The New York Philharmonic is one of the world's longest-running and most celebrated orchestras. This weekly radio program presents concerts from the orchestra's subscription season, along with selections from the Philharmonic's tours, Summertime Classics, and residency at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado. There are also occasional thematic programs and encore presentations that explore the breadth and depth of the Philharmonic's extensive library of commercial and archival recordings. Hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin, the New York Philharmonic This Week has been the recipient of numerous broadcasting awards.
Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein and Christopher Hogwood, conductors
Mindy Kaufmann, piccolo
Judith LeClair, bassoon
Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV. 444
Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B‐flat Major, K. 191
John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 2 in A Major, Op. 34 "In Spring"
Alan Gilbert, conductor
The New York Choral Artists
Joseph Flummerfelt, director
Dorothea Roschmann, soprano; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo‐soprano; Steve Davislim, tenor; Eric Owens, bass‐baritone
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Arturo Toscanini, Alan Gilbert and Leonard Bernstein, conductors
Charles Bressler, tenor
Johann Sebastian Bach (arranged by H. J. Wood): Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Modest Mussorgsky (arranged by Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov): Night on Bald Mountain
Charles Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust
Hector Berlioz: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from Symphonie fantastique
Franz Liszt: Faust Symphony
Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
George Szell, Jaap van Zweden, Pierre Boulez, Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel and Alan Gilbert, conductors
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture and Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Charles Ives: Central Park in the Dark
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht
Adam Adolphe: Dark Sand, Sifting Light
Igor Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale
Hector Berlioz: Au Cimetiere: Clair de lune
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7: IV "Night Music"
Anatoly Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, Thomas Beechum and Lorin Maazel, conductors
Zino Francescatti, violin
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Jean Sibelius: Pohola's Daughter, Op. 49
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Jean Sibelius: Pelleas and Melisande, II: Melisande
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
The Young People's Chorus of New York
Franciso Nunez, director
