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Jaap van Zweden, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic conducting musicians.
New York Philharmonic

R. Strauss & Haydn

By Walter Parker
Published August 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM EDT

Listen Thursday August 28 at 8 p.m.

New York Philharmonic

R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Haydn: Mass in B-flat Harmoniemesse (Judith Blegen, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano; Kenneth Riegel, tenor; Simon Estes, bass; Westminster Choir; Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

Listen Thursday August 28 at 8 p.m.

New York Philharmonic
Walter Parker
After graduate studies in musicology at New York University, Walter began his radio career at WNCN in New York. He joined Vermont Public in 1984.
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