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The 20-minute long concerto had its world premiere on July 16, 2016, in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Eastern Music Festival, under the baton of Gerard Schwarz<\/a> with the Festival Orchestra. Adolphe says of the terse, kaleidoscopic score, \u201cjourneys through shifting relationships between the viola and the orchestra . . . taking on the entire orchestra single-handedly, hovering in a distant sonic landscape . . .\u201d<\/p>\nThe New York premiere, November 17\u201319, was conducted by Jaap van Zweden<\/a>, who takes the baton from Alan Gilbert officially during the 2018\u201319 season. The performances served as his debut in his role as music director. The program consisted of the New York premiere of Unearth, Release,<\/em> sandwiched between music by Wagner and Tchaikovsky.<\/p>\nI caught up by phone with Phelps before the New York performance in mid-August, at her New Jersey home across the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan.<\/p>\n\nPhoto: Richard Bowditch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nAnd your wonderful viola is . . .?<\/strong><\/p>\nMy viola is still a Gaspar da Salo made between 1560 and 1580, and owned by the New York Philharmonic. It has a big, very specific sound that I love. It\u2019s strung with Jargar A and D, and Pirastro\u2019s Evah Pirazzi C and G. I\u2019m so lucky to play on it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nRead the full interview in the magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Principal Violist Cynthia Phelps Celebrates 25 Years with the NY Phil January 26, 2017 The New York Philharmonic may be going through a few changes\u2014with Alan Gilbert\u2019s planned departure, president\u00a0Matthew VanBesien\u2019s unexpected resignation, and Lincoln Center\u2019s redevelopment\u2014but some things remain unchanged. And one of these things is the occupant of the Mr. and Mrs. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"related-artist":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-press","8":"related-artist-cynthia-phelps","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"related-artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-artist?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The New York premiere, November 17\u201319, was conducted by Jaap van Zweden<\/a>, who takes the baton from Alan Gilbert officially during the 2018\u201319 season. The performances served as his debut in his role as music director. The program consisted of the New York premiere of Unearth, Release,<\/em> sandwiched between music by Wagner and Tchaikovsky.<\/p>\nI caught up by phone with Phelps before the New York performance in mid-August, at her New Jersey home across the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan.<\/p>\n\nPhoto: Richard Bowditch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nAnd your wonderful viola is . . .?<\/strong><\/p>\nMy viola is still a Gaspar da Salo made between 1560 and 1580, and owned by the New York Philharmonic. It has a big, very specific sound that I love. It\u2019s strung with Jargar A and D, and Pirastro\u2019s Evah Pirazzi C and G. I\u2019m so lucky to play on it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nRead the full interview in the magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Principal Violist Cynthia Phelps Celebrates 25 Years with the NY Phil January 26, 2017 The New York Philharmonic may be going through a few changes\u2014with Alan Gilbert\u2019s planned departure, president\u00a0Matthew VanBesien\u2019s unexpected resignation, and Lincoln Center\u2019s redevelopment\u2014but some things remain unchanged. And one of these things is the occupant of the Mr. and Mrs. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"related-artist":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-press","8":"related-artist-cynthia-phelps","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"related-artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-artist?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I caught up by phone with Phelps before the New York performance in mid-August, at her New Jersey home across the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan.<\/p>\n
And your wonderful viola is . . .?<\/strong><\/p>\nMy viola is still a Gaspar da Salo made between 1560 and 1580, and owned by the New York Philharmonic. It has a big, very specific sound that I love. It\u2019s strung with Jargar A and D, and Pirastro\u2019s Evah Pirazzi C and G. I\u2019m so lucky to play on it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nRead the full interview in the magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Principal Violist Cynthia Phelps Celebrates 25 Years with the NY Phil January 26, 2017 The New York Philharmonic may be going through a few changes\u2014with Alan Gilbert\u2019s planned departure, president\u00a0Matthew VanBesien\u2019s unexpected resignation, and Lincoln Center\u2019s redevelopment\u2014but some things remain unchanged. And one of these things is the occupant of the Mr. and Mrs. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"related-artist":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-press","8":"related-artist-cynthia-phelps","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"related-artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-artist?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
My viola is still a Gaspar da Salo made between 1560 and 1580, and owned by the New York Philharmonic. It has a big, very specific sound that I love. It\u2019s strung with Jargar A and D, and Pirastro\u2019s Evah Pirazzi C and G. I\u2019m so lucky to play on it.<\/p>\n
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