Videos

Michael Parloff introduces Haydn’s Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5 (The Lark)

Joseph Haydn, Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5 (The Lark)
Jerusalem String Quartet

Gilad Cohen, Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello, and Ruminative Harp
Michael Parloff interviews the composer followed by the trio performance

Michael Parloff introduces Debussy’s Sacred and Profane Dances & Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro

Claude Debussy, Sacred and Profane Dances
Harpist Mariko Anraku with Met Orchestra principal musicians

Maurice Ravel, Introduction and Allegro
Harpist Emmanuel Ceysson with Met Orchestra principal musicians

Michael Parloff introduces Dvořák’s Quartet No. 12 in F (American Quartet)

Antonín Dvořák, String Quartet No. 12 in F (American)
New York Philharmonic String Quartet

George Gershwin, Lullaby
New York Philharmonic String Quartet

Michael Parloff introduces Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8

Shostakovich, Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
Wu Han, piano; David Finckel, cello; Philip Setzer, violin

Michael Parloff introduces Schubert’s String Quartet in D minor, K. 810 (“Death and the Maiden”)
Escher String Quartet

Schubert, String Quartet in D minor (“Death and the Maiden”), Mvts 1 & 2
Escher String Quartet

Schubert, String Quartet in D minor (“Death and the Maiden”), Mvts 3 & 4
Escher String Quartet

Michael Parloff introduces Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 4 in C
Paul Watkins, cello, Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Beethoven, Cello Sonata in C, Op. 102, No. 1 – Full Performance
Paul Watkins, cello, Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Mozart, Sonata in F, K. 563 & K. 494
Richard Goode, piano

Brahms: 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119
Richard Goode, piano

Jules Styne, I Fall in Love Too Easily
Stefon Harris, vibraphone/marimba, Alex Brown, piano

Frederic Weatherly, Danny Boy
Matthew Polenzani, tenor, Ken Noda, piano

Ravel, Five Popular Greek Songs
Matthew Polenzani, tenor, Ken Noda, piano

Prokofiev, Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119
David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano

Movement 2

Movement 3

Beethoven, Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127
Emerson String Quartet

Movement 3

Movement 4

Manuel de Falla, Polo from Seven Popular Songs
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano, Sharon Isbin, guitar

Mozart, Violin Sonata in E Minor, K. 308
Arnaud Sussmann, violin, Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Michael Parloff introduces Mozart’s Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 308

Movement 1

Movement 2

Brahms, Piano Quintet in F minor, 3rd Movement
Erin Keefe, Arnaud Sussmann, violins, Hsin-Yun Huang viola, Rafael Figueroa, cello, Gilles Vonsattel, piano

William Walton, Façade Highlights
Stephanie Blythe & Raymond Menard, reciters, Members of the Met Orchestra, Michael Parloff, conductor

Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat, Op. 110
Richard Goode, piano

Movement 3

Mozart, Concerto in C, K. 299 for Flute and Harp
Stefán Höskuldsson, flute, Deborah Hoffman, harp, Members of the Met Orchestra, Michael Parloff, conductor

Movement 2

Movement 3

Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf (Introducing the instrumental characters)
Midge Woolsey, narrator, Members of the Met Orchestra, Michael Parloff, conductor

Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf (Complete performance)
Midge Woolsey, narrator, Members of the Met Orchestra, Michael Parloff, conductor

Reicha: Sinfonia in D, Op. 12 for four flutes
Sir James Galway, Robert Langevin, Stefán Höskuldsson, Denis Bouriakov, flutes