Mexican and Spanish Composers

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

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

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

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

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.

Soloists of the New York Philharmonic

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.

Ballet Music by Ravel and Tchaikovsky, with Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto

Alan Gilbert conducts works by Ravel, Nielsen, and Tchaikovsky.

“Phil Firsts” – World Premieres by the New York Philharmonic

Including highlights from Dvořák, Copland, and Corigliano.

Stravinsky at the Philharmonic

Including performances conducted by the composer himself.

Mussorgsky, Borodin, Kancheli, and Shostakovich

Featuring conductors Leonard Bernstein and Kurt Masur.

Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms

Alan Gilbert conducts Brahms and Beethoven.

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto

Kurt Masur conducts Dvořák and Beethoven.

Kurt Masur Conducts Beethoven and Bruckner

On this New York Philharmonic broadcast, Beethoven’s first symphony will be followed by Symphony No. 7 in E major by Anton Bruckner. Kurt Masur is the conductor on this program and Alec Baldwin is your host.

Andrew Davis Conducts Saint-Saëns’s “Organ” Symphony

Sir Andrew Davis leads the Philharmonic in a charming pair of French works in this concert from the 2009-10 season.

Christoph von Dohnányi Conducts Dvořák

Martin Helmchen is the soloist in Dvořák’s piano concerto in G minor and his Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

Alan Gilbert Conducts Mahler’s 6th Symphony

The symphony contains a soaring theme dedicated to Alma Mahler in the first movement and ends with tragic hammer blows.

Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen

A 2011 recording in which Alan Gilbert conducts a staged production of Leoš Janáček’s seventh opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, a playful, yet poignant, reflection on the cycle of life.

Alan Gilbert Conducts Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis

An all-star cast: soprano Christine Brewer, mezzo-soprano Jane Henschel, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, and bass-baritone Eric Owens, and the New York Choral Artists directed by Joseph Flummerfelt.

Sebastien Currier’s Time Machines and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony

Anne-Sophie Mutter is the violin soloist.

Van Zweden Conducts Stravinsky, Debussy, and Beethoven

Music director Jaap van Zweden conducts Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Debussy’s La Mer, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major.

Stravinsky’s Top 10 Works

No one was more pivotal in 20th century classical music than Igor Stravinsky. We rank his definitive top 10 works.

Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff

Yefim Bronfman is the soloist in Prokofiev’s fiendishly difficult Piano Concerto No. 2. We also present Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 from that same concert and the broadcast opens with Tchaikovsky’s Polonaise from the opera Eugene Onegin.

Alan Gilbert conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony

Alan Gilbert conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony on our next New York Philharmonic broadcast. Mezzo-soprano Petra Lang joins the orchestra, along with the Women of the Westminster Symphonic Choir and the American Boychoir.

Emanuel Ax Plays Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto

Plus music by Charles Ives, Anton Webern, and Robert Schumann.

20th Century Masterworks

We explore the “Romantic side” of three 20th century masters in this broadcast: Webern, Schoenberg, and Ives.