The National Philharmonic News

In honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th Birthday, The InterSchool Orchestra of New York (ISO) (www.isorch.org) in association with GPR Records (Glen Roven, Peter Fitzgerald, Richard Cohen, artistic directors) have announced a live concert based on Brown's two best selling children's books Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny.

In honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th Birthday, The InterSchool Orchestra of New York (ISO) (www.isorch.org) in association with GPR Records (Glen Roven, Peter Fitzgerald, Richard Cohen, artistic directors) have announced a live concert based on Brown's two best selling children's books Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny.

In honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th Birthday, The InterSchool Orchestra of New York (ISO) (www.isorch.org) in association with GPR Records (Glen Roven, Peter Fitzgerald, Richard Cohen, artistic directors) have announced a live concert based on Brown's two best selling children's books Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny.

In honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th Birthday, The InterSchool Orchestra of New York (ISO) (www.isorch.org) in association with GPR Records (Glen Roven, Peter Fitzgerald, Richard Cohen, artistic directors) have announced a live concert based on Brown's two best selling children's books Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny.

The New York Philharmonic will present its seventh season of Summertime Classics, with nine themed concerts, conducted and hosted by Bramwell Tovey, June 29-July 10, 2009. The first program (June 29-30), entitled 'From Russia with Love,' will offer music by great Russian composers such as Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Glazunov, with the Philharmonic debut of violinist Mikhail Simonyan performing Tchiakovsky's Violin Concerto.

Guest Conductor Roberto Abbado returns to lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in two weeks of programming. The first program, February 11-13, 2010 at 8:00 p.m., features the Atlanta Premiere of two Mozart Church Sonatas for Organ, the Coronation Mass, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 1. The second program, February 18-20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m., features Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1with guest soloist Leila Josefowicz, and Schubert's Symphony No. 9. Both concerts are at Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.

Kathleen Battle, one of the greatest coloratura sopranos of our time, will perform in recital at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium, Perelman Stage) on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8 p.m. Presented by Columbia Artists Management, Ms. Battle will be joined by Olga Kern, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist.

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE MONTHS OF MARCH AND APRIL 2010

Kathleen Battle, one of the greatest coloratura sopranos of our time, will perform in recital at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium, Perelman Stage) on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8 p.m. Presented by Columbia Artists Management, Ms. Battle will be joined by Olga Kern, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist.

Violinist Mikhail Simonyan joins the spectacular, young National Philharmonic of Russia, under the direction of internationally acclaimed conductor Vladimir Spivakov, for a performance at UConn?s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, April 16, at 8 pm. A free Concert Talk will precede the performance at 7:15 pm.

Under the direction of conductor and violin virtuoso Vladimir Spivakov, the National Philharmonic of Russia is joined by 2007 Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medalist, Mayuko Kamio, in a program featuring work by Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.

Violinist Mikhail Simonyan joins the spectacular, young National Philharmonic of Russia, under the direction of internationally acclaimed conductor Vladimir Spivakov, for a performance at UConn?s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, April 16, at 8 pm. A free Concert Talk will precede the performance at 7:15 pm.

Under the direction of conductor and violin virtuoso Vladimir Spivakov, the National Philharmonic of Russia is joined by 2007 Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medalist, Mayuko Kamio, in a program featuring work by Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.

The Courthouse Center for the Arts presents Thomas Pandolfi, world renowned pianist, on March 8th at 4pm. American pianist Thomas Pandolfi is emerging as a prodigious virtuoso who excels in reviving the core repertoire from the golden age of pianism. Praised for his interesting and innovative programming, his recitals regularly include works by Busoni, Godowsky, Dohnanyi and Chasins, and his orchestral appearances often feature concerti by Paderewski, MacDowell, Moszkowski and Anton Rubinstein.

The Courthouse Center for the Arts presents Thomas Pandolfi, world renowned pianist, on March 8th at 4pm.

The Courthouse Center for the Arts presents Thomas Pandolfi, world renowned pianist, on March 8th at 4pm. American pianist Thomas Pandolfi is emerging as a prodigious virtuoso who excels in reviving the core repertoire from the golden age of pianism. Praised for his interesting and innovative programming, his recitals regularly include works by Busoni, Godowsky, Dohnanyi and Chasins, and his orchestral appearances often feature concerti by Paderewski, MacDowell, Moszkowski and Anton Rubinstein.

The Courthouse Center for the Arts presents Thomas Pandolfi, world renowned pianist, on March 8th at 4pm.