The New York Philharmonic This Week

Thursdays at 10:00 pm

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.

Beethoven & Corigliano

October 8, 2026, 10:00 pm

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel performs a symphony each of Ludwig van Beethoven and John Corigliano, works which crest and sink through the range of human emotions. Corigliano’s Symphony No. 1, written between 1988-89, commemorates the victims of the AIDS epidemic.

Schoenberg & Brahms

October 15, 2026, 10:00 pm

This week’s New York Phil features performances of compositions by Arnold Schoenberg and Johannes Brahms. Multiple conductors contribute to this episode, including Kurt Masur, Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta and Lorin Maazel.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s Debut

October 22, 2026, 10:00 pm

This performance from 2021 features cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason‘s debut performance with the New York Philharmonic at Alice Tully Hall with conductor Simone Young. He brings joy and serenity to Antonín Dvořák‘s Cello Concerto, plays a piece by Larissa Lakner from the Philarmonic’s Very Young Composers programme, as well as Webern’s arrangement of Bach‘s Fuga (Ricercata) from “Musical Offering” and Brahms‘ ...

“MACABRE MASTERWORKS”

October 29, 2026, 10:00 pm

For this festive program the New York Philharmonic performs a series of haunting pieces with a variety of conductors.