Announcing the

2008-2009 Subscription Series

To order a subsciption call 610-432-6715

Welcome to the 2008-2009 Allentown Symphony Season.  Join us as we celebrate the exciting promise of youth and showcase the Rising Stars of classical music.

It is truly a season to believe in, a season that renews the spirit with a galaxy of exciting young talents who are already drawing rave reviews while revitalizing music tradition on concert stages across the country and around the globe.  Enjoy them now and then watch as their careers soar.  In time, you'll say "I saw them when!

It's all part of the fresh new feel of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Hall.  Order you subscription today and be a witness to musical history in the making.  Once you subscribe, watch for future notices about new programs including pre-concert talks by music authorities and post concert chats with soloists and Diane Wittry.  Allentown Symphony Hall is your home for beautiful music.  Join us next season and make yourself comfortable!

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Soar

	... with Soprano Soloist  ANGELA MEADE Saturday Feb. 14, 2009 - 8pm Sunday Feb. 15, 2009 - 3pm ... winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finals Concert, Ms. meade is one of the most promising young talents on the opera scene today. With a voice hailed as "limpid and pure with the ability to hold audiences breathless," she also took first place in both the opera and operetta divisions of the prestigious International Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition, the first singer in the competition history to win first place in both categories.
	Romeo and Juliet  Tchaikovsky Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Leibestod  Wagner The Kiss  D. Dorff Selections from Die Fledermaus  J. Strauss

Be Mesmerized

... by Classical Guitarist NEMANJA OSTOJIC

Saturday Mar. 14, 2009 - 8pm

Sunday Mar. 15, 2009 - 3pm

... the newest star among the winners of our Annual Schadt String Competition - 2008 - and many international guitar competitions, he will astound you with his musicality and versatility.


El Sombrero de Tres Picos (Three Cornered Hat)    DeFalla
Messe de Pecheurs de Villerville                              Faure
Bolero                                                                     Ravel
Concerto for guitar, D Major                      Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Pines of Rome                                                         Respighi

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Feel the emotion

... of the voices of the CAMERATA SINGERS

Saturday Apr. 18, 2009 - 8pm

Sunday Apr. 19, 2009 - 3pm
... who have been pleasing Lehigh Valley audiences since 1972 with both classical and contemporary music.  They will perform the most famous Italian opera choruses.



Barber of Seville                                               Rossini
Turandot, La Boheme                                       Puccini
Cavalleria Rusticana                                          Mascagni
Nabucco, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Aida          Verdi

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