May 2015 listings for The New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) 

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Born in Vienna in 1871, Alexander Zemlinsky had a friend and supporter in Johannes Brahms.  Hear Zemlinsky's large-scale symphonic poem Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) on the May 10th (Mother's Day) broadcast.

5/3       R. Strauss:  Also sprach Zarathustra Rouse:  Oboe Concerto R. Strauss:  Don Juan (Liang Wang, ob; Alan Gilbert, cond)

5/10      Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale  Mozart:  Bassoon Concerto Zemlinsky:  The Mermaid, Fantasy for Orchestra (Judith LeClair, bn; Andrey Boreyko, cond)

5/17      Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings Britten: Spring Symphony (Kate Royal, s; Sasha Cooke, ms; Anthony Dean Griffey, t; Michael Slattery, t; New York Choral Artists; Joseph Flummerfelt, dir; Brooklyn Youth Chorus; Dianne Berkun, dir; Philip Myers, hn; Alan Gilbert, cond)  ***This program originally aired on March 19, 2014 and contains two dated references.

5/24      Salonen: Nyx Ravel: Piano Concerto Debussy: Jeux Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite (Inon Barnatan, p; Alan Gilbert, cond)

5/31      Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 Cheung: Lyra Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (Yefim Bronfman, p; Alan Gilbert, cond)