Strings Of The Philadelphia Orchestra

Photo: Joseph Routon

“The Philadelphia sound” is a phrase coined some years ago to describe the beautiful tone and lush playing of The Philadelphia Orchestra string section. We’re pleased to welcome Sembrich Board member, violinist Philip Kates, and four colleagues from that acclaimed string section for this concert of reimagined musical masterworks.

The featured work of the evening is a transcription for string quintet of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata, Op. 101 crafted by violinist Paul Arnold, an arrangement singled out and presented in a nationally broadcast program hosted by conductor Christoph Eschenbach. A full performance of Dvorak’s String Quintet, Op. 77 in E-flat Major, composed in 1875, is from a period when the composer began fully to embrace and incorporate his Bohemian heritage into his musical style.