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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.
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
Tao and van Zweden Perform Debussy, Mozart, and Respighi
June 9, 2023
Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts a gorgeous program from the orchestra's residency at Oklahoma State University.
Alan Gilbert Conducts the Verdi Requiem
June 2, 2023
Featuring soprano Angela Meade, mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi, tenor Russell Thomas, and bass-baritone Eric Owens.
All-Britten Program Conducted by Alan Gilbert
May 26, 2023
Alan Gilbert conducts two works by English composer Benjamin Britten in this program from 2013. The Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings with Michael Slattery and Philip Myers as the soloists is followed by the Spring Symphony with soloists and chorus.
Lyadov, Stravinsky, and John Adams
May 19, 2023
Alan Gilbert conducts this performance from 2015, which features a John Adams world premiere.
Carter Brey Plays Dvořák
May 12, 2023
New York Philharmonic Principal Cellist Carter Brey performs Dvořák’s Cello Concerto under the baton of Alan Gilbert.
NY Phil Returns Home: Works by Balter, Adams, León, and Respighi
May 5, 2023
The program, recorded in the newly renovated Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, opens with the world premiere of Oyá by Marcos Balter, featuring Levy Lorenzo as the electronics soloist.
The Sound of Home: Debussy, Caroline Shaw and Florence Price
April 28, 2023
The musical celebration of our new hall continues with a US Premiere by Pulitzer Prize–winner Caroline Shaw.
Maestro Maazel
April 21, 2023
A retrospective on Lorin Maazel, the Philharmonic’s former music director, and his seven-decade relationship with the orchestra.
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Tchaikovsky and a Premiere by Julia Adolphe
April 14, 2023
Cynthia Phelps is featured as soloist in Unearth, Release, a new concerto by Julia Adolphe.
Jaap Van Zweden Conducts Wagenaar, Korngold, and Beethoven
April 7, 2023
Featuring Hilary Hahn as the soloist in Korngold's Violin Concerto.
Masaaki Suzuki Conducts Handel’s Messiah
March 31, 2023
Lauded baroque music interpreter Masaaki Suzuki leads the NY Phil and soloists Sherezade Panthaki, Reginald Mobley, Leif Auruhn Solén, and Jonathon Adams.
Jaap van Zweden Conducts the Brahms Requiem and Tchaikovsky
March 24, 2023
Themes of hope and peace are sung by Ying Fang, Matthias Goerne, and the Concert Chorale of New York in A German Requiem by Brahms
Music of Our Time: Liang, Dalbavie, Shepherd, and Muhly
March 17, 2023
Highlights from the inaugural season of Contact!, a new-music series introduced in 2009.
Bernstein Conducts Bernstein
March 10, 2023
This retrospective features Leonard Bernstein leading the Philharmonic in his own music.
Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart
March 3, 2023
Emanuel Ax is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major. Alan Gilbert also conducts the Symphony No. 3 by Anton Bruckner.
Simone Lamsma Plays Britten’s Violin Concerto
February 24, 2023
Opening with a tone of lament and glittering with pyrotechnic sparkle in the following movements, the landmark Britten work was premiered by the New York Philharmonic in 1940.
Bluebeard’s Castle
February 10, 2023
Nina Stemme and Johannes Martin Kränzle are the soloists in dramatic production of Bartók’s one-act opera Bluebeard’s Castle.
Augustin Hadelich Performs Sibelius
February 3, 2023
Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’s melodically rich Violin Concerto.
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Plus Börtz and Debussy
January 27, 2023
The program opens with music by Swedish composer Daniel Börtz. We then hear a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Lars Vogt as the soloist, continuing with Claude Debussy’s Images for Orchestra.
