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.
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
Simone Young, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Johann Sebastian Bach (orchestrated by Anton Webern): Fuga (Ricercata) from “Musical Offering”
Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Larissa Lakner: Three-Minute Cello Concerto
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor. Op. 68
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Twyla Robinson, soprano; Alice Coote and Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano; Allan Clayton, tenor; Gerald Finley, bass-baritone; Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, boy soprano
New York Choral Artists; Joseph Flummerfelt, director
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah
Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, and Christopher Hogwood, conductors
Mindy Kaufmann, piccolo
Judith LeClair, bassoon
Antonio Vivaldi : Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV. 444
Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler Symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191
John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 2 in A Major, Op. 34 “In Spring"
Danny Kaye, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, Skitch Henderson, and Andrew Davis, conductors
Frank Huang, violin and leader
Judith Blegen, soprano
Westminster Choir
Johann Strauss, II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: German Dance in C Major, K. 605 “Sleigh Ride”
Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland
Karl Suuessdorf: Moonlight in Vermont
Lee Roy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Edvard Grieg (orchestrated by Anton Seidl): No. 4 March of the Dwarfs from Lyric Suite Op. 54
Antonio Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons
Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G Major