WRTI has teamed up with The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Mann Center for the Performing Arts to present our first-ever People's Choice Concert. Join us at the Mann on August 1st when the Fabulous Philadelphians play a *program selected by YOU! Gregg Whiteside will be your host for the evening. Astral Artist Eunice Kim (violin) will be the soloist.
(*Voting took place in June; thanks so much to everyone who participated!)
Interested in attending the concert? Good news...it's FREE! Tickets are available here on a first-come, first-served basis. The concert takes place on Friday, August 1st at 8 pm, with doors opening at 6 pm.
UPDATE: You can help select the encore at the concert! During intermission, text SONGA - Rossini's William Tell Overture (excerpt) or SONGB - Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5 to 89887 and sign up for mobile alerts from the Mann. Text voting will conclude at the end of intermission. (You can stop receiving mobile alerts by replying "STOPMANN" to any alerts received from 89887.)
It's guaranteed to be a spectacular evening of music! See you there!
Here is the list of classical works that you voted on in June, in random order. The top 9 will be performed on Friday night.
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Venusburg
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet-Fantasy Overture
Wagner: Die Walküre/Ride of the Valkyries
Smetana: The Moldau
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Liszt: Les Preludes
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Sibelius: Finlandia
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty highlights
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila/Bacchanal
Sarasate: Carmen fantasy
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture