This jukebox style program unites various NY Phil recordings under a common theme of night music. From composers from Mendelssohn to Mahler and beyond have written several works about the nighttime: from serene and contemplative, to anxious and sinister. Recordings include a variety of previous NY Phil Music Directors, from Alan Gilbert, to George Szell, Leonard Bernstein, and more.
There, in the Night
A starry night. (Photo: Pexels)
Playlist
Charles Ives: Central Park in the Dark
Arnold Schoenberg: Transfigured Night
Gustave Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Julia Adolphe: Dark Sand, Sifting Light
Henri Dutilleux: The Shadows of Time
