2007-2008 Season
Imaginations explode and creativity flows through the magic of symphonic music. This five-concert series is the perfect introduction to the orchestra in a family-friendly setting. Shortened programs grab kids’ attention and inspire the mind!
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Pre-Concert Adventures
Attend Pre-Concert Adventures before each concert for an interactive experience with the music.
The Pre-Concert Adventures take place in Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center before each concert, and is open to all ticket holders.
The Eighth Note Newsletter
The Eighth Note Newsletter is full of information and activities to help audience members prepare for each Family Concert. It is sent to subscribers prior to each performance, and includes special listening sections, interviews with guest artists and musicians, games, puzzles, and more!
2007-2008 Schedule
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Saturday, October 27, 2007, at 11:30 am
Pre-Concert Adventure at 10:00 am
ROSSEN MILANOV conductor
HARRISON HOLLINGSWORTH bassoon
MICHAEL BOUDEWYNS narrator
RAMEAU Overture to Zaïs
MOZART First movement from Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf
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Saturday, December 8, 2007, at 11:30 am
Pre-Concert Adventure at 10:00 am
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
DAVID AMADO conductor
KATHERINE KAPELSOHN harp
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Saturday, March 1, 2008, at 11:30 am
Pre-Concert Adventure at 10:00 am
ROSSEN MILANOV conductor
JAMIE BERNSTEIN host
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Saturday, March 29, 2008, at 11:30 am
Pre-Concert Adventure at 10:00 am
ALASTAIR WILLIS conductor
ANGELA PARK cello
CHARLOTTE BLAKE ALSTON host and storyteller
DVORAK Excerpt from Cello Concerto
RANJBARAN "Seven Passages" from Persian Trilogy
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Excerpts from Sheherazade
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Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 11:30 am
Pre-Concert Adventure at 10:00 am
A new work by Lemony Snicket with music by Nathaniel Stookey
ROSSEN MILANOV conductor
JENNY YEN YU CHEN piano
LEMONY SNICKET narrator
NATHANIEL STOOKEY narrator
BEETHOVEN Third movement from Piano Concerto No. 3
STOOKEY The Composer Is Dead
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The Philadelphia Orchestra Family Concerts are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross.
Additional support is provided by UGI-Amerigas, the Presser Foundation, and the Zisman Family
Foundation.
For children ages 3
- 6, the Orchestra offers its popular Sound
All Around series. |
