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Heritage Day 2012: March 25th!
The 20th Heritage Day event of the United German-American Society of Florida will take place on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at the Wyndham Resort in Orlando. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m. with the event ending at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served starting at 11:30; the planned entertainment, including the Parade of Flags will commence at 1 p.m. Manny Daum & Co and Alex Meixner will provide the musical entertainment for your dancing pleasure.
The Florida Schuhplattler groups will also present individual and combined dances.
Various vendors will be on hand with items from Germany and other European countries. The admittance ticket will be the key to someone winning two free tickets to Germany provided by AIR BERLIN, one of our generous sponsors of our many past Heritage Day events.
Come out and enjoy German Gemuetlichkeit, food and camaraderie.
If you would like to join our list of sponsors, event advertisers and vendors to promote your company and/or products please go to www.ugasflorida.org for further details.
For tickets and information contact: Charlotte Kappel, 813-634-6662 or on email at cmk13@tampabay.rr.com.
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Feiern Sie jedes Wochenende in der German American Society Pinellas:
Eat , drink, dance and "schunkel"! Every Saturday night the German American Society rolls back the clock to a by-gone era. You'll delight to the music of a live band. Listen , sing along, and dance to favorite German and American tunes of the last century.
Doors open at 6 pm for dinner, snacks or just coffee and Kuchen. Dancing starts at 7:30 pm. There's a plentyful supply of German Beers, Wines and Schnaps at the full service bar.Join the fun with great music, German food and drink at an authentic German Dance hall. Come for German heritage, memories, Gemuetlichkeit and friendship.
Dirndls and lederhosen are always encouraged.
Located at 8098 66th street in Pinellas Park, north of Park Boulevard and just South of 82nd Avenue. For information google German American Society of Pinellas County. (GermanTampa.com)_____________________________________________________________________
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Sollten Sie in West Florida sein und das Florida Orchester noch nicht gehoert haben, dieses Wochenende spielt der deutsche Pianist Markus Groh unter der Leitung Maestro Stefan Sanderlings mit dem Orchester in den drei grossen Hallen der Tampa Bay. Auf dem Programm steht Tchaikowskys Schwanensee Suite und von Groh gespielt, Bartok. Im Programm der Masterworksserie steht zu Markus Groh: "Lauded by the Toronto Star as " a great pianist", Markus Groh returns to perform Bartok's vivacious and highly rhythmic musical roller coaster ride ...Piano Concerto No. 2...in a night with Bartoks Divertimento and the sweeping balletic themes of Tchaikowsly's famed Swan lake Suite."
Wer Markus Grohs offizielle Webseite besucht, findet folgenden Lebenslauf:
"Als "Symbiose von Furor und Poesie" bezeichnete die FAZ das Klavierspiel von Markus Groh. Die Süddeutsche Zeitung stellte bereits bei seinem Debüt im Herkulessaal Vergleiche mit dem "Temperament einer Argerich und der ästhetischen Strenge eines Swjatoslaw Richter" an. Nach dem 1. Liszt-Klavierkonzert 2007 schrieb der Inquire Music Critic Philadelphia von einem "neuen modernen Standard" und die New York Times von einer „energiegeladenen, substanzvollen“ Interpretation welche „sowohl Bravour als auch Sensibilität“ in höchstem Maße geboten habe. Im November 2009 bezeichnete man ihn nach der Darbietung des Brahms B-Dur Klavierkonzerts mit dem Cleveland Orchestra als „besonders herausragend geeignet für dieses gigantische Werk : Ein kompletter Virtuose“.
Der Gewinner des 1. Preises des berühmten Königin-Elisabeth-Wettbewerbs in Brüssel (1995) gastiert heute bei den großen Orchestern in Europa, den USA und Asien. So trat er mehrfach mit Orchestern wie dem London Symphony, dem Cleveland Orchestra, dem New York Philharmonic, dem Philadelphia Orchestra, dem New Japan Philharmonic und dem St. Petersburger Philharmonikern auf. Er arbeitete mit Dirigenten wie Ivan Fischer, Neeme Järvi, Fabio Luisi, Kent Nagano, Jonathan Nott und David Robertson.
