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The 2007-2008 Season


Alan's Photo

Programs conducted by Alan Harler

HONEGGER KING DAVID
March 8, 2008  8:00 pm

Symphonic psalm after a drama by René Morax
With Orchestra 2001
First Baptist Church
17th & Sansom Streets, Philadelphia
Buy Tickets for March 8, 8 PM
or call 215-893-1999.

All programs subject to change.

Completed Programs

ON THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS
November 3, 2007, 8 pm

Karen Slack, soprano

Karen Slack

Ezgi Kutlu, mezzo-soprano

Ezgi Kutlu

David Krohn, baritone

David Krohn

ALAN HARLER, conductor
with the augmented CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PHILADELPHIA

JOHN ADAMS On the Transmigration of Souls (2002) Philadelphia premiere
With the Bel Canto Children’s Chorus and Pennsylvania Girlchoir

JAMES PRIMOSCH Fire-Memory/River-Memory (1998)
Second performance of a Mendelssohn Club commission

KAROL SZYMANOWSKI Stabat Mater (1926)
With soprano Karen Slack,
mezzo-soprano Ezgi Kutlu,
baritone David Krohn

Girard College Chapel
Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia
Free secure parking available

STAR OF WONDER
December 15, 2007, 4 pm and 8 pm

KODÁLY Missa Brevis (1944)
With Eastern Orthodox Christmas music, a world premiere by Mendelssohn Club Composer-in-Residence, Donald St. Pierre, and familiar carols with audience participation accompanied by organ and brass.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
22 E. Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia

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Guest Engagements with The Philadelphia Orchestra

May 1, 2, 3, 2008 – Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
MAHLER Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

May 6, 2008 – Carnegie Hall, New York
MAHLER Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Completed Programs

August 1, 2007
Opening night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral Symphony”
Charles Dutoit, conductor