Program Includes Previn’s Own Violin Concerto and Works by Debussy, Strauss
February 17, 2005
Anne-Sophie Mutter
The concert is the fourth in the Kimmel Center Presents Bank of America Great Orchestras on Tour series. Remaining concerts include the Kirov Orchestra with violinist Leonidas Kavakos, led by Valery Gergiev on April 3; and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led by Daniel Barenboim on May 11.
Tickets for the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra on March 11 are $39, $47, $59, $69, $79, $99 & $113 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999 or online at www.kimmelcenter.org.
André Previn, who became the Music Director of the 86-year-old orchestra in 2002 and is set to step down in 2006, is an accomplished and versatile conductor, composer and pianist. Aside from being a frequent guest with many of the world’s premier orchestras, Previn’s many honors include the Cross of Merit from both Austria and Germany, several Grammy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime Achievement, Musical America’s "Musician of the Year", the Grand Prix du Disque, and a Knighthood (KBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In 2005 alone, Previn has received both the prestigious Glenn Gould Prize and a Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra for his "Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie" commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and featuring Mutter as a soloist and Previn as a conductor.
Under Previn, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra gives up to 80 concerts annually, and has performed with great success at the BBC Proms, the Lucerne Festival, in Vienna Musikverein and at prominent venues in Spain, Germany and Switzerland. The orchestra has received 5 Norwegian Grammy Awards, the Norwegian Critics’ Award, the French Grand Prix du Disque, and the Norwegian Peer Gynt Prize. The orchestra has also been nominated by the International Grammy Awards, the International Classical Music Awards, and Mumm Champagne Classical Music Awards/Ovation. In describing the sound of the orchestra, the Financial Times said that it plays with a "rich and sweet-sour resonance that stands out like a silk topper among a sea of baseball caps."
Anne-Sophie Mutter, who ranks among the world’s most outstanding violin virtuosos, performs Previn’s 2001 Violin Concerto. A string of awards over the course of Mutter’s thirty-year career include the German Record Prize, the Record Academy Prize, the Order of the Federal Republic of Germany (First Class), the Bavarian Order of Merit and the Medal of Merit (Verdienstmedaille) of the state of Baden-Württemberg, the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, the Grand Prix du Disque, the International Record Prize and several Grammy Awards, including the 2005 Grammy with Previn.
Tickets for the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra on March 11 at Verizon Hall range from $39 to $113. 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.
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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 Spirit.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Bank of America Great Orchestras On Tour
Oslo Philharmonic
André Previn, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Friday, March 11
8pm | Verizon Hall
Claude Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
André Previn: Violin Concerto (2001)
Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 (The Alpine Symphony)
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