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AmsterdamWagner's Universe: From Liebestod to Der Ring

© Neda Navaee
Wagner, Stenhammar
Royal Swedish Orchestra; Alan Gilbert; Nina Stemme

StockholmRoyal Orchestra & Stemme

© The Royal Swedish Opera / Morgan Norman
Wagner, Stenhammar
Royal Swedish Orchestra; Alan Gilbert; Nina Stemme

BerlinNDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Berliner Festspiele
Henze, Brahms
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester; Alan Gilbert; Tamara Stefanovich

BambergAlan Gilbert / Inon Barnatan

© Marco Borggreve
Mozart, Shostakovich
Bamberg Symphony; Alan Gilbert; Inon Barnatan

ErlangenAlan Gilbert / Inon Barnatan

© Marco Borggreve
Mozart, Shostakovich
Bamberg Symphony; Alan Gilbert; Inon Barnatan

StockholmCosì fan tutteNew production

© The Royal Swedish Opera / Henrik Halvarsson
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Alan Gilbert; Clara Svärd; Royal Swedish Opera; André Callegaro; Royal Swedish Orchestra; Royal Swedish Opera Chorus; Julia Sporsén
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A dynamic debut in Prague by Alan Gilbert

Alan Gilbert conducts the Czech Philharmonic © Petra Hajská
With an assist from soloist Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert holds the audience rapt in his inaugural appearance with the Czech Philharmonic.
****1
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Early 20th-century Russian landmarks at Tanglewood

Alan Gilbert, Kirill Gerstein and the Boston Symphony © Hilary Scott
Blurring boundaries: Romanticism and Modernism in Kirill Gerstein and Alan Gilbert’s Boston Symphony performances at Tanglewood. 
***11
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A searingly powerful Duke Bluebeard's Castle at the Elbphilharmonie

Michelle DeYoung, Gerald Finley, Dávid Csizmár and Alan Gilbert © Andy Spyra
Alan Gilbert and his NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester partner first Igor Levit, and then Michelle DeYoung and Gerald Finley, in a night of outstanding music-making devoted to the music of Bartók.
*****
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Spring and storm clouds from Alan Gilbert and the Boston Symphony

Garrick Ohlsson, Alan Gilbert and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott
Alan Gilbert turns the usual concert format on its head, ending his program with Dvořák’s Carnival Overture to follow a trio of works new to the orchestra. 
****1
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Birgit Nilsson Prize: dazzling Dvořák from the ever-smiling Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma, Alan Gilbert and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra © Yanan Li
Yo-Yo Ma's beatific serenity speaks volumes about his approach to life and music as he gives a performance in Stockholm's Konserthuset ahead of receiving the Birgit Nilsson Prize later in the week.
****1
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Death and what comes after: Alan Gilbert's Mahler 2 in Hamburg

Alan Gilbert © Peter Hundert
Opening the new season, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester send out a clear message in Mahler's Second Symphony, both lyrically shaped and dramatically inflected.
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StockholmBruckner's Symphony no. 8 in C minor

© Peter Hundert
Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Alan Gilbert

StockholmMozart, Lundquist & Haydn

© Stockholms Konserthusstiftelse
Mozart, Lundquist, Haydn
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Alan Gilbert; Karl-Johan Elf

StockholmHaydn, Brahms, Schumann

© Yanan Li
Haydn, Brahms, Schumann
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Alan Gilbert
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Looking forward to the NY Phil in 2017

2017 is the 175th birthday of NY Phil, as well as being the 70th of John Adams and the 50th of outgoing Music Director Alan Gilbert, who takes on the lion's share of the conducting duties. 2017 highlights will include world premières by Marsalis, Gruber and Auerbach. This preview was sponsored by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra