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The New York Philharmonic with music director Jaap van Zweden. Credit: Chris Lee.
The New York Philharmonic This Week gives listeners an opportunity to hear select concerts from the one of the world’s longest-running and most celebrated orchestras. Hosted by Emmy Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin, the series also features interviews with musicians, guest artists and conductors.
Schedule
Mar 6
Soloists of the New York Philharmonic
COPLAND
Clarinet Concerto
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
BARBER
Violin Concerto
Frank Huang, violin
Juraj Valcuha, conductor
BOLCOM
Trombone Concerto
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Alan Gilbert, conductor
ADOLPHE
Unearth, Release!
Cynthia Phelps, viola
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
MOZART
Flute Concerto No. 2
Robert Langevin, flute
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Mar 13
Xian Zhang Conducts Haydn, Martinů, and Sibelius
HAYDN
Symphony No. 95 in C minor, Hob. I:95
MARTINŮ
Incantation, Piano Concerto No. 4, H. 358
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Mar 20
Jaap van Zweden conducts Adams and Brahms
ADAMS
The Wound-Dresser
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
BRAHMS
Tragic Overture
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Mar 27
William Grant Still, Bartók, and Tchaikovsky
BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119
Philippe Entremont, piano; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Old California
Pierre Monteux, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathetique”
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Apr 3
Sibelius, Lulu, and The Death of Cleopatra
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Zubin Mehta, conductor
BERLIOZ
The Death of Cleopatra
Jenny Tourel, mezzo‐soprano; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
BERG
Lulu‐Suite
Angelina Réaux, soprano; Kurt Masur, conductor
LISZT
Mephisto Waltz
Kurt Masur, conductor
Apr 10
Kodály, Rouse, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner
KODALY
Háry János: Suite
Kurt Masur, conductor
ROUSE
Trombone Concerto
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
WAGNER
Tannhauser: Overture and Venusberg Music
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Apr 17
Gerald Finley Sings Mendelssohn’s Elijah
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Alice Coote, mezzo‐soprano
Allan Clayton, tenor
Gerald Finley, bass‐baritone
Jennifer Johnson, mezzo‐soprano
Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, boy soprano
New York Choral Artists
Joseph Flummerfelt, director
Apr 24
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Stravinsky, Debussy, and Beethoven
STRAVINSKY
Rite of Spring
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
DEBUSSY
La Mer
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
May 1
Jaap van Zweden and Pianist Yefim Bronfman
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
RACHMANINOFF
May 8
Jaap van Zweden and Pianist Emanuel Ax
MOZART
Symphony No. 1
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
HAYDN
Piano Concerto No. 11
Emanuel Ax, piano
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
STRAVINSKY
Capriccio for Piano & Orchestra
Emanuel Ax, piano
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
MOZART
Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
May 15
Brahms’ A German Requiem
BRAHMS
A German Requiem
Ying Fang, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Concert Chorale of NY
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
May 22
Lorin Maazel Conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 8
MAHLER
Symphony No. 8
Christine Brewer, soprano
Nancy Gustafson, soprano
Jeanine De Bique, soprano
Mary Phillips, mezzo‐soprano
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo‐soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Wolfgang Schöne, bass
Jason Grant, bass‐baritone
New York Choral Artists
The Dessoff Symphonic Choir
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Lorin Maazel, conductor
May 29
PHIL the HALL
Performed by
Nia Franklin, host
Paloma Dineli Chesky, vocalist
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller, director
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
New York Choral Artists
The Dessoff Symphonic Choir
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Program to include
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5, Movement 1
Paloma Dineli
CHESKY
Rising (World Premiere)
(VYPC composer)
STUCKY
Elegy from August 4, 1964
BERNSTEIN
Overture to Candide
COPLAND
The Promise of Living, from The Tender Land
COPLAND
Hoe-Down, from Rodeo
Mack
SCOCCA-HO
Ociantrose (World Premiere)
(VYPC composer)
WAGNER
Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
BEETHOVEN
An die Freude, from Symphony No. 9
June 5
NYP Soloists: Works by Mozart, Tan Dun and Christopher Rouse
MOZART
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra No. 2
Robert Langevin, flute
Bernard Labadie, conductor
TAN DUN
Concerto for Water Percussion & Orchestra
Christopher Lamb, percussion
Kurt Masur, conductor
HERSCH
Selections from Of Sorrow Born: Seven Elegies for Solo Violin
Yulia Ziskel, violin
MOZART
Clarinet Concerto
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Alan Gilbert, conductor
ROUSE
Flute Concerto
Robert Langevin, flute
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
June 12
Leonard Bernstein and the Gustav Mahler Revival
MAHLER
Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Reri Grist, soprano
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
MAHLER
Symphony No. 8 in E‐Flat Major, Symphony of a Thousand:
Movement 1
Adele Addison, soprano
Lucine Amara, soprano
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Lili Chookasian, alto
Richard Tucker, tenor
Ezio Flagello, bass-baritone
George London, bass-baritone
Schola Cantorum
Julliard Chorus
Columbus Boychoir
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
MAHLER
Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
June 19
“PHIL FIRSTS” ‐ World Premiers by the New York Philharmonic
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9
Kurt Masur, conductor
COPLAND
Connotations for Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CORIGLIANO
Clarinet Concerto
Stanley Drucker, clarinet
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CARTER
A Symphony of Three Orchestras
Pierre Boulez, conductor
June 26
“Kaplen’s Playlist”
Program to include
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
David Nadien, violin
DEBUSSY
La Mer
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
MAHLER
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Lorin Maazel, conductor
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring
Alan Gilbert, conductor
BERLIOZ
Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath from Symphonie fantastique
Alan Gilbert, conductor
BRAHMS
Adagio from Violin Concerto
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Pinchas Zuckerman, violin
TRADITIONAL
(arr. BERIO)
From Folk Songs: Loosin yelav
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, soprano
RACHMANINOFF
Symphony No. 2, Movement 1
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
RAVEL
Tzigane
Zubin Mehta, conductor; Itzhak Perlman, violin