Virtual Lecture Luncheon Series

Dates: April 15 and June 10 – $40 for complete series

The Rittenhouse Square Committee for The Philadelphia Orchestra Invites you to Three Virtual Lectures Co-ordinated with Philadelphia Orchestra Digital Stage Concerts.

Please join us as we transition our beloved Lecture Luncheons to a digital platform. Guest Lecturers and Celebrity Guests will offer background information about the composer and works on each program, musical excerpts, and so much more. Each session will also include time for Q&A.   

Concert Program:

Composer Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite will be performed with the help of the riveting Philadelphia-based dance company Brian Sanders’ JUNK, acclaimed for its physically intense performance experiences. 

Concert Program:

Pianist Aaron Diehl performs Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in its original instrumentation for jazz band. Closing the program is the Suite from Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, where the composer shocked audiences with the return to a more traditional 18th century Sound. 

Concert Program:

Three captivating pieces that celebrate the magic of late spring giving way to summer. Yannick and the Orchestra begin the concert with Mozart’s bewitching Overture to The Magic Flute and Melinda Wagner’s Little Moonhead (Three Tributaries Inspired by Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 by J.S. Bach), a piece filled with flowing harmonies. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 captures the power of art to lift the human spirit. As the composer struggled with the loss of his hearing, his dedication to art fueled his drive to continue making music. The work is infused with dashes of rowdy humor and a Romantic sensibility that are among his hallmarks.