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.
Summer Medley
July 16, 2026, 10:00 pm
Strauss’s Don Quixote
July 23, 2026, 10:00 pm
Lenny’s Playlist, Part I
July 30, 2026, 10:00 pm
Gerald Finley Sings Mendelssohn’s Elijah
April 15, 2022
Bass-baritone Gerald Finley headlines an all-star cast that also features soprano Twyla Robinson and mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in a performance of Mendelssohn‘s Elijah conducted by Alan Gilbert.
Kodály, Rouse, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner
April 8, 2022
A mixed-rep program led by conductors Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin, Leonard Bernstein, and Zubin Mehta.
Sibelius, Lulu, and The Death of Cleopatra
April 1, 2022
In a mixed-rep program, we’ll hear guest artists Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano) and Angelina Réaux (soprano) conducted by Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, and Kurt Masur.
Still, Bartók, and Tchaikovsky
March 25, 2022
Music by Béla Bartók, William Grant Still, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Monteux, and Alan Gilbert.
Jaap van Zweden conducts Adams and Brahms
March 18, 2022
Matthias Goerne is the soloist for a performance of John Adams‘ The Wound-Dresser before we hear Johannes Brahms‘ Tragic Overture and First Symphony.
Xian Zhang Conducts Haydn, Martinů, and Sibelius
March 11, 2022
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra music director Xian Zhang is joined by pianist Garrick Ohlsson.
Soloists of the New York Philharmonic
March 4, 2022
Concertos for clarinet, violin, trombone, viola, and flute featuring the orchestra’s principal players.
Mussorgsky, Kancheli, Borodin, and Shostakovich
February 25, 2022
Leonard Bernstein and Kurt Masur share the podium for this program of music from Russia and Georgia.
Matthias Goerne Sings Strauss and Schubert
February 18, 2022
Baritone Matthias Goerne joins music director Jaap van Zweden and the NY Phil to perform music by Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss. His vocal selections are bookended by symphonic works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and JS Bach.
NY Phil Playlist: Aspects of Love
February 11, 2022
In conjunction with Valentine’s Day, we embark on a tour of romantic music by Prokofiev, Massenet, Fauré, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and more.
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Britten & Shostakovich
February 4, 2022
Simone Lamsma is the soloist in this performance of Britten’s Violin Concerto.
Berlioz & Saint-Saëns
January 28, 2022
Music by Hector Berlioz and Camille Saint-Saëns conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and Leonard Bernstein.
English Composers from Tallis to Britten
January 21, 2022
An era-spanning survey of English classical music.
David Robertson Conducts Ravel, Barber, and Bartók
January 14, 2022
Robertson conducts a mixed-rep program.
Composers Conducting Their Own Work
January 7, 2022
Music composed and conducted by Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, and Richard Rodgers.
Bernstein Conducts Haydn’s ‘The Creation’
December 31, 2021
An all-Joseph Haydn program featuring conductors Leonard Bernstein and Zubin Mehta.
Winter Holiday Jukebox
December 24, 2021
Sacred and secular music to honor the winter solstice and year-end holidays.
Rilling Conducts Handel’s ‘Messiah’
December 17, 2021
Soprano Annette Dasch, countertenor Daniel Taylor, tenor James Taylor, and bass-baritone Shenyang take the stage to perform George Frideric Handel‘s rousing oratorio.
Zweden Conducts Tao and Bruckner
December 10, 2021
NY Phil music director Jaap van Zweden conducts music by Conrad Tao and Anton Bruckner.
Mahler Symphonies 1 and 4
December 3, 2021
Two Gustav Mahler masterworks conducted by Zubin Mehta and Leonard Bernstein.
