We know that SPAC’s 50th Anniversary Season is going to be one for the books. However, SPAC and The Philadelphia Orchestra want your help to make it even better. Find out how you can get involved.
Photo Credit: Chris Lee
SPAC and The Philadelphia Orchestra are excited to present an Audience Choice online vote to select the opening piece of the Orchestra’s August 4th concert in the amphitheater. The winning piece will be performed by the Philadelphians under the baton of the Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor Stéphane Denève.
Votes may be cast online at SPAC’s website from 10:00 AM Thursday, February 4th until midnight on Monday, February 29th. The first 50 voters will receive an honor SPAC50 pin in recognition of their involvement with the 50th Anniversary Season.
Audiences may vote to select one of the following pieces:
- Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
- Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
- Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
- Bernstein: Overture to Candide
- Prokofiev: Montagues and Capulets, from Romeo and Juliet
Marcia J. White, SPAC’s President and Executive Director said in a press release, “We are thrilled to offer our audiences an opportunity to directly influence the musical programming in SPAC’s 50th Anniversary Season.”
The August 4th program will also feature a spectacular performance of Sibelius Violin Concerto by virtuoso violinist Sarah Chang. Since her debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of eight, Chang has performed around the globe with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and accompanists in a career spanning more than two decades. She first performed at SPAC at The Philadelphia Orchestra when she was 10 years old!
We’re looking forward to finding out what the winning selection will be! What are you waiting for, Saratoga? Get voting!
