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	Philadelphia Orchestra. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Under the leadership (1912–38) of Leopold Stokowski, the orchestra became one of the world’s finest ensembles.
		Eugene Ormandy, who was appointed coconductor with Stokowski in 1936 and helped to further refine the lush and distinctive “Philadelphia sound,” was music director from 1938 to 1980.
		The orchestra played in the Academy of Music (opened 1857), a national historic landmark, until 2001, when Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts opened.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ph/PhilOrch.html (227 words)

	Philadelphia Performs
		The Orchestra's 100th anniversary was also com-memorated through two special publications: a 12-CD set issued by the Orchestra and featuring live performances recorded from 1917-98, and a special new coffee-table-sized history of the ensemble published by Temple University (The Philadelphia Orchestra: A Century of Music).
		His Philadelphia tenure has featured renewed recognition of Philadelphia's unique standing as an ensemble, eight overseas tours, a year of special activities and concerts to celebrate the ensemble's 100th anniversary, and construc-tion of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Orchestra's new home set to open in December 2001.
		The Philadelphia Orchestra performs more than 130 concerts during its winter subscription season from September to May. Its summer season begins at Philadelphia's outdoor Mann Center for the Performing Arts and also includes an intense three-week residency in August at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York.
	www.whyy.org /philaperforms/orchestra/institution.html (837 words)

	Kimmel Center, Inc. > The Philadelphia Orchestra
		Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, best-selling recordings, and its unprecedented record of innovation in recording technologies and outreach.
		The Orchestra's 2002-2003 season celebrated Wolfgang Sawallisch's ten highly acclaimed years at the Orchestra's helm and paid tribute to his artistic achievements with the release of a Grammy-nominated three-disc set of Schumann recordings, the first recordings made in Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
		The Orchestra moved to its new home at the Kimmel Center in December 2001, after celebrating its 100th Anniversary through a series of activities surrounding the year 2000, including the internationally televised gala Birthday Concert on November 16, 2000, a tour of Europe in 2000, and tours of Asia and the United States in 2001.
	www.kimmelcenter.org /resident/orchestra.php (687 words)

	Facts about topic: (Philadelphia Orchestra) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Since 2001, it has been based in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, having been based in the Philadelphia Academy of Music since it was founded.
		He remained with the orchestra for forty years, and many of the orchestra's best known recordings were made under his baton.
		Orchestra's current music director is Christoph Eschenbach (additional info and facts about Christoph Eschenbach).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/ph/philadelphia_orchestra.htm (185 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra 11/19/96
		PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Philadelphia Orchestra Association and the musicians of Local 77 of the AFM agreed tonight to a three-year contract which balances the salary and pension requests of the musicians with the Association's need to operate in a fiscally responsible manner.
		Joseph Kluger, president of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, said he is particularly pleased with the concept of the new media company.
		This nine-member group would be called on to gain a better appreciation of the state of orchestras and find the most effective solutions for The Philadelphia Orchestra as it moves into the next century.
	www.icsom.org /news/111996philly.html (738 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		From Stokowski's tenure, the orchestra was renowned for its interpretation of the symphonic…
		One storm made Philadelphia's Academy of Music inaccessible to many of the Philadelphia Orchestra's musicians, but with the soloists for the February 11 concert of Wagner opera excerpts housed in nearby hotels, music director Wolfgang Sawallisch decided to go...
		Although orchestras in their earliest years were anonymous entities, in the mid-19th and 20th centuries they became associated with the strong personalities of the men who led them.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9002384 (728 words)

	Philadelphia Youth Orchestra - News
		Music Director Joseph Primavera conducts the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra in a concert serving as the centerpiece of an evening celebrating the orchestra's 65th season on Friday, April 8, in Lincoln Hall at The Union League of Philadelphia.
		In 1960, he received the Orchestra's coveted C. Hartman Kuhn Award for "musical ability and enterprise of such character as to enhance the standards and reputation of the Orchestra." He retired after 17 years to devote himself to conducting and teaching.
		In 2002 the orchestra was invited to participate in the 140th Anniversary of the founding of The Union League.
	www.pyos.org /News/release20050307.htm (1359 words)

	Record Deal for Philadelphia Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- The Philadelphia Orchestra landed its first recording deal since 1996 in an agreement with Finnish label Ondine Records.
		The Helsinki label will produce 10 CDs in three years, making Philadelphia the only major U.S. orchestra to have a contract in the depressed recording industry, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday.Orchestra President Joseph Kluger said the Philadelphia Orchestra is the first to break with the American Federation of Musicians master agreement governing compensation for recordings.
		The contract, the first since EMI Records dropped the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1996, caught the attention of Boston officials who said the structure may make sense for other orchestras.
	music.monstersandcritics.com /news/printer_6799.php (128 words)

