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 Purchase, NY - The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra with featured pianist Valentina Lisitsa performs in The Concert Hall at The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $72.50, $62.50, $52.50 and $42.50.
The program includes Karlowicz’s Serenade, op. 2; Liszt’s Piano Concerto no. 1, E-flat Major; and Brahms’ Symphony no. 2, op. 73 in D Major.
Founded in 1901, the Warsaw Philharmonic is Poland’s leading musical ensemble. Its first concert featured as soloist the world-famous pianist, composer and future statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski. The program of this historic concert included Paderewski's Piano Concerto in A minor and works by other Polish composers: Chopin, Moniuszko, Noskowski, Stojowski and Żeleński.
The orchestra made Warsaw a major European center of music, attracting such conductors and soloists over the years as Edward Grieg, Arthur Honegger, Otto Klemperer, Yehudi Menuhin, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Artur Rodzinski, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Horowitz, Wilhelm Kempff, Arthur Rubinstein and Isaac Stern.
Today, under the direction of Maestro Antoni Witt, the Philharmonic regularly participates in the International F. Chopin Piano Competitions and the Warsaw Autumn Festival.
The Orchestras Series at The Performing Arts Center continues with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (Mar. 15) and the National Philharmonic of Russia (Apr. 17).
For more information, and to buy tickets, contact The Performing Arts Center ticket office (914-251-6200) or log onto The Center’s website at http://www.artscenter.org.
The Center's 31st season is made possible, in part, by the Basic Program Support Grant of the Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government.
Purchase College is located in Westchester County, minutes from the Connecticut border. The college, part of the State University of New York system, is a major institution of public higher education encompassing the liberal arts and sciences, professional training in the performing and visual arts, and continuing education. The college campus is home to The Performing Arts Center and The Neuberger Museum of Art, which strive to present models of excellence for both the college and its surrounding community.
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