Two Ways To Treat Your Sweetheart!
| Riccardo
Muti Returns An Evening with The Philadelphia Orchestra |
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| Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 7 pm |  |
Former Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti returns to conduct The Philadelphia Orchestra in a special benefit concert. Music Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 1980 to 1992 and music director of Italy's Teatro alla Scala since 1986, Maestro Muti returns to conduct the Philadelphians for the first time since 1998 in a specially-selected program. |
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The Philadelphia
Orchestra Kimmel Center - Verizon Hall |
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| ROSSINI | Overture to William Tell |
| VERDI | "Tacea la notte placida … Di tale amore," from Il trovatore |
| VERDI | "Teneste la promessa … Addio del passato," from La traviata |
| PUCCINI | "Vissi d'arte," from Tosca |
| BRAHMS | Symphony No. 2 |
A post-concert benefactor reception will be held in the Perelman Theater. For more information regarding tickets to the post concert reception and concert call 215.893.1956.
| Valentine's
Day Concert "In Love with Shakespeare" |
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| Monday, February 14, 2005 at 8 pm | |
| Celebrate Valentine's Day with an evening of music and verse. The program interweaves scenes from Shakespeare's plays including Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer's Night Dream with music written by composers with Shakespeare's plays in mind. | |
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Philadelphia Orchestra The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival David Hayes, conductor David Howey, host Actors from The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival |
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| Carmen Khan, artistic director | |
Kimmel Center - Verizon Hall
| WALTON | Excerpts from the Prelude from the film Richard III |
| WALTON | Excerpts from the Fanfare from the film Richard III |
| MENDELSSOHN | Excerpts from the Overture to Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| MENDELSSOHN | Scherzo from Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| MENDELSSOHN | Nocturne from Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| MENDELSSOHN | "Wedding March," from Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| WALTON | Excerpts from the Fanfare from the film Richard III |
| BERLIOZ | Overture to Beatrice and Benedict |
| PROKOFIEV | "Montagues and Capulets," from Romeo and Juliet |
| PROKOFIEV | "Romeo and Juliet Before Parting," from Romeo and Juliet |
| PROKOFIEV | "Masks," from Romeo and Juliet |
| PROKOFIEV | "Death of Juliet," from Romeo and Juliet |
| WALTON | "The Wedding Procession," from As You Like It |
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