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Monday, October
1, 2001
Orchestra Met with Enthusiasm Across America
New Board Members Elected at Annual Meeting
September 26
Tickets Go On Sale for Fall Season October
2
Sawallisch to Receive Governor's Award October
3
New York Radio Station Salutes Philadelphia
Orchestra
Orchestra's Radio Broadcast Season Begins October
7
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Orchestra
Met with Enthusiasm Across America
Halfway through their 2001 United States Tour, The Philadelphia
Orchestra and Music Director Wolfgang Sawallisch perform at
Seattle's Benaroya Hall this evening, Monday, October 1. Concerts
this past weekend included performances in San Diego, Las Vegas,
and San Francisco. Audience enthusiasm and appreciation have
been demonstrated throughout the three-week tour, with vigorous
applause and standing ovations. Reviewing the tour's first concert
at the Krannert Center in Illinois, music critic John Frayne
wrote: "A capacity audience Friday night in the Foelinger
Hall at the Krannert Center heard why The Philadelphia Orchestra,
playing under Wolfgang Sawallisch, remains one of the greatest
orchestras in the United States and indeed the world. . . .
On the evidence of Friday night, the orchestra is in top form
and a joy to hear. . . ."
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New Board Members Selected at Annual
Meeting September 26
Five new area business and community leaders were elected to
the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association
at the Association's Annual Meeting on September 26. Joining
twelve colleagues being re-elected to new terms are: Deborah
L. Chiumento (Senior Vice President with Bank of America), Gerard
Payton Cuddy (Senior Vice President with First Union Bank),
Joseph M. Field (Found, Chairman and CEO of Entercom Communications
Corporation), Adele K. Schaeffer (trustee of the University
of Pennsylvania and of the Moore College of Art, and board member
of the Academy of Music), and Carole Price Shanis (President
of the Philadelphia Art Alliance).
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Tickets
Go Onsale for Fall Season October 2
Tickets for all Philadelphia Orchestra concerts this fall at
the Academy of Music go on sale to the public beginning tomorrow,
October 2. The first concert after the ensemble's current three-week
U.S. Tour is the annual Marian Anderson Tribute Concert on October
22. This is followed by seven weekends of regular concerts as
the Orchestra prepares to say farewell to the Academy of Music
on December 12. The Orchestra moves to its new home at The Kimmel
Center for the Performing Arts, with televised gala concerts
celebrating the building's Inaugural Weekend December 14-15.
A variety of special programming has been scheduled for this
fall at the Academy as the Orchestra salutes the famous opera
house that has served as its faithful home during the past century.
Subscriptions for the season are still available, with several
series already soldout. Due to strong sales for the season,
individual tickets for performances in the Kimmel Center after
January 1 are available now only by subscription and will be
released for public sale later this fall.
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Sawallisch
to Receive Governor's Award October 3
In a special ceremony in Allentown on Wednesday evening, October
3, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge will present one of four
2001 Governor's Awards for the Arts to Wolfgang Sawallisch.
The state's highest honor of the "Distinguished Arts Award"
will be given to the Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director in
recognition of his artistry and service to the state during
his tenure with the Orchestra. The evening's other honorees
include William J. Marrazzo of WHYY Inc. (Arts Leadership and
Service Award) and pianist Leon Bates (Artist of the Year; Hazlett
Memorial Award).
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New
York Radio Station Salutes Philadelphia Orchestra
New-York-based WQXR-FM is saluting The Philadelphia Orchestra
all this week October 1-5 in the first of a new series celebrating
great orchestras. The new series, entitled "WQXR Takes
Classical Across the Country," is a celebration in sound
of America's great orchestral traditions and performers. WQXR's
on-air programming is featuring Philadelphia Orchestra recordings
and artists throughout the week, with website components including
special contests for concert/dinner tickets as well as the opportunity
for listeners throughout the country to write-in reminiscences
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Orchestra's
Radio Broadcast Season Begins October 7
The Philadelphia Orchestra's annual series of concert radio
broadcasts begins on Sunday evening, October 7, as part of WHYY-FM's
new "Sunday Showcase" program. The weekly two-hour
Showcase begins at 8:00 p.m., with thirty-one full-length concerts
by the Orchestra scheduled for the upcoming year. In addition
to including many performances from the ensemble's current concert
season, several notable concerts from recent tours will be featured
along with the Orchestra's Inaugural Gala Concert in December
at its new home in the Kimmel Center. WHYY's Ed Cunningham will
serve as radio host for the series, offering special background
information and interviews about each week's music and music-makers.
The series opening program on October 7 is a special encore
broadcast of the Orchestra's 100th Birthday Gala from November
2000, featuring Music Director Wolfgang Sawallisch in a program
with guest soloists André Watts, Midori, and Thomas Hampson,
originally produced by WHYY. All broadcasts will be digitially
recorded and offered for worldwide distribution via the internet
through the Andante.com
website.
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Copyright 2001-2003 The Philadelphia
Orchestra
web@philorch.org
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