Thank You, Edinburgh

Join The Philadelphia Orchestra for a special free concert to celebrate our 75th anniversary and thank all those who've supported us and our community.

A special free afternoon concert to celebrate the Festival’s 75th anniversary, given in a spirit of gratitude to all those whose hard work, encouragement and friendship supported our community through the worst of the pandemic.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra, has created a special family-friendly programme that includes, among others, beloved arias from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, the finale of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers, inspired by an entry from Beethoven’s journal.

The concert will also be relayed live to the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens. The first 100 people to attend the live unticketed relay in the Gardens will receive a free snack pack, supplied by the International Festival’s official partners The Pantry and Bon Accord.

Supported by James and Morag Anderson
The Philadelphia Orchestra residency is supported by Dunard Fund

All tickets for this and a range of eventsthroughout this year’s Festival are free.

If you are able to, please consider making a donation to the Festival so that we can continue to bring people and performers together, inspire the next generation of talent and support our work with communities year-round.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor

Rossini Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Coleman Seven O’Clock Shout
Puccini ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Gianni Schicchi
Puccini ‘Vissi d’arte’ from Tosca
Gershwin ‘Summertime’ from Porgy and Bess
Arlen ‘Over the Rainbow’ from The Wizard of Oz
Price Third movement from Symphony No. 1
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Simon Fate Now Conquers
Beethoven Fourth movement from Symphony No. 7

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2022 European Festivals Tour is made possible through the generous support of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and the Philadelphia Convention & Visitor’s Bureau.