	NPR's SymphonyCast: The Philadelphia Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Orchestra Director Christoph Eschenbach is promoted to Music Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra, beginning in 2003.
		André Watts grew up in Philadelphia and, at the age of 9, was a winner in The Philadelphia Orchestra's student soloist competition (named in 1992 to honor Albert M. Greenfield).
		When she first played with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1991, Sarah Chang was just nine years old and one of the youngest featured soloists to ever perform with the ensemble.
	www.npr.org /programs/symphonycast/archives/010401.extra.html (523 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra performs Brahms' Fourth Symphony Oct. 5
		One of America's most venerable musical institutions, the Philadelphia Orchestra is on the verge of a new era as it begins its second century.
		Founded in 1900, the Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, and best-selling recordings.
		Ormandy's most tangible legacy is a Philadelphia discography of nearly 400 recordings (including three best-selling Gold Records), many of which have been reissued on compact disc and are considered classics of the LP era.
	www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2001/september/0914brahms.html (941 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach named Music Director
		Among artist debuts, 2001-02 includes the inaugural appearances of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale as the Resident Chorus of The Philadelphia Orchestra, singing in the Gala Inaugural Concert at the Kimmel Center on December 15, 2001, as well as in performances of the Verdi Requiem and the United States premiere of James MacMillan’s Quickening.
		The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2001-02 Season includes 30 weeks of subscription concerts, 7 in the Academy of Music, where it has played for the past one-hundred years, and 23 in its new home at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
		Debut artists with The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy include Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling singing her first concerts in the United States, guest conductor Sir Roger Norrington, and Curtis-trained pianist Lang Lang, who will be 19 years old for his debut in early December 2001.
	www.ffaire.com /pr/philly/200102season.html (4925 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra Performs Music Composed at Terezin
		This season, the Philadelphia Orchestra has found another effective way to commemorate those lost in the Holocaust: by programming the music of Pavel Haas and Viktor Ullmann, two composers who completed a handful of memorable works in their mid-40s while being held at the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.
		The Orchestra is only one of many organizations that have paid attention in recent years to the music of Holocaust victims.
		Brief, fierce, and contrapuntally dense, the Study was composed for a string orchestra organized by Karel Ancerl, who survived the war and became the brilliant lead of the Czech Philharmonic.
	www.writing.upenn.edu /~afilreis/Holocaust/phila-orchestra.html (1140 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra Hall
		In July of 1987, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates was selected to design a new orchestra hall for the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra.
		The orchestra's home at the time, the historic Academy of Music, had major drawbacks; it had to be shared with other performing organizations and it was believed to have less than ideal acoustics for orchestral performance and recording.
		In the performance chamber, balconies were to surround the orchestra platform on all sides, allowing the hall to seat between 2700 and 2800 patrons.
	www.vsba.com /projects/fla_archive/450.html (402 words)

	CNN.com - Entertainment - Philadelphia Orchestra turns 100 - November 17, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The orchestra made its first recording, a 78 rpm for the Victor Talking Machine Co., in Camden, New Jersey in 1917.
		Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra rehearse for their 100th anniversary performance at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on Thursday.
		The orchestra is also performing several times a year in the community, at local schools or on outdoor stages, in the hope of attracting a wider -- and younger -- audience.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/SHOWBIZ/Arts/11/17/philly.orchestra.ap (691 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra) - Short History
		The Philadelphia Orchestra annually touches the lives of more than 1 million music lovers worldwide through its live performances (more than 300 concerts and other presentations each year), publications, recordings, and broadcasts.
		The Orchestra's schedule each summer includes a month-long outdoor season in Philadelphia at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, followed by a three-week residency each August at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York.
		Wolfgang Sawallisch became Music Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1993, following a distinguished 21-year tenure as head of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich His tours with the Orchestra have included performances on four continents, generating critical praise and public applause in concert halls from Beijing to Birmingham and from Buenos Aires to Boston.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Philadelphia-Orchestra.htm (909 words)

	NPR's SymphonyCast: The Philadelphia Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		His version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor was written at Stokowski's home in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, first performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra in February 1926 and recorded in April 1927.
		Because of his experience as an organist, Stokowski asked the orchestra for massive swelling chords, similar to the effects he used to get when he was at the keyboard, and for hushed trembling whispers by violins, resembling the echoes and reverberations inside a church.
		The last major works of his career all had their world premieres with the Philadelphia Orchestra: his Piano Concerto #4 (1927,) Rhapsody On a Theme of Paganini (1934,) Symphony #3 (1936) and Symphonic Dances (1941.) The composer was at the piano for the premieres of the Concerto and Rhapsody.
	www.npr.org /programs/symphonycast/archives/010401.essay.html (1813 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra 03/18/97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		PHILADELPHIA, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Philadelphia Orchestra regrets to announce that Glenn Janson, a member of its horn section, died yesterday morning after an extended illness.
		In 1995, he was again appointed to The Philadelphia Orchestra, under Wolfgang Sawallisch, and served as Fourth Horn.
		Janson was one of several Orchestra members to be profiled in the Orchestra's 1997-98 season brochure, which will be released later this week.
	www.webcom.com /icsom/news97/news397/031897philly.html (451 words)

