The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Sundays, 3 to 5 pm on WXXO-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, WXXO-FM/HD1 and online at wxxiclassical.org
Founded in 1842 by a group of local musicians led by American-born Ureli Corelli Hill, the New York Philharmonic is by far the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, and one of the oldest in the world. The New York Philharmonic, a longtime media pioneer, began radio broadcasts in 1922, and is currently represented by The New York Philharmonic This Week — syndicated nationally 52 weeks per year?.
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Leslie B. Dunner conducts a world premiere, a symphony and an oratorio, by Black composers Courtney Bryan, William Grant Still and Adolphus Hailstork.
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There's also Messiah on 12/24, and a Winter Holiday playlist on 12/31
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Music by Mendelssohn, Ives, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Berlioz and Mahler to enchant and frighten.
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The New York Philharmonic has played a leading cultural role in the world for more than 179 years. On Sun 8/27 at 3pm we'll hear two symphonies that have been prominent in the orchestra's history, lead by sever former Music Directors & Advisors.
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Through its Western-infused-African compositional style, Still’s Symphony No. 2, Song of a New Race (1937) follows his Symphony No. 1 Afro-American which tells the story of daily life of African Americans after the Civil War, and tells the story of African Americans through the 1900s, a new man of various races integrated into American society.
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