8:00PM - 11:00PM
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SPAC Ampitheatre
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Farewell Concert for Charles Dutoit and Chantal Juillet
Among the biggest highlights of the season will be the August 12 "Farewell Concert" for Charles Dutoit and Chantal Juillet. Dutoit has been the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra's SPAC Season since 1990; Juillet has been the Director of the Saratoga Chamber Music Festival since 1991. Recently, each announced that the 2010 SPAC Season would be their last in these roles, citing a desire to devote more time to other artistic responsibilities.
In announcing the news, SPAC's President Marcia White praised Dutoit's SPAC legacy, noting that "his brilliant work has woven itself into the rich tapestry of SPAC's history." White also lauded Juillet's founding and leadership of SPAC's Chamber Music Festival, observing that she built a "dynamic series that is revered and sought-after by artists and audiences and highly praised by music critics."
Both Dutoit and Juillet, who were recently married, will participate in this special program. Dutoit will lead the Orchestra in performances of masterful works by Shostakovich, Debussy and Respighi. Chantal Juillet will be the evening's soloist, performing Korngold's Violin Concerto. The evening will conclude with a champagne toast to Dutoit and Juillet and a brilliant fireworks display.
Full Philadelphia Orchestra Saratoga Schedule at SPAC:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
August 4 – 21
All performances of The Philadelphia Orchestra start at 8:00 p.m. in the Amphitheatre.
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Wednesday August 4 OPENING NIGHT WITH YO-YO MA Charles Dutoit Conductor Yo-Yo Ma Cello STRAUSS Don Juan ELGAR Cello Concerto STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring |
Thursday August 5 POPS: A Century of Broadway Jeff Tyzik Conductor Christiane Noll, Soprano Doug LaBrecque, Baritone Includes selections from My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Phantom and more. |
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Friday August 6 PETER AND THE WOLF Charles Dutoit Conductor Alec Baldwin Narrator Kirill Gerstein Piano GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf LISZT Piano Concerto No.2 STRAVINSKY Suite fromThe Firebird |
Saturday August 7 ODE TO JOY Charles Dutoit Conductor Leah Crocetto, Soprano Mary Phillips, Mezzo soprano Phillipe Castagner, Tenor Nathan Berg, Bass-baritone Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia MOZART Sinfonia concertante, K.297b for winds and orchestra BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 ("Choral") |
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Wednesday, August 11 A GERSHWIN EVENING Charles Dutoit Conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet Piano GERSHWIN Piano Concerto for Piano in F GERSHWIN An American in Paris GERSHWIN I Got Rhythm, variations for piano and orchestra GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture |
Thursday, August 12 THE FAREWELL CELEBRATION CONCERT Charles Dutoit Conductor Chantal Juillet Violin SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture KORNGOLD Violin Concerto DEBUSSY La mer RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome |
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Friday August 13 CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE Rossen Milanov Conductor |
Saturday August 14 FABULOUS PHILADELPHIANS Rossen Milanov Conductor André Watts Piano BARBER Overture to The School for Scandal BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 |
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Wednesday August 18 THE INCOMPARABLE SARAH CHANG Peter Oundjian Conductor Sarah Chang Violin MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 |
Thursday August 19 POPS: WICKED DIVAS Steven Reineke, Conductor Vocalists, TBA Steven Reineke leads the Orchestra in a concert of diva showstoppers from Broadway, opera and pop including selections from Wicked, Carmen, Titanicand more. |
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Friday August 20 MASTERPIECES Lawrence Foster Conductor Garrick Ohlsson Piano MUSORGSKY Overture to Khovanshchina RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 |
Saturday August 21 TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR Lawrence Foster Conductor Khatia Buniatishvili Piano TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from Eugene Onegin TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1. TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture |
