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Host Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin
A star of stage, film, and TV, Alec Baldwin has been recognized with Emmy and Tony awards and an Oscar nomination. Author of A Promise to Ourselves, he made his New York Philharmonic debut narrating Inside the Music programs in October 2008 and January 2009. Mr Baldwin's TV credits include the miniseries Dress Gray and Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, plus the current hit 30 Rock.

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert
New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert

Join Host Alec Baldwin
Thursdays at 8 pm

Producing this year-round series of weekly 2-hour broadcasts is Mark Travis; Philharmonic audio director Lawrence Rock is the engineer and music producer.

Free on-demand streaming of this series is available for two weeks following each broadcast at nyphil.org, where you'll also find program notes.

About the Music Director

Alan Gilbert, named to lead the Philharmonic's as of the start of the 2009-10 season, is among the youngest music directors in the orchestra's 168-year history, and the first who is a native New Yorker. Mr Gilbert succeeded Lorin Maazel, who served as music director from 2002.

This exciting broadcast venture is underwritten with support from Credit Suisse, global sponsor of the New York Philharmonic, and with generous support from the Kaplen Foundation and the Audrey Love Charitable Foundation; the Philharmonic's corporate partner, MetLife Foundation; and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Summer 2010

All New York Philharmonic broadcasts on WFMT are on Thursday evenings, starting at 8 pm except as noted. These programs are subject to change.

Alan Gilbert

Alan Gilbert

July 1
Alan Gilbert, Profile No 1

Ives: Symphony No. 2 in A Minor (Alan Gilbert, conductor) NYP Archive recording
Mahler: Blumine (Alan Gilbert, conductor) NYP Archive recording
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (Alan Gilbert, conductor) NYP Archive recording
Includes an Interview with Alan Gilbert

Dmitri Mitropoulos

Dmitri Mitropoulos

July 8
Mahler 150th Anniversary [Program 1] – New York Philharmonic Performing Mahler at
the Mahler Centenary in 1960

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor) NYP Radiothon Recording, January 3 1960
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor) NYP Special Editions NYP 9811
Includes an interview with Stanley Drucker about Mahler milestones

Philip Myers

Philip Myers

July 15
New York Philharmonic Soloists

Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 (Philip Myers, horn; Lorin Maazel, conductor) NYP Archive Recording
Gordon Jacob: Horn Concerto (Philip Myers, horn; Leonard Slatkin, conductor) NYP Archive Recording
Sibelius: Swan of Tuonela (Thomas Stacey, cor anglais; David Robertson, conductor) NYP Archive Recording
Debussy: L'apres-midi d'un faune (Jean Baxtresser, flute; Kurt Masur, conductor) Teldec 0630 13133 2
Schumann: Cello Concerto (Lorne Munroe, cello; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) NYP Radiothon Recording - October 17 1985
Copland: Quiet City (Philip Smith, trumpet; Thomas Stacey, English horn; Leonard Bernstein, conductor)

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

July 22
New York Philharmonic Premieres

Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance (Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor) NYP Special Editions NYP 9911
Foss: Introductions and Goodbyes (John Reardon, baritone; Walter Rosenberger, xylophone; Choral Art Society; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) NYP Special Editions NYP 9912
Schuman: In Praise of Shahn (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) SONY SMK 63088
Druckman: Lamia (Pierre Boulez and David Gilbert, conductors) NYP Special Editions NYP 9913
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Erica Morini, violin; Igor Stravinsky, conductor) NYP Radiothon recording, January 7 1940

Alban Berg

Alban Berg

July 29
75th Anniversary of the death of Berg, and a Janacek preview

Berg: Lyric Suite (Pierre Boulez, conductor) Sony SMK 45838
Berg: Violin Concerto (Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Eschenbach, conductor) NYP Archive-Recording
Berg: Act III from Wozzeck (Mack Harrell, baritone; Eileen Farrell, soprano; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor) Sony MH2K 62759
Janacek: Glagolitic Mass (Helga Pilarcyk, soprano; Janis Martin, contralto; Nicolai Gedda, tenor; George Gaynes, bass; Leonard Raven, organ; Westminster Choir; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) Sony SMK 47569
Interview with Janacek expert Gavin Plumley-a preview of forthcoming NYP staged performance of Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen

John Corigliano

John Corigliano

August 5
New York Philharmonic Family Connections

Hindemith: Violin Concerto (Charles Rex, violin, Zubin Mehta, conductor), NYP Radiothon Recording, November 6 1986
Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Leonard Bernstein, piano; John Corigliano Snr, violin; Laszlo Varga, cello; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) NYP Special Editions NYP 2010
Corigliano Jr: Clarinet Concerto (Stanley Drucker, clarinet; Zubin Mehta, conductor) New World Records 80309-2

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter

August 12
Anne-Sophie Mutter Profile (Artist-in-Residence 2010-2011)

Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Kurt Masur, conductor) DG 471 349-2
Schumann: Fantasy in C (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Kurt Masur, conductor) DG 457 075-2
Brahms: Violin Concerto (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Kurt Masur, conductor) DG 457 075-2
Includes an interview with Anne-Sophie Mutter

Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

August 19
Mahler 150th Anniversary [Program 2] – Mahler’s Programs with the NYP 100 Years Ago

Wagner: Faust Overture (Pierre Boulez, conductor) Sony SMK 64108
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Eugene Ormandy, conductor) RCA 09026 61564-2
Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (Kurt Masur, conductor) TELDEC 0630 13133 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) Sony SMK 47634
Interview with Archivist Barbara Haws about Mahler's performing material of Wagner's Faust Overture and Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony in the Philharmonic’s archive

August 26
Schumann and Chopin 200th Anniversaries

Schumann: Genoveva Overture (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) Sony SMK 47609
Schumann: Cello Concerto (Lorne Munroe, cello; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor)
NYP Special Editions NYP 89
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 Andre Watts, piano; Thomas Schippers, conductor) Sony SBK 46336
Schumann: Manfred Overture (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) Sony SMK 47612
Schumann: Symphony No 4 (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) Sony SMK 47601

Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

September 2
Composers Conducting the New York Philharmonic

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945 version) (Igor Stravinsky, conductor) Andante 1960
Milhaud: Suite Francaise (Darius Milhaud, CONDUCTOR) Pearl GEMM 0124
Hindemith: Requiem for Those We Love (Louise Parker, contralto; George London, bass; Schola Cantorum; Paul Hindemith, conductor) Sony MPK 45881

Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop

September 9
Ladies First

Bernstein: Candide Overture (Marin Alsop, conductor) NYP archive recording
Zwilich: Double Quartet (Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, conductor) New World Records NW 372-2
Thomas: Gathering Paradise (Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Lorin Maazel, conductor) New World Records 80648-2
Fauré: Requiem (Nadia Boulanger, conductor; Reri Grist, soprano; Donald Gramm, baritone; Vernon de Tar, organ; Choral Arts Society) New York Philharmonic Special Editions NYP 9708

September 16
Alan Gilbert Profile, No. 2: 1967 – The Year of his Birth

Foss: Phorion (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) Sony SMK 63164
Hovhaness: To Vishnu (Andre Kostelanetz, conductor) NYP Special Editions NYP 9913
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) Sony SMK 60208
Includes an interview with Alan Gilbert

Jennie Tourel

Jennie Tourel

September 23
Mahler 150th Anniversary [Program 3]

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder (Jennie Tourel, soprano; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) Sony SM2K 61831
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Lorin Maazel, conductor) NYP Digital Download
Includes an interview with Thomas Hampson

   
       
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