Bravo! Vail Valley has Sweet Classical Music for Vacationers

Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through over a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, best-selling recordings, and its unprecedented record of innovation in recording technologies and outreach.

This rich tradition has been carried on by Christoph Eschenbach, who became the Orchestra’s seventh music director in September 2003.  During his tenure, Mr. Eschenbach has conducted a cycle of all nine Beethoven symphonies paired with music of our time, including several world premieres; led a four-week Late Great Works Festival featuring late works by Mozart, Strauss, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Berio; launched the Orchestra’s first-ever multi-year cycle of Mahler’s complete symphonies; and led the Orchestra on tours of Europe (in 2004 and 2006), Asia (in 2005), Florida and Puerto Rico (in 2006), and the United States (in 2007).

Its illustrious tour history includes a number of landmarks events.  In 1936 the Orchestra became the first American orchestra to undertake a transcontinental tour, in 1949 it toured Great Britain as the first American orchestra to cross the Atlantic after World War II, and in 1973 it became the first American orchestra to perform in the People’s Republic of China.

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