Queen Latifah and Richard Stoltzman, the clarinetist, will be the guest artists at New York City Ballet’s 2013 spring gala, to be held May 8 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.
Queen Latifah will perform George Gershwin’s “The Man I Love†with City Ballet’s orchestra as part of an excerpt from “Who Cares†George Balanchine’s 1970 ballet set to Mr. Gershwin’s music. Mr. Stoltzman is set to perform the “Interlude†from André Previn’s “Sonata for Clarinet and Piano,†and Leonard Bernstein’s “Sonata for Clarinet and Piano.†The choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is using both as the score for a World Premiere pas de deux that will have its debut that evening.
The program also includes the company’s premiere of a new version of Mr. Wheeldon’s “Soiree Musicale,†set to Samuel Barber’s “Souvenirs,†as well as “Cool†from “West Side Story Suite,†and the third movement of “Glass Pieces,â€both dances were choreographed by Jerome Robbins. The pas de deux and finale from George Balanchine’s “Stars and Stripes,†set to the music of John Philip Sousa, will also be performed.
The gala will pay tribute to the 25th anniversary of the company’s 1988 American Music Festival and is the featured event of the company’s spring season, which runs from April 30 through June 9.
