The New York Philharmonic This Week

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear famous compositions related to the theme of winter including Mozart’s “Sleigh Ride”, Vivaldi’s “Winter” Violin Concerto, and Bernard’s “Winter Wonderland” among others.

Monday, December 30, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 25-15)

Winter Holiday

Strauss, II: Overture to Die Fledermaus from An Evening w/ Danny Kaye; Danny Kaye/Zubin Mehta, conductors

Mozart: German Dance in C, K. 605, “Sleigh Ride”; Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Bernard: Winter Wonderland; Suessdorf: Moonlight in Vermont; Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Skitch Henderson, piano and conductor

Grieg/Seidl: No. 4, March of the Dwarfs from Lyric Suite; Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons; Frank Huang, violin/leader || Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves;Sir Andrew Davis, conductor || Poulenc: Gloria in G; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Judith Blegen, soprano Westminster Choir

Prokofiev: Lt. Kijue Suite, Op. 60: Troika; Skitch Henderson, Conductor

Prokofiev: Three Selections from Winter Bonfire-Children’s Suite, Op. 122: No. 2 Winter Holiday; No. Around the Bonfire; No. 8 Home Again; Skitch Henderson, piano/ conductor || Tchaikovksy: Selections from The Nutcracker; Alan Gilbert conductor

Mahler: Movement 1 from Symphony No. 4; Lorin Maazel, conductor

Offenbach: Ballet of the Snowflakes from Le Voyage dans la lune; Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Humperdinck: Children’s Prayer from Hansel und Gretel; Andre Kostelanetz, conductor