Summary: Alan Gilbert discusses the program, which features New York Philharmonic musicians as soloists. Podcast host Elliott Forrest is joined by composers Aaron Jay Kernis — whose a Voice, a Messenger will receive its World Premiere, featuring Principal Trumpet Philip Smith — and Christopher Rouse, whose Oboe Concerto will receive its New York Premiere, with Principal Oboe Liang Wang, soloist. Also discussed are Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins, featuring violinists of the Philharmonic, Hindemith’s Horn Concerto, Principal Horn Philip Myers, soloist; and Director of Education Theodore Wiprud explores the sensual power of Ravel’s Boléro.
