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31 July 2007 - 25 August 2007

A major festival fixture in New York's calendar since 1966, shortly after the Lincoln Center had opened, the annual summer jamboree that is the Mostly Mozart Festival takes over Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall (closed for renovation in 2007 and 2008) as well as the Rose and New York State Theaters for four weeks every late July and August.
It started off as Midsummer Serenades (America's first indoor summer music festival) and, for two years, concentrated solely on Mozart. By 1970, when the name was changed to Mostly Mozart, the repertoire had expanded, hence the name change).
Gerard Schwarz became the festival's artistic director and he led it for 18 years, before standing down after the 2001 season. Since 2003 French conductor Louis Langrée has been at the helm. New for 2007 is the appointment of Argentine-American Osvaldo Golijov as the festival's first composer-in-residence, expanding the festival's reach even more. Golijov's Azul receives its New York première at the beginning of the festival (31 July & 1 August), while his La Pasión según San Marcos is performed twice with the Schola Cantorum de Caracas (18 & 19 August).
The first week is devoted to basically Beethoven, with contributions from pianist Paul Lewis, the St Lawrence String Quartet and Paavo Järvi conducting his Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Langrée also conducts a four-hour reconstruction concert that replicates one Beethoven conducted in December 1808, including the premières of Fifth & Sixth Pastoral Symphonies, the Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy (with pianist Jeffrey Kahane) and the scena Ah! perfido.
The all-important Mozart component includes the Mark Morris Dance Group in his Mozart Dances, created for the Mozart 250th anniversary in 2006 and danced to two piano concertos and a piano duet (played by Emanuel Ax and Yoko Nozaki) in the New York State Theater.
Amongst matinée and late-night concerts, the Mostly Mozart Orchestra - not only conducted by Langrée but also guests such as Ludovic Morlot and Osmo Vänskä - plays throughout the festival, with guest instrumentalists such as violinists Joshua Bell and Christian Tetzlaff and pianists Marc-André Hamelin. Two period-instrument ensembles make their US debuts, Zefiro from Italy (in the Gran Partita) and Swiss I Barocchisti with the Swiss Radio Chorus of Lugano (in Monteverdi's Vespers). The Swedish Radio Choir, alongside German baritone Dietrich Henschel, also appears.

Schedule

What Makes It Great?
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:30 PM
Walter Reade Theater

Paul Lewis and Alisa Weilerstein with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

A Little Night Music: Paul Lewis and Alisa Weilerstein
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:30 PM
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Paul Lewis and Alisa Weilerstein with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

A Little Night Music: St. Lawrence String Quartet
Wednesday, August 01, 2007 10:30 PM
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Thursday, August 02, 2007 8:00 PM
Rose Theater

A Little Night Music: St. Lawrence String Quartet
Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:30 PM
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, August 03, 2007 8:00 PM
Rose Theater

Beethoven Marathon, Vienna 1808
Saturday, August 04, 2007 4:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

Beethoven Marathon, Vienna 1808
Saturday, August 04, 2007 7:30 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

Glenn Gould Plays Beethoven
Sunday, August 05, 2007 2:00 PM
Walter Reade Theater

Glenn Gould Plays Beethoven
Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:00 PM
Walter Reade Theater

Marc-André Hamelin with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Tuesday, August 07, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

Swedish Radio Choir with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

A Little Night Music: Marc-André Hamelin
Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:30 PM
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Christian Tetzlaff with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Friday, August 10, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

A Little Night Music: Christian Tetzlaff
Friday, August 10, 2007 10:30 PM
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Christian Tetzlaff with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Saturday, August 11, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

A Little Night Music: Zefiro
Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:30 PM
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Zefiro
Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:00 AM
Walter Reade Theater

Mozart Dances Mark Morris Dance Group
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:00 PM
New York State Theater

Mozart Dances Mark Morris Dance Group
Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:00 PM
New York State Theater

Mozart Dances Mark Morris Dance Group
Friday, August 17, 2007 8:00 PM
New York State Theater

Mozart Dances Mark Morris Dance Group
Saturday, August 18, 2007 8:00 PM
New York State Theater

La Pasión según San Marcos ("The Passion According to St. Mark")
Saturday, August 18, 2007 8:00 PM
Rose Theater

La Pasión según San Marcos ("The Passion According to St. Mark")
Sunday, August 19, 2007 5:00 PM
Rose Theater

A Little Night Music: Cristina Pato
Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:00 PM
The Allen Room

I Barocchisti (U.S. debut) Swiss Radio Chorus, Lugano (U.S. Debut)
Monday, August 20, 2007 8:00 PM
Rose Theater

Joshua Bell with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

Joshua Bell with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

A Little Night Music: Stephen Prutsman
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:30 PM
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:00 PM
Rose Theater

Mozart's Requiem - Closing Night Performance
Friday, August 24, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

Mozart's Requiem - Closing Night Performance
Saturday, August 25, 2007 8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall

Contact

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.,
140 West 65th Street,
New York, NY 10023

Website : http://www.lincolncenter.org/

Directions

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