Some of history’s most famed composers were also well-respected conductors. Tonight on the program, listen to recordings of composers leading the New York Philharmonic in their own works, from Suite Française to The Carousel Waltz.
When Great Composers Conduct
Darius Milhaud at his desk. (Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Playlist
Darius Milhaud: Suite française, op. 248 (arr. for orch.)
Darius Milhaud, conductor
Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945)
Igor Stravinsky, conductor
Paul Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
“Requiem for Those We Love”
Paul Hindemith, conductor
Louise Parker, alto
George London, bass
Schola Cantorum
Richard Rodgers: The Carousel Waltz
Richard Rodgers, conductor
