The New York Philharmonic is one of the world's longest-running and most celebrated orchestras. This weekly radio program presents concerts from the orchestra's subscription season, along with selections from the Philharmonic's tours, Summertime Classics, and residency at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado. There are also occasional thematic programs and encore presentations that explore the breadth and depth of the Philharmonic's extensive library of commercial and archival recordings. Hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin, the New York Philharmonic This Week has been the recipient of numerous broadcasting awards.
Jaap van Zweden, Juraj Valcuha, Alan Gilbert and Bernard Labadie, conductors
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Frank Huang, violin
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Cynthia Phelps, viola
Robert Langevin, flute
Aaron Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
William Bolcom: Trombone Concerto
Julia Adolphe: Unearth, Release!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K.314
Arturo Toscanini, Alan Gilbert and Leonard Bernstein, conductors
Charles Bressler, tenor
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. H. J. Wood): Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, BWV 565
Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Night on Bald Mountain
Charles Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath
Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony
Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1