#philharmonic 360

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The Buzz

holly mathieson‏@hollyjmathieson

Watching @nyphil philharmonic360 on medicitv. Breathtaking in concept and actuality... Here's to mind-expanding programming!

Watch the Philharmonic's exploration of spatial music here.

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Unanswered Questions

Speaking of, you can still relive the Philharmonic's performance of Ives's The Unanswered Question (with a beautiful trumpet solo by Phil Smith), plus Stockhausen's Gruppen and more, from Philharmonic 360, co-produced by the Orchestra and the Park Avenue Armory.

Q2 Music, WQXR's contemporary-music station, will stream the concert audio July 14 at 10 a.m., and it will be available on-demand for 30 days on q2music.org. Or you can watch a Philharmonic-produced webcast via medici.tv.

(Cartoon by Pablo Helguera via NPR's classical music blog, Deceptive Cadence.)

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Backstage Pass

Ian VanderMeulen from Symphony Now goes behind the scenes at the Philharmonic 360 open rehearsal, including comments from director and designer, Michael Counts.

Read Ian's full account of his experience here.

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The Peruvian Case

Last week, while one Philharmonic Assistant Conductor, Joshua Weilerstein, was leading the Orchestra's flutes in Ives and otherwise helping out in Philharmonic 360, the other, Case Scaglione, headed southward to lead the Sinfonía por el Perú. Our Spanish-speaking fans can get to know the Texas native better by watching the television interview he gave on June 22. Me gusta!

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In a very special night at the Park Avenue Armory, I witnessed the NY Philharmonic in Philharmonic 360, where they surrounded the audience in music with a selection of works to take advantage of the spatial nature of this setup. They kicked off with an uncredited fanfare which emanated from various parts of the auditorium, (though I suspect it was Mozart), followed by Boulez's Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna , a  post-serial work that used textures and dissonance. After this point, women in gowns and tall powdered wigs started to enter the hall, run around and pose followed by preening blacksuited counterparts. They kicked into the finale of part one of the Don Giovanni opera by Mozart. The singers were scattered about the room and emerged from the audience. After the intermission  Stockhausen's Gruppen was performed, a stunning  piece for three orchestras, and concluded with Charles Ives' beautiful classic "The Unanswered Question" (a favorite of my friend Dr Shohl). Conducting were NY Phil's director Alan Gilbert, augmented by Magnus Lindberg and Matthew Pintscher. [This video clip  is a different version of Gruppen, not from the Armory show.]

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Backstage Pass

Take a glimpse at history in the making. This is a peek at the New York Philharmonic rehearsal of Stockhausen's Gruppen, the three-orchestra centerpiece of Philharmonic 360, a co-presentation with Park Avenue Armory. The performances this Friday and Saturday mark the Philharmonic's first at the Armory since 1882 and its first performance of Gruppen ever.

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Tune in to 89.9 FM from 10:00-11:00 a.m. TODAY when director/designer Michael Counts is the guest on WKCR's "Cereal Music" discussing the program and production of Philharmonic 360, a co-presentation with Park Avenue Armory.

You can also catch the interview on WKCR's RealAudio or MP3 streams.

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Follow That Cab

...to Philharmonic 360. Can anyone identify the first instrument that Philharmonic Assistant Timpani Kyle Zerna picks up when he and Principal Oboe Liang Wang get into the funky cab in this Follow The Sound video?

Check out this video and more at nyphil360.com to hear what's in store Friday and Saturday night at the Park Avenue Armory.