	German Origins of the Philadelphia Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Academy of Music of Philadelphia was built in 1857, but the Philadelphia Orchestra was not founded until 1900, just for instance.
		It is undeniable however that Philadelphia orchestral music began its present direction with the German immigration wave of 1848, bringing with it the new musical concepts of Felix Mendelssohn.
		The members of the orchestra scattered and eventually reformed a Philadelphia Germania Orchestra, which largely took over the place and some of the members of the disbanded Musical Fund Orchestra, struggled for a few years, became part of Henry G. Thunder's Orchestra, which in turn was almost entirely taken over by Fritz Scheel's Philadelphia Orchestra.
	www.philadelphia-reflections.com /blogs_alpha/german_origins_ph_orch.html (324 words)

	TWB V4.2: THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Bassoon Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Philadelphia Orchestra is billed as "The World's Greatest Orchestra." Surely its fame from the development years under the leadership of Leopold Stokowski through the many following seasons under Eugene Ormandy to the present day is richly deserved.
		Shamlian, the orchestra's assistant first bassoonist, is a native Philadelphian and a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music.
		While overseas he was a member of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1947 to 1951 and freelanced with the B.B.C. Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic then under the direction of Sir Thomas Beecham.
	idrs.colorado.edu /Publications/TWBassoonist/TWB.V4.2/philadelphia.html (510 words)

	The Philadelphia Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Her other recordings include Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo; Phaedra with the Hallé Orchestra, which was nominated for a Grammy Award; Phèdre in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie and the title role in Charpentier’s Médée with Les Arts Florissants; Handel’s Ariodante, Susanna, Theodora, and Messiah; Purcell's Dido and Aeneas; and Bach’s Anna Magdalena’s Notebook.
		The Philadelphia Singers Chorale was founded in 1991 as the symphonic chorus of the Philadelphia Singers.
		In its role as resident chorus of The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chorale appears with the Orchestra in all its choral subscription concerts, as well as annual performances of Handel's Messiah.
	carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_3336_ma.html?... (1403 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- Patrons settle in for the inaugural performance by the Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall in The Kimmel Center for The Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
		PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra's inaugural performance at Verizon Hall in The Kimmel Center for The Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
		PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra during its inaugural performance at Verizon Hall in The Kimmel Center for The Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pen
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/PhilO1rch.asp (749 words)

	TWO V1.3: Oboes in the Philadelphia Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		John de Lancie joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1946 and assumed his present post as principal oboist upon the retirement of Marcel Tabuteau in 1954.
		Through his appearances as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, his recordings, and as a member of the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet and other chamber groups, he has gained world-wide recognition.
		In the few years since the Orchestra's first Japanese tour, he has learned to speak, read and write Japanese, and was the only member of the Orchestra able to read signs on our recent Chinese tour.
	idrs.colorado.edu /Publications/TWOboist/TWO.V1.3/philadelphia.html (1285 words)

	Eugene Ormandy: The Philadelphia Sound Incarnate
		After five years of making the Minneapolis into an orchestra of international repute, churning out numerous recordings for RCA Victor, Ormandy left Minneapolis to become the Philadelphia Orchestra's associate conductor in 1936.
		Hence, the Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy's baton was famed for its "Philadelphia Sound," known for its clarity, skillful execution, warm tonality and precise timing.
		The board of the Philadelphia Orchestra has gotten the message, too: A couple years ago, they replaced music director Wolfgang Sawallisch with the enegetic German conductor Christoph Eschenbach, who is remolding the orchestra.
	home.flash.net /~park29/ormandyap.htm (1605 words)

	Philadelphia Museum of Art
		Orchestra members can also be heard in the twentieth season of their Chamber Music Series at the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater.
		Assistant Principal Cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra Yumi Kendall performs cello and chamber music including György Ligeti’s Solo Sonata and Fryderyk Chopin’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, in addition to other pillars of the chamber repertoire.
		Udi Bar-David, cellist with the Philadelphia orchestra and Intercultural Journeys artistic director, will be joined by recording artists representing various cultural backgrounds.
	www.philamuseum.org /education/concerts-choice.shtml (337 words)

	Philadelphia Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Philadelphia Orchestra, one of the American "Big Five," has only had six music director so far, and that's very impressive considering the orchestra's age.
		Philadelphia is among the oldest cities in the United States, and it attracted many German immigrants during the 18th and 19th century.
		The first years of the orchestra were also characterized by close links to Germany, and its present music director, Wolfgang Sawallisch, has revitalized old connections, as Georg Hirsch reports.
	www.georghirsch.com /summaries/eng/2000/ghphilme.html (178 words)

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