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 (1881–1945)
Allegro molto, from Piano Concerto No. 1 (1926)
FURTWÄNGLER (1886–1954)
Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 in E minor (1941–45)
WEBERN (1883–1945)
Six Orchestra Pieces, Op. 6 (1909; rev. 1928)
1. Langsam (Slow)
2. Bewegt (Moving)
3 Mässig (Moderate)
4. Sehr Mässig (Very moderate)
5. Sehr langsam (Very slow)
6. Langsam (Slow)
R. SHANKAR (1920–2012)
IV, from Rāgā-Mālā (Garland of Ragas), A Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra (1979–80)
George CRUMB (b. 1929)
II, Me he perdito muchas veces por el mar (I have lost myself in the sea many times), from Ancient Voices of Children (1970)
MOZART (1756–91)
Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K.183 / 173dB (1773)
1. Allegro con brio
2. Andante
3. Menuetto — Trio
4. Allegro
MAHLER (1860–1911)
In ruhig flessender Bewegung (In quietly flowing motion), from Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection (1888–94)
SCHOENBERG (1874–1951)
Finale of Gurrelieder (1900–03, 1910)
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