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THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA MAKES FIRST NEW YORK APPEARANCE WITH
NEW CHIEF CONDUCTOR AND ARTISTIC ADVISER CHARLES DUTOIT AT
CARNEGIE HALL ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 AT 8 P.M.
Martha Argerich Is Soloist in Prokofiev’s and
Shostakovich’s First Piano Concertos
The Philadelphia Orchestra Performs Three More Times at Carnegie Hall
during the 2008–09 Season, Led by Conductors
Charles Dutoit, André Previn, and Sir Simon Rattle
On Tuesday, October 7 at 8:00 p.m., The Philadelphia Orchestra presents the first of four concerts offered during Carnegie Hall’s 2008–09 season, making its first New York appearance under new Chief Conductor and Artistic Adviser Charles Dutoit with a program of works by Ravel, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Pianist Martha Argerich is featured soloist for this concert, performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op. 10 and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35.
The Orchestra’s series of concerts continues on Tuesday, March 17 at 8:00 p.m. with Mr. Dutoit leading a program featuring bass-baritone Eric Owens who will perform Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, during Carnegie Hall’s festival, Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy curated by Jessye Norman. This concert will be dedicated to the memory of legendary African-American singer Marian Anderson, a Philadelphia native who performed at Carnegie Hall 57 times during her remarkable career. On Tuesday, April 7 at 8:00 p.m. André Previn performs as conductor and piano soloist with the Orchestra, leading Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 and Strauss’s Symphonia domestica as part of Carnegie Hall’s celebration of Mr. Previn’s 80th birthday. The Philadelphia Orchestra concludes its Carnegie Hall season on Friday, May 1 at 8:00 p.m. with a performance of Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust led by Sir Simon Rattle with soloists mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, tenor Giuseppe Sabbatini, bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone Eric Owens, and The Philadelphia Singers Chorale. Pre-concert talks, beginning at 7:00 p.m., precede the March 17, April 7, and May 1 performances. Complete program information is listed below.
Since his debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1980, Charles Dutoit has been invited each season to conduct many major orchestras in the United States, including those of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. Mr. Dutoit will become Chief Conductor and Artistic Adviser of The Philadelphia Orchestra in September 2008. Since 1990, he has been Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s summer festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. He has also performed regularly with the great orchestras in Europe, including the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, as well as the Israel Philharmonic and major orchestras of Japan, South America, and Australia. From 1991 to 2001, he was music director of the Orchestre National de France and has served as both the Principal Conductor and Music Director of the NHK Symphony in Tokyo. For 25 years (1977 to 2002), Mr. Dutoit was Artistic Director of the Montreal Symphony. He has recorded extensively for Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Philips, CBS, Erato, and other labels with American, European, and Japanese orchestras. His more than 170 recordings, half of them with the Montreal Symphony, have garnered more than 40 awards and distinctions.
While in his early 20s, Mr. Dutoit was invited by Herbert von Karajan to lead the Vienna State Opera. He has since conducted regularly at Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. He also led productions at the Los Angeles Music Center Opera and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. In 1988, the government of France made Mr. Dutoit an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and, in 1996, he was promoted to Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 1991, Mr. Dutoit was made an Honorary Citizen of the City of Philadelphia. Born in Switzerland, he studied in Geneva, Siena, Venice, and Tanglewood where he worked with Charles Munch. A globetrotter motivated by his passion for history and archaeology, political science, art, and architecture, Mr. Dutoit has traveled extensively the world over.
Martha Argerich was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and began her first piano lessons at the age of five with Vincenzo Scaramuzza. In 1955, she moved to Europe and continued her studies in London, Vienna, and Switzerland. In 1957, she won the Bolzano and Geneva Piano Competitions and, in 1965, the Warsaw International Chopin Competition. Ms. Argerich has been highly praised for her performances of the virtuoso piano literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Chamber music is a significant part of her musical life and she regularly plays and records with Nelson Friere, Alexandre Rabinovitch, Mischa Maisky, and Gidon Kremer. Ms. Argerich has recorded for EMI, Sony, Philips, Teldec, Deutsche Grammophon, and many of her performances have been broadcast on television worldwide. She has received numerous awards including multiple Grammy Awards, Gramophone’s Artist of the Year, Musician of the Year by Musical America, Record of the Year by The Sunday Times, and a BBC Music Magazine Award. In 1996, she was made an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and, in 2004, a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government. Since 1998, Ms. Argerich has served as the Artistic Director of the Beppu Festival in Japan, and, in 1999, she created the International Piano Competition and Festival Martha Argerich in Buenos Aires.
Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, bestselling recordings, and its unprecedented record of innovation in recording technologies and outreach. The Orchestra has maintained unity in artistic leadership with only seven music directors piloting its first century: Fritz Scheel (1900–1907), Carl Pohlig (1907–1912), Leopold Stokowski (1912–1941), Eugene Ormandy (1936–1980), Riccardo Muti (1980–1992), Wolfgang Sawallisch (1993–2003), and Christoph Eschenbach (2003–2008). The Philadelphia Orchestra annually touches the lives of more than one million music lovers worldwide through its performances, publications, recordings, and broadcasts. The Orchestra presents a subscription season in Philadelphia each year from September to May, in addition to education and community partnership programs, and appears annually at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. The Orchestra also reaches audiences around the world during its yearly three-week tour. Its summer schedule includes an outdoor series at Philadelphia’s Mann Center for the Performing Arts, free Neighborhood Concerts, and residencies at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York.
Program Information
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Charles Dutoit, Chief Conductor and Artistic Adviser
Martha Argerich, Piano
MAURICE RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op. 10
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35
MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Tickets: $40, $48, $63, $87, $113, $125
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Charles Dutoit, Chief Conductor and Artistic Adviser
Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone
Program to include:
DARIUS MILHAUD La création du monde, Op. 81
GUSTAV MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"
Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.
Major funding for Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Alice Tully Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation's New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, and the A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation.
Tickets: $35, $42, $55, $76, $99, $110
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
André Previn, Conductor and Pianist
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491
RICHARD STRAUSS Symphonia domestica, Op. 53
Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with Bryan Gilliam, Duke University.
Sponsored by Deloitte LLP
Tickets: $35, $42, $54, $74, $96, $106
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Friday, May 1, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Magdalena Kožená, Mezzo-Soprano
Giuseppe Sabbatini, Tenor
Thomas Quasthoff, Bass-Baritone
Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale
David Hayes, Director
HECTOR BERLIOZ La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall.
The Trustees of Carnegie Hall gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Jean Stein, whose contribution honors the memory of Edward W. Said and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
Tickets: $35, $42, $55, $76, $99, $110
Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
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