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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.
Lenny’s Playlist, Part I
July 30, 2026, 10:00 pm
Tempests and Trials
October 16, 2025
Tonight shines a spotlight on a surprisingly complimentary pairing: Johannes Brahms and Arnold Schoenberg. Brahms’ darkest symphony is paired with Gurre-Lieder: Schoenberg’s epic, triple oratorio. Also on the program, Verklarte Nacht and the “St. Antoni” Variations.
French Visions
October 9, 2025
Tenor Ian Bostridge and violist William Lincer both solo in two works by Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été and Harold in Italy. Rounding out the program are works by fellow Frenchmen Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Mahler Symphony No. 7
October 2, 2025
Though Mahler’s seventh symphony is not programmed as often as his others, it is nonetheless a masterclass in orchestration. An unusual tenor horn solo quickly gives way to triple dynamics and instruments pushed to the extremes of their range. Gustavo Dudamel leads the New York Philharmonic in the difficult yet captivating Symphony No. 7 by Gustav Mahler.
Orpheus Orchestra Opus Onus World Premiere
September 25, 2025
The world premiere of a piece commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, with the composer as soloist! Soprano Kate Soper stars in a piece of her own creation: Orpheus Orchestra Opus Onus. Also on the program is one of Stravinsky’s shorter symphonies, plus Symphony No. 11 by Philip Glass.
Ravel and Gershwin
September 18, 2025
Gustavo Dudamel formally begins his duties as the Music and Artistic Director Designate of the New York Philharmonic this season. Tonight’s program features the decorated conductor leading the ensemble in a variety of works by Ravel, Gershwin, and Edgard Varèse.
The Prowess of Yuja Wang
September 11, 2025
Pianist Yuja Wang leads the New York Philharmonic from the piano bench in a variety of music, beginning with Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments. The theme of piano and winds continues in Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Winds by Leoš Janáček. Then later, Yuja Wang joins the band and performs the original jazz band version of George Gershwin’s ...
An Orchestral Suite from Wagner’s Ring Cycle
September 4, 2025
Arranged by previous Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel, Wagner: The Ring Without Words is chronological compilation of orchestral highlights from The Ring Cycle. Within the 70-minute work are also key moments from the opera, including the famous Ride of the Valkyries, and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey.
Sinopoli Conducts Strauss
August 28, 2025
Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts two standout works by Richard Strauss; Leonard Bernstein conducts Haydn’s Mass.
Women Conductors and Composers
August 14, 2025
A wide-ranging program featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Augusta Read Thomas, and Gabriel Fauré with conductors Marin Alsop, Nadia Boulanger, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
English Composers
August 7, 2025
Sampling music written by English composers: Edward Elgar, Thomas Tallis, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Benjamin Britten, and Gustav Holst.
Pierre Boulez at 90/In Memoriam
July 24, 2025
Honoring the great Pierre Boulez in highlights from Debussy, Wagner, Stravinsky, Handel, other composers, and Boulez himself.
Missa Solemnis
July 17, 2025
Former music director Alan Gilbert leads the orchestra and soprano Christine Brewer, bass-baritone Eric Owens, and other acclaimed vocalists in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.
Mozart, Mahler, Beethoven, Copland
July 3, 2025
Also featuring music by Barber, Shchedrin, and Bernstein.
All-Dvořák
June 19, 2025
Antonín Dvořák’s cherished New World Symphony, plus the Piano Concerto in G minor featuring Martin Helmchen.
Rachmaninoff & Respighi
June 12, 2025
Conductors Kurt Masur, Eugene Ormandy, and Artur Rodzinski take turns leading works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, including the composer’s soaring Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring Vladimir Horowitz. Giuseppe Sinopoli then takes over to lead Ottorino Respighi’s Feste Romane (Roman Festivals).
Unearthed Americana
June 7, 2025
Leonard Bernstein conducts music by Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, and Marc Blitztein.
