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On this New York Philharmonic broadcast, Beethoven’s first symphony will be followed by Symphony No. 7 in E major by Anton Bruckner. Kurt Masur is the conductor on this program and Alec Baldwin is your host.
Sir Andrew Davis leads the Philharmonic in a charming pair of French works in this concert from the 2009-10 season.
Martin Helmchen is the soloist in Dvořák’s piano concerto in G minor and his Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”
The symphony contains a soaring theme dedicated to Alma Mahler in the first movement and ends with tragic hammer blows.
A 2011 recording in which Alan Gilbert conducts a staged production of Leoš Janáček’s seventh opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, a playful, yet poignant, reflection on the cycle of life.
An all-star cast: soprano Christine Brewer, mezzo-soprano Jane Henschel, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, and bass-baritone Eric Owens, and the New York Choral Artists directed by Joseph Flummerfelt.
Anne-Sophie Mutter is the violin soloist.
Music director Jaap van Zweden conducts Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Debussy’s La Mer, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major.
No one was more pivotal in 20th century classical music than Igor Stravinsky. We rank his definitive top 10 works.
Yefim Bronfman is the soloist in Prokofiev’s fiendishly difficult Piano Concerto No. 2. We also present Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 from that same concert and the broadcast opens with Tchaikovsky’s Polonaise from the opera Eugene Onegin.
Alan Gilbert conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony on our next New York Philharmonic broadcast. Mezzo-soprano Petra Lang joins the orchestra, along with the Women of the Westminster Symphonic Choir and the American Boychoir.
Plus music by Charles Ives, Anton Webern, and Robert Schumann.
We explore the “Romantic side” of three 20th century masters in this broadcast: Webern, Schoenberg, and Ives.
EXPO by Magnus Lindberg begins our broadcast and will be followed by the Brahms Violin Concerto in D performed by Frank Peter Zimmerman. The program concludes with the Symphonie fantastique by Berlioz.
This week we hear former Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert lead Mozart’s final symphonies.
On March 1, updates will be coming to WFMT.
Pierre Boulez conducts two historic performances taken from the orchestra’s archives, with one featuring the great Jessye Norman.
The Japanese conductor amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the BSO. He served as the first music director of Ravinia from 1964 to 1968.
Plus visiting the West Coast by way of Salonen’s L.A. Variations.
The broadcast features works by Wagner, Mahler, Stravinsky, Berg, Debussy and Carter plus some of Mr. Boulez’s own music.
Some classics from the New York Philharmonic’s storied discography.
From her debut — at age 12 — with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Hahn has become a shining example of what it means to be a 21st century violinist.
The musical celebration of our new hall continues with a US Premiere by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw.
Robert Langevin is the soloist in the Celtic-influenced Flute Concerto by Christopher Rouse. We’ll also hear works by Copland and Ravel including the Boléro, all conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
We visit Lyadov’s Enchanted Lake and Swan Lake of Tchaikovsky before hearing the Symphony No. 10 by Dmitri Shostakovich. Alan Gilbert conducts.