The
New York Philharmonic opened its 167th season with their Opening
Night Gala and concert on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at Avery
Fisher Hall. The Gala raised $2.77 million
and attracted 1,000 guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Hassell, Mr. and Mrs.
C. Robert Henrikson, and Mr. and Mrs. Yasunori Yokote served
as the event Gala chairmen. Co-chairmen included Mr.
and Mrs. Karlheinz Muhr and Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Leon Rennert. The global sponsor was
Credit Suisse.
Guests included Maestro and Mrs. Lorin
Maazel, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Gilbert music
director-designate, Mrs. David A. Paterson, First
Lady of New York State, Ms. Christiane Amanpour, Sir James and Lady
Jeanne Galway, Alan Greenspan and Andrea
Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Rand V. Araskog, Mr. Burton
Bernstein, The Honorable Donald M. Blinken and Mrs.
Blinken, Mrs. Noreen Buckfire, Mr. and Mrs. James
E. Buckman, Mr. Paul Callelo, Mr. and Mrs. Alan
D. Cohn, Mr. and Mrs. Toos N. Daruvala, Mr. and Mrs.
Roberto de la Guardiola, Mr. Robert del Tufo, Mr. J. Christopher
Flowers, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Frehse, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. John French, III, Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Gregory, Ms. Sung Han-Andersen and Mr. G.
Chris Andersen, Mr. and Mrs. Gurnee F. Hart, Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald L. Hassell, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert S. Hekemian, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C. Robert
Henrikson, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hertog, Dr. Karen
A. Kennedy and Mr. Kevin Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs.
A. Eugene Kohn, Mr. H. Frederick Krimendahl, II and Ms.
Emilia A. Saint-Amand, Mr. and Mrs. Noel Levine,
Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs.
Sylvester Miniter, Mr. and Mrs. Karlheinz Muhr,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Niemeth, Mr. and
Mrs. Donald A. Pels and Ms. Wendy Keys, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles I. Petschek, Mr. Joel I. Picket, Mr. and Mrs.
Ira L. Rennert, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen,
Mrs. Shirley Lord Rosenthal, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Rubenstein, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Schaefer,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar S. Schafer, Mrs. Shirley S.
Bacot Shamel and Mr. Charles Shamel, Mr. and Mrs.
Larry A. Silverstein, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Soros,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tishman, Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald J. Ulrich, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wachtell,
Mr. and Mrs. Stanford S. Warshawsky, Mr. and Mrs.
James D. Wolfensohn, Mr. and Mrs. Masamoto Yashiro,
Mr. and Mrs. Yasunori Yokote.
The night's concert program, under the direction of music director Lorin
Maazel in his final season at the Philharmonic, included guest flutist Sir
James Galway and performances of Roman Carnival Overture by Berlioz, Ibert's Flute Concerto, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
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