Alan Gilbert conducts Mendelssohn’s Elijah, an oratorio inspired by the composer’s rediscovery of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. It follows the story of the Old Testament prophet and includes four principal vocal soloists as the story’s various characters.
MENDELSSOHN (1809–47)
Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 (1845–46, rev. 1847)
1. Part I
2. Part II
Alec Baldwin hosts this profile of Zubin Mehta and the Indian-born maestro’s tenure as the New York Philharmonic’s Music Director, 1978–1991, with selections from more than 20 performances and repertoire including Mozart and Beethoven, Mahler and Webern, and Bartók and Ravi Shankar.
BARTÓK (188...
Within weeks of 9/11 the Philharmonic consoled New Yorkers by performing Brahms’s German Requiem, a timeless expression of grief and hope, following a heartfelt rendition of the national anthem. One year later the Orchestra premiered John Adams’s Pulitzer and Grammy winning On the Tr...
Alec Baldwin hosts this salute to the late Lorin Maazel. You’ll hear from the former Music Director himself, as well as performances from his seven-decade relationship with the Orchestra, including tastes of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges, with Isabel Leonard, and the Beethoven Fifth...
