The dynamic duo of Conrad Tao and Jaap van Zweden on the NYPO, Sun 11/24 @ 3pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published November 1, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT

Tao and van Zweden have worked together on several programs over the years and have developed a meaningful collaborative relationship; in a recent Playbill feature, Tao remarked, “When I think of Jaap, I’m struck by his understanding and love for tradition mixed with his instinctive openness to the current and the unfamiliar.”

11/3 Bach/H.J. Wood: Toccata and Fugue Musorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov: Night on Bald Mountain Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust Berlioz: Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath from Symphonie fantastique Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Charles Bressler, t; Arturo Toscanini, Alan Gilbert and Leonard Bernstein, cond)

11/10 Ravel: Mother Goose Suite Salonen: Violin Concerto Sibelius: Symphony No 5 (Leila Josefowicz, v; Esa-Pekka Salonen , cond)

11/17 When Great composers conduct Milhaud: Suite française Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945) Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d Rodgers: The Carousel Waltz, conductor (Louise Parker, a George London, bs Schola Cantorum; Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, Richard Rodgers, cond)

11/24 Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 Strayhorn: Lush Life Respighi: Pines of Rome McCulloh: Alma Mater Hymn (Conrad Tao, p; Jaap van Zweden, cond)