May 1, 2, & 3, 2008
Philadelphia Orchestra - Symphony of a Thousand
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
8:00 p.m.
Christoph Eschenbach continues The Philadelphia Orchestra's Mahler symphonic cycle with the biggest, loudest, and grandest of all. Nicknamed the 'Symphony of a Thousand' for the sheer size of its performing forces, this gargantuan work is half festive church hymn, half romantic fantasy.
May 2, 2008
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society - Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
8:00 p.m.
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 14
Scriabin: Poem in F-sharp Major, Op. 32
Scriabin: Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 42 No. 1
Scriabin: Etude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 42, No. 2
Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 42, No. 5
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 65
Dello Joio: Piano Sonata
Rachmaninoff: Etude Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in E Major, Op. 32, No. 4
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 23, No. 2
May 2,3 & 4, 2008
Cadillac Broadway Series - Hairspray
Academy of Music
May 2 - 8:00 p.m.
May 3 - 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
May 4 - 1:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.
Broadway's Tony Award®-winning musicalcomedy phenomenon takes you back to 1962 Baltimore, as 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad sets out to dance her way onto TV's most popular show. Can a big girl with big dreams—and even bigger hair! —change the world... and still have time to win the boy she loves?
May 3, 2008
Kimmel Center Presents - Western Europe
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
7:30 p.m.
In the true spirit of jazz, Danilo Pérez, flamenco guitarist Juanito Pascual, Jamie Haddad, and John Patitucci join forces for an evening of boundary-breaking music accompanied by a flamenco dancer.
May 4 & 5, 2008
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia - Mozart and Beethoven
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
May 4 - 2:30 p.m.
May 5 - 7:30 p.m.
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor & piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, Pastoral
May 4,7,9,10 & 11, 2008
Peter Nero and the Philly Pops© - The POPular Vote
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
May 4 - 3:00 p.m.
May 7 - 8:00 p.m.
May 9 - 8:00 p.m.
May 10 - 3:00 p.m.
May 11 - 3:00 p.m.
Peter has created a special program where you, the audience, can vote for your favorite songs all season long. The polls will be open throughout the season and after every performance! After the votes are tallied, Peter Nero will close the season with a program featuring the remarkable talent in our own backyard — members of our very own POPS orchestra and The Voices of The Pops — in a one-of-a-kind concert based on the POPular vote!
May 5, 6 & 7, 2008
Cadillac Broadway Series - Eddie Izzard Stripped
Academy of Music
8:00 p.m.
Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard, adored by fans and critics alike for his lightening quick wit and surreal humor is back and starting the largest comedy tour of his career.
May 8,9, 10 & 11, 2008
PHILADANCO: Philadanco
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
May 8 & 9 - 7:30 p.m.
May 10 - 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
May 11 - 2:30 p.m.
Experience Philadelphia's most celebrated modern dance company as they perform a program highlighting both with new and old works, but always cutting edge performances.
May 8, 9, 10 & 13, 2008
Philadelphia Orchestra - Escaich Organ Concerto
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
May 8, 10 & 13 - 8:00 p.m.
May 9 - 2:00 p.m.
Dalbavie: La Source d'un regard
Escaich: Organ Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
May 9,10 & 11, 2008
Cadillac Broadway Series - Gypsy
Academy of Music
May 9 - 8:00 p.m.
May 10 - 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
May 11 - 1:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.
From the blast of the first trumpet to the last hot spotlight, it's little wonder why Gypsy reigns as one of the greatest Broadway musicals of the 20th century. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show -with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents - gloriously returns to the stage in this Phoenix Entertainment production.
May 10, 2008
Philadelphia Orchestra - Family Concert - The Composer is Dead
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
11:30 a.m.
In this gripping murder mystery every member of the orchestra is a suspect! Was it an oboe player? A cellist? A bassoonist? There's only one way to find out! A critically-acclaimed musical collaboration between Lemony Snicket, one of the most popular children's authors of our time, and preposterously talented composer Nathaniel Stookey takes you on an investigative excursion through the ranks of the orchestra.
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