David Hayes Leads The Philadelphia Singers in a Performance of Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Members of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia at the Kimmel Center on March 31
March 15, 2007
This program also incorporates a digitally projected video presentation of art and artifacts of ancient Egypt through the 19th century. Each image depicts the Exodus in the context of the artist’s time period and culture. Included are images from Jewish and Christian medieval illuminated manuscripts. The juxtaposition of such diverse art, all based on the same story, dramatically demonstrates mankind’s continued fascination with this remarkable event in human history. This performance is part of the See Hear! Initiative, featuring the multimedia artistic direction of Marc Mostovoy.
An Artist Chat will take place in the Perelman Theater following the ticketed performance with David Hayes, Marc Mostovoy, multi-media director for the performance, and Kimmel Center Director of Programming Tom Warner.
This is the nineteenth performance in the Classical series. The next performance is From the Top on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 8pm. This performance is part of the See Hear! Initiative, featuring the multimedia artistic direction of Marc Mostovoy. This performance of Israel in Egypt is supported in part by the Wolf/Mostovoy Initiative.
Tickets for The Philadelphia Singers are priced at $34, $48 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.
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The Philadelphia Singers was founded in 1972 by Michael Korn and contributes to Philadelphia’s vibrant cultural community through its distinctive choral performances and meaningful education and community programs. The ensemble performs regularly with leading national and local performing arts organizations including: The Philadelphia Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic, The Curtis Institute of Music, The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Kimmel Center Presents and The Mannes Orchestra. The Philadelphia Singers is committed to ensuring that choral music maintains a vibrant present as well as a rich past and has presented an extensive array of Philadelphia, American and World Premieres.
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale was founded in 1991 as the symphonic chorus of The Philadelphia Singers. In 2001, The Philadelphia Singers Chorale was named The Resident Chorus of The Philadelphia Orchestra, the first time in the Orchestra’s history that a chorus has received this distinction. In addition to The Philadelphia Singers’ performances of the annual “Christmas on Logan Square” concerts and a program of Bach cantatas and motets, The Philadelphia Singers Chorale performed Debussy’s Nocturnes, Handel’s Messiah, and “Glorious Sound of Christmas; concerts with The Philadelphia Orchestra.
David Hayes was appointed Music Director of The Philadelphia Singers in 1992 by Wolfgang Sawallisch after serving as Assistant Conductor from 1989-1992. Hayes has conducted numerous critically acclaimed performances with The Philadelphia Singers including: the Philadelphia premieres of Sir Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time and Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims (a work he first conducted with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague). He has conducted world premieres of Laderman’s Brotherly Love, Robert Capanna’s Day and several works written by Jennifer Higdon, composer in residence for The Philadelphia Singers. He has regularly appeared with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Curtis Opera Theatre, and the Relâche Ensemble. In 2003 he made his debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Philadelphia Singers Chorale in Brahms’ Schicksalslied.
A native of the Boston area, Mr. Hayes studied conducting with Charles Bruck at the Pierre Monteux School and with Otto-Werner Mueller at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music.
Kimmel Center Presents' 2006/2007 season is supported by: Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, National Endowment for the Arts, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ARC Wheeler, The William Penn Foundation, The Wachovia Foundation, Verizon Foundation, The Presser Foundation, Philadelphia Music Project and Dance Advance, Initiatives of The Pew Charitable Trust administered by The University of the Arts. 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.
FREE AT THE KIMMEL events are made possible through the Wachovia Gateway to the Arts Community Access Program supported by a generous grant from Wachovia Foundation.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Saturday, March 31, 2007 | 7:30pm
Perelman Theater
See Hear! Initiative
David Hayes, conductor
The Philadelphia Singers with Chamber Orchestra*
HANDEL: Israel in Egypt
*The orchestra includes members of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and other professional Philadelphia Musicians.
FREE AT THE KIMMEL EVENTS
Saturday, March 31, 2007 | Post-Concert
Perelman Theater | Artist Chat
Artist Chat with The Philadelphia Singers
Join us for conversation with David Hayes, conductor of The Philadelphia Singers, Marc Mostovoy, multi-media director for the performance, and Kimmel Center Director of Programming Tom Warner. Following The Philadelphia Singers ticketed performance in Perelman Theater.
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