Special Events at AMS Philadelphia 2009
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Evening Concerts
Tickets for these events may be purchased directly. Box office contact information provided below.
| Thursday, Friday, Saturday Philadelphia Orchestra Concert — Tchaikovsky: Fourth Symphony; Prokofiev: Suite from The Love for Three Oranges; Barber: Violin Concerto | |
| 8:00 p.m., The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Verizon Hall — Canadian violinist James Ehnes created a sensation in 2006 with his recording of the concertos of Barber, Korngold, and Walton, which later won a Grammy Award. In his Philadelphia Orchestra subscription debut, Ehnes brings his signature Barber interpretation to the orchestra that performed the Concerto's premiere in 1941. Prokofiev's bracing, deliciously orchestrated Suite from his 1919 opera The Love for Three Oranges begins the evening, and Tchaikovsky's passionate, barn-storming Fourth Symphony rounds out the program. Stéphane Denève, dynamic music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, is on the podium. |
 Philadelphia Orchestra, Kimmel Center, Verizon HallPhoto by Jessica Griffin |
| For additional concert information, or to purchase tickets, please visit Philadelphia Orchestra or call "Ticket Philadelphia" at 215-893-1999, between 9:00 am and 8:00 pm. There is a $6.00 per ticket service fee.
Tickets may also be purchased at the door, if seats are available. |
James Ehnes, guest violinist |
 Stéphane Denève, guest conductor |
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| Photos from Philadelphia Orchestra website | |
Thursday 12 November
Song of America
Thomas Hampson Recital
7:30 p.m., Independence Seaport Museum, Penn's Landing. Thomas Hampson will present a solo recital at the Philadelphia Annual Meeting to benefit a new AMS initiative on song research. His recital is part of the nationwide "Song of America" project he is mounting this year in conjunction with the Library of Congress, marking the 250th anniversary of the first American song, "My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free," composed in 1759 by Philadelphian Francis Hopkinson. A panel of musicologists will join him for a discussion following the recital. A special benefit reception follows.
Purchase tickets: Box Office 215-569-8080, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Online at Philadelph Chamber Music Society. Tickets may also be purchased at the door, if available.
Friday 13 November
Hexameron & The Clash of the Piano Titans
Philadelphia Classical Symphony
7:00 p.m. Pre-Concert presentation by Kenneth Hamilton: Liszt's Frankenstein
8:00 p.m., Arch Street Presbyterian Church. It was billed as an epic battle of the hands: In 1837, six piano-composer heavyweights - including Liszt, Chopin, and Czerny—were invited to spin their own variations on a theme by Bellini into a single piece called "Hexameron." But unforeseen events—egos, perhaps—prevented the supergroup from meeting for their debut performance. Now, for one night only, twelve-handed pianist Kenneth Hamilton will bring to life the titanic clash that has been 172 years in the making.
Philadelphia Classical Symphony box office: 215-228-2224 (voice mail system), or online at www.classicalsymphony.org; also at door, if seats available.
Saturday 14 November
Jazz at the Painted Bride
Peter Apfelbaum and the NewYork Hieroglyphics
Post-concert discussion with Guthrie Ramsey
8:00 p.m., The Painted Bride Decades ago, before the term "world music" was commonplace, Peter Apfelbaum's Grammy-nominated, Bay-area Hieroglyphics Ensemble became renowned for its adroit fusing of African, Indian and Middle Eastern rhythms with avant-garde jazz. In 2003, New York City transplant Apfelbaum formed the New York Hieroglyphics Orchestra, adding several more collaborators: drummer Dafnis Prieto, trombonist Josh Roseman, violinist Charlie Burnham and Malian vocalist Abdoulaye Diabate. Apfelbaum's brilliance on saxophone, flute, piano and a variety of percussive instruments underscore the sheer dynamism of this 10-piece ensemble.
For more information visit The Painted Bride. Box office: 215-925-9914, ext 1. Tue-Sat noon till 6:00 pm, also at door if seats available.
Orchestra 2001
Music of Larsen, Salonen, and Schreker
8:00 p.m., Independence Seaport Museum. 2009 Grammy Award winner Hila Plitmann joins James Freeman and Orchestra 2001 for concerts of music on texts by two remarkable poets: Sappho and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Schreker's rarely-performed masterwork of 1916 completes this exciting program.
For more information visit Orchestra 2001. Box office: "Ticket Philadelphia" – 215-893-1999, open 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. There is a $6.00 per ticket service fee. Also, at the door, if available. Orchestra 2001 at 267-687-6243 10-5 daily to check availability.
"A Portuguese Advent Vespers"
Piffaro: The Renaissance Band
8:00 p.m., St. Mark's Episcopal Church. A Marian Vespers for the season of Advent, such as heard in the Portuguese cathedrals of Lisbon, Coimbra or Evora in the seventeenth century, will feature the polychoral Psalms and Magnificat of João Lourenço Rebelo, together with sacred works by António Pinheiro and Estevão de Brito. Piffaro will be joined by members of the Choral Arts Society, Matthew Glandorf, director, and guest brass players Kiri Tollaksen (cornetto) and Erik Schmalz and Mack Ramsey (sackbuts).
For more information visit Piffaro Renaissance Band. Box office: 215-235-8469, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday, and at the door, if available.
