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The New York Philharmonic with music director Jaap van Zweden (Photo: Chris Lee)
From Lincoln Center, hear one of the country's most celebrated orchestras.
The New York Philharmonic This Week, hosted by Alec Baldwin, features recent performances and commercial recordings, complimented by interviews with the artists highlights from the NY Phil’s archives. The nationally syndicated program has garnered numerous awards and reaches millions of listeners every year.
Two Towering Figures
June 4, 2026, 10:00 pm
Dimitri Mitropoulos and Lorin Maazel were two towering figures of 20th-century classical music. Though they lived decades apart, they both served as Music Directors of the New York Philharmonic: Mitropoulos from 1949-1958, and Lorin Maazel from 2002-2009. Tonight’s program samples a selection of recordings showcasing each conductor’s strengths.
Wolfe & Shostakovich
June 11, 2026, 10:00 pm
Contrasting two smoldering works that burst with energy and movement. First, it’s Julia Wolfe’s oratorio for girls’ choir, womens’ choir, and orchestra called Fire in my mouth. Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, the piece was inspired by the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. Then later, the eigth symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich.
An English Tune
May 28, 2026
Scenes of idyllic, English pastures have captured the imaginations of many composers worldwide over the centuries. Tonight, we look at two compositions inspired by such sights, and later, music Bartók had written for a fairytale.
Bernstein Conducts The Creation
May 21, 2026
An archival recording of Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic and the Camerata Singers in Haydn’s ornate oratorio The Creation. Judith Raskin is the soprano soloist; Alexander Young sings the tenor role, with John Reardon as baritone.
Mahler’s Sixth
May 14, 2026
The sixth symphony of Gustav Mahler is one of the composer’s darkest works. It is moody, simultaneously combative and fragile, and contains one of orchestral music’s most iconic unorthodox instruments – a giant wooden mallet. The Symphony no. 6 is a fascinating work which has been interepreted by many of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors. On display tonight is ...
Sibelius Celebration
May 7, 2026
Celebrating the legacy of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius with recordings of his works, includnig his famous Finlandia, and the Violin Concerto in D minor featuring violinist Zino Francescatti.
Mahler Symphony No. 8
April 30, 2026
When Lorin Maazel retired from his seven year tenure with the New York Philharmonic in 2009, he led the ensemble through one final masterpiece: Gustav Mahler’s Eighth Symphony. The monumental work employed the combined forces of the New York Philharmonic, New York Choral Artists, The Dessoff Choirs, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Guests soloists were seperated by sex and stationed ...
Jaap van Zweden
April 23, 2026
Honoring the legendary conductor and violinist, who served as the 26th Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 2018 to 2024, with some of his most beloved recordings with the New York Philharmonic. Each selection is from a different time period in music history.
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
April 16, 2026
One of Felix Mendelssohn’s largest works, Elijah is an oratorio bringing to life the story of the Prophet Elijah from the Old Testament. The work is scored for multiple vocal soloists. In this recording, Joseph Flummerfelt leads the New York Choral Artists, featuring guest vocalists Twyla Robinson, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton, Gerald Finley, Jennifer Johnson, and Benjamin P. Wenzelberg.
Lulu and Cleopatra
April 9, 2026
Two opera singers star predominantly throughout this mixed-rep program. Mezzo soprano Jennie Tourel recorded Berlioz’s The Death of Cleopatra with long time artistic collaborator Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. Soprano Angelina Réaux performs excerpts from Berg’s Lulu under the direction of conductor Kurt Masur. Also featured on the program are works by Jean Sibelius and Franz Liszt.
Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3
April 2, 2026
French classical pianist Philippe Entremont stars in an old recording of Bartók’s 3rd piano concerto, with conductor Leonard Bernstein at the helm. Later, a lesser known work by African-American composer William Grant Still is paired alongside a giant in orchestral music repertoire: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony “Pathétique.”
Christoph Eschenbach Conducts Berg, Pintscher, and Schoenberg
March 26, 2026
Christoph Eschenbach leads the New York Philharmonic in compositions by German composers from the 20th century to present day. The center of the program includes star violinist Pinchas Zukerman in Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto – the composer’s only concerto for the instrument, and his final completed work. Also on the program is Matthias Pintscher’s towards Osiris (2008), and a Schoenberg orchestration ...
Haitink Interprets Haydn and Bruckner
March 19, 2026
Maestro Bernand Haitink enjoyed a wide and varied conducting career, leading many of the world’s major orchestras through successful concert seasons. Though the New York Philharmonic never found itself directly under Haitink’s leadership, he nonetheless conducted the ensemble on multiple occasions as a guest. In this concert from 2011, Haitink led the New York Philharmonic in two major works: Haydn’s ...
Boulez Conducts 20th Century Giants
March 12, 2026
Pierre Boulez was the Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1971 thru 1977. Tonight, we highlight two of his monumental recordings with the ensemble: Alban Berg’s Der Wein featuring soprano Jessy Norman, and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with soprano Yvonne Minton.
Prokofiev, Koussevitzky, and Shostakovich
March 5, 2026
Marked by deeply emotional music and complex relationships with state media, the three composers featured on this program share more than just Russian roots. Learn about the contributions of Prokofiev, Koussevitzky, and Shostakovich to classical music, and enjoy masterful interpretations of their works by the New York Philharmonic.
Invitation to the Dance
February 26, 2026
David Robertson – former Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony and Director of Orchestral Studies at Juilliard – conducts the New York Philharmonic in a concert of dance music.
Bernstein Conducts Bernstein
February 19, 2026
The way Leonard Bernstein got his conducting debut reads like a classical music fairy tale. On November 14th 1943, then Music Director Bruno Walter suddenly fell ill with the flu right before the ensemble was slated to play at Carnegie Hall. 25 year-old Bernstein, with no rehearsal, stepped up to take his place, leading the ensemble through a program that ...
Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9
February 12, 2026
Legendary conductor Manfred Honeck leads the New York Philharmonic in Anton Bruckner’s gigantic Symphony No. 9. Clocking in at over an hour long, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor is among the longest in the genre. It was the last symphony he wrote in 1896, on left incomplete at the time of his death. This titan is paired with ...
Music of Our Time
February 5, 2026
Music of Our Time was a compendium album released in 1999, featuring recordings by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic that captured the spirit of American composers in the 1960s. A decade later, the New York Philharmonic revisited the concept by putting together a program reflecting the new musical landscape. Enjoy a variety of works written for the New ...
The Brahms Requiem
January 29, 2026
Jaap van Zweden leads the New York Philharmonic in one of Brahms’s great choral masterworks, and the longest composition he’s written. The ensemble is joined by soprano Ying Fang, baritone Matthias Goerne, and the Concert Chorale of New York.
Bernstein & Entremont
January 22, 2026
A recording with Leonard Bernstein and star pianist Philippe Entremont in one of the last works Béla Bartók ever wrote: the Piano Concerto No. 3. Also on the program, Pierre Monteux conducts William Grant Still’s Old California, and Alan Gilbert leads the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s best known symphony.
Section Principals
January 15, 2026
Highlighting the principal players of the New York Philharmonic! On this week’s episode, principals of various sections of the orchestra come forward to solo, from Carter Brey performing Schumann’s famous cello concerto, to a concerto written for principal trombonist Joseph Alessi.
