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.
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
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
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