Summary: Conductor David Robertson returns to the New York Philharmonic to lead the Orchestra in works by four American composers: the ballet Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland; Of Rewaking, featuring mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, by Elliott Carter — who reflects on his composing habits as he approaches his 100th birthday; Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah, also featuring Ms. DeYoung, by Leonard Bernstein; and Rapture by Christopher Rouse — which, the composer explains, is the most blissful and ecstatic of his works.
