Join host Alec Baldwin and take a trip back to 1958 in this upcoming edition of The New York Philharmonic This Week. The program features recordings of Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta and Dimitri Mitropoulos leading the orchestra in works by composers from Schumann to Schoenberg. The broadcast also features Barbara Haws, the Philharmonic’s Archivist / Historian Emeritus.
Program:
R. Schumann: Manfred Overture
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor
Copland: Orchestral Variations
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Copland: Danzón Cubano
Leonard Bernstein, conductor