Showing Some Love For London

With only two days until the start of the London 2012 Olympics, this week's Showdown featured works by Elgar, Vaughan and Haydn named for that city.

Jul 25, 2012

Which Stravinsky Ballet Suite Stirs You?

We needed you to help choose which one of Stravinsky's major ballet suite we heard at noon: L'Oiseau de feu (The Firebird), Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) or Petrushka. Jul 18, 2012

Pick Your Favorite Maestro for Midsummer Music

We asked who you’d like to hear up on the podium leading the New York Philharmonic and you told us Kurt Masur conducting Brahms's Symphony No. 2.

Jul 11, 2012

Keeping Cool With Mozart's Wind Concertos

With the summer heat starting to rise, help us bring on some cool breezes with wind concertos by Mozart for the flute, oboe, clarinet or bassoon. We played the winner at noon.

Jun 27, 2012

Tell Us What Sounds Like Summer to You

As we welcome the beginning of summer, our Showdown featured three musical portraits of this season, all written around the same time. You voted for your favorite and we played the winner at 12 noon.

Jun 20, 2012

Which is the Best Father-and-Son Duo?

In anticipation of Father’s Day this coming Sunday, we selected three father-and-son musician duos. We played your favorite pair today at noon.

Jun 13, 2012

Conducting Neeme Järvi's 75th Birthday

We asked you which of these three symphonies that you want to hear Järvi conduct: Mahler's First, Nielsen's Second or Sibelius' Fourth. We played the winner at 12 noon.

Jun 6, 2012

Choose the Exit Music for Glenn Dicterow

Last week, New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow announced his retirement. Today, we looked back on his 30-plus years with the orchestra and ask for your help with the ... May 30, 2012

Choose the Conductor for The Cleveland Orchestra

You chose between Cleveland Orchestra performances led by three previous music directors -- George Szell, Lorin Maazel and Christoph Von Dohnanyi -- and played the winner today at noon.

May 23, 2012

May the Ninth Be With You

Is it Schubert, Dvorak or Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 that you prefer? You told us which one of these great Ninth Symphonies you’d like to hear and we played it today at noon.

May 9, 2012