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PhiladelphiaA Hundred Years On: A New Oratorio About the 1876 Centennial Exposition

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Boyer: A Hundred Years On
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Anthony Parnther; Tazewell Thompson; Rasean Davonte Johnson; Millie Hiibel; The Crossing

Philadelphia50 Years of Music in the Park

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Beethoven, Ravel, Holst
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Marin Alsop

SaratogaEmanuel Ax plays Beethoven

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Beethoven, Brahms
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Emanuel Ax

SaratogaBeethoven’s Ninth with Yannick

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Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Leah Hawkins; J'Nai Bridges; Issachah Savage; Ryan Speedo Green

PhiladelphiaOpening Night | Beethoven 9

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Hisaishi, Beethoven
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Leah Hawkins; J'Nai Bridges; Issachah Savage; Ryan Speedo Green

PhiladelphiaYannick Leads Symphonic Rituals from Bernstein’s MASS

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Brahms, Bernstein
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Alexandre Kantorow
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Alsop conducts a substitute Marsalis symphony at Carnegie Hall

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The premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony no. 5 is postponed, substituted by selections from his Jungle Symphony, along with a disappointing Beethoven’s Seventh at Carnegie Hall. 
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Philadelphia Orchestra debuts Tyshawn Sorey’s static Piano Concerto

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the premiere of For Marilyn Crispell alongside the 1873 version of Bruckner’s “Wagner Symphony”, the Third.
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A superb Salzburg sojourn: Philadelphia Orchestra plays Mozart

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Guest conductor Harry Bicket brings a sense of urgency to Mozart's Requiem and pulse-quickening energy to Symphony no. 40.
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Energy, precision and drama from the Philadelphia Orchestra

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Marin Alsop is joined by pianist Hayato Sumino as she conducts the Philadelphians in an exhilarating program of works by John Adams, Gershwin and Prokofiev.  

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Amy Beach’s Gaelic returns to Philadelphia after 100-year absence

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Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s latest concert also features Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto with Marc-André Hamelin.
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When we dead awaken: Mahler 2 returns to Philadelphia

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra deliver a supreme meditation on the power of music and faith.
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Rachmaninov and the Philadelphia Sound

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“Years ago, I composed for the great Chaliapin. Now he is dead, and so I compose for a new kind of artist, the Philadelphia Orchestra.” Cameron Kelsall explores the relationship between Sergei Rachmaninov and the orchestra he composed for in exile.