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Ravel and Gershwin

September 18, 2025, 10:00 pm

Gustavo Dudamel (Photo: Danny Clinch for LA Phil)

Gustavo Dudamel formally begins his duties as the Music and Artistic Director Designate of the New York Philharmonic this season. Tonight’s program features the decorated conductor leading the ensemble in a variety of works by Ravel, Gershwin, and Edgard Varèse.

Playlist

Edgard Varèse: Amériques

Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite

Maurice Ravel: Prélude et Danse de Sémiramis (World Premiere)

Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

George Gershwin: An American in Paris

Meet the Host

Alec Baldwin is the Radio Host of the New York Philharmonic. Since 1980 Mr. Baldwin has appeared in numerous productions on stage, in films, and on television. He has received a Tony nomination (A Streetcar Named Desire, 1992), an Oscar nomination (The Cooler, 2004), and has won two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and seven consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on NBC’s 30 Rock. His films include The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Malice, The Edge, It's Complicated, Blue Jasmine, Still Alice, and Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, among many others. Alec Baldwin earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1994, and received an honorary doctorate in 2010. He is co-chairman of the Board of the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Ravel and Gershwin

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