Classical Music Buzz > New York Philharmonic Podcast
New York Philharmonic Podcast
New York Philharmonic
Experience the music and meet artists from Philharmonic concerts. The hosts are Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York's 96.3 FM WQXR host Elliott Forrest and radio producer, Mark Travis. Enhance your concert experience through these previews that include musical selections and interviews with musicians and music experts.
156 Episodes
Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham talks about performing Chausson's lush and nostalgic Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Philharmonic Program Annotator James M. Keller discusses the powerful effect of the organ, played in these concerts by Philharmonic Organist Kent Tritle, in Saint-Saëns's famous Symphony No. 3, and podcast host Elliott Forrest explores Berlioz's popular concert piece, the Overture to Les Francs-juges.
3 years ago | |
Tag
New York Philharmonic Music Director Emeritus Kurt Masur reveals how we can catch a glimpse of Beethoven as a young, uncertain composer in his fascinating Symphony No. 1, and he discusses the influence that Wagner had on Bruckner and, in particular, on his masterful Symphony No. 7.
3 years ago | |
Tag
Podcast host Mark Travis is your guide to Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, a strange world populated by cartoon characters who may or may not be facing the end of time. He is joined by Music Director Alan Gilbert and director and designer Doug Fitch, who let you know what to expect to hear and see on the stage of Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center when the Orchestra gives the opera's first-ever staged performances in New York.
3 years ago | |
Tag
Podcast host Elliott Forrest discusses Stravinsky's evocative wartime piece titled Symphony in Three Movements and talks about the Bach-like influences in the Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, featuring Alexei Volodin, and Philharmonic Program Annotator James M. Keller explains why a riot broke out at the premiere of Stravinsky's controversial ballet, The Rite of Spring.
3 years ago | |
Tag
Podcast host Mark Travis describes how Igor Stravinsky's Symphony in C was written during a very troubled period in the composer's life, and guides listeners through the influences that can be heard in the light-hearted Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, which will feature pianist Denis Matsuev in his Philharmonic debut. Also, conductor Valery Gergiev remembers that his first exposure to Stravinsky's music was through one of the composer's early triumphs: his score to the ballet Petrushka, which concludes this program. Mr. Travis also discusses the Orchestra's plans for celebrating its 15,000th concert, on May 5, 2010.
3 years ago | |
Tag
Podcast host Elliott Forrest relays the tragic tale from mythology that inspired the ballet score for Orpheus, and Philharmonic Program Annotator James M. Keller discusses the powerful and monumental opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex.
3 years ago | |
Tag
Conductor Valery Gergiev explains how he hopes audiences will be enriched by the New York Philharmonic’s Russian Stravinsky festival and podcast host Mark Travis highlights the unusual Le Roi des étoiles and discusses the history and structure of the Violin Concerto. Mr. Gergiev also speaks about the irony in Oedipus Rex, while Mr. Travis recounts the story of this, one of the world’s most influential tragedies.
3 years ago | |
Tag
Conductor Valery Gergiev talks with Music Director Alan Gilbert about Stravinsky's Russian identity; podcast host Elliott Forrest explores the composer's playful Jeu de cartes (Game of Cards) and spiritual Symphony of Psalms, featuring the Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre; and Philharmonic Program Annotator James M. Keller discusses Stravinsky's opulent and masterful orchestration of his ballet The Firebird.
3 years ago | |
Tag
Conductor Valery Gergiev explains why his three-week festival at the New York Philharmonic is titled The Russian Stravinsky and also expresses his enthusiasm for the "folkish" ballet-cantata Les Noces; and podcast host Mark Travis gives a sampling of the spare and compelling Symphonies of Wind Instruments and looks at the story Stravinsky recounts in his score to The Firebird, the composer's breakthrough to fame.
3 years ago | |
Tag
Podcast host Mark Travis guides you through Mozart's brilliant and energetic Symphony No. 34; Philharmonic Principal Cello Carter Brey discusses the life and influence of Boccherini, as well as the pleasures of that composer's sunny Cello Concerto in D major; and Philharmonic Program Annotator James M. Keller sheds light on Schubert's not-that-very Tragic Symphony.
3 years ago | |
Tag
81 - 90  | prev 5678910111213 next
InstantEncore