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.
Pierre Boulez, David Robertson, Igor Stravinsky and Alan Gilbert, conductors
Richard Robinson, tenor; Vera Zorina, narrator
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910) (excerpts)
Igor Stravinsky: Persephone
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Kurt Masur, Leonard Bernstein and Pierre Boulez, conductors
Stanley Drucker, clarinet
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
Aaron Copland: Connotations
John Corigliano: Clarinet Concerto
Elliott Carter: A Symphony of Three Orchestras
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Anthony McGill
Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Carl Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Selections from Swan Lake
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Camerata Singers
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano; Felicia Montealegre, voice
Columbus Boychoir
Paul Sperry, tenor; Bruce Fifer, bass-baritone
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 3, Kaddish
Leonard Bernstein: The Dybbuk: Suites 1 and 2