Monday 1/01/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM
Winter Holiday Playlist
This week we bring you a selection of winter-themed highlights from the New York Philharmonic’s storied discography. You will hear sleigh bells from Mozart, Mahler, and Leroy Anderson, Concertmaster Frank Huang leading Winter from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.
Johann STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus Overture
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: German Dance in C, Sleigh Ride
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Feliz BERNARD: Winter Wonderland
Skitch Henderson, conductor
Karl SUESSDORF: Moonlight in Vermont
Skitch Henderson, conductor
Leroy ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride
Skitch Henderson, conductor
Edvard GRIEG: Lyric Suite: March of the Dwarfs (orch. A. Seidl and E. Grieg)
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Antonio VIVALDI: Winter from The Four Seasons
Frank Huang, leader and violin
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Francis POULENC: Gloria in G
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Judith Blegen, soprano
Westminster Choir
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Troika
Skitch Henderson, conductor
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Winter Bonfire – Children’s Suite, Op. 122: No. 2, Winter Holiday; No. 4 Around the Bonfire; No. 8, Home Again
Skitch Henderson, conductor
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from The Nutcracker
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major, I. Bedächtig. Nicht eilen
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Jacques OFFENBACH: Ballet of the Snowflakes from Le Voyage danse la lune
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Engelbert
HUMPERDINCK: Children’s Prayer from Hänsel und Gretel
Bramwell Tovey, conductor