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The Australian conductor leads a superb performance of Bruckner’s Sixth paired with Steven Isserlis playing Schumann’s Cello Concerto. 

In a rare visit to New York, the Philharmonic’s incoming Music Director leads the ensemble in an exhilarating program of works by Varèse, Gershwin... and a Ravel world premiere. 

The captivating pianist leads the orchestra from the keyboard in works by Stravinsky, Janáček and Gershwin. 

Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony is a massive and aptly complicated work to which William Kentridge’s film adds contextual layers of stop-motion animation and vintage footage in a surreal nightmare of tyranny.

Rising conductor Kazuki Yamada conducts a clear, forthright and flowing account of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony. 

The American conductor and German-Japanese pianist shine in a mostly meditative program of Webern, Strauss, Ravel and Scriabin. 

The Austrian pianist’s expressive and elegant interpretation of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto is the highlight in a New York Philharmonic program of classics of the German Romantic repertoire.

The New York Philharmonic features two early Ligeti works, a new concerto for Yefim Bronfman by Elena Firsova, and Brahms' Serenade no. 1.

Jacob's Ladder receives its world premiere, sandwiches by two staples of the 19th-century Romantic repertoire. 

The Elements brings together five composers writing for the celebrated violinist: Kevin Puts, Edgar Meyer, Jake Heggie, Jennifer Higdon and Jessie Montgomery. 

A climate-centered concert features water-themed works by Britten and Takemitsu, but is built around the stunning New York premiere of Become Desert, a co-commissioned piece by John Luther Adams.

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the Philharmonic in the New York premiere of his song cycle Meditations on Rilke.

A thoughtfully designed and coherent program of French music at David Geffen Hall, is played with mostly exquisite results.