Featured Artists
Marin Alsop
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Composer, trumpeter, and standard-bearer for the art form, jazz legend Wynton Marsalis has earned scores of awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In 1983, he became the first and only artist ever to win both a Classical and Jazz GRAMMY in the same year; in 1984 he did it again. Joined by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra performs selections from Marsalis’s Fourth Symphony ("The Jungle") on a program with Beethoven’s lively, melodic Seventh Symphony.
An America 250 Event
As Philadelphia takes part in the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations, we are proud to honor the voices of those who helped shape our country but were not fully heard in 1776. The performance of Marsalis’s Symphony No. 4 (“The Jungle”) reflects our commitment to amplifying historically marginalized voices and inviting great American musicians to our stages.
Pre-Concert Panel Discussion
May 28 at 6:30 PM | Free to attend
Join us for a free pre-concert panel discussion exploring Beethoven and his hearing loss through the lens of modern neuroscience. Moderated by Jeremy Rothman, Chief Artistic Officer and Executive Producer of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts Philly, the panel features Professor Yale E. Cohen, Ph.D., Director of the Hearing Sciences Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia Orchestra violinist Davyd Booth.
This special panel discussion will be offered in place of the regular pre-concert lecture.
Open Rehearsal tickets are available for this performance.
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Wynton Marsalis is a frequent welcome presence at the Kimmel Center; he has performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra many times, and brings the Jazz at Lincoln Center to Ensemble Arts Philly every year. His Blues Symphony was recorded by The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2021.
He returns this season for a performance of his Fourth Symphony ("The Jungle"), this time to be performed with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra alongside The Philadelphia Orchestra. Artists at the top of their form, two great orchestras performing as one. This promises to be one of the most exciting musical events of the season.
Hear Marsalis’s symphony alongside that of another genius: Beethoven’s sparkling Seventh, a joyous work that never fails to lift the listener’s spirits.
Program
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
Marsalis
selections from Symphony No. 4 (“The Jungle”)
Approximate Duration
Additional Performance Information
May 28 Pre-Concert Lecture Sponsored By
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