Music of Our Time: Liang, Dalbavie, Shepherd, and Muhly

This week’s broadcast recalls highlights from the inaugural season of Contact!, a new-music series introduced by the New York Philharmonic in 2009. Works by Lei Liang, Marc-André Dalbavie, Sean Shepherd, and Nico Muhly are introduced by the composers themselves and conducted by Magnus Lindberg and Alan Gilbert. Alec Baldwin is your host on The New York Philharmonic This Week.