FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2014 Contact: Katherine E. Johnson

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 2014
Contact: Katherine E. Johnson
(212) 875-5718; johnsonk@nyphil.org
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT
MERKIN CONCERT HALL
November 23, 2014
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic To Perform Works by
Schnittke, Joel Eric Suben, Beethoven, and Schubert
The New York Philharmonic Ensembles, composed of musicians from the Orchestra, will give
its second performance of the 2014–15 season on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. at
Merkin Concert Hall with a concert featuring Schnittke’s Moz-Art, for Two Violins; the World
Premiere of Joel Eric Suben’s Piano Trio “Ballo di Corte”; Beethoven’s String Trio in C minor,
Op. 9, No. 3; and Schubert’s String Quartet in A minor, Rosamunde, D.804. The musicians on
the program will be Acting Principal, Second Violin Group, Lisa Kim and violinists Duoming
Ba, Kuan Cheng Lu, Soohyun Kwon, Joo Young Oh, and Vladimir Tsypin; violists Vivek
Kamath and Rémi Pelletier; cellists Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, Patrick Jee, and Ru-Pei Yeh; and
guest pianist Elena Kuschnerova.
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.
For press tickets, call Lanore Carr at (212) 875-5714, or e-mail her at carrl@nyphil.org.
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NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67 Street
Sunday, November 23, 2014, 3:00 p.m.
SCHNITTKE
Moz-Art, for Two Violins
Soohyun Kwon, Joo Young Oh, violin
Joel Eric SUBEN
Piano Trio “Ballo di Corte” (World Premiere)
Vladimir Tsypin, violin; Alexei Yupanqui
Gonzales, cello; Elena Kuschnerova§, piano
BEETHOVEN
String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3
Lisa Kim, violin; Rémi Pelletier, viola;
Patrick Jee, cello
SCHUBERT
String Quartet in A minor, Rosamunde, D.804
Duoming Ba, Kuan Cheng Lu, violins;
Vivek Kamath, viola; Ru-Pei Yeh, cello
§ denotes New York Philharmonic guest artist
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