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NYPO presents a tribute to pianist Lars Vogt, 1/29 @ 3pm

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Published December 20, 2022 at 1:50 PM EST

Much-loved German pianist and conductor Lars Vogt has died, aged 51.

On Monday, September 5, 2022, German pianist and conductor Lars Vogt died just shy of his 52nd birthday. Vogt had been diagnosed with cancer in early 2021, after doctors found tumours on his throat and liver. The New York Philharmonic presents this program in tribute to the great pianist. Read more about Vogt.

1/1 J.S. Bach: Singet dem Hern ein Neues Lied Mendelssohn: Magnificat, Christus J.S. Bach: Magnificat (Sherezade Panthaki, s; Joélle Harvey, s; Iestyn Davies, ct; Nicholas Phan, t; Tyler Duncan, bar; Bach Collegium Japan, Yale Schola Cantorum; Masaaki Suzuki, cond)

1/8 Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite, Old American Songs Porter: Night and Day Gershwin: An American in Paris (Thomas Hampson, bar; Alan Gilbert, cond)

1/15 Haydn: The Creation, Finale from Trumpet Concerto (Judith Raskin, s; Alexander Young, t; John Reardon, bar; Camerata Singers; Philip Smith, tr; Leonard Bernstein and Zubin Mehta, cond)

1/22 J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4, Violin Concerto, Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42, Then the Same Sabbath at evening, Violin Concerto, Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Isabelle Faust, v; Bernard Labadie, cond)

1/29 This program is dedicated to the memory of Lars Vogt, who passed away just shy of his 52nd birthday in September, 2022. Börtz: Parados Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 Debussy: Images for Orchestra (Lars Vogt, p; Alan Gilbert, cond)