For Immediate Release: February 8, 2005
Media Contact: Elizabeth A. Eckhardt, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, 215.496.9722

WHAT:
This Valentine's Day The Philadelphia Orchestra joins forces with the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival for "In Love with Shakespeare," a romantic evening of music and verse. The program features favorites by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev, with scenes from Shakespeare's plays, including Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. David Hayes, music director of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale, leads the evening's program. "If music be the food of love, play on!"

Walton - Excerpts from the film Richard III
Mendelssohn - Excerpts from Overture to Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Mendelssohn - Scherzo from Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Mendelssohn - Nocturne from Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Mendelssohn - "Wedding March" from Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Berlioz - Overture to Beatrice and Benedict
Prokofiev - "Montagues and Capulets," from Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev - "Romeo and Juliet Before Parting," from Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev - "Masks," from Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev - "Death of Juliet," from Romeo and Juliet
Walton - "The Wedding Procession," from As You Like It

Tickets: $10-$62 (call for box seat prices), 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org. Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra are graciously donating their services for this concert. Proceeds benefit the musicians' Pension Fund.

WHEN:
Monday evening, February 14, at 8:00 p.m.

WHO:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
David Hayes, conductor
David Howey, host
Actors from The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival (Carmen Khan, artistic director)

WHERE:
Verizon Hall, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

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