Orchestra 2001

2009-2010 Concert 2

SENSATIONAL HILA PLITMANN RETURNS!

Saturday November 14, 2009 8 pm
    Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Sunday November 15, 2009 7:30 pm
    Lang Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Libby Larsen:  SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE
Essa Pekka Salonen:  FIVE IMAGES AFTER SAPPHO
Franz Schrecker:  CHAMBER SYMPHONY

    Featuring
    Soprano, Hila Plitmann

2009 Grammy Award winner Hila Plitmann joins James Freeman and O2001 for concerts of music on texts by two remarkable poets:  Sappho and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.  Schreker’s rarely performed masterwork of 1916 completes this exciting program.