Markus Groh konzertiert weltweit bei zahlreichen renommierten Festivals wie z.B. dem Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival, den Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspielen, den Schwetzinger Festspielen, der Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, und gibt immer wieder Klavierabende in vielen Musikzentren der Welt, so u.a. in Amsterdam, Athen, Berlin, Brüssel, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig, London, Mexico City, München, New York, Paris, Seattle, Stuttgart, Tokio, Toronto, Osaka, Washington D.C., Wien und Zürich. Auch das von ihm 2003 gegründete "Bebersee Festival" im Norden Berlins entwickelte sich zu einem ganz besonderen Event.
Markus Groh erhielt für seine erste 2006 erschienene Liszt-SACD gleich mehrere Auszeichnungen, darunter den "Editor's Choice" im Gramophone Magazine. Eine zweite SACD mit Werken von Brahms erschien 2008 und wurde u.a. von der Fachzeitschrift Fono Forum mit dem „Stern des Monats“ (September 2008) ausgezeichnet."
Als Groh vor einigen Jahren zum zweitenmal mit dem Florida Orchester und unter Gastdirigent Gunther Herbig Mozart spielte, gabe er mir nach der Pause ein Interview. Dabei kam nicht nur seine Karriere zur Sprache, sondern auch eine Situation, die sicherlich jedem Kuenstler einmal begegnet, naemlich einem ganz besonderen Fan zu begegnen.
Ob in diesem Jahr oder in der Zukunft, wir hoffen, Sie haben das Vergnuegen, diesen Pianisten einmal zu erleben. Als ich damals mit ihm sprach , machte er gerade eine Babypause, und kuemmerte sich um sein drittes Kind, denn die Kinderzeit gemeinsam zu erleben, so Markus Groh, sei ihm sehr wichtig. Wir bedanken uns fuer das nette Gespraech und wuenschen ihm weiterhin Erfolg!
Florida Orchestra Program:
Tampa Bay Times Masterworks
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite
Stefan Sanderling, conductor
Markus Groh, piano
Markus Groh, piano
Lauded by The Toronto Star as “a great pianist,” Markus Groh returns to perform Bartok’s vivacious and highly rhythmic musical roller coaster ride...Piano Concerto No. 2...in a night with Bartok’s Divertimento and the sweeping balletic themes of Tchaikovsky’s famed Swan Lake Suite.
Fri, Jan 27, 10 am
Progress Energy Morning Masterworks Series
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Mahaffey Theater
Sat, Jan 28, 8 pm
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Mahaffey Theater
Sun, Jan 29, 7:30 pm
Ruth Eckerd Hall
Progress Energy Morning Masterworks Series
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Mahaffey Theater
Sat, Jan 28, 8 pm
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Mahaffey Theater
Sun, Jan 29, 7:30 pm
Ruth Eckerd Hall
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Tickets: $15, $30 $45
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Bitte lesen Sie viele der Filmkritiken in unserer Vor-Oscarsendung im Februar 2012!
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Albert Nobbs ist ein melancholisches Drama ueber das Leben der Frauen um die Jahrhundertwende, Glenn Close spielt die Hauptrolle.
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Freuen Sie sich auf eine Filmsendung naechste Woche, die saemtlich Oscarnominierten Filme besprechen wird.
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CarmenMusic by Georges Bizet
Sung in French with English supertitles
11 Performances: February 11, 14, 19m, 22, 24, March 4m, 8, 11, 16, 20, 24
The 2012 Winter Opera Festival opens on February 11, 2012 with the opéra-comique version of Bizet’s fiery Carmen with the original spoken dialogue. Opera’s most famous femme fatale, Carmen tells the electrifying story of the free-spirited gypsy and how she uses the love of an entranced soldier for her own gain resulting in jealousy and murder. Known for her “velvety timbre” and “magnificent presence, both as a singer and as an actress”, Mezzo-Soprano Fredrika Brillembourg will make her Sarasota Opera debut in the title role. Not seen in Sarasota since 1995, tenor Antonio Nagore will return to the Sarasota Opera stage as the obsessive, love stricken Don José. Danielle Walker, last heard as Don Elvira in last Season’s Don Giovanni, sings Micaëla and Carlos Monzón portrays the toreador Escamillo. Carmen will be performed in French with English supertitles and will run for 11 performances from February 11 through March 24, 2012
Lucia di LammermoorMusic by Gaetano Donizetti
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
9 Performances: February 18, 21, 23, 26m, March 2, 7, 9m, 17m, 23
Deceit leads to murder which leads to madness in Donizetti’s musically and dramatically exhilarating masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. Rising opera star, Soprano Kathleen Kim, returns to Sarasota Opera to make her role debut as Lucia. Ms. Kim was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera in 2002 and returned as a Studio Artist in 2005. During the 2010-2011 Season, Ms. Kim appeared as Madame Mao in the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere of Nixon in China and reprised her acclaimed portrayal of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos also at the Metropolitan Opera. In addition, Ms. Kim’s 2010-2011 Season included appearances as The Queen of the Night from Die Zauberflöte at the Bavarian State Opera, Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Poppea in Agrippina at the Boston Lyric Opera.
