Louis Scaglione, Conductor 
Michael Ludwig, Violin 
Peter Richard Conte, Organ 

Strauss: Festival Prelude 
Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra  
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”  

Marian Anderson Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.

Approximate Duration: 1 Hour, 45 Minutes 

PYO opens its landmark 87th season under Music Director Louis Scaglione with a program featuring two distinguished guest artists.  Organist Peter Richard Conte, Wanamaker Grand Court Organist, joins the orchestra as soloist in both Richard Strauss’ Festival Prelude – a majestic and celebratory opening – and Saint-Saëns’s monumental Symphony No. 3, the “Organ Symphony,” culminating in one of the repertoire’s most exhilarating finales. Violinist Michael Ludwig, former Associate Concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra, also joins PYO for Barber’s lyrical and deeply expressive Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.  

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