The Conductors

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
As Alan Gilbert prepares to take over the New York Philharmonic next season, we look back to some of the NY Phil's music directors of the past. Recordings include Toscanini conducting Bach, Dmitri Mitropolous in Poulenc, and Bernstein in music by John Corigliano.

Also featured tonight:

Frank Zappa / Welcome to the United States
Ludwig van Beethoven / Variations on a Theme of Handel, WoO 45
James P. Johnson / Victory Stride
Richard Strauss / "Metamorphosen"
Gustav Mahler / "Ruckert Leider"

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