New York Philharmonic

FRIDAYS @ 8PM

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.

11/1

Arturo Toscanini, Alan Gilbert, and Leonard Bernstein, conductors

Charles Bressler, tenor


Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. by H. J. Wood): Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Modest Musorgsky (arr. by Rimsky-Korsakov): Night on Bald Mountain

Charles Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique "Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath"

Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony

Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46

 

11/8

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Leila Josefowicz, violin


Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite

Esa Salonen: Violin Concerto

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E-flate Major, Op. 82

 

11/15

Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, and Richard Rodgers, conductors

Louise Parker, alto; George London, bass

Schola Cantorum


Darius Milhaud: Suite française, Op. 248

Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite

Paul Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d: Requiem for

Those We Love

Richard Rodgers: The Carousel Waltz