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"The walls indeed shook. It was quite something ... this orchestra swings as few can, but with control and clarity that comes with mastery over their instruments." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
ABOUT
THE CURTIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra, composed of more than one hundred exceptionally gifted young musicians between the ages of thirteen and twenty-five, has been called "an orchestra that any city would be lucky to have as its professional ensemble" (Philadelphia Inquirer). It is under the direction of Otto-Werner Mueller and David Hayes. The orchestra performs a three-concert season in Philadelphia's Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, as well as programs elsewhere in the region and occasionally at Carnegie Hall. This real-world training has enabled Curtis alumni to assume prominent positions in major orchestras across the United States, Canada, and abroad. Recent visiting conductors include Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Alan Gilbert, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Peter Oundjian, Simon Rattle, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Robert Spano, Michael Stern, Yuri Temirkanov, and David Zinman.
In 2005 and 2007, the orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall; it will return in February 2008.
In previous years, it was orchestra-in-residence at the Rencontres
Musicales d'Evian in France and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.
Seventeen percent of the principal chairs in America's top twenty-five orchestras
and four music directorships in the top fifty are held by Curtis alumni.
In the Philadelphia Orchestra alone, almost half of the players
are alumni of The
Curtis Institute of Music.
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2007-08 SEASON
The Jack Wolgin Orchestral Concerts
(Click below for program details.)
Friday, November 2 (York, Pa.)
Saturday, November 3 (Reading, Pa.)
Monday, November 5 (Philadelphia)
Monday, February 11 (Philadelphia)
Tuesday, February 12 (New York City)
Sunday, April 27 (Philadelphia)
TICKETS
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| Single Tickets: $5, $12, $15, $25, $36 |
| Kimmel Center Box Office, 215-893-1999, ticketphiladelphia.org |
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| Programs and artists are subject to change. All ticket sales are final--no refunds or exchanges. |
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PROGRAM DETAILS
Monday, November 5 at 8 p.m.
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Aaron Rosand, violin
Monday, February 11 at 8 p.m.
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
Alan Gilbert, conductor
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| BARBER |
Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5 |
| BEETHOVEN, trans. Mahler |
String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 ("Quartetto serioso") |
| NIELSEN |
Symphony No. 3 ("Sinfonia espansiva") |
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Additional Performance:
Tuesday, February 12 at 8 p.m.
Carnegie Hall (New York City)
Presented by The Curtis Institute of Music
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Sunday, April 27 at 8 p.m.
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Leon Fleisher, piano
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| SCHULLER |
Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee |
| HINDEMITH |
Klaviermusik mit Orchester (Piano, Left Hand) |
| DVOŘÁK |
Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World") |
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