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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.
Messa da Requiem
June 25, 2026, 10:00 pm
While many composers have set the Catholic funeral mass to music, rare are the ones who have dedicated entire requiems to a fellow artist. Verdi was inspired to write his requiem after the death of Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni in 1873. The resulting work is in 7 parts and features multiple soloists throughout. It even includes parts for female singers ...
Alan Gilbert Conducts Lyadov, Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich
December 5, 2024
We visit Lyadov’s Enchanted Lake and Swan Lake of Tchaikovsky before hearing the Symphony No. 10 by Dmitri Shostakovich. Alan Gilbert conducts.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Simone Young
November 28, 2024
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the first Black musician to win the BBC Young Musician Award, is the soloist in Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.
Tao and van Zweden Perform Debussy, Mozart, and Respighi
November 21, 2024
Music director Jaap van Zweden leads the New York Philharmonic and guest soloist pianist Conrad Tao.
Joyce DiDonato and Alan Gilbert
November 7, 2024
Music by Anatoly Lyadov, Julia Adolphe, Modest Mussorgsky, and Hector Berlioz.
Soloists of the New York Philharmonic
October 24, 2024
Spotlighting the New York Philharmonic’s world-class soloists, including clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinist Frank Huang, violist Cynthia Phelps, and more.
A Celebration of the Young People’s Concerts
October 17, 2024
A retrospective on Leonard Bernstein’s revolutionary concert series, which introduced countless listeners to classical music. And Jamie Bernstein, daughter of the influential conductor-composer, reflect on her father’s legacy.
Webern, Schoenberg, & Ives
October 10, 2024
Alan Gilbert leads music by three fascinating 20th century composers.
Maazel conducts Messiaen, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven
October 3, 2024
Respected conductor Lorin Maazel welcomes violinist Maxim Vengerov for Mendelssohn’s violin concerto plus music by Messiaen and Beethoven.
Mexican and Spanish Composers
September 26, 2024
Music of Mexican composers Carlos Chávez and Manuel Ponce, plus Spaniard Manuel de Falla conducted by Leonard Bernstein, José Serebrier, and Pierre Boulez. Hear soloists Sharon Isbin (guitar) Jan DeGaetani (mezzo-soprano), and Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano).
Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and Adolphe
September 19, 2024
Jaap van Zweden leads a mixed-repertoire program that spotlights the Philharmonic’s long-serving principal violist Cynthia Phelps.
Alan Gilbert Conducts Beethoven and Mark-Anthony Turnage
September 12, 2024
Former Music Director Alan Gilbert leads the orchestra, chorus, and soloists in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The program opens with the U.S. premiere of Frieze, a New York Philharmonic Co-Commission composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Nathan Milstein Plays Mendelssohn
September 5, 2024
A 1945 recording of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, featuring conductor Bruno Walter and soloist Nathan Milstein who performed more than 70 concerts with the Orchestra.
French Works with Boulez, and Bernstein at the Keyboard
August 29, 2024
In this broadcast, we hear Pierre Boulez conduct three French works: the score to the ballet La Péri by Paul Dukas, the Symphony No. 3 by Roussel, and the Mother Goose suite by Ravel. We’ll also hear Leonard Bernstein lead a performance of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto from the keyboard.
Giuseppe Sinopoli Conducts Strauss
August 22, 2024
On this episode of The New York Philharmonic This Week, we hear two of the seventeen recordings made by Giuseppe Sinopoli and the New York Philharmonic in the 1980s: Also sprach Zarathustra and Tod und Verklärung by Richard Strauss. Between those two works, we will hear Haydn’s Harmoniemesse as recorded by Leonard Bernstein in 1973.
Soloists of the New York Philharmonic
August 15, 2024
A special program featuring five of the Orchestra's principal players as concerto soloists in music by Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, William Bolcom, Julia Adolphe, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Bernstein Conducts Bernstein
August 8, 2024
Former Philharmonic Archivist and Historian Barbara Haws, and the composer's daughter, Jamie Bernstein, are featured guests in this episode.
Ballet Music by Ravel and Tchaikovsky, with Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto
August 1, 2024
Alan Gilbert conducts works by Ravel, Nielsen, and Tchaikovsky.
“Phil Firsts” – World Premieres by the New York Philharmonic
July 25, 2024
Including highlights from Dvořák, Copland, and Corigliano.
