Latest: Jaap to rejoin the NY Philharmonic
mainAfter a whole year’s absence, music director Jaap Van Zweden will fly to New York next month to film a concert with the New York Philharmonic for its new paid streaming channel, launched today. At least that’s the plan, Covid permitting.
The orchestra is charging $4.99 a month of $50 a year for access to new and archived concerts.
Press release below.
The New York Philharmonic announces NYPhil+, the Orchestra’s new on-demand streaming service, available today at nyphil.org/plus. For $4.99 per month or $50.00 per year, subscribers to the platform can access newly recorded programs and historic performances. The collection will also be available on apps for Apple, Android, Amazon Fire, Roku, and other major streaming platforms later this spring.
The initial launch presents a new concert recording, featuring the New York Philharmonic conducted by David Robertson with pianist Emanuel Ax as soloist. Also currently available on NYPhil+ are past performances, including five decades of Live From Lincoln Center telecasts as well as more recent Facebook Live broadcasts, staged performances, and chamber music presentations. Highlights include Julia Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth; contemporary music concerts from the GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON series; newly recorded chamber music performances captured in fall 2020 at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall and Neidorff-Karpati Hall at Manhattan School of Music; and audio broadcasts culled from the Orchestra’s award-winning radio series featuring Philharmonic Radio Host Alec Baldwin.
Thank the heavens for divine creatures like JVZ who with their God-given gifts continue to make the act of music-making possible.
Ooh – how uncharitable are you??
He did indeed donate a considerable sum to the orchestra.
What the devil is Baldwin doing hosting that series? Are they desperate?
He is an orchestra supporter and is on their board of directors
Another ignorant comment. Baldwin is very personable and knowledgable. You obviously never heard him, just made up your mind he was no good… Typical.
$50 for a whole year! Wow – sign me up. That’s about 1/4 of the cost of the Berlin Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall.
Jaap is way better than his predecessor Gilbert. Too bad he’s so unlucky in his new tenure.
You are posting as many as 20 times a day. Please cut back to 6.
I live 50 miles outside NYC and I don’t think Jaap has done anything at all to make the NY Phil a more credible presence in the NYC cultural scene(which may be incredible difficult to impossible). Alan Gilbert,who was pretty much fired) tried unique programming which actually got some press. Jaap has been a zzzzzzz.
Nonsense.
Here is an excellent analysis from 2016 of the appointment and the problems with Gilbert:
https://subterraneanreview.blogspot.com/2016/01/ny-phils-predicament.html#comment-form
The new concert plans sound good!
I suppose $50 a year is a reasonable concession for access to mediocre performances which have been the norm for this orchestra for the past 30 years…..
You are hereby informed that your comment makes you out to be a teensy bit harsh and resentful.