Program Highlight

The New York Phil in October presents a show featuring night music on Oct 30th

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published September 26, 2022 at 11:22 AM EDT

Anatoly Lyadov head shot, balding head, perfectly manicured mustache and beard — Russian composer Anatoly Liadov (Lyadov)

Although noted Russian teacher, conductor and composer Anatoly Liadov never attained the success of Stravinsky, several of his orchestral works continue to be performed, including his most famous, The Enchanted Lake, a tone poem which had its premiere in 1909. We'll hear it Oct 30th at 3pm.

10/2 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Schumann: Symphony No. 2 (Paul Lewis, p; Christoph von Dohnányi, cond)

10/9 Sibelius: Finlandia, Pohjola’s Daughter Violin Concerto, Pelléas et Mélisande, Symphony No. 2 (Zino Francescatti, v; Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, Sir Thomas Beecham and Lorin Maazel, cond)

10/16 Julia Wolfe: Fire in my mouth Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (Women of The Crossing, Donald Nally, dir; The Young People’s Chorus of New York, Francisco Nunez, dir; Jaap van Zweden, cond)

10/23 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 Kodály: Dances of Galánta Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 (Leonard Rose, c; Dimitri Mitropoulos and Lorin Maazel, cond)

"The Mountain Lake," a series of paintings by Arseny Meshchersky, supposedly inspired Anatoly Liadov to create his most famous work, the tone poem "The Enchanted Lake."

10/30 Mendelssohn: Overture and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream Ives: Central Park in the Dark Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht Julia Adolphe: Dark Sand, Sifting Light Stravinsky: Le Chant du rossignol Berlioz: Clair de lune from Les Nuits d’été Mahler: Night Music from Symphony No. 7 Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake (Joyce DiDonato, ms; Alan Gilbert, Jaap van Zweden, Pierre Boulez, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell and Lorin Maazel, cond)