New York Philharmonic 
Thursdays at 9:00pm on WABE 90.1fm; Mondays at 2:00pm on WABE Classical
The New York Philharmonic has a tradition of radio broadcasts that goes back 80 years. Conductor Lorin Maazel became music director in 2002, 60 years after making his debut with the orchestra at the age of 12. A second-generation American, Maestro Maazel has conducted throughout Europe, Australia, North and South America, Japan, the former Soviet Union, and has appeared with all the major symphony orchestras. He was the first American to appear at Bayreuth (in 1960), and was inducted into the American Classic Music Hall of Fame in 2002. Hosting this series of broadcasts is Peabody Award winning producer Kerry Frumkin. who is also the afternoon drive-time host for 98.7 WFMT-FM in Chicago.
- January 7, 2010
CONDUCTOR: Christopher von Dohnányi
SOLOISTS: Glenn Dicterow, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola
- Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K. 364
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in e-Flat Major, Romantic
- December 31, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Helmuth Rilling
SOLOISTS: Annette Dasch, soprano; Daniel Taylor, countertenor; James Taylor, tenor; Shenyang, bass-baritone; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, director
- Handel: Messiah
- December 24, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
SOLOIST: David Fray, piano
- Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
- Debussy: La Mer (The Sea)
- December 17, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Muti
SOLOIST: Philip Smith, trumpet
- Honegger: Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra and Trumpet
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica
- December 10, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Muti
- Liszt: Les Préludes
- Elgar: In the South, Op. 50
- Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
- December 3, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Xian Zhang
SOLOIST: Garrick Ohlsson, piano
- Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C Minor
- Martinü: Piano Concerto No. 4, Incantation
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39
- November 26, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Jurowski
SOLOISTS: Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano; Thomas Hampson, baritone
- Matthias Pintscher: towards Osiris
- Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, Prague
- Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony
- November 19, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert
SOLOIST: Renée Fleming, soprano
- Magnus Lindberg: EXPO
- Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi
- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14a
- November 12, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Lorin Maazel
- Lorin Maazel: Monaco Fanfares
- Lorin Maazel: Farewells
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
- November 5, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Bramwell Tovey
SOLOIST: Simone Dinnerstein, piano
- J. Strauss, Jr.: Overture to The Gypsy Baron
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
- Ravel: Bolero
- Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4
- Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 10
- R. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
- Brahms: Hungarian March No. 5
- October 29, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert
- Beethoven: Egmont Overture
- Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
- Mendelssohn: Scherzo in G Minor from Octet for Strings, arr. for Orchestra
- October 22, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert
SOLOIST: Emanuel Ax, piano
- Magnus Lindberg: EXPO
- Ives: Symphony No. 2
- Ives: The Unanswered Question
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
- October 15, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert
SOLOIST: Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
- Brahms: Violin Concerto in d Major, Op. 77
- Schoenberg: Pelléas and Mélisande
- October 8, 2009
CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert
SOLOISTS: Petra Lang, mezzo-soprano; Women of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, director; The American Boychoir, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, director
- Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
- October 1, 2009Composers Conduct the New York Philharmonic
- Stravinsky: Scenes de Ballet (Igor Stravinsky, conductor)
- Bernstein: The Dybbuk Suite No 2 (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Copland: The Tender Land (Aaron Copland, conductor; Joy Clements; Claramae Turner; Richard Cassilly; Richard Fredricks; Norman Treigle; Choral Art Society)
- September 24, 2009Ballets Russes Centenary
- Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (Complete) (Pierre Boulez, conductor; Camerata Singers)
- September 17, 2009Upcoming Anniversaries: Mahler 150th; Barber 100th
- Barber: Adagio for Strings (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Barber: Violin Concerto, Op 14 (Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Isaac Stern violin)
- Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Bruno Walter, conductor; Mildred Miller; Ernst Häfliger)
- September 10, 2009New York Philharmonic and Young People
The Kidszone project; and Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts
- September 3, 2009New York Philharmonic Premieres
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 2 (Kurt Masur, conductor; Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano)
- Berio: Sinfonia (Luciano Berio, conductor; The Swingle Singers)
- Zwilich: Symphony No 3 (Jahja Ling, conductor)
- August 27, 2009Digital Download Festival No 2
- Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 61 (Zubin Mehta, conductor; Pinchas Zukerman, violin)
- Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome (Lorin Maazel, conductor)
- Scriabin: Symphony No 3, The Poem of Ecstasy (Riccardo Muti, conductor)
- August 20, 2009The New York Philharmonic and Vocal Music, with Artist in Residence Thomas Hampson
- Britten: War Requiem (Kurt Masur, conductor; Samuel Wong; Carol Vaness; Jerry Hadley; Thomas Hampson; Westminster Choir; American Boychoir)
- August 13, 2009The year 1959! The New York Philharmonic in Russia: Prokofiev premiere; Balanchine premiere; Rorem premiere
- Webern: Symphony, Opus 21(Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet (Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor)
- Rorem: Symphony No 3 (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- August 6, 2009Clarinetist Stanley Drucker Celebration
- Debussy: First Rhapsody (Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Stanley Drucker)
- Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto (Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Stanley Drucker)
- Bolcom: Clarinet Concerto (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Stanley Drucker)
- July 30, 2009Lorin Maazel Farewell
- Mozart: Symphony 39 in E-Flat, K 543 (Lorin Maazel, conductor)
- Roussel: Suite from Bacchus and Ariadne (Lorin Maazel, conductor)
- Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (Lorin Maazel, conductor)
- July 23, 2009The New York Philharmonic and Contemporary Music, with Composer in Residence Magnus Lindberg
- Crumb: Star-Child (Pierre Boulez, David Gilbert, James Chambers, Larry Newland, conductors; Irene Gubrud; Edward Herman Jr; The Boys’ Choir of the Little Church Around the Corner and Trinity School; the Bell Ringers of Trinity School; The Brooklyn Boys Chorus)
- Henze: Symphony No 9 (Kurt Masur, conductor; Berlin Radio Choir and vocal soloists from Berlin Radio Choir)
- July 16, 2009Digital Download Festival No 1
- Rossini: Overture to Semiramide (Riccardo Muti, conductor)
- Berlioz: Les Nuits d’Ete (Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Ian Bostridge)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B Minor (Lorin Maazel, conductor)
- July 9, 200950th anniversary of Lincoln Center — and Welcome to Alan Gilbert
- Beethoven: Gloria from Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123 (Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Eileen Farrell, soprano; Carol Smith, mezzo-soprano; Richard Lewis, tenor; Kim Borg, bass; The Westminster Choir)
- Schuman: Symphony No 8 (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- July 2, 2009
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- Lorin Maazel: Monaco Fanfares
- Lorin Maazel: Farewells
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
- June 25, 2009
Conductors: Lorin Maazel & Lionel Bringuier
Soloists: Nancy Gustafson, soprano; Vale Rideout, tenor; Ian Greenlaw, baritone; The Dessoff Symphonic Choir, James Bagwell, director; Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun, director- Britten: War Requiem
- June 18, 2009
Soloists: Michelle Kim, violin; Renée Siebert, flute; Mindy Kaufman, flute; Philip Smith, trumpet; Stanley Drucker, clarinet
- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
- (World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission)
Aaron Jay Kernis: New Work for Trumpet and Orchestra - Copland: Clarinet Concerto
- Ravel: Boléro
- June 11, 2009
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Soloist: Lang Lang, piano- Smith: The Star Spangled Banner
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
- Sibelius: Finlandia
- June 4, 2009
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Soloist: Christian Tetzlaff, violin- Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
- Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
- May 28, 2009
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Soloists: Joyce Di Donato, mezzo-soprano; Russell Braun, baritone; New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director- Mahler: Blumine
- (World Premier: New York Philharmonic Commission)
Peter Lieberson: The World in Flower - Mahler: Symphony No. 1
- May 21, 2009
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Soloist: Joshua Bell, violin- Dvorák: The Golden Spinning Wheel
- Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
- Martinü: Symphony No. 4
- May 14, 2009
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
- Verdi: Overture to Giovanna d’Arco
- Verdi: Ballet of the Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani
- Puccini: Preludio sinfonico
- Respighi: Pines of Rome
- May 7, 2009
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Soloist: Mitsuko Uchida, piano- Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
- Schubert: Symphony in C Major, Great
- April 30, 2009
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Soloist: Heinrich Schiff, cello- Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
- Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
- R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
- April 23, 2009
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Soloist: Lisa Batiashvili, violin- Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks
- Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
- April 16, 2009
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Soloist: Christine Schäfer, soprano- Handel: Concerto a due cori, No. 3 in F Major
- Handel: Care mura from Partenope
- Handel: Voglio amare from Partenope
- Handel: Qual farfalletta from Partenope
- Handel: Concerto Grosso in C Major, Alexander’s Feast
- Handel: Di, cor mio from Alcina
- Handel: Che sento? Se pieta from Julius Caesar
- Handel: Ah Ruggiero, crudelOmbre pallide from Alcina
- Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
- April 9, 2009
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Soloists: PercaDu, percussion- Avner Dorman: Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!
- Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- April 2, 2009
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Soloists: Glenn Dicterow, violin; Thomas Stacy, oboe d’amore- Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Telemann: Concerto for Oboe d’amore in A Major
- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
- March 26, 2009
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Soloist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano- Barber: The School for Scandal Overture
- Gershwin: Concerto in F
- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
- March 19, 2009
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey
Soloist:Joyce Yang, piano- Shostakovich: Festive Overture
- Prokofiev: From Romeo and Juliet: Montagues & Capulets, Masks, Balcony Scene, Friar Laurence, Death of Tybalt
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
- March 12, 2009
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Chorus: New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director; Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun, director
Soloists: Tosca Hui He, soprano; Cavaradossi Walter Fraccaro, tenor; Baron Scarpia George Gagnidze, baritone; Spoletta Peter Tantsits, tenor; Cesare Angelotti Jason Grant, bass-baritone; A Sacristan Michael Wanko, bass; Sciarrone/Jailor Marcus DeLoach, bass- Puccini: Tosca
- March 5, 2009
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Soloist: tbaThis program to be determined.
- February 26, 2009
Conductor: Kurt Masur
Soloists: Anne-Sophie Muter, violin; mezzo-soprano tba; Jorma Silvasti, tenor; Albert Dohmen, bass baritone; bass tba; Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, director- Mendelssohn: Overture to Ruy Blas
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
- Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht
- February 19, 2009
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Soloist: Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone- Haydn: Symphony No. 89
- Haydn: Selected arias
- Brahms: Serenade No. 1
- February 12, 2009
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Soloist: Pinchas Zukerman, violin- Oliver Knussen: Violin Concerto
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5
- February 5, 2009
Conductor: Ludovic Morlot
Soloist: Olli Mustonen, piano- Tristan Murail: Gondwana (U.S. Premiere)
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 11
- Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques
- Debussy: La Mer
- January 29, 2009
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Soloists: Philip Smith, trumpet; Sheryl Staples, violin; Robert Langevin, flute; Liang Wang, oboe; Emanuel Ax, piano- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
- R. Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
- Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra
- Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
- January 22, 2009
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Soloists: Sheryl Staples, Marc Ginsberg & Lisa Kim, violins; Cynthia Phelps, Rebecca Young & Robert Rinehart, violas; Eileen Moon , Sumire Kudo & Maria Kitsopoulos, cellos; Leon Fleisher, piano; Philip Myers, French horn- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
- Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4
- Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2
- Falla: El amor brujo
- January 15, 2009
Conductor: Gilbert Kaplan
Soloists: Christiane Oelze, soprano; Janina Baechle, mezzo-soprano; Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, Director- Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
- January 8, 2009
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Soloist: Sir James Galway, flute- Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
- Ibert Flute Concerto
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
- January 1, 2009
Conductor: Ton Koopman
Soloists: Sunhae Im, soprano; Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Jörg Dürmüller, tenor; Detlef Roth, baritone; Westminster Symphonic Choir; Joe Miller, director- Handel: Messiah
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