August 2015 listings for The New York Philharmonic Orchestra

The New York Philharmonic offers something for everyone this month.

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The month the New York Philharmonic has packed in a festival of favorites; from Holst's The Planets and Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, to Grieg's Selections from Peer Gynt and Richard Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks.

8/2       Shostakovich: Festive Overture Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Rachmaninoff: Vocalise Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky:   Marche Slave (Joyce Yang, p; Bramwell Tovey, cond)

8/9       John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Offenbach: Ballet of the Snowflakes from Le Voyage dans la lune Josef Strauss: Music of the Spheres Holst: The Planets (Bramwell Tovey, cond)

8/16      Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo Tovey: The Lincoln Tunnel Cabaret Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 (Joseph Alessi, tn; Bramwell Tovey, cond)

8/23      Nielsen: Helios Overture Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Grieg: Selections from Peer Gynt Liszt: Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 (Midori, v;

8/30      R. Strauss: Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Rouse: Oboe Concerto Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy (Liang Wang, ob; Alan Gilbert, cond)