Classical Music at SPAC: The Philadelphia Orchestra and André-Michel Schub’s Chamber Music Festival, by Michael Miller

A SPAC concert in the early days

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center presents the Philadelphia Orchestra’s three-week residency in tandem with an outstanding chamber music program directed by André-Michel Schub.

I regret that I could not attend a pre=season concert in June, the Buffalo Philharmonic under their Music Director JoAnn Falletta, who has garnered a great deal of respect in the musical world for her work with the orchestra, or last Thursday’s Philadelphia program, endowed with the catchy title, “The Lure of Paris,” in which Jean-Yves Thibaudet joined Stéphane Denève in a program of Bernstein, Gershwin, and Ravel. Many of the programs carry this popular appeal even further. There are date nights and family nights with ancillary activities suitable to the occasion. You can pick these out on the list published below. When M. Denève’s stint comes to an end, we will get to hear Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Québequois Music Director Designate, who will begin his full official duties in September, conduct a variety of programs. He has already appeared with the orchestra quite a bit, so he is not a mystery in Philadelphia, but if you haven’t heard him conduct his new orchestra, the Brahms-Liszt program coming up on Wednesday, August 8th will serve you well:


Read the full preview on the Berkshire Review, an International Journal for the Arts!