Monday, November 19, 2018

Hmmm.

Found in a NY Philharmonic press release:

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla To Make New York Philharmonic DebutDvořák’s Cello Concerto, with Gautier Capuçon
Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
Sibelius’s Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the Island
January 3–5, 2019

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will make her New York Philharmonic debut conducting Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, with Gautier Capuçon as soloist; Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2; and Sibelius’s Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the Island, Thursday, January 3, 2019, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, January 4 at 11:00 a.m.; and Saturday, January 5 at 8:00 p.m. 

That's a couple of weeks before the SFS engagement that MGT cancelled a few weeks back. I wonder which of the following is correct:

1. The NY Phil is about to be surprised.
2. The five-hour flight from Birmingham (or London, or wherever she lives in the UK) to NYC is less of a problem than the ten-hour flight to San Francisco.

It's undoubtedly the second: her calendar shows concerts this month and next with the CBSO, followed by the NY Phil programs, followed by a blank, followed by concerts at the Elbphilharmonie.

Le sigh.

2 comments:

Russell said...

On the musical chairs front, I presume you've heard about Milwaukee naming Ken-David Masur to their vacant position. https://www.mso.org/news-and-press/masur_announcement

Lisa Hirsch said...

I have not, thank you! I will update my musical chairs post.