Intermediate and advanced string players of all ages invited to perform alongside members of both orchestras
Nézet-Séguin to conduct Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal for the first time in Philadelphia with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato November 24, 2019
(Philadelphia, November 4, 2019)—String players of all ages have the special opportunity to perform alongside members of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal in a community PlayIN led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at 3:00 PM. This shared music-making event will be led by Nézet-Séguin and Philadelphia Orchestra Conducting Fellow Lina Gonzalez-Granados. The program for advanced- and intermediate-level string players (violin, viola, cello, and bass) will include the Prelude from Grieg’s “Holberg” Suite; the first movement from Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; the first movement from Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik; the Élégie (third movement) from Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings; and the Finale from Holst’s St. Paul’s Suite. For more information and to register, visit www.philorch.org/playin.
The PlayIN is part of an exciting weekend of events featuring Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal. For the first time in Philadelphia, Nézet-Séguin will take the stage with Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal on Sunday, November 24, at 2:00 PM in a program featuring excerpts from Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito (Overture, “Parto, ma tu ben mio,” and “Non più di fiori”), with critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. The concert will conclude with Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”). Appointed artistic director and principal conductor of the Montreal-based orchestra in 2000, Nézet-Séguin’s contract was recently renewed for life, in an open-ended commitment.
PlayIN with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
November 23 at 3:00 PM––Saturday afternoon––Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra
Members of Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor
Lina Gonzalez-Granados Conducting Fellow
Grieg Prelude, from “Holberg” Suite
Bach First movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Mozart First movement from Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Tchaikovsky Élégie, from Serenade for Strings
Holst Finale (The Dargason), from St. Paul’s Suite
The Philadelphia Orchestra's PlayINs are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
November 24 at 2:00 PM––Sunday afternoon––Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor
Joyce DiDonato Mezzo-soprano
Mozart Overture to La clemenza di Tito
Mozart “Parto, ma tu ben mio,” from La clemenza di Tito
Mozart “Non piu di fiori,” from La clemenza di Tito
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”)
About The Philadelphia Orchestra
About Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
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