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Sorcerers, Spells, and Magic
February 15, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
$33 – $150
Only a portion of the choir will be performing in this performance. Although all singers are guaranteed to sing at least one performance of this work, there is no guarantee that Josh will be singing this night. Once more information about the individual concert rosters are available updates will be posted here. Performances that Josh is not singing, will be removed.
The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates Valentine’s weekend with spellbinding music, beginning with Mozart’s bewitching The Magic Flute. Magic takes a darker turn in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Dukas’s symphonic poem immortalized by Mickey Mouse battling demonic brooms in Fantasia. Stéphane Denève is a passionate exponent of John Williams’s endlessly creative music for the cinema, represented here by his spookily charming Harry Potter scores. Youth and magic reappear in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Magic Spells), a one-act fairy tale opera with libretto by renowned French author Colette, and featuring talent from the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Enchanting!
Stéphane Denève – Conductor
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller – Director
Philadelphia Boys Choir
Jeffrey R. Smith -Artistic Director
PROGRAM
Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Williams – Selections from Harry Potter
Intermission
Ravel – L’Enfant et les sortilèges