Westchester PhilharmonicDecember 14, 3:00 pm Purchase Performing Arts Center

White Plains, NY. — After the first Clash of the Cellos delighted and enthralled three packed houses two years ago, the message was clear: More cello! We now present Clash of the Cellos II, with an all-new program that again showcases the cello's rich and inspiring sound, in music of Sondheim, Gershwin, Puccini, Bizet, Piazzola, Grieg, the Beatles, and much more. With a dash of holiday flavor, and the return of heart-melting mezzo-soprano Jeanne Ireland for some all-time operatic favorites. Great for the whole family!

All tickets are $45 plus state-mandated fees of $8.50 (totaling $53.50). Tickets and information, including the full season’s lineup of both main stage and chamber series concerts, can be found at westchesterphil.org.

Artists’ photos can be found at westchesterphil.org/2025-26-artist-photos

About the Westchester Philharmonic

Now entering its 43rd season, the Westchester Philharmonic is the oldest, continuously running professional symphony orchestra in Westchester County. The Phil’s main stage concert series makes its home at the Purchase Performing Arts Center, with outdoor concerts, chamber concerts, children’s programs, and special events throughout the area, attracting savvy music-lovers from Rockland, Bergen, Fairfield, and Putnam counties, New York City, and beyond.

Renowned artists who have performed with the Phil include Joshua Bell, Julia Bullock, Barbara Cook, Jeremy Denk, Branford Marsalis, Midori, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelly O’Hara, Garrick Ohlsson, Itzhak Perlman, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Gil Shaham, Isaac Stern, and André Watts.

Among the many new works commissioned and premiered by the Westchester Philharmonic is Melinda Wagner’s Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999. Recently commissioned works by award-winning composers Christopher Theofanidis, David Ludwig, and Jed Feuer debuted in 2014, 2016, and 2018, respectively.

The orchestra is comprised of the finest professional free-lance musicians from around the greater metropolitan area, who are also members of the New York City Ballet Orchestra, Orchestra St. Luke’s, Orpheus, Mostly Mozart, and perform for many Broadway shows. Members of the Phil hold faculty positions at Juilliard, Mannes, Manhattan School of Music, Purchase Conservatory, Vassar and Bard Colleges.

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