NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC SPRING
GALA
CELEBRATING
JOHN WILLIAMS
Orchestra
Performs Collection of His Most Memorable Works
With
Select Scores Accompanied by Film Clips
Ken-David
Masur Conducts in His NY Phil Debut
Williams
Himself To Take the Podium
Special
Appearance by Steven Spielberg
Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, April 25, 2023
The New York
Philharmonic celebrates the career of John Williams in its Spring Gala: Celebrating
John Williams, April 25, 2023, at the Wu Tsai Theater, David
Geffen Hall. Conductor Ken-David Masur, the son of the late NY Phil Music
Director Emeritus Kurt Masur, makes his debut with the Orchestra leading a
selection of Williams’s most memorable compositions. Williams himself conducts a
portion of the concert, and special guest Steven Spielberg, the director with
whom Williams has collaborated on 29 feature films, introduces some of these
selections, some of them performed live as film clips are projected above the
stage.
Gala events
include a cocktail reception from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the Leon and Norma
Hess Grand Promenade; premium seating for the concert, which begins at 7:30
p.m.; and a seated dinner immediately following the performance, attended by
the artists, also on the Hess Grand Promenade. Gala dress will be cocktail
attire. The Honorary Gala Chair is Steven Spielberg. The Gala Co-Chairs are
Kristen and Alexander Klabin, Harold Mitchell AC, James L. and Margo M.
Nederlander, and Carol and Chuck Schaefer.
Biographies
John Williams, Ken-David Masur, New York Philharmonic
Health
and Safety Protocols
For up-to-date information on our health and safety
protocols, visit nyphil.org/safety.
Tickets
Tickets
to New York Philharmonic performances may be purchased online at nyphil.org or by calling (212)
875-5656, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; 1:00 p.m. to 6:00
p.m. Saturday; and noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Tickets may also be purchased at the
Welcome Center at David Geffen Hall. The Welcome Center opens at 10:00
a.m. Monday through Saturday, and at noon on Sunday. On performance evenings,
the Welcome Center closes one-half hour after performance time; other evenings
it closes at 6:00 p.m.
Availability for the Spring Gala: Celebrating
John Williams is limited.
For
more information about the entire Gala evening, which includes a cocktail
reception, the 7:30 p.m. concert, and a post-concert dinner, please call the
Office of Special Events at (646) 661-2471, or email specialevents@nyphil.org.
For
press tickets, contact Lanore Carr at (212) 875-5714 or carrl@nyphil.org.
Event Listing
SPRING GALA: CELEBRATING JOHN
WILLIAMS
Wu Tsai
Theater, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Tuesday,
April 25, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Ken-David Masur, Conductor (New
York Philharmonic debut)
John Williams, conductor
Steven Spielberg, special guest
The
New York Philharmonic performs a selection of Williams’s most memorable
compositions, including selections from the scores to Raiders of the Lost
Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park, along
with other works.
ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Programs
are made possible, in part, by the New
York State Council on the Arts with the
support
of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.