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2009 Calendar

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26

27

Coldplay
7:00 pm

28

Crosby, Stills, and Nash
7:30 pm

29

Lil Wayne
7:30 pm

30

31

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2

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4

Chamber Music Festival
8:00 pm

5

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra Opening Night
8:00 pm

6

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra Watts Plays Grieg
8:00 pm

7

Chamber Music Festival
5:00 pm

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra: Magical Movie Music
8:00 pm

8

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra The Maestro and The Maverick
8:00 pm

9

Chamber Music Festival
2:15 pm

O.A.R.
7:30 pm

10

Chamber Music Festival
8:00 pm

11

Chamber Music Festival *SOLD OUT*
7:00 pm

Creed
7:30 pm

12

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra A Cello Extravaganza with Yo-Yo
8:00 pm

13

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra Masterpieces
8:00 pm

14

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra: Broadway Rocks!
8:00 pm

15

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra An Evening with Degas
8:00 pm

16

Chamber Music Festival
2:15 pm

Phish
7:30 pm

17

18

Allman Brothers
7:00 pm

Chamber Music Festival
8:00 pm

19

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra Dies Irae...
8:00 pm

20

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra: Great American Composers
8:00 pm

21

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra Tchaikovsky Spectacular
8:00 pm

22

Pre-Performance Talk
7:00 pm

The Philadelphia Orchestra Our Fabulous Philadelphians
8:00 pm

23

Chamber Music Festival
2:15 pm

24

25

Bruce Springsteen
7:30 pm

26

The Moody Blues
8:00 pm

27

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29

30

31

Blink 182
6:30 pm

1

Crue Fest 2
5:00 pm

2

Journey
7:30 pm

3

Toby Keith
7:30 pm

4

5

Program Notes

 
 

Saturday, August 15, 2009

The Philadelphia Orchestra

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8:00 pm$18.00

SPAC Amphitheatre

The Philadelphia Orchestra An Evening with Degas

Program

 

MASSENET "Meditation," from Thaïs, for violin and orchestra

SARASATE Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen, for violin and orchestra

SAINT-SAËNS "Bacchanale," from Samson and Delilah

OFFENBACH Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

Charles Dutoit Conductor
Gil Shaham Violin

Presented in support of The Hyde Museum's Degas and Music exhibition.

Edgar Degas, French (1834-1917), Dancer with Red Stockings, 1883-85, pastel on paper, 29 7/8 x 23 1/8 in., The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York 1971.65

 

Pre-Performance Talk

Degas and Music

Jeremy Rothman, Vice President, Artistic Planning, The Philadelphia Orchestra 

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