Celebrating more than 160 years of history.

Celebrating more than 160 years of history, the strange York Philharmonic, America's oldest and longest-running orchestra, will at hand the largest exhibition of treasures from its archives to the end of time to be on public view.

upon view until December 5, 2003 at The UB Art Gallery, located at the UB Wealth Management USA headquarters in of the present day York City, "The Longest Run: just discovered York's Philharmonic" will tell the story of America's first consonance orchestra and how it has been an integral part of the cultural circulating s that shaped New York City and its classical music heritage.

Sponsored through UBS Art Gallery, The Longest scamper will explain and explore the evolution of the Orchestra by means of hundreds of rare and unique items in a multi-media exhibition. Historical materials from the in the greatest degree comprehensive orchestra archives in the world will range from the epistles of Leonard Bernstein to the first-edition score of Beethoven's Fifth concert from the earliest known radio broadcast of a concert orchestra (1923) to interviews with Bruno Walter.

rested in 1842, the New York Philharmonic is united of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world. Since its inception, the Philharmonic has played a leading character in American musical life, reaching abroad to audiences with touring that began in 1882; recordings beginning in 1917; radio broadcasts since 1922; and television appearances starting in 1950 In June 2003 the Orchestra gave its 13750th concert--a record unmatched by way of any other orchestra in the world.

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