FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2015 Contact: Katherine E

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 2015
Contact: Katherine E. Johnson
(212) 875-5718; [email protected]
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT
MERKIN CONCERT HALL
March 15, 2015
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic To Perform Works by
Bottesini, Tournier, and Brahms
The New York Philharmonic Ensembles, composed of musicians from the Orchestra, will give its
fifth performance of the 2014–15 season on Sunday, March 15, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. at Merkin
Concert Hall with a concert featuring Bottesini’s Gran Duo Concertante for Violin, Double Bass
and Piano; Tournier’s Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 34; and Brahms’s String
Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36. The musicians on the program will be Acting Principal Associate
Concertmaster Michelle Kim and violinists Quan Ge, Fiona Simon, and Sharon Yamada; violists
Judith Nelson, Rémi Pelletier, and Robert Rinehart; cellists Eric Bartlett, Alexei Yupanqui
Gonzales, and Patrick Jee; Principal Bass Timothy Cobb; Principal Harp Nancy Allen; and guest
pianist Jean Schneider.
Since 1984 the Philharmonic Ensembles series has presented diverse programming of both
classical masterpieces and modern compositions. Ensembles concerts are also offered on the
Orchestra’s international and domestic tours, on separate chamber music tours, and at locations
throughout New York City.
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The New York Philharmonic Ensembles concerts are funded, in part, by the Zubin Mehta Fund
for the Orchestra, an endowment fund created to honor the accomplishments of the
Philharmonic’s former Music Director, Zubin Mehta.
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Programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the National Endowment for the Arts,
and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and
the New York State Legislature.
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Single tickets are $34. They are available through the Merkin Concert Hall Box Office at 129 West
67th Street, New York, New York 10023. For more information, or to charge tickets, call the Merkin
Concert Hall Box Office at (212) 501-3330, or online at kaufmanmusiccenter.org/NYPensembles.
For press tickets, call Lanore Carr at (212) 875-5714, or e-mail her at [email protected].
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NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67 Street
Sunday, March 15, 2015, 3:00 p.m.
BOTTESINI
Gran Duo Concertante for Violin, Double Bass
_____ and Piano
Michelle Kim, violin; Timothy Cobb, bass;
Jean Schneider§, piano
TOURNIER
Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 34
Mindy Kaufman, flute; Sharon Yamada, violin;
Robert Rinehart, viola; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales,
cello; Nancy Allen, harp
BRAHMS
String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
Fiona Simon, Quan Ge, violin; Judith Nelson, Rémi
Pelletier, viola; Eric Bartlett, Patrick Jee, cello
§ denotes New York Philharmonic guest artist
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