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)
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)
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Thomas Schippers, acclaimed for his work in opera, is joined by legendary vocalists in this 1965 New York Philharmonic performance of Rossini’s Stabat Mater, a Rococo revisiting of a timeless text. Alec Baldwin is your host.
ROSSINI (1792–1868)
Stabat Mater (1831–41)
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Jaap van Zweden’s New York Philharmonic debut, in 2012, shows the instant chemistry between maestro and orchestra. Relive that “first date” featuring Mahler’s lushly orchestrated First Symphony and Prokofiev’s passionate Piano Concerto No. 3, with Yuja Wang in the ultra-virtuosic solo role.
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