The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in the Center City district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, the orchestra is
Fritz Scheel, founding father and first conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, the Philadelphia Orchestra's music director from 1912 to 1938
The Philadelphia Orchestra on stage with Stokowski for the American premiere of Mahler's Eighth Symphony in March 1916
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, principal conductor from 2012.
The Three Russian Songs, Op. 41 for chorus and orchestra were written by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1926. It is the last of Rachmaninoff's three works for chorus and orchestra, the others being the cantat
Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1921