Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Returns to the Kimmel Center, Led by Mariss Jansons
October 12, 2006
Mariss Jansons
The Internationally renowned Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by maestro Mariss Jansons, performs in Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall on Wednesday, November 1 at 8pm. Known for his interpretations of the music of Shostakovich, Jansons’ natural affinity for the composer’s work was honed by his father, assistant conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic under the legendary Russian conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky, a close friend of Shostakovich. The program, in part, celebrates the Shostakovich Centennial, including Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 6 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.
This is the second concert in the Great Orchestras on Tour Series. The next concert in the series is the fourth visit by the New York Philharmonic led by Zubin Mehta with cellist Alisa Weilerstein on January 12, 2007 at 8pm.
Tickets for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra led by Mariss Jansons are $35, $59, $65, $80, $100 and $115 and 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. (Additional fees may apply.) For group sales call 215-893-5883.
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 2.5 hours prior to curtain time and 11:30 am for matinees. Limit one ticket per person.
Maestro Mariss Jansons has been Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra since the 2003-2004 concert season. After two successful seasons, his contract was extended in June 2005 for an additional three years until August 2009. Jansons follows Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubel?k, Sir Colin Davis and Lorin Maazel as the orchestra's fifth Chief Conductor. Latvian-born Jansons, whom BBC Music Magazine called one of the top conductors of our time, recently finished recording the complete Shostakovich Symphonies with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and several other international orchestras, including Vienna, Oslo and St. Petersburg, among others. Released by EMI, the recording project took nearly twenty years to complete, from which Symphony No. 13 won a Grammy Award for "Best Orchestral Performance" in 2005.
Since the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1949 by Eugen Jochum, the ensemble has developed into an elite orchestra known for its extraordinarily wide-ranging repertoire, running from the classical to the romantic era, all the way to 20th century works and contemporary composers. A particularly close artistic friendship connected the orchestra with Leonard Bernstein who up to his death in 1990 regularly took the conductor's stand in Munich and provided incomparable concert experiences, for example in 1981 with a startling performance of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. Besides numerous performances and recordings in Munich and other cities in the broadcasting area, extended concert tours have become an important part of the orchestra’s daily work. Concert tours led the orchestra through almost all European countries, to Asia and to North and South America. A further key task of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is the promotion of the musical young generation. The Orchestra has dedicated itself to the objective of making young musicians fit for their final profession and offers certain individuals the chance to be integrated into the rehearsal and concert activities of the Orchestra.
Kimmel Center Presents also offers more than fifty Free at the Kimmel community performances during the 2006/07 5th Anniversary season. These include Free in the Plaza with local artists performing classical, jazz, pop, country, world, dance and family fun on the Commonwealth Plaza stage, as well as Artist Chats with Kimmel Center Presents performers, education events and Organ Postludes in Verizon Hall. On November 1 at 6pm, the Haddonfield Symphony Chamber Ensemble will precede the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ticketed performance, and immediately after the concert there will be a free organ postlude performed on the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ. On November 5 at 1pm Tribe 1 will perform on the Commonwealth Plaza Stage. Please check online for additional information and a performance schedule.
Kimmel Center Presents' 2006/2007 season is supported by: Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ARC Wheeler, and The William Penn Foundation. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents. The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com are media sponsors for the Great Orchestras on Tour series.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Great Orchestras on Tour
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 | 8:00pm
Verizon Hall
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
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FREE AT THE KIMMEL EVENTS
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 | 6pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Haddonfield Symphony Chamber Ensemble, prior to Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 | Post-show
Verizon Hall
Organ postlude, performer tba
Sunday, November 5, 2006 | 1pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Tribe 1, prior to Sweet Honey in the Rock
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