Whether
you are just getting into classical music, or you have listened to classical
music and attended concerts for years, we hope you’re excited to attend one of
the first performances of the 2012-13 season—tonight’s FREE College Concert.
Beginning at 7
PM, the Temple University marching band will get the evening started in front
of the Kimmel Center’s Broad Street entrance with big brass, woodwind, and
percussion sounds. Several universities in the area will also be
well-represented at the Kimmel: West Chester University’s Rammy, Drexel
University’ Mario the Magnificent Dragon, La Salle University’s Explorer, and the
University of Pennsylvania’s Quaker.
The program begins with Orchestra Assistant Conductor Cristian
Macelaru conducting
Liszt’s third and most famous symphonic poem, Les Préludes, officially based on Alphonse de Lamartine’s poem of
the same name.
The program follows with a
special arrangement of Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1, which you would
think would feature a cellist, but instead will showcase Principal Tuba Carol
Jantsch. Ironically, Saint-Saëns composed this Concerto for the cellist August
Tolbecque, who was attempting to enhance the status of cellists in an era when
most concertos were composed for violinists and pianists. Jantsch, who became
the first woman to hold a principal tuba chair among major orchestras, as well
as one of the youngest members of the Orchestra (she won the position when she
was still in college!), is performing the piece, in turn, to raise awareness of
the tuba as a solo instrument.
Following
the Concerto, the Orchestra will perform Karim Al-Zand’s City Scenes: Three Urban Dances for Orchestra. Fitting for the city
of Philadelphia, the piece comprises three dance movements emulating city life.
To close the program, the Orchestra will continue with excerpts from
Prokofiev’s ballet music for Romeo and
Juliet.
Besides this fantastic program, there will be a post-concert
party in the Kimmel Center lobby with live music by LP Stiles, free food, and
the opportunities to meet the Orchestra’s musicians. Best of all, you will have
the opportunity to meet and mingle with other music lovers your age, studying
in Philadelphia-area universities.
This is a night not to be missed! See you then!
—Amalya Lehmann
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