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January 2021
CANCELED : POPS: PROHIBITION
CANCELED :: Travel through the cabarets and speakeasies of New York, Paris, Berlin, London and Louisville in the 1920s! You’ll run into Josephine Baker, Kurt Weill, King Oliver and all their sizzling hits of Roaring 20s. TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor
Find out more »CANCELED : COFFEE: TCHAIKOVSKY’S SIXTH
CANCELED :: Tchaikovsky’s greatest symphony – a searing, white-hot work that spans a supreme range of emotional expression. CONCERT TALK: Starting at 10AM in Whitney Hall, the LO, together with WUOL, offers a free, pre-concert discussion hosted by radio program director Daniel Gilliam. Igor STRAVINSKY: Funeral Song Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 CHRISTIAN REIF, guest conductor SERIES SPONSORED BY BAIRD
Find out more »CANCELED : CLASSICS: REIF CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY
CANCELED :: Based on the opera Doctor Atomic, this symphony by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams evokes the frenzied panic, boorish pandering, and moral tension of a world developing the means for self-annihilation. Plus Tchaikovsky’s greatest symphony – a searing, white-hot work that spans the full range of emotional expression. Igor STRAVINSKY: Funeral Song John ADAMS: Doctor Atomic Symphony Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 ("Pathetique") CHRISTIAN REIF, conductor SERIES SPONSORED BY THE BROWN-FORMAN FOUNDATION
Find out more »February 2021
LIVE ONLINE. CLASSICAL PAIRING
13 FEB 2021 at 7:30 PM :: CLASSICAL PAIRING: WA Mozart + John Adams Described as "virtuosic goofy music," American composer John Adams (b. 1947) stirs up an earful of layered tunes and textures that bounce and skitter like the soundtrack of a classic cartoon. Dense with beautiful tunes and a brilliant construction, Adams' Chamber Symphony is one of the great works of the late 20th century. Mozart's Symphony No. 39 may be an old friend to many classical music…
Find out more »March 2021
LIVE ONLINE : HOMECOMINGS
6 MAR 2021 at 7:30 PM :: Authentic folk music reveals the joys and cares of real people. These three composers explore that authentic music through the lens of their own experience to reflect their own voice and choices in a program titled "HOMECOMINGS: The Musical Journeys of Uncommon Folk." Hungarian composer Béla Bartók had a life-long passion for the traditional music of his homeland. He wrote his Romanian Folk Dances as a suite of six short piano pieces in…
Find out more »CANCELED : POPS: ARETHA FRANKLIN: A Tribute
CANCELED :: All the great Aretha hits that are the soul of America including “Respect,” “Think,” “A Natural Woman,” “Chain of Fools” performed by the Broadway diva of our time. She will blow you off the planet! BOB BERNHARDT, conductor CAPATHIA JENKINS, vocals
Find out more »CANCELED : COFFEE: REINHARDT CONDUCTS SIBELIUS
CANCELED:: Conductor Ruth Reinhardt debuts with the LO in Sibelius’s majestic Second Symphony – a masterwork reflecting the warmth and ease of a composer sojourning in a sun-drenched town in Northern Italy. CONCERT TALK: Starting at 10AM in Whitney Hall, the LO, together with WUOL, offers a free, pre-concert discussion hosted by radio program director Daniel Gilliam. Lotta WENNAKOSKI: Helsinki Variations Jean SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 RUTH REINHARDT, guest conductor SERIES SPONSORED BY BAIRD
Find out more »CANCELED : CLASSICS: SIBELIUS & PROKOFIEV
CANCELED :: Conductor Ruth Reinhardt debuts with the LO in Sibelius’s majestic Second Symphony – a masterwork reflecting the warmth and ease of a composer sojourning in a sun-drenched town in Northern Italy. Virtuoso violinist Paul Huang also returns to brandish the dazzling pyrotechnics of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto, whose dark outer movements brim with menace. Lotta WENNAKOSKI: Helsinki Variations Sergei PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 Jean SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 RUTH REINHARDT, conductor PAUL HUANG, violin SERIES SPONSORED BY…
Find out more »CANCELED : FAMILY: SPACE ADVENTURES
CANCELED:: For kids ages 3 to 12, we take to the stars for of program of music about the sky, the stars, and outer space. TBD, conductor
Find out more »CANCELED : MUSIC W/out BORDERS AT THE OGLE CENTER: MENDELSSOHN & BRAHMS
CANCELED :: Opening with a dynamic work by French musician Louise Farrenc, we share music that deserves to be cherished. Our own Julia Noone (assistant concertmaster) takes the spotlight in the brilliant Mendelssohn concerto and we close with the burnished colors of Brahms. A grand concert indeed! Louise FARRENC: Overture No. 1 Felix MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto Johannes BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 TBD, conductor JULIA NOONE, violin SERIES SPONSORED BY REPUBLIC BANK
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