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Pictures at opening night for the Philadelphia Orchestra with Yo-Yo Ma

The Philadelphia Orchestra performs in front of a near-capacity, live in-person audience at the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts Tuesday night.

Julia Vu of Northern Liberties pauses to take a photo as.she arrives with other audience members in the lobby of the Kimmel Center Oct. 5, 2021, on opening night for the Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall.
Julia Vu of Northern Liberties pauses to take a photo as.she arrives with other audience members in the lobby of the Kimmel Center Oct. 5, 2021, on opening night for the Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer

The official launch of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 122nd season Oct. 5, 2021 featured a performance by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and an Opening Night Celebration led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin that included selections by Villa-Lobos, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and the Verizon Hall premiere of Valerie Coleman’s Seven O’Clock Shout, commissioned by the Orchestra and dedicated to the frontline workers of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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