Program Highlight

The New York Phil presents favorites by Copland, Ravel and Debussy, 12/17 @ 3pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published November 27, 2023 at 2:06 PM EST

There's also Messiah on 12/24, and a Winter Holiday playlist on 12/31

12/3 Dvořák: Carnival Overture Beethoven: Violin Concerto Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 2 Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 (Frank-Peter Zimmermann, v; Yefim Bronfman, p; Alan Gilbert, cond)

12/10 Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake Tchaikovksy: Selections from Swan Lake Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (Alan Gilbert, cond)

Debussy's music was startling but not shocking. He led a velvet revolution, overturning th eextant order without upheaval.

12/17 Copland: El Salón México Rouse: Flute Concerto Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, Boléro Debussy: Ibéria (Robert Langevin, f; Leonard Slatkin, Lorin Maazel, cond)

12/24 Handel: Messiah (Sherezade Panthaki, s; Reginald Mobley, ct; Leif Auruhn Solén, t; Jonathon Adams, bar; Handel and Haydn Society Chorus; Harry Christophers, art dir; Masaaki Suzuki, cond)

12/31 Winter Holiday Playlist We bring you a selection of winter-themed highlights from the New York Philharmonic’s storied discography. You will hear sleigh bells from Mozart, Mahler, and Leroy Anderson, Concertmaster Frank Huang leading Winter from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Plus walzes by Johann Strauss II, and conductor Skitch Henderson leads the ensemble in other seasonal favorites.
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus Overture (Zubin Mehta, cond)
Mozart: German Dance in C, Sleigh Ride (Leonard Bernstein, cond)
Bernard: Winter Wonderland (Skitch Henderson, cond)
Suessdorf: Moonlight in Vermont (Skitch Henderson, cond)
Anderson: Sleigh Ride (Skitch Henderson, cond)
Grieg/Seidl: Lyric Suite: March of the Dwarfs (Leonard Bernstein, cond)
Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons (Frank Huang, leader and violin)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (Sir Andrew Davis, cond)
Poulenc: Gloria in G (Judith Blegen, s; Westminster Choir; Leonard Bernstein, cond)
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Troika (Skitch Henderson, cond)
Prokofiev: Winter Bonfire – Children's Suite, Winter Holiday; Around the Bonfire; Home Again (Skitch Henderson, cond)
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker (Alan Gilbert, cond)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4, I. Bedächtig. Nicht eilen (Lorin Maazel, cond)
Offenbach: Ballet of the Snowflakes from Le Voyage danse la lune (Bramwell Tovey, cond)
Humperdinck: Children’s Prayer from Hänsel und Gretel (Bramwell Tovey, cond)