Monday night April 29 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear an encore presentation of the program that concluded Alan Gilbert’s first season as Music Director of the Philharmonic with the world premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s “Al Largo” followed by Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”.

Monday night August 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”.  You’ll hear Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis” (Solemn Mass) with vocal soloists Christine Brewer, Jane Henschel, Anthony Dean Griffey, and Eric Owens. Alan Gilbert conducts.

Monday night August 22 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. The featured work is Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” conducted by Kurt Masur.  Also on the program Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto in E Minor” with soloist Nathan Milstein, and Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony.

Also to be heard: Prokofiev’s “Classical Symphony” and Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”.

This late-in-life work by Beethoven is rarely heard because of the forces required to perform it and the performance challenges of the the music itself. Enjoy this concert broadcast from the NYP.