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The Philadelphia Singers
2008-2009 Season
David Hayes, Music Director


2008/2009 SEASON TICKET INFORMATION
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CHRISTMAS ON LOGAN SQUARE
A Philadelphia Tradition

Maestro Hayes and The Singers will take you back to yesteryear for a nostalgic look at the music of American Christmases past. Experience the joy of the season with friends and family at this cherished holiday concert.
   Saturday, December 6 at 5:00pm
   Sunday, December 7 at 2:30pm
   St. Clement's Church
   20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia

FROM WEALTH OF TEARS TO CHEERFUL HEART:
ODES BY BACH AND BLOW
A co-presentation with Tempesta di Mare

The Philadelphia Singers teams up with our city's supreme baroque orchestral ensemble Tempesta di Mare for a post New Year's concert featuring John Blow's “Ode for New Year's Day,” “Great sir, the joy of all our hearts,” and Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata, BWV 198, Trauerode.
   Saturday, January 31 at 8:00pm
   Sunday, February 1 at 3:00pm
   Old St. Joseph's Church
   321 Willings Alley, Philadelphia
   (just south of Walnut St., between 3rd & 4th Sts.)

TAPESTRIES OF SOUND
A co-presentation with Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

What could be better? An afternoon on The Square listening to music, creating a myriad of moods…

Johannes Brahms, Four Songs for Women's Chorus
Claude Debussy, Trois Chansons
J.C.D. Parker, Seven Partsongs
C. M. Loeffler, By the Rivers of Babylon
W. W. Gilchrist, The Syrens
William Schuman, Carols of Death
Ross Lee Finney, Spherical Madrigals
    Sunday, April 5 at 4:00pm
    Church of the Holy Trinity
    19th and Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia

BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone

The glorious 150-voice Philadelphia Singers Chorale backed by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and flanked by brass in the balconies will perform William Walton's mammoth, Handel-influenced Belshazzar's Feast. It will be complimented with choruses from John Adams' dramatic opera The Death of Klinghoffer, performed by 50 voices from The Philadelphia Singers' fully professional ensemble. This is the Keynote Concert of the 2009 Chorus America National Conference, hosted by The Philadelphia Singers.
    Thursday, June 11 at 8:00pm
    Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia


SERIES A – ALL FOUR CONCERTS




SERIES B – THREE CONCERTS
Belshazzar's Feast plus your choice of two other concerts:
  • Main Floor Center at Churches & Priority Boxes in Verizon Hall:
    Your price $116 (full price $140)
  • Balcony/Rear Center at Churches & Orchestra/First Tier in Verizon Hall:
    Your price $89 (full price $113)
  • Side at the Churches & Second/Third Tiers in Verizon Hall:
    Your price $60 (full price $84)


To order your subscriptions, call 215-751-9494 or download and mail the above order form to:

   THE PHILADELPHIA SINGERS
   1211 CHESTNUT STREET, SUITE 610
   PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107-4117

Single tickets will go on sale August 1, 2008