Program Highlight

The NYPO in June: Emanuel Ax plays Brahms, Sun 6/30 @ 3pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published May 21, 2024 at 3:24 PM EDT

Alan Gilbert leads the New York Philharmonic a program of favorite works by Brahms and Beethoven.

6/2 Russo: Symphony No. 2, Titans Ellington/Marsalis: A Tone Parallel to Harlem Copland: The Tender Land (Maynard Ferguson, tr; Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; Joy Clements, s; Claramae Turner, ms; Richard Cassilly, t; Richard Fredricks, bar; Norman Treigle, bs; Choral Art Society, William Jonson, dir; André Kostelantetz, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Aaron Copland, cond)

pianist Emanuel Ax, leans on a grand piano

6/9 Berlioz: Overture to Les Francs-juges Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Kent Tritle, org; Sir Andrew Davis, cond)

6/16 Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Kurt Masur, cond)

6/23 Dvořák: Cello Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Yo-Yo Ma, c;Sylvia McNair, s; Florence Quivar, ms; Stuart Neil, t; René Pape, bs; New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, dir; The American Boychoir; Kurt Masur, cond)

6/30 Brahms: Tragic Overture, Piano Concerto No. 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (Emanuel Ax, p; Alan Gilbert, cond)