New York Philharmonic Returns to Verizon Hall
Maestro Lorin Maazel Will Lead with Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Honegger in Kimmel Center Presents 'Bank of America Great Orchestras on Tour ' Series
December 20, 2004
New York Philharmonic Returns with Maestro Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel, who became Music Director in 2002, follows such legends as Bernstein, Boulez, Mehta and Masur. Under Maazel, the Philharmonic gave its 14,000th concert on December 18, 2004. In 2003, the Philharmonic was honored by The Recording Academy with a Trustees Award in recognition of the organization’s outstanding contributions to the industry and American culture. Members of the Philharmonic also performed on the 45th Annual Grammy awards ceremony, broadcast internationally on television from New York’s Madison Square Garden. It was the first time that a major symphony orchestra has performed live on the Grammy awards. Recently, the Philharmonic’s recording of John Adam’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work On the Transmigration of Souls, received three 2004 Grammy nominations.
After a recent fall performance, The New York Sun said "By any reckoning, Mr. Maazel is a formidable man... His combination of learning, experience, and talent is hard to beat... He is about as good as it gets these days." In a review by The New York Times, "The Philharmonic is playing better than I have ever heard it play...the audience left the concert buzzing with pleasure."
Pianist Stephen Hough will appear as guest soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Rounding out the program will be Honegger’s Pacific 231.
Tickets for the New York Philharmonic on January 28 are $39, $58, $73, $88, $108 & $125. Tickets can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org or at the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. For group sales call 215-790-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning at 5:30pm for evening performances and 11:30am for matinees.
Sponsors of the 2004-2005 Kimmel Center Presents season include Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Bank of America, Sovereign Bank, Wachovia Foundation, The American Express Company, Verizon Foundation, Bucks County Coffee, and SEPTA, the Commuter’s Choice. Special Student Matinees at the Kimmel Center are generously supported by Merck & Co., Inc. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte. And Southern Wine and Spirits.
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