Description:

The Philadelphia Orchestra welcomes the debut of the stellar American violinist and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Stefan Jackiw, who has left critics grasping for superlatives since his debut in London in 2000. "The 14-year-old violinist took the London music world by storm," wrote the Strad of that London concert, which made the front page of the Times. On the podium is British maestro Andrew Davis, music director and principal conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He leads the extravagant First Symphony by his fellow Brit Edward Elgar, which bears a heroic quality that has led some to call it the composer's "Eroica."

This concert is sponsored by UBS, a global financial services leader.

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Audio Samples:

Elgar - Symphony No. 1

Concert Enhancements:

Free Pre-Concert Conversation one hour prior to concert (About Pre-Concert Conversations)

Program Notes:

March 27, 2010 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the 2010 Celebration Collection, and package Satruday 8A

Part of the 2010 Connoisseur Collection, and package Saturday 5D

Part of the 2010 Weekend Collection, and package Satruday 8A