page_title: New York Philharmonic
section_title: A third century, 2000
hierarchical_section_title: New York Philharmonic / A third century, 2000
caption_attribution_description: Conductor Lorin Maazel; date and place of original photograph are unfortunately not given.
context_page_description: The New York Philharmonic is the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States. It performs most of its concerts at the Avery Fisher Hall in New York.
  The orchestra started in 1842. At that time it was called the Philharmonic Society. At its first concert the orchestra played a very long programme which included Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 conducted by Ureli Corelli Hill. The musicians worked as a cooperative or "communistic" society. This meant that the musicians themselves made up the rules about how the orchestra should be run: who would become a member, which music would be performed, and who would conduct. At the end of each season they divided any money the orchestra had earned amongst themselves.
context_section_description: In September 2002, 60 years after conducting the Orchestra at the age of twelve at Lewisohn Stadium, Lorin Maazel became conductor of the Philharmonic. In his first subscription week he conducted the first ever performance of John Adams' On the Transmigration of Souls.  This work had been composed in memory of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.  He performed new music as well as music of the well-known composers.  He stayed with the orchestra until the end of the 2008-2009 season.
caption: Lorin Maazel
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