“I can’t even describe how excited I am to go back to sing my role debut of Lucia at Sarasota Opera”, says Ms. Kim. “Lucia has been one of my dream roles since I was a student. Sarasota Opera performed Lucia di Lammermoor when I was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera in 2002 and of course I sang in the chorus. I remember dreaming of singing the title role at every performance. Sarasota Opera is a very special place for me because it was my first Apprentice Artist program after graduation. During my time there I learned so much that schools can’t teach – the experience of live theater and being a performer. Because of my familiarity with the rehearsal process and the number of performances they do, I knew Sarasota Opera would be the perfect place for me to do my first Lucia. I am so glad I waited!”
Ms. Kim has been heralded by Opera News as “spectacular”, by the Chicago Sun-Times as “a revelation”, and the Chicago Tribune noted that Ms. Kim “nailed her stratospheric coloratura aria with a precise, penetrating soprano.”
Ms. Kim will be joined on stage by Lee Poulis, last seasons villainous Don Giovanni, as Lucia’s spiteful brother, Enrico. In addition, Joshua Kohl returns, seen last season as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, as Edgardo and Young-Bok Kim, who was Colline in last season’s La bohème, returns as Raimondo, Lucia’s tutor. Stage Director, Brian Robertson, who directed the 2005 Sarasota Opera production of Stiffelio, returns to direct and Sarasota Opera favorite Maestro Anthony Barrese will conduct. Sung in Italian with English supertitles, Lucia di Lammermoor runs from February 18 – March 24, 2012.
Otello
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Sarasota Opera Premiere
7 Performances: March 3, 6, 11m, 14, 17, 22, 25m
For the first time on the Sarasota Opera stage, Maestro Victor DeRenzi, celebrating his 30th year as Artistic Director, will lead the cast and orchestra in Verdi’s masterpiece Otello which will mark Sarasota Opera’s final five years of the Verdi Cycle ending in 2016. Verdi’s tour-de-force is the tale of passionate love undermind by the vindictive scheming of Iago, Otello’s ensign, throwing Otello into a murderous rage against his innocent wife, Desdemona. Rafael Dávila will return to bring his robust and beautiful full lyric tenor voice to the stage in his portrayal of the title role, and Maria D’Amato, last season’s heartbreaking Mimi in La bohème, will portray the deceived yet endlessly faithful Desdemona. Otello will be performed in Italian with English supertitles and will run from March 3 through March 25, 2012.
Vanessa
Music by Samuel Barber
Sung in English with English supertitles
Sarasota Opera Premiere
March 10, 13, 15, 18m, 21, 24
**Free pre-performance introductions 45 minutes before curtain in Felding Hall
Rounding out the 2012 Winter Season will be Samuel Barber’s Vanessa as a continuation of the new American Classics series. An opera of lyrical and intense beauty, Vanessa weaves a story of lies, secrets and evasion between an aging aunt, dreaming of love’s return, and her niece Erika, who waits for love to come. Kara Shay Thomson, who brought down the house in 2009 as Tosca, returns to sing the title role. Making their Sarasota Opera debut, rising star, mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock, will assume the role as her niece Erika and tenor Scott Piper will sing the role of Anatol, the love interest of both women. The creative team responsible for the success of last year’s production of The Crucible will return to build Vanessa from the ground up right here in Sarasota including Scenic Designer Michael Schweikardt, Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan, Lighting Designer Ken Yunker and Wigs and Make-Up Designer Georgianna Eberhard. David Neely returns to conduct and Michael Unger returns to direct. Vanessa will be sung in English with supertitles projected above the screen and will run from March 10 through March 24, 2012.
Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th Season Gala March 25, 2012
The 2011-2012 Season marks Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th season as Artistic Director of Sarasota Opera. This monumental achievement will be celebrated with a gala celebration and concert featuring Sarasota Opera Artists, Sarasota Youth Opera and the Sarasota Opera Orchestra which will close out the 2011-2012 Season. A gala dinner will begin at 5pm in the Peterson Great Room of the Sarasota Opera House followed by Maestro’s 30th Season Concert at 7pm. Dessert and tributes will resume in the Peterson Great Room following the concert.
ABOUT SARASOTA OPERA
Based in Florida’s beautiful Gulf Coast, Sarasota Opera is approaching its 53rd consecutive season. In 1960, the company began presenting chamber-sized repertoire in the historic 320-seat Asolo Theater on the grounds of Sarasota’s Ringling Museum of Art. Recognizing the need for a theater more conducive to opera, the company purchased the former A.B. Edwards Theater in downtown Sarasota in 1979 and first performing in it in 1984 as the Sarasota Opera House. The theater has just undergone a $20-million renovation and rehabilitation enhancing audience amenities, while updating the technical facilities including increasing the size of the orchestra pit. The theater, which reopened in March 2008, has been called “one of America’s finest venues for opera” by Musical America.
Since 1983 the company has been under the artistic leadership of Victor DeRenzi. Since then the company has garnered international attention with its Masterwork Revivals Series, which presents neglected works of artistic merit, as well as the Verdi Cycle producing the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi. Recognizing the importance of training, Maestro DeRenzi founded the Apprentice Artist and Studio Artist programs. Sarasota Opera also maintains a commitment to education through its Invitation to Opera performances for local schools and the unique Sarasota Youth Opera program.
The 2011-2012 Season featured Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in the fall. The 2012 Winter Festival will include Bizet’s Carmen (opéra-comique version with spoken dialogue), Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi’s Otello, and Barber’s Vanessa. Subscriptions are on sale by calling (941) 328-1300 or visiting the Sarasota Opera Box Office. Single tickets went on sale August 1st online (www.sarasotaopera.org) and September 1st in the Box Office.
Sarasota Opera is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Programs are supported in part by an award the Tourist Development Tax through the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Sarasota County Arts Council. Additional funding is provided by the City of Sarasota and the County of Sarasota.
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Lucia di LammermoorMusic by Gaetano Donizetti
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
9 Performances: February 18, 21, 23, 26m, March 2, 7, 9m, 17m, 23
Deceit leads to murder which leads to madness in Donizetti’s musically and dramatically exhilarating masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. Rising opera star, Soprano Kathleen Kim, returns to Sarasota Opera to make her role debut as Lucia. Ms. Kim was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera in 2002 and returned as a Studio Artist in 2005. During the 2010-2011 Season, Ms. Kim appeared as Madame Mao in the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere of Nixon in China and reprised her acclaimed portrayal of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos also at the Metropolitan Opera. In addition, Ms. Kim’s 2010-2011 Season included appearances as The Queen of the Night from Die Zauberflöte at the Bavarian State Opera, Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Poppea in Agrippina at the Boston Lyric Opera.
“I can’t even describe how excited I am to go back to sing my role debut of Lucia at Sarasota Opera”, says Ms. Kim. “Lucia has been one of my dream roles since I was a student. Sarasota Opera performed Lucia di Lammermoor when I was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera in 2002 and of course I sang in the chorus. I remember dreaming of singing the title role at every performance. Sarasota Opera is a very special place for me because it was my first Apprentice Artist program after graduation. During my time there I learned so much that schools can’t teach – the experience of live theater and being a performer. Because of my familiarity with the rehearsal process and the number of performances they do, I knew Sarasota Opera would be the perfect place for me to do my first Lucia. I am so glad I waited!”
