Description:

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.

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Audio Samples:

PROKOFIEV - Suite from The Love for Three Oranges

BARBER - Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 4

Concert Enhancements:

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

music+ spoken introductions from the stage

Program Notes:

November 12, 2009 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the Masterworks Collection, and package Thursday 5A

Part of the Weekday Collection, and package Thursday 5A