January – February 2005

The Maestro Series begins and musicians of the Orchestra take the spotlight. In the first two concerts, Principal Horn Philip Myers and Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow each take solo turns and Assistant Conductor Xian Zhang makes her Philharmonic debut as she shares the podium with Lorin Maazel in a program that includes a World Premiere-New York Philharmonic Commission. Also featured: a performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1 by Stephen Hough; the complete Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel; and the U.S. Premiere of Ross Edwards's Oboe Concerto featuring the sinuous Diana Doherty in a debut performance with the Philharmonic in which the oboist also employs her dance training.

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  March 2005

The Maestro Series this month starts off with the late-Romanticism of Richard Strauss, including two of his tone poems — Ein Heldenleben and Don Juan — and the Der Rosenkavalier Suite, and ends with a program that ranges from the 18th-century elegance and wit of Haydn to a World Premiere-New York Philharmonic Commission by Wolfgang Rihm: a perfect showcase for Mr. Maazel's mastery of the musical literature.

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  Season Finale

Gil Shaham

The Maestro Series reaches its stunning conclusion with a series of dramatic, star-studded programs, featuring soprano Deborah Voigt singing Berg's Seven Early Songs and Bruckner's Symphony No. 3, followed by violinist Gil Shaham in the Sibelius Violin Concerto on a program that also includes that composer's Swan of Tuonela and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. The Philharmonic's season — and The Maestro Series — ends fittingly with the monumental Mahler Symphony No. 6..

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