What is Philadelphia Orchestra?
[[File:KimmelCenterInteriorNight.JPG|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, interior at night}}]] The '''Philadelphia Orchestra''' is an [[United States|American]] [[orchestra]]. It is based in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. It does over 130 [[subscription]] [[concert]]s a year from September to May.<ref name=WHYY>{{cite web |url=http://www.whyy.org/philaperforms/orchestra/institution.html |title=The Philadelphia Orchestra; A Brief History |author= |date= |website= |publisher=whyy.org |accessdate=25 March 2015 |archive-date=18 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218023137/http://www.whyy.org/philaperforms/orchestra/institution.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the summer the Orchestra performs an outdoor session for a month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Philadelphia-Orchestra.htm |title=Philadelphia Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra) |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Bach Cantatas |accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref> It originally gave concerts at the Academy of Music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/a/AcademyofMusic3150.html |title=The Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of Academy of Music programs, playbills, and scrapbooks |author= |date= |website= |publisher=The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref> The orchestra was founded in 1900.<ref name=WHYY/> It has performed at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts since 2001. ==Discography== ;Studio albums * ''[[David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf]]'' (1978) ==Music Directors== * Fritz Scheel (1900–1907) * Karl Pohlig (1908–1912) * [[Leopold Stokowski]] (1912–1938) * Eugene Ormandy (1936–1980) * Riccardo Muti (1980–1992) * Wolfgang Sawallisch (1993–2003) * Christoph Eschenbach (2003–2008) * Charles Dutoit (2008–2012, chief [[Conducting|conductor]]) * [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]] (2012–present) ==References== {{commons}} {{reflist}} {{multistub|music|US}} [[Category:American orchestras]] [[Category:Musi