Celebration Collection
Designed for pure listening pleasure, our Celebration Collection will introduce you to a wide selection of music. This eclectic mix has something for everyone making concerts in the Celebration Collection a perfect way to spend time with friends or family. In addition, spoken introductions from the stage can be found on the Tuesday series to help you appreciate the music and music makers.
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Celebration Collection - Mini 3A
Verizon Hall

         
The Ring--Orchestral Adventure

Saturday December 12, 2009
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Neeme Järvi - Conductor

Gregory Walker - Violin

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Program:

WALKER - Violin Concerto (world premiere)

WAGNER - The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure

An Evening of Schumann

Saturday March 06, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Christoph Eschenbach - Conductor

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Program:

SCHUMANN - Overture to The Bride of Messina

SCHUMANN - Symphony No. 4

SCHUMANN - Symphony No. 2

Mozart and Rachmaninoff

Saturday May 29, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Shana Blake Hill - Soprano

Nikolai Lugansky - Piano

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Program:

MOZART - Symphony No. 39

SHENG - The Phoenix

RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto No. 3


Celebration Collection - Friday Eve B 5
Verizon Hall

         
Mozart and Bruckner

Friday November 27, 2009
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Jaap van Zweden - Conductor

Horacio Gutiérrez - Piano

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Program:

MOZART - Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459

BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 9

Mattila Debuts

Friday January 15, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Jiri Behlolavek - Conductor

Karita Mattila - Soprano

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Program:

MAHLER - Adagio, from Symphony No. 10

STRAUSS - Four Last Songs

MARTINU - Symphony No. 3

Vänskä Conducts Sibelius

Thursday March 11, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä - Conductor

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger - Piano

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Program:

AHO - Minea

LISZT - Piano Concerto No. 2

SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 2

Ax Plays Beethoven

Friday April 16, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Emanuel Ax - Piano

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Program:

RAVEL - Mother Goose Suite

BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 2

STRAVINSKY - Petrushka

Mahler's Third Symphony

Friday June 11, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Mihoko Fujimura - Mezzo-soprano

Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale -

The American Boychoir -

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Program:

MAHLER - Symphony No. 3


Celebration Collection - Sunday A 3
Verizon Hall

         
Mozart and Bruckner

Sunday November 29, 2009
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Jaap van Zweden - Conductor

Horacio Gutiérrez - Piano

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Program:

MOZART - Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459

BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 9

Brahms's Violin Concerto

Sunday Febuary 28, 2010
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Janine Jansen - Violin

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Program:

BRAHMS - Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905")

The Rite of Spring

Sunday April 11, 2010
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Piotr Anderszewski - Piano

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Program:

SZYMANOWSKI - Symphony No. 4, for piano and orchestra

DEBUSSY - La Mer

STRAVINSKY - The Rite of Spring


Celebration Collection - Sunday B 3
Verizon Hall

         
Morales Plays Mozart

Sunday January 10, 2010
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Bernard Labadie - Conductor

Ricardo Morales - Clarinet

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Program:

HANDEL - Music for the Royal Fireworks

MOZART - Clarinet Concerto

BACH - Orchestral Suite No. 3

HAYDN - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise")


Celebration Collection - Saturday 8A
Verizon Hall

         
The Ring--Orchestral Adventure

Saturday December 12, 2009
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Neeme Järvi - Conductor

Gregory Walker - Violin

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Program:

WALKER - Violin Concerto (world premiere)

WAGNER - The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure

An Evening of Schumann

Saturday March 06, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Christoph Eschenbach - Conductor

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Program:

SCHUMANN - Overture to The Bride of Messina

SCHUMANN - Symphony No. 4

SCHUMANN - Symphony No. 2

Mozart and Rachmaninoff

Saturday May 29, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Shana Blake Hill - Soprano

Nikolai Lugansky - Piano

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Program:

MOZART - Symphony No. 39

SHENG - The Phoenix

RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto No. 3

Dutoit Conducts Strauss

Saturday June 05, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Arabella Steinbacher - Violin

Choong-Jin Chang - Viola

Arto Noras - Cello

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Program:

STRAUSS - Don Juan

MOZART - Violin Concerto No. 5

STRAUSS - Don Quixote


Celebration Collection - Saturday 3A (6A)
Verizon Hall

         
An Evening of Mozart

Saturday January 23, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Nicholas McGegan - Conductor

Robert Levin - Piano

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Program:

MOZART - Incidental Music from Thamos, King of Egypt

MOZART - Piano Concerto No. 18, K. 456

MOZART - Symphony No. 40

Brahms's Violin Concerto

Saturday Febuary 27, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Janine Jansen - Violin

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Program:

BRAHMS - Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905")

Mozart and Rachmaninoff

Thursday May 27, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Shana Blake Hill - Soprano

Nikolai Lugansky - Piano

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Program:

MOZART - Symphony No. 39

SHENG - The Phoenix

RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto No. 3


Celebration Collection - Sunday P6
Verizon Hall

         
Mozart and Bruckner

Sunday November 29, 2009
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Jaap van Zweden - Conductor

Horacio Gutiérrez - Piano

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Program:

MOZART - Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459

BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 9

Morales Plays Mozart

Sunday January 10, 2010
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Bernard Labadie - Conductor

Ricardo Morales - Clarinet

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Program:

HANDEL - Music for the Royal Fireworks

MOZART - Clarinet Concerto

BACH - Orchestral Suite No. 3

HAYDN - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise")

The Firebird

Sunday Febuary 14, 2010
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Andrey Boreyko - Conductor

Louis Lortie - Piano

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Program:

BARBER - Night Flight

CHOPIN - Piano Concerto No. 2

KANCHELI - "Morning Prayers," from Life without Christmas

STRAVINSKY - Suite from The Firebird (1911 original)

Brahms's Violin Concerto

Sunday Febuary 28, 2010
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Janine Jansen - Violin

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Program:

BRAHMS - Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905")

The Rite of Spring

Sunday April 11, 2010
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Piotr Anderszewski - Piano

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Program:

SZYMANOWSKI - Symphony No. 4, for piano and orchestra

DEBUSSY - La Mer

STRAVINSKY - The Rite of Spring

Dutoit Conducts Strauss

Sunday June 06, 2010
2:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Arabella Steinbacher - Violin

Choong-Jin Chang - Viola

Arto Noras - Cello

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Program:

STRAUSS - Don Juan

MOZART - Violin Concerto No. 5

STRAUSS - Don Quixote


Celebration Collection - Tuesday 4
Verizon Hall

         
Beethoven's Fifth

Tuesday Febuary 02, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos - Conductor

Elizabeth Hainen - Harp

Hai-Ye Ni - Cello

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Program:

FALLA - Suite from El amor brujo

TURINA - Theme and Variations for Harp and Strings

SAINT-SAËNS - Cello Concerto No. 1

BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 5

The Firebird

Tuesday Febuary 16, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Andrey Boreyko - Conductor

Louis Lortie - Piano

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Program:

BARBER - Night Flight

CHOPIN - Piano Concerto No. 2

KANCHELI - "Morning Prayers," from Life without Christmas

STRAVINSKY - Suite from The Firebird (1911 original)

Vänskä Conducts Sibelius

Tuesday March 16, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä - Conductor

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger - Piano

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Program:

AHO - Minea

LISZT - Piano Concerto No. 2

SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 2

Dutoit Conducts Strauss

Tuesday June 08, 2010
8:00  PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Arabella Steinbacher - Violin

Choong-Jin Chang - Viola

Arto Noras - Cello

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Program:

STRAUSS - Don Juan

MOZART - Violin Concerto No. 5

STRAUSS - Don Quixote