Sapir Rosenblatt

Sapir Rosenblatt appears in the following:

Abduction from the Seraglio: A Blind Eye

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” was first heard in Vienna in 1782, commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II to cater to the German-speaking audience of the capital city...

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Coming Home

Wednesday, May 03, 2023

After almost three years of pop-up outdoor performances and playing in venues around the city, the NY Phil came home to a newly renovated David Geffen Hall in October of 2022. Part of...

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Beyond These Walls

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

The story is a classic in the gilded halls of symphonic music: someone falls ill and a young performer must step in at the last moment. For Leonard Bernstein, that happened live on th...

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From the New World

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Do we know when we’re living through history? In 1893, New Yorkers gathered outside Carnegie Hall to hear the ground-breaking premiere of composer Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, bet...

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A Time to Mourn

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

April 29th, 1865: Fifteen days after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Philharmonic paid tribute to the late president with the Funeral March from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3. ...

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The Founding

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

On December 7, 1842, a group of musicians gathered in the Apollo Rooms in Lower Manhattan and performed – for the first time – as the Philharmonic Society of New York. The first piece...

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The Magic Flute: He Said, She Said

Thursday, March 02, 2023

In Mozart's "The Magic Flute," Monostatos is smitten by the white princess Pamina, whom he is supposed to be guarding under the orders of the high priest Sarastro. His desire to love ...

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The Magic Flute: Invisible Man

Thursday, February 23, 2023

At over 200 years old, “The Magic Flute” remains a classic opera which continues to be taught, studied, and performed in sold-out venues around the world. But with more than two centu...

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The Magic Flute: From Morehouse to the opera house with Monostatos

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Monostatos the Moor in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” is one of the most famous representations of Blackness in opera - a genre with limited representation of characters of African descen...

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Salon de Virtuosi 2020 Career Grant Recipients

Thursday, January 07, 2021

Bob Sherman introduces the 2020 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant recipients.

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A Little Night Music With Jenny Lin and Dover String Quartet

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Pianist Jenny Lin performs works by Silvestrov, Mozart, and Stravinsky. We also hear the Dover String Quartet with highlights from the ensemble’s performance in WQXR’s Greene Space.   

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A Little Night Music With Juho Pohjonen, Davóne Tines, and the Junction Trio

Friday, August 14, 2020

This program features a 2011 A Little Night Music performance of Haydn and Mozart by pianist Juho Pohjonen and highlights from the opera The Black Clown, with bass-baritone Davóne Tines.

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A Little Night Music With Inon Barnatan

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

This A Little Night Music features Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan’s 2016 Mostly Mozart debut, for which he performed a range of works from the 18th to the 21st centuries.

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A Little Night Music With Emanuel Ax, Anna Polonsky, and Orion Weiss

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

This late night presentation features three pianists — Emanuel Ax, Anna Polonsky, and Orion Weiss — from A Little Night Music performance in 2015 at the Kaplan Penthouse.

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A Little Night Music With Pianist Paul Lewis

Monday, August 10, 2020

This Mostly Mozart Festival late night concert features celebrated pianist Paul Lewis performing works of Schubert and Brahms, recorded in 2016 at the Kaplan Penthouse.

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A Little Night Music With Pekka Kuusisto and Knut Erik Sundquist + Beatrice Rana

Thursday, August 06, 2020

Classical and folk collide on this late night program featuring Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto and Norwegian bassist Erik Sundquist. 

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IN CONVERSATION – With Time For Three

Friday, April 24, 2020

This week our host and artistic director Clemency Burton-Hill is in conversation with the members of the genre defying ensemble and "classically trained garage band" Time For Three. 

BONUS: Tom Hiddleston on The Nutcracker

Friday, December 20, 2019

Actor Tom Hiddleston reminisces about his childhood love of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky and reveals the part it still plays in his life.

29. Krystal Hawes on Imperfection

Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Radio producer Krystal Hawes explores the perfect imperfection of Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte.

27. Jesse Eisenberg on History

Sunday, October 06, 2019

Actor Jesse Eisenberg talks about how a trip to Poland led him to discover not only more about his family history, but the music of Chopin, in particular the Etude Opus 10, No. 1.