Symphony Series (All concerts are on Sunday at 3:00 P.M.)

     

October 14, 2012

European Tour
        Charles Villiers Stanford   Irish Rhapsody No. 1  
        Jean Sibelius   Symphony No. 3 in C Major  
      Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor
            Ching-Yun Hu, piano  
  Note: The pre-concert lecture will be held in the Meagher Theatre instead of the McNichol Room  
         
  December 2, 2012 Russian Fairy Tale  
        Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov     Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden)  
      Pacific Encore Performances
                  Mary Weir, President   
                  Iris Karlin, Music Director   
  Concert underwritten in part by a grant from the Ethel Clark Smith Memorial Fund  
March 3, 2013 Images of Eastern Europe
      Antonin Dvorak  Carnival Overture
      Karol Szymanowski Violin Concerto No.1
      Blanka Bednarz, violin 
      Vasily Kalinnikov  Symphony No. 1 in G Minor
         
  May 5, 2013 Homelands  
      Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major
      Beatrice Hsieh, violin
      David Carpenter  The River in the Tree (World Premier)
       Supported in part through a grant from the American Composers Forum,
       Philadelphia Chapter
      Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome
  Concert and Youth Competition underwritten in part by a grant from the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia  
Enjoy a free pre-concert lecture by Dr. C. Michael Kelly prior to each symphony concert from 2:00 to 2:30 P.M. in the McNichol Room.
  The DCS receives grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in Partnership with the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.