Program Highlight

NYPO Presents Mendelssohn's Elijah, 04/21/19, and more in April

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM | By Ruth Phinney

Published April 16, 2019 at 9:03 AM EDT

New York Philharmonic: Alan Gilbert leads Mendelssohn's "Elijah," and the soloists Jennifer Johnson and Gerald Finley, at Avery Fisher Hall.

Alan Gilbert leads the New York Philharmonic, soloists and the New York Choral Artists in Mendelssohn's popular oratorio Elijah, Op 70.

4/7               Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Berlioz: The Death of Cleopatra Berg: Lulu?Suite Liszt: Mephisto Waltz (Angelina Réaux, s; Jenny Tourel, ms; Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein and Kurt Masur, cond)
4/14             Kodály: Háry János: Suite Rouse: Trombone Concerto Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music (Joseph Alessi, tn; Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin, Leonard Bernstein and Zubin Mehta, cond)
4/21        Mendelssohn: Elijah (Twyla Robinson, s; Alice Coote, ms; Allan Clayton, t; Gerald Finley, bs?bar; Jennifer Johnson, ms;Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, boy s; New York Choral Artists; Joseph Flummerfelt, dir; Alan Gilbert, cond)
4/28        Stravinsky: Rite of Spring Debussy: La Mer Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (Jaap van Zweden, cond)