FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2015 Contact: Katherine E

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 16, 2015
Contact: Katherine E. Johnson
(212) 875-5718; johnsonk@nyphil.org
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLES AT
MERKIN CONCERT HALL
February 15, 2015
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic To Perform Works by
Krzysztof Penderecki, Sibelius, and Giannini
The New York Philharmonic Ensembles, composed of musicians from the Orchestra, will give its
fourth performance of the 2014–15 season on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. at Merkin
Concert Hall with a concert featuring Krzysztof Penderecki’s String Trio; Sibelius’s String Quartet
in D minor, Voces intimae, Op. 56; and Giannini’s Piano Quintet. The musicians on the program
will be violinists Quan Ge, Anna Rabinova, Na Sun, Shanshan Yao, and Yulia Ziskel; violists
Irene Breslaw, Dawn Hannay, and Rémi Pelletier; cellists Qiang Tu and Nathan Vickery; and
guest pianist Keun A Lee.
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 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, February 15, 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Krzysztof PENDERECKI
String Trio
Quan Ge, violin; Dawn Hannay, viola;
Nathan Vickery, cello
SIBELIUS
String Quartet in D minor, Voces intimae, Op. 56
Anna Rabinova, Na Sun; violin;
Irene Breslaw, viola; Qiang Tu, cello
GIANNINI
Piano Quintet
Yulia Ziskel, Shanshan Yao, violin; Rémi Pelletier,
viola; Nathan Vickery, cello; Keun A Lee§, piano
§ denotes New York Philharmonic guest artist
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