Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American orchestra. It is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It does over 130 subscription concerts a year from September to May.[1] In the summer the Orchestra performs an outdoor session for a month.[2] It originally gave concerts at the Academy of Music.[3] The orchestra was founded in 1900.[1] It has performed at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts since 2001.
Discography
- Studio albums
Music Directors
- Fritz Scheel (1900–1907)
- Karl Pohlig (1908–1912)
- Leopold Stokowski (1912–1938)
- Eugene Ormandy (1936–1980)
- Riccardo Muti (1980–1992)
- Wolfgang Sawallisch (1993–2003)
- Christoph Eschenbach (2003–2008)
- Charles Dutoit (2008–2012, chief conductor)
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2012–present)
Philadelphia Orchestra Media
Fritz Scheel, founding father and first conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, music director, 1912–1938
The Philadelphia Orchestra on stage with Stokowski for the American premiere of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, March 2, 1916.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, principal conductor from 2012.
Charles Dutoit and the Philadelphia Orchestra concert in Tianjin
Academy of Music, the orchestra's home, 1900–2001.
Mann Center for the Performing Arts, the orchestra's summer home since 1976.
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (opened 2001), Verizon Hall is the orchestra's current home.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York, the orchestra's summer residency since the venue first opened in 1966.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Philadelphia Orchestra; A Brief History". whyy.org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Philadelphia Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra)". Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "The Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of Academy of Music programs, playbills, and scrapbooks". The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
