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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.
Brahms & Schoenberg
May 1, 2025, 10:00 pm
Music by Johannes Brahms and Arnold Schoenberg conducted by Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, and Lorin Maazel.
American Works: Ives, Paine, Thomson, and Schuman
April 24, 2020
A survey of American symphonic masterworks.
American Works: Gershwin, Russo, Ellington, and Copland
April 10, 2020
Four 20th-century American masterworks.
Bernstein Conducts Bernstein
April 3, 2020
The world premiere performance of Chichester Psalms headlines this week’s program of music composed and conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
Music of Our Time: Liang, Dalbavie, Shepherd, Muhly, and Pintscher
March 27, 2020
A program of works by contemporary composers.
‘A German Requiem’
March 20, 2020
NY Phil music director Jaap van Zweden conducts a performance of A German Requiem featuring soprano Ying Fang and baritone Matthias Goerne.
Bronfman and van Zweden: Beethoven and Rachmaninoff
March 13, 2020
Piano virtuoso Yefim Bronfman takes the stage to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Music director Jaap van Zweden conducts.
Van Zweden conducts Stravinsky, Debussy, and Beethoven
March 6, 2020
New York Phil music director Jaap van Zweden leads a mixed program.
Great Conductors
February 28, 2020
Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin, Leonard Bernstein, and Zubin Mehta are all featured in this week’s program.
Shostakovich
February 21, 2020
Music of Dmitri Shostakovich conducted by Leonard Bernstein and Kurt Masur
Simone Lamsma plays the Britten Violin Concerto
February 14, 2020
Jaap van Zweden conducts Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma and the NY Phil in a performance of Britten’s Violin Concerto. Also featured in this program is Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony.
Violinist Augustin Hadelich
January 31, 2020
Music director Jaap van Zweden leads violinist Augustin Hadelich and the New York Phil in a performance of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D Minor. Van Zweden also leads a performance of Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique.
Jaap van Zweden conducts Erwartung and Bluebeard’s Castle
January 24, 2020
Works of Schoenberg and Bartók conducted by NY Phil music director Jaap van Zweden
Jaap van Zweden conducts Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky
January 17, 2020
Music director Jaap van Zweden leads the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Russian masterworks.
Britten, Schuman, and Bartók
January 10, 2020
Music of three leading 20th-century composers — Benjamin Britten, William Schuman, and Bela Bartók — conducted by Bernstein and Boulez.
Milhaud, Stravinsky, Hindemith, and Rodgers
January 3, 2020
Four leading 20th-century composers conduct performances of their own pieces.
Bernstein and Solti conduct Thomson, Milhaud, and Mahler
December 27, 2019
Two of the most important conductors of the 20th century lead the NY Phil in performance.
Thomas Hampson sings Copland and Cole Porter
December 20, 2019
Baritone Thomas Hampson joins former music director Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic for a recital of American songs by Copland and Cole Porter.
Winter Holiday Jukebox
December 13, 2019
Sacred and secular music to honor the winter solstice and year-end holidays.