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Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Opening Concert
Louis Scaglione, Conductor
Michael Ludwig, Violin
Peter Richard Conte, Organ
Strauss: Festive Prelude
Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”
Marian Anderson Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Approximate Duration: 1 Hour, 45 Minutes
PYO opens its landmark 87th season under Music Director Louis Scaglione with a program featuring two distinguished guest artists. Organist Peter Richard Conte, Wanamaker Grand Court Organist, joins the orchestra as soloist in both Richard Strauss’ Festive Prelude – a majestic and celebratory opening – and Saint-Saëns’s monumental Symphony No. 3, the “Organ Symphony,” culminating in one of the repertoire’s most exhilarating finales. Violinist Michael Ludwig, former Associate Concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra, also joins PYO for Barber’s lyrical and deeply expressive Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.