Experience the music and meet the artists you'll be hearing at your Philharmonic concerts. The producer-hosts are Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York's 96.3 FM WQXR host Elliott Forrest and Mark Travis, a producer for the WFMT Radio Network since 1999. Enhance your concert experience through these previews that include musical selections and insights from performers and music experts.
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January 8–10
Conductor Ludovic Morlot and pianist Olli Mustonen talk about the French-inspired program, which features the U.S. Premiere of Tristan Murail's Gondwana, Messiaen's ingenious Oiseaux exotiques, and Debussy's evocative La Mer, in addition to Mozart's joyous yet rarely performed Piano Concerto in F major.
Published on: January 5, 2009
January 2-6
James M. Keller, New York Philharmonic Program Annotator and Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence, discusses the particular challenges of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, while Mark Travis explores Mussorgsky’s masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition as well as Szymanowski’s Symphonie concertante and Richard Strauss’s Burleske – both featuring piano virtuoso Emanuel Ax.
Published on: December 22, 2008
Special Video Podcast: Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos are among the greatest works of the Baroque era. The Philharmonic performs the entire cycle throughout the 2008–09 season, with all 24 solos played by musicians from the Orchestra. Learn about what makes these concertos great.
Published on: September 19, 2008
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Elliott Forrest

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Photo of Elliott Forrest: Timonthy Greenfield-Sanders
Photo of Mark Travis: Amy K. Travis