Organization

Conductor

Thomas Søndergård

Singer

Countertenor

Andrew Watts

Chorus master

Dianne Berkun

Others

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Orchestra

New York Philharmonic

Olga Neuwirth and Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony

New York City

United States

David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center)

Wu Tsai Theater

Public

D’un matin de Printemps

Keyframes for a Hippogriff — Musical Calligrams

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100

Anna-Maria Gkouni

Approved

Prokofiev saw his Fifth Symphony as “glorifying the grandeur of the human spirit.” Thomas Søndergård, in his NY Phil debut, conducts the concerts, which open with Lili Boulanger’s cheerful ode to a spring morning. Olga Neuwirth’s Project 19 commission sets to music texts by Ariosto, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, graffiti artists, and others, including Neuwirth herself.

Part of Project 19

SPECIAL THANKS
Lead support for Project 19 is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, and Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang.

Generous support is also provided by Sheree A. and Gerald L. Friedman; Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts; The Hauser Foundation; Daniel M. Healy; The Gerald L. Lennard Foundation; Margaret Morgan and Wesley Phoa; Kimberly V. Strauss, The Strauss Foundation; the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation; and an anonymous donor.

Project 19 is supported in part by a generous grant from the American Orchestras’ Futures Fund, a program of the League of American Orchestras made possible by funding from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble