The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin Music Director

Chicago, IL, 5/28/12: Associate Principal Second Violin Paul Roby finds a quiet corner in the Chicago O’Hare International Airport to catch up on some reading while awaiting the flight to Beijing. Photo by Chris Lee

The Philadelphia Orchestra is honored to represent the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the United States of America in China during its 2012 Residency & Tour, May 29 through June 6, 2012.

The June Stokowski Celebration concerts are just one month away, and we hope you’re as excited as we are to see Yannick lead the Orchestra in its former historic home, the Academy of Music. Now is probably as good a time as ever to encourage you to revisit some of the other posts on this blog to continue familiarizing yourself with Leopold Stokowski, and also to get a better sense of just how spectacular these June concerts will be by watching James Alexander’s behind-the-scenes videos.

Hello! James Alexander, stage director for the June Stokowski Celebration concerts here! 

In this latest blog in our series I want to show you how I’m aiming to complement Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra’s re-telling of Rimsky-Korsakov’s evocative Sheherazade. 

As for the eye-catching bespoke imagery being created for this concert, like the composer himself, I am eschewing a definitive narrative. Rather, I’m endeavoring to offer images which accompany this dazzling and colorful score and offer you a visual thematic fantasy.