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New York Philharmonic Podcast

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.

Our podcast series has won the 2009 Silver World Medal from the New York Festivals for Radio Programming & Promotion!

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March 25–27

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Kahane's All-Mozart Program

Podcast host Mark Travis converses with pianist/conductor Jeffrey Kahane about the rewards and challenges of conducting from the keyboard as well as the all-Mozart program he will perform with the New York Philharmonic: the charming and youthful Piano Concerto No. 6, the poignant Piano Concerto No. 24, and the masterful Piano Concerto No. 25.

Published on: March 11, 2010

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March 18–20

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Eschenbach and Zukerman

Composer Matthias Pintscher discusses drawing inspiration from ancient mythology for his work towards Osiris; violinist Pinchas Zukerman talks about the haunting qualities of Berg's Violin Concerto; and conductor Christoph Eschenbach shares his thoughts about what Schoenberg's orchestration brings to Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1.

Published on: March 10, 2010

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March 10–13

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Muti and Repin

Podcast host Mark Travis shares the history and highlights of Beethoven's famous Violin Concerto, in which Vadim Repin will join the Orchestra, and New York Philharmonic Program Annotator James M. Keller and English Horn Thomas Stacy shed light on the appeal of César Franck's Symphony in D minor.

Published on: February 19, 2010

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