violinThe New York Philharmonic will play two free 2014 summer concerts in Central Park

July 11, 2014 – Alan Gilbert conducts a program of Strauss, Smetana, and Tchaikovsky.  Concert on the Great Lawn begins at 8:00 p.m.  Westside entrances: West 81st Street or 86th Street at Central Park West.  Eastside entrances: East 79th Street or 85th Street at Fifth Avenue.

July 14, 2014 – Alan Gilbert conducts.  Featuring Joshua Bell on violin.  Pieces by Nielsen, Bruch, Grieg, and Liszt.  Concert on the Great Lawn. Westside entrances: West 81st Street or 86th Street at Central Park West.  Eastside entrances: East 79th Street or 85th Street at Fifth Avenue.

The Philharmonic also performs summer concerts at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Cunningham Park in Queens, and Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.  See the complete schedule.