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 05-11-2009 (4.81 MB)

Podchestra, 11.05.09

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In this podcast we hear from Principal Viola Choong-Jin Chang, who will perform the role of Sancho Panza in Richard Strauss's Don Quixote, along with guest cellist Arto Noras as Don Quixote, in performances slated for June 4, 5, 6, and 8, 2010. Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit conducts the concerts, which also include Strauss's Don Juan and Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 ,featuring guest soloist Arabella Steinbacher.

Duration: 6:00

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 15-10-2009 (4.9 MB)

Podchestra, 10.15.09

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This week The Philadelphia Orchestra welcomes celebrated British conductor Sir Roger Norrington, who leads the ensemble in performances of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4, Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, and Schumann's Symphony No. 1. Principal Bassoon Daniel Matsukawa is the featured soloist on in the Bassoon Concerto and discusses here the important role that the Concerto has played in his musical life.

Duration: 14:15

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 24-09-2009 (1.71 MB)

Podchestra, 09.24.09

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In the first Podchestra of the 2009-10 season, Philadelphia Orchestra Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit discusses the first week of subscription concerts, which include Berlioz's Resurrexit and Te Deum along with Saint-Saens's Symphony No. 3 ("Organ"), and the Opening Gala Concert featuring Alec Baldwin as narrator in Copland's Lincoln Portrait.

Duration: 9:57

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 12-02-2009 (13.78 MB)

Podchestra, 02.12.09

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In the sixth podcast of the 08-09 season:

• Vice President and Orchestra General Manager Stephen Millen gives an update on The Philadelphia Orchestra's 2009 Tour of Europe and the Canary Islands, with stories from behind the scenes
• Conductor Vladimir Jurowski and musicologist Michael Johns share insights into Mahler's huge cantata Das klagende Lied, performed for the first time by the Orchestra in concerts in early March.
• Jim Cotter "visits" Helen Smith, director of media and technology at the Eastman School of Music, and harp student Andrea Mumm, via live Internet2 connection to talk about their recent collaboration with the Orchestra's Internet2 Master Class program.

Follow the Orchestra on its 2009 Tour of Europe and the Canary Islands

Find out more about the Orchestra's Internet2 Master Classes

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Duration: 17:12

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 15-01-2009 (12.46 MB)

Podchestra, 01.15.09

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In the fifth podcast of the 08-09 season:

• Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg explains how her adventures with contemporary and popular styles inform her performance of seasoned concertos, like the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, which she performs this week with The Philadelphia Orchestra.
• As the Orchestra gears up for its European tour, Jim Cotter learns from another great violinist, Leonidas Kavakos, about the experience of a soloist on tour - the music making, places, and people.
• Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Librarian Robert Grossman also shares his stories from previous tours, and the secrets of one of a symphony orchestra's most important roles.

Duration: 15:33

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 11-12-2008 (14.74 MB)

Podchestra, 12.11.08

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In the fourth podcast of the 08-09 season:

• French-Canadian guest conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin makes his Philadelphia Orchestra debut this weekend, and talks to Jim Cotter about the challenge of leading the Orchestra in repertory central to its tradition, like the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff masterpieces on his program
• Orchestra violinist Davyd Booth spreads some holiday cheer with his memories of another Philadelphia Orchestra tradition: the Glorious Sound Of Christmas
• PA State Representative Dwight Evans, the visionary behind the Orchestra’s annual concerts at MLK High School, explains his continued support for this project and its particular relevance in this historic election year, while Philadelphia Orchestra President and CEO James Undercofler gives the Orchestra's own perspective

The Philadelphia Orchestra would like you to note that due to the holiday break, the January episode of Podchestra will be released on January 15, a week later than normal. We wish all our listeners a very happy holiday!

Duration: 16:06

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