The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin Music Director

Free Neighborhood Chamber Concert Series Brings The Philadelphia Orchestra to Communities across the City

This week, The Philadelphia Orchestra returns to the Academy of Music for its first subscription concerts since moving to Verizon Hall in 2001. To celebrate the Orchestra’s rich history with the Academy, its home for over a century, as well its exceptionally close creative relationship with pianist/composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, whose Third Symphony is featured on the program, there will be a display of relevant historical materials in the Academy lobby.

The musical world this season celebrates the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. During the last big party, for the 1970 bicentennial, Leonard Bernstein declared, “It’s almost like celebrating the birthday of music itself.”

Ludwig van Beethoven, by Joseph Karl Stieler, from 1819–20

A Monthly Profile of Orchestra Fans and Family

If you’re enjoying this issue of Playbill, thank Darrin Britting. As director of publications and content development for The Philadelphia Orchestra, his various responsibilities include the venerable program booklet passed out at every concert.