Introducingnewpiecestotheorchestratoaudiencetotheworldisverybig d n a partofftheNewYorkPhilharmonicanditsaudience.
Soweshouldreallydrescherthatandkeepthem.
Whatissospecialaboutthetour.
I thinkinthiscaseisthatofcourseitisunbelievable.
I willsaymomentforustow, Gettoknoweachotherbetter, tolearnthenames, tolearn a littlebitabouttheirbackground.
Howlongaretheyintheorchestra?
Whichinstrumentbelongstowhichface?
I mean, it's still a littlebitfreshandnew, but I cannotwaittostart a verypersonalrelationshipoffcourse, alsowiththepositions, becausethatiswhatreflectsinthewholeeventually.
But I stillrememberthatBernsteinwasconductinginAmsterdam, andaftertheseconcertswewentontourandwewenttoebellingandthewholewas a redown.
Andthenhesaid, I wanttosee I wanttolistenhowthewholesoundsnowandyouconductthefirstmovementofftheMalaone.
And I wasshocksbecause I neverconducted a noteinmylife.
So I tried.
I did, andhecameback.
Hesaidthatwasreallybad, butstill I sawsomethingthere.
I thinkthiscouldbesomethingforyou.
I stillrememberthat I wentupand I feltlikeyouareinthemiddle, rightinthemiddleofthemusicinthatmomentWaassoinfluential E actually, forme, toesayOkay, I takeitseriously.
I willstartreally?
Tolearnhowtoconduct.
I thinkperformingmiler, umwiththeNewYorkPhilharmonicgiftsnotonlyme, buteveryconductoranincredibleresponsibility.
A lotoffconductorscameafterBernsteinanddidMal.
Andstill, I thinkthatthereis a lotoff d n a stilloffBernsteinintheorchestra.
When I studiedtheJulietschoolwhen I was 15 16 yearsoldandthepossibilitywastheretogototheNewYorkPhilharmonic, I wouldgothere.
I stillremembersomesomeincredibleconcertsatthattime.
And I'm callingbacknowtoNewYorkasthemusicdirectorofthisorchestraIssomething.
nextseason, I willreturntotheNewYorkPhilharmonicforthreeweeks, threeverydifferentprograms, andwewillmakeforthefirsttime a tourtogethertotheFarEast.