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.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Alexander Romanovsky, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Act II from The Nutcracker
Danny Kaye, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, Skitch Henderson, Andrew Davis, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel Bramwell Tovey and Andre Kostelanetz, conductors
Westminster Choir
Frank Huang, violin
Judith Blegen, soprano
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: German Dance in C Major, K. 605 "Sleigh Ride"
Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland
Karl Suessdorf: Moonlight in Vermont
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Edvard Grieg (orchestrated by Anton Seidl): March of the Dwarfs
Antonio Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G Major
Sergei Prokofiev: Troika from Lt. Kije, Op. 60
Sergei Prokofiev: Selections from Winter Bonfire, Op. 122
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - I. Die Welt als ewige Jetztzeit
Jacques Offenbach: Ballet of the Snowflakes
Engelbert Humperdinck: Children’s Prayer from Hansel und Gretel
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Aaron Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland: Selections from Old American Songs, Books I and II: The Dodger; Simple Gifts; The Little Horses; The Golden Willow Tree; The Boatmen’s Dance
Cole Porter: Selected Songs: Night and Day; Who Said Gay Paree?; Where Is the Life that Late I Led?; In the Still of the Night;Begin the Beguine