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This concert broadcast Monday (6/22 at 8 pm) features the symphony's 'America 250!' new chamber music concert, celebrating our country and its democracy in music of our time reflecting our past, present and future.
Alan Gilbert conducts Giuseppe Verdi’s operatic Requiem Mass setting. The Philharmonic is joined by soprano Angela Meade, mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi, tenor Russell Thomas, bass-baritone Eric Owens and The New York Choral Artists.
Osmo Vänskä leads Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana," a colorful cantata based on medieval poetry that includes songs about drinking in the tavern, springtime seduction, and the allures of gluttony and fortune.
The Staatskapelle Dresden and conductor Daniele Gatti explore two towering expressions of German Romanticism, with Gatti’s arrangement of Wagner’s epic Götterdämmerung Suite and Strauss’ sweeping tone poem, Ein Heldenleben.
Michael Barone hosts this program featuring music from the diverse repertoire for the organ.
Each week Bill explores a different theme in classical music with illuminating commentary and musical examples, over the course of time sampling from all genres and eras of classical music. This week: "Sir William Walton" - Hear selections that exemplify the composer's love of different musical genres, including film music from Henry V, the orchestral march Crown Imperial, the cantata Belshazzar’s Feast, and his Viola Concerto.
The Piano Matters - Wednesdays at 3 PM and Sundays at noon
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A selection of works by Ferrucio Busoni, Frédéric Chopin, Henry Litolff, plus Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" sonata.
Between the Keys - Fridays at 3 PM and Saturdays at 6 PM
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The French pianist Pascal Rogé featured this Friday (6/19, rebroadcast Saturday 6/20)
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