Ms. Kim has been heralded by Opera News as “spectacular”, by the Chicago Sun-Times as “a revelation”, and the Chicago Tribune noted that Ms. Kim “nailed her stratospheric coloratura aria with a precise, penetrating soprano.”
Ms. Kim will be joined on stage by Lee Poulis, last seasons villainous Don Giovanni, as Lucia’s spiteful brother, Enrico. In addition, Joshua Kohl returns, seen last season as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, as Edgardo and Young-Bok Kim, who was Colline in last season’s La bohème, returns as Raimondo, Lucia’s tutor. Stage Director, Brian Robertson, who directed the 2005 Sarasota Opera production of Stiffelio, returns to direct and Sarasota Opera favorite Maestro Anthony Barrese will conduct. Sung in Italian with English supertitles, Lucia di Lammermoor runs from February 18 – March 24, 2012.
Otello
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Sarasota Opera Premiere
7 Performances: March 3, 6, 11m, 14, 17, 22, 25m
For the first time on the Sarasota Opera stage, Maestro Victor DeRenzi, celebrating his 30th year as Artistic Director, will lead the cast and orchestra in Verdi’s masterpiece Otello which will mark Sarasota Opera’s final five years of the Verdi Cycle ending in 2016. Verdi’s tour-de-force is the tale of passionate love undermind by the vindictive scheming of Iago, Otello’s ensign, throwing Otello into a murderous rage against his innocent wife, Desdemona. Rafael Dávila will return to bring his robust and beautiful full lyric tenor voice to the stage in his portrayal of the title role, and Maria D’Amato, last season’s heartbreaking Mimi in La bohème, will portray the deceived yet endlessly faithful Desdemona. Otello will be performed in Italian with English supertitles and will run from March 3 through March 25, 2012.
Vanessa
Music by Samuel Barber
Sung in English with English supertitles
Sarasota Opera Premiere
March 10, 13, 15, 18m, 21, 24
**Free pre-performance introductions 45 minutes before curtain in Felding Hall
Rounding out the 2012 Winter Season will be Samuel Barber’s Vanessa as a continuation of the new American Classics series. An opera of lyrical and intense beauty, Vanessa weaves a story of lies, secrets and evasion between an aging aunt, dreaming of love’s return, and her niece Erika, who waits for love to come. Kara Shay Thomson, who brought down the house in 2009 as Tosca, returns to sing the title role. Making their Sarasota Opera debut, rising star, mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock, will assume the role as her niece Erika and tenor Scott Piper will sing the role of Anatol, the love interest of both women. The creative team responsible for the success of last year’s production of The Crucible will return to build Vanessa from the ground up right here in Sarasota including Scenic Designer Michael Schweikardt, Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan, Lighting Designer Ken Yunker and Wigs and Make-Up Designer Georgianna Eberhard. David Neely returns to conduct and Michael Unger returns to direct. Vanessa will be sung in English with supertitles projected above the screen and will run from March 10 through March 24, 2012.
Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th Season Gala March 25, 2012
The 2011-2012 Season marks Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th season as Artistic Director of Sarasota Opera. This monumental achievement will be celebrated with a gala celebration and concert featuring Sarasota Opera Artists, Sarasota Youth Opera and the Sarasota Opera Orchestra which will close out the 2011-2012 Season. A gala dinner will begin at 5pm in the Peterson Great Room of the Sarasota Opera House followed by Maestro’s 30th Season Concert at 7pm. Dessert and tributes will resume in the Peterson Great Room following the concert.
ABOUT SARASOTA OPERA
Based in Florida’s beautiful Gulf Coast, Sarasota Opera is approaching its 53rd consecutive season. In 1960, the company began presenting chamber-sized repertoire in the historic 320-seat Asolo Theater on the grounds of Sarasota’s Ringling Museum of Art. Recognizing the need for a theater more conducive to opera, the company purchased the former A.B. Edwards Theater in downtown Sarasota in 1979 and first performing in it in 1984 as the Sarasota Opera House. The theater has just undergone a $20-million renovation and rehabilitation enhancing audience amenities, while updating the technical facilities including increasing the size of the orchestra pit. The theater, which reopened in March 2008, has been called “one of America’s finest venues for opera” by Musical America.
