Philadelphia Orchestra archive
Watch Remembering A Conductor Who Blossomed In Philadelphia
February 25, 2013 – A conductor formed in postwar Germany had a surprising late-life renaissance in the U.S.
Listen The Philadelphia Orchestra At Carnegie Hall WQXR
January 17, 2013 – The famed "Philadelphia Sound" comes to New York in music by Ravel and Shostakovich. WQXR
Read Around The Classical Internet: June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012 – An indictment in Istanbul, Wagner in Israel and a possible Putin protest in St. Petersburg.
Read Around The Classical Internet: September 2, 2011
September 2, 2011 – A model violinist, a disrupted concert and the week's classical links.
Read Around The Classical Internet: May 13, 2011
May 13, 2011 – Early recordings streaming for free, Springing for Music and the latest from Philadelphia.
Listen Philadelphia Orchestra Files For Bankruptcy
April 18, 2011 – On Saturday, orchestra board members voted for Chapter 11 reorganization.
Watch Philadelphia Orchestra Close to Bankruptcy? APM
April 15, 2011 – The 111-year-old orchestra may decide Saturday morning to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. APM
Read The New York Philharmonic Plays Pyongyang
February 26, 2008 – In an act of symphonic diplomacy, the orchestra pays a visit to the North Korean capital.
Listen New York Philharmonic Set for North Korea Show
February 25, 2008 – The group is slated to perform Wagner, Dvorak and Gershwin for the historic occasion.
Listen Young Tuba Player Gets Nod from Phila. Orchestra
September 15, 2006 – Carol Jantsch, 21, is the first woman to be a principal tuba player in a top U.S. orchestra.
Listen Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
June 15, 2006 – The Philadelphia Orchestra performs the Beethoven's ninth and final symphony.
Listen Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
June 14, 2006 – The Eighth continued his trend of retreating to classical styles in even-numbered symphonies.
Listen Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
June 13, 2006 – First performed to benefit Viennese soldiers, the Seventh Symphony was embraced for its beauty.
Listen Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68
June 12, 2006 – Beethoven publicly declared the Sixth Symphony's "extramusical" purpose: an expression of nature.
Listen Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
June 9, 2006 – Beethoven's Fifth, once overshadowed by the "Eroica," has become one of his best-known works.