The New York Philharmonic This Week
Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the archives you’ll hear an all-Stravinsky program that features the composer conducting “Persephone”. Also on the program “The Rite of Spring” and the “Fantastic Scherzo”.
Monday, July 22, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 24-44)
Stravinsky at the Philharmonic
This program contains archival performances. Audio quality may differ between pieces.
Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique; Pierre Boulez, conductor.
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910) (excerpts); David Robertson, conductor.
Igor Stravinsky: Perséphone; Richard Robinson, tenor. Vera Zorina, narrator. Westminster Symphonic Choir.
Igor Stravinsky, conductor.
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Alan Gilbert, conductor.