classic
	Ryan McAdams, music director Sarah Beaty, clarinet The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

Past Performances 2008 - 2009
Heavenly Joys	Sunday, May 31, 2009, 2:00-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Jennifer Zetlan "endless ribbons of strong clear lyricism" -The New York Sun	DEBUSSY GURECKIS MAHLER	Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Recurrent Dream première Symphony No. 4 in G Major
	Ryan McAdams, music director Jennifer Zetlan, soprano The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series


Brahms One	Sunday, Mar 22, 2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
ACME Quartet "polished and playful" -Time Out New York	CHAVEZ ANDRES BRAHMS	Sinfonia India Senior première Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
	Ryan McAdams, music director ACME Quartet The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

Pictures	Sunday, Nov 30, 2008, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Haochen Zhang Gold Prize-Winner Chopin Piano Competition	BEETHOVEN GALLAGHER MOZART MUSSORGSKY	Leonore Overture No. 3 Strife première Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K.466 Pictures at an Exhibition
	Ryan McAdams, music director Haochen Zhang, piano The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series Philip Glass will present Francis Thorne with the Theodore L. Kesselman Award for Arts Education

Past Performances 2007 - 2008
Philip Glass	Sunday, May 25, 2008, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Philip Glass	BEECHER GLASS RACHMANINOFF	Faded, Manic, Black and White, première Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists Symphony No. 2 Largo - Allegro moderato Allegro molto Adagio Allegro vivace
	Ryan McAdams, music director début season The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

West Side Story	Sunday, Mar 16, 2008, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
Kate Lindsey "high notes that sparkle like silver bells" -The Washington Times	BRAHMS IVES BANCKS BERNSTEIN	Academic Festival Overture selected works and tone poems Central Park in the Dark In Flander's Fields General William Booth Enters Into Heaven Serenity The Unanswered Question with Symphony Singers and the Brookyn Tech High School Chorus Jim DiBenedetto, director ...among the leaves... première Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
	Ryan McAdams, music director début season Vince Lee, assistant conductor Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

The Firebird	Sunday, Dec 9, 2007, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Carnegie Hall
William Harvey "intense and persuasive" -The New Yorker	GINASTERA NEEDHAM RAVEL STRAVINSKY	Seven Dances from Estancia Los Trabajodores Agricolas La Doma Danza del Trigo Los Peones de Hacienda Los Puebleros Idillo Crepuscular Danza Final (Malambo) Violin Concertino première Tzigane Suite from The Firebird
	Ryan McAdams, music director début season William Harvey, violin The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

The Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series

Initiated in 1997, the Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series provides the most gifted emerging performers with an opportunity to play with the nation's premier young people's orchestra in début concerts in Carnegie Hall. In addition to performing three works from the standard concert repotoire, these bright young artists will also give world premieres of works commissioned for them through the orchestra's nationally accliamed First Music Series.