The Philadelphia Orchestra 2010
Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) has announced the 2010 summer season of The Philadelphia Orchestra presented by HSBC Bank USA, N.A., August 4 - 21. The season is led by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Charles Dutoit. Join us in celebrating Maestro Dutoit's farewell celebration season.
Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin returns to SPAC's stage to narrate Prokofiev's "Peter and The Wolf."
The Orchestra performs with "Cirque de la Symphonie."The production, which includes aerial flyers, acrobats, dancers and jugglers, has been described as "dazzling and elegant."
Soloists include Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah Chang, Garrick Ohlsson, André Watts and Kirill Gerstein.
Repertoire features The Rite of Spring and The Firebird Suite by Stravinsky, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with choral accompaniment by the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Barber's Overture to The School for Scandal, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 and more.
Peter Oundjian, Rossen Milanov, Lawrence Foster, Jeff Tyzik and Steven Reineke guest conduct.
Doug LaBrecque, known for his leading role in "The Phantom of the Opera,"along with Christiane Noll, who starred in "Jekyll & Hyde," sing hits of Broadway past and present in "A Century of Broadway."
New York Pops Conductor Steven Reineke leads "Wicked Divas," featuring favorite selections from Broadway's "Wicked" as well as "Gypsy," "Titanic" and the opera "Carmen."
A "Farewell Concert" for Charles Dutoit and Chantal Juillet pays tribute to their SPAC legacy. Dutoit has been the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of The Orchestra's Saratoga Season since 1990; Juillet has been the Director of the Saratoga Chamber Music Festival since 1991. Each celebrates their final SPAC season this year.
Ticket prices for Orchestra performances start at $18 for lawn seats. Please note that there are three premium priced performances during the Ochestra's Season (August 4th, 13th and 21st). Order forms are available at www.spac.org. To speak with someone directly, call (518) 584-9330 x134.
August 4, 2010*
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OPENING NIGHT WITH YO-YO MA
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Strauss: Don Juan
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
August 5, 2010
Sponsored by PEF/MBP
DATE NIGHT
POPS: A Century of Broadway
Jeff Tyzik, Conductor
Christiane Noll, Soprano
Doug LaBrecque, Baritone
Includes selections from My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and more
August 6, 2010
Sponsored by Empire State College
CDPHP FAMILY NIGHT
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Kirill Gerstein, Piano
Alec Baldwin, Narrator
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2
Stravinsky : Suite from The Firebird
August 7, 2010
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Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Leah Crocetto, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo Soprano
Phillipe Castagner, Tenor
Nathan Berg, Bass
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297b, for winds and orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral
August 11, 2010
A GERSHWIN EVENING
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Gerswhin Piano
Concerto in F,
An American in Paris,
I Got Rhythm variations for piano and orchestra,
Porgy and Bess, a Symphonic Picture
August 12, 2010
Sponsored by Nigro Companies
DATE NIGHT
FAREWELL CONCERT
Fireworks after the show
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Chantal Juillet, Violin
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Debussy: La Mer
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Friday, August 13, 2010*
CDPHP FAMILY NIGHT
CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE
Rossen Milanov, Conductor
August 14, 2010
Evening with an Artist
Rossen Milanov, Conductor
Andre Watts, Piano
Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
August 18, 2010
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Peter Oundjian, Conductor
Sarah Chang, Violin
Mozart: Magic Flute Overture
Shostakovich: Violin Conc. No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
August 19, 2010
DATE NIGHT
Wicked Divas
Steven Reineke, Conductor
Julia Murney and Jennifer Laura Thompson, Vocalists
POPS
August 20, 2010
Sponsored by CSEA
CDPHP FAMILY NIGHT
Fireworks after the show
Lawrence Foster, Conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, Piano
Musorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov:
Overture to Khovantchina
Rachmaninoff: Piano Conc. No. 3
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
August 21, 2010*
Sponsored by Skidmore College
1812 OVERTURE
TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR
Fireworks after the show
Lawrence Foster, Conductor
Khatia Buniatshvili, Piano
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin,
Piano Concerto No. 1, Romeo & Juliet,
1812 Overture
TICKET PRICES
Lawn, $18 (No further discounts apply)
Sections 11-14 and 22-30, $31
Sections 8-10 and 18-21, $41.50
Sections 4-7 and Side Balcony Boxes, $49.50
Sections 1-3 and 15-17, $65.50
Premium Box Seats $72.50
KIDS 12 AND UNDER FREE
* "Premium Priced Performance" = add $5 to every price level
For questions, or to speak with someone personally, please call SPAC's Box Office: 518-584-9330 x134 (M-F 10 AM - 3 PM)
