Join us for a very special treat on Sunday, March 22nd as our Philadelphia Orchestra broadcast comes to you LIVE from Verizon Hall at 2 pm - an hour later than usual - in a concert featuring violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, a Philadelphia favorite since she debuted with the Orchestra at the age of 10.
She joins conductor Gianandrea Noseda for a performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, one of the most popular works in the violin repertory.
Opening the concert is Respighi’s Second Suite of Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, based on Italian and French music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
And the concert ends on a heavenly note, with Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite, The Planets. The great English composer was a devotee of astrology, and he created the work to depict each planet’s influence on the human psyche. The Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale join the Orchestra to perform the work’s final movement, "Neptune, the Mystic."
WRTI's Susan Lewis and Kile Smith bring you Intermission interviews with Maestro Noseda and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.
That's Sunday, March 22 at 2 pm (one hour later than usual) - LIVE from Verizon Hall. The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert with host Gregg Whiteside broadcasting on location at the Kimmel Center. View a broadcast map here, or listen online at wrti.org.
PROGRAM:
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
INTERMISSION
Holst: The Planets
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
David Hayes, music director, Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale
If you'd like to attend the concert, you can purchase tickets here.
