Membership Events
OPEN REHEARSALS
(Friends’ Circle Members - $75 and above)
10:30 am in Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets are required.Programs and artists subject to change. For more information regarding Open Rehearsals, please call the Open Rehearsal Hotline at 215.893.3126.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
David Kim, violin
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 (“Rhenish”)
CHAUSSON Poème, for violin and orchestra
RAVEL Tzigane, for violin and orchestra
FALLA Suite Nos. 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Hans Graf, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22, K. 482
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
David Zinman, conductor
Truls Mørk, cello
BARBER Symphony No. 1
ELGAR Cello Concerto
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Pintscher Osiris
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Bruckner Symphony No. 6
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN DATE AND TIME and join us for a celebration of the successful completion of our endowment campaign at a reception with musicians following the rehearsal.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Firebird
Summer 2009 date at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts to be announced.
MASTER CLASSES **NEW Benefit**
(Master Class Circle Members - $300 and above)
4:30 to 6:30 pm – Rendell Room at the Kimmel Center
Tickets and reservations are required. Programs and artists subject to change.
November 21 with pianist Stewart Goodyear
January 15 with Orchestra harpist Elizabeth Hainen
March 4 with Orchestra horn player Jennifer Montone
April 28 with vocalist Eric Owens
May 26 with violinist Julia Fischer
CLOSED REHEARSAL
(Concert Circle Members - $500 and above)
9:30 am – Breakfast, Commonwealth Plaza at the Kimmel Center
10:30 am – Rehearsal, Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
Thursday, May 21, 2009
David Robertson, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on the Theme by Thomas Tallis
ADÉS Violin Concerto (“Concentric Paths”)
SIBELIUS En Saga
SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy
Breakfast discussion with Maestro David Robertson
“MEET THE ARTIST” SALON SERIES
(Musicians’ Circle Members - $1,000 and above)
Friday, October 10, 2008
Charles Dutoit, conductor, in conversation with James Undercofler, Philadelphia Orchestra president and chief executive officer
Friday, November 7, 2008
Paul Jacobs, organist, in conversation with Bret Dorhout, Philadelphia Orchestra director of artistic planning
Friday, April 24, 2009
Stéphane Denève, conductor, in conversation with Jim Cotter, WRTI arts and culture reporter
Friday, June 5, 2009
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, in conversation with Susan Lewis, WRTI arts and culture reporter
MAESTRO’S CIRCLE HOUSE PARTY
(Maestro’s Circle Partners Level - $7,500 and above)
Date to be announced
For more information, please contact Lauren Henry at 215.893.1982.
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT CARNEGIE HALL
(Maestro’s Circle Partners Level - $10,000 and above)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Program includes:
MILHAUD The Creation of the World
MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer
DVORAK Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
Friday, May 1, 2009
Simon Rattle, conductor
Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppe Sabbatini, tenor – Philadelphia Orchestra Debut
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director)
BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust
For more information on any of the above membership events, please contact our Annual Fund Office at 215.893.3151.
