Bernstein Festival: Higdon and Bernstein
This concert affords you the unusual opportunity to hear two brand new works by one of America's most acclaimed modern-day composers. Jennifer Higdon continues to add important new works to her already considerable and exciting output. Here you'll experience two works created especially for four Philadelphia-based artist-ensembles: the string trio Time for Three, violinist Jennifer Koh, and the Philadelphia Singers Chorale, together with The Philadelphia Orchestra. The evening is also part of our Leonard Bernstein 90th birth year commemorations, and includes his First Symphony, with its gripping portrayal and prayerful lament over the epic destruction of ancient Jerusalem.

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