Phila. Orchestra trumpets ticket availability

Posted by Press Release on July 18, 2015

Music lovers should mark their calendars: Single tickets to the Philadelphia Orchestra's 2015-16 season go on sale to the general public on Thursday, July 30, at noon, and tickets for a free neighborhood concert will be available starting on Tuesday, July 21.

The Philadelphia Orchestra is poised to make tickets available to its 2015-16 season and a free neighborhood concert. — The Philadelphia Orchestra is poised to make tickets available to its 2015-16 season as well as a free neighborhood concert.

Highlights of the orchestra’s 2015-16 season include a Vienna Festival, Mahler's colossal "Symphony of a Thousand," conductor James Levine's return to Philadelphia, the world premiere of Hannibal's “One Land, One River, One People,” and a spotlight on the music of John Williams, with a rare appearance by the five-time Academy Award and 21-time Grammy Award winner, who leads a special concert on May 4, an orchestra press release said.

"I am excited and inspired by our 2015-16 season, which presents multiple ways for audiences to experience the legendary Philadelphia Sound, and focuses on an important aspect of our roots, the championing and premiering of new repertoire," Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin said in the release. "We will revisit great works that the orchestra has premiered throughout its rich history, premiere new commissions, celebrate the musical legacy of the noble city of Vienna, and collaborate with the world's finest guest artists, eager to share in the making of this magnificent sound."

A number of concerts have already sold out to subscribers. Browse the entire 2015-16 season and purchase tickets at www.philorch.org, call 215-893-1999, or visit the Kimmel Center Box Office.

Principal Guest Conductor Stéphane Denève returns to Verizon Hall for a special Free Neighborhood Concert on Thursday, July 30, at 6:30 p.m., presented by Wells Fargo in partnership with the Kimmel Center, a performance that will be streamed live worldwide on the orchestra's website.

Free pre- and post-concert performances will take place on the stage in Commonwealth Plaza, courtesy of the Kimmel Center. From 4 to 5 p.m. Jeff Coon and Fran Prisco, two of Philadelphia's well-known musical theater actors, will sing a medley of classic Broadway, and from 5 to 6 p.m. the Brazilian duo Minas will perform. Following the orchestra's concert, jazz artist Shakera Jones will take the stage. All are invited to arrive early and bring a picnic to savor in Commonwealth Plaza, the release said.

The concert is free but tickets are required, and are available at https://www.philorch.org/concert/free-neighborhood-concert-4#/, beginning Tuesday, July 21, at 10 a.m. Please note that free tickets do not guarantee seating, which is general admission and first come, first served.