Since 1983 the company has been under the artistic leadership of Victor DeRenzi. Since then the company has garnered international attention with its Masterwork Revivals Series, which presents neglected works of artistic merit, as well as the Verdi Cycle producing the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi. Recognizing the importance of training, Maestro DeRenzi founded the Apprentice Artist and Studio Artist programs. Sarasota Opera also maintains a commitment to education through its Invitation to Opera performances for local schools and the unique Sarasota Youth Opera program.
The 2011-2012 Season featured Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in the fall. The 2012 Winter Festival will include Bizet’s Carmen (opéra-comique version with spoken dialogue), Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi’s Otello, and Barber’s Vanessa. Subscriptions are on sale by calling (941) 328-1300 or visiting the Sarasota Opera Box Office. Single tickets went on sale August 1st online (www.sarasotaopera.org) and September 1st in the Box Office.
Sarasota Opera is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Programs are supported in part by an award the Tourist Development Tax through the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Sarasota County Arts Council. Additional funding is provided by the City of Sarasota and the County of Sarasota.
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Florida Orchestra Masterworks Serie: www.floridaorchestra.org
SARASOTA OPERA 2011/12 SEASON!
February 3 and 5: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons – Tampa Bay Times Masterworks Series
In the tradition of a chamber orchestra, with the concertmaster giving direction to the orchestra musicians, enjoy the intimate sounds of Vivaldi’s ever-popular The Four Seasons, together with the string orchestra version of Bartok’s charming Rumanian Folk Dances and J.S. Bach’s elegant Orchestral Suite No. 3. As with all evening Masterworks programs, these performances offer a pre-concert talk about the music and the composers, one hour prior to curtain.
Show times: Fri, Feb. 3 at 8pm, David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, Ferguson Hall; Sun, Feb. 5 at 2pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall (note earlier time for Super Bowl)
Tickets: $15, $30, $45
February 9: Best-Loved Symphonies – Coffee Series
Teddy Abrams conducts this morning Coffee Concert featuring select movements from Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, and Haydn's Symphony No. 94 (Surprise). Guests will be treated to complimentary coffee and Krispy Kreme doughnuts as well as a pre-concert conversation one hour before the performance.
Show time: Thurs, Feb. 9 at 11am, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Tickets: $24, $29, $34, $42
February 15: An Intimate Collaboration
The orchestra and The Studio@620 present their third season of “An Intimate Collaboration,” a series of entertaining and seriously fun happenings in our own backyard. Occurring on Wednesday evenings, each performance includes elements connected by a common theme. This night, the series continues with "Scandinavia" prior to the program featuring Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Nielsen’s Helios Overture and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1. It begins at 7 pm at The Studio@620. Reservations are accepted by phone at 727-895-6620, as seating is limited. Suggested donation of $10 is payable at the door.
February 17, 18 and 19: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 – Tampa Bay Times Masterworks Series
Hailed as “a gigantic talent” by The Baltimore Sun, Valentina Lisitsa reveals the rapturous beauty and rhapsodic themes of one of the most popular of all romantic concertos, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2...in a night with Nielsen’s Helios Overture and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1. Conducted by Stefan Sanderling.
Show times: Fri, Feb. 17 at 8pm, David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, Carol Morsani Hall; Sat, Feb. 18 at 8pm, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater; Sun, Feb. 19 at 7:30pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Tickets: $15, $30, $45
Tickets to all performances are on sale at 800-662-7286 and online at www.floridaorchestra.org.
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About The Florida Orchestra
Performing nearly 100 concerts annually in the tri-city area of Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg, The Florida Orchestra is recognized as Tampa Bay's leading performing arts institution, one of the leading professional symphony orchestras in Florida, and one of the most vibrant orchestras in the United States. With live performances including the Tampa Bay Times Masterworks, Raymond James Pops, Coffee Concerts, Progress Energy Morning Masterworks, as well as Youth Concerts and Free Pops in the Park Concerts, The Florida Orchestra offers a vast scope of concerts each year. The mission of The Florida Orchestra is to enrich the life of the Tampa Bay area as it inspires, entertains and educates a wide and diverse audience with the unique experience of live symphonic music, ensuring that future generations will continue to enjoy this legacy that so magnificently celebrates the human spirit.
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