FILE -- Jeffrey Milarsky conducts musicians from Manhattan School of Music percussion ensemble in a program entitled "Composer Portraits: Edgard Varese" in New York, Jan. 20, 2006. The groundbreaking piece "Ionisation" by Edgard Vares, will have a rare airing this week in a performance by members of the New York Philharmonic on Tuesday as part of a two-day Lincoln Center Festival series. (Rahav Segev/The New York Times)