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February 2019
CLASSICS: KENTUCKY SPRING — Festival of American Music I
23 FEB 2019 :: Performed as the full ballet, Appalachian Spring touches on the primal issues of marriage, survival, and eternal regeneration. The piece was commissioned and choreographed by the legendary Martha Graham and for the first time presented with NEW CHOREOGRAPHY by the talented Andrea Schermoly, choreographer in residence at Louisville Ballet. Plus The Way Forth, a new folk opera & film by Louisville native Rachel Grimes. Highlighting real and imagined perspectives of generations of Kentucky women from 1775…
Find out more »MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS: AN EVENING IN ITALY
THU 28 FEB 2019 at The Temple :: Spend an evening with some of the most recognizable and delightful music of favorite Italian composers as LO Concertmaster Gabe Lefkowitz is both soloist and conductor for this delicious program. TICKETS: $20 advance / $25 door GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Overture to The Barber of Seville ANTONIO VIVALDI: "Winter" from The Four Seasons NICCOLO PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 2, Mvt. 3 ("La Campanella') OTTORINO RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1 GIUSEPPI VERDI: La…
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MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS: AN EVENING IN ITALY
FRI 1 MAR 2019 at St. Francis in the Fields :: Spend an evening with some of the most recognizable and delightful music of favorite Italian composers as LO Concertmaster Gabe Lefkowitz is both soloist and conductor for this delicious program. TICKETS: $20 advance / $25 door GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Overture to The Barber of Seville ANTONIO VIVALDI: "Winter" from The Four Seasons NICCOLO PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 2, Mvt. 3 ("La Campanella') OTTORINO RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1…
Find out more »OGLE: AN EVENING IN ITALY
14 APR 2019 at Ogle Center :: Spend an evening with some of the most recognizable and delightful music of favorite Italian composers as LO Concertmaster Gabe Lefkowitz is both soloist and conductor for this delicious program. GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Overture to The Barber of Seville ANTONIO VIVALDI: "Winter" from The Four Seasons NICCOLO PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 2, Mvt. 3 ("La Campenella') OTTORINO RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1 GIUSEPPI VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act 1 AMILCARE PONCHIELLI: …
Find out more »COFFEE: THE JAZZ INFLUENCE – Festival of American Music II
08 MAR 2019 :: George Gershwin brought jazz to the concert hall with his seminal Rhapsody in Blue. With Teddy Abrams at the piano and on the podium, the Louisville Orchestra explores the influence of jazz in classical music. GABRIEL EVENS: Run for It GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS: Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor and piano MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN, soprano UofL Student Jazz Ensemble: Blase Groody, tenor saxophone • Isaac Stephens, trumpet • Chad O’Brien, trombone •…
Find out more »CLASSICS: THE JAZZ INFLUENCE — Festival of American Music II
09 MAR 2019 :: George Gershwin brought jazz to the concert hall with his seminal Rhapsody in Blue. With Teddy Abrams at the piano and on the podium, the Louisville Orchestra explores the influence of jazz in classical music. GABRIEL EVENS: Run for It TYSHAWN SOREY: For Bill Dixon and A. Spencer Barefield GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS: Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor and piano MEASHA BREUGGERGOSMAN, soprano ANSYN BANKS, trumpet CRAIG WAGNER, electric guitar…
Find out more »FAMILY: CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
16 MAR 2019 at 11AM: At the Brown Theatre, the Louisville Orchestra performs a favorite of children around the world. Carnival of the Animals is a witty and fun exploration of musical animals and characters written by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). Performed with a narrator, the work features the witty verse of humorist/poet Ogden Nash (1902-1971). CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals KELLY CORCORAN, conductor
Find out more »POPS: THE MUSIC OF QUEEN
23 MAR 2019 :: Who isn't familiar with the classic tunes of Queen? The Windborne Music band plays all the favorites staying as close as possible to the original recordings and the orchestra is "wrapped" around that original sound. If you're an average fan or someone who knows literally every song ever recorded by Queen, there's something for you in this show. We dig deep to bring out some of the best (and sometimes forgotten) tunes that Queen and Freddie…
Find out more »COFFEE: TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERTO #1
29 MAR 2019 :: Elegant, insightful, balanced and brilliant, pianist Andrew von Oeyen is captivating! Russian composers Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) and Shostakovich (1906-1975) were a generation apart but their passion for their homeland, its people and music, pulses in every beat of these two magnificent works. PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 ANDREW VON OEYEN, piano FRANCESCO LECCE-CHONG, conductor Series Sponsored by: Hilliard Lyons Concert Sponsored by: The Schadt Family
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30 MAR 2019 :: Elegant, insightful, balanced and brilliant, pianist Andrew von Oeyen is captivating! Russian composers Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) and Shostakovich (1906-1975) were a generation apart but their passion for their homeland, its people and music, pulses in every beat of these two magnificent works. GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ: Polish Overture PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 ANDREW VON OEYEN, piano FRANCESCO LECCE-CHONG, conductor Series Sponsored by: Brown-Forman
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