CANCELED :: Enjoy a power-packed evening of the 80s #1 hit songs. Get on your feet to sing along with “The Power of Love,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Footloose,” and more by the icons of the decade. Love Madonna, Huey Lewis & The News, Phil Collins? We do too! TBD, conductor TBD, singers
Find out more »FRI 23 APR 2021 :: Rimsky-Korsakov’s sensational symphonic showpiece brings to life the fairy tales of the Arabian Nights, with haunting violin solos giving voice to our heroine storyteller. Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherezade TEDDY ABRAMS, guest conductor SERIES SPONSORED BY BAIRD
Find out more »CANCELED :: Two luminous new works by composers Ellen Reid and Paola Prestini (the latter commissioned by the LO) celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment on this richly varied program. After intermission, Rimsky-Korsakov’s sensational symphonic showpiece brings to life the fairy tales of the Arabian Nights, with haunting violin solos giving voice to our heroine storyteller. Ellen REID: When the World as You've Known It Doesn't Exist Paola PRESTINI: Hindsight Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor LARA DOWNES, piano…
Find out more »Online Thru 2 MAY :: 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 1915, during…
Find out more »CANCELED :: “Mind-blowing”… “epic”… “spiritual ecstasy”… These are words that aptly describe this massive symphonic work by French composer Oliver Messiaen. This is a piece from Teddy’s wish list and we close the season with this overflowing hymn to joy, time, movement, rhythm, love, life, and even death. Oliver MESSIAEN: Turangalîla-symphonie TEDDY ABRAMS, guest conductor STEWART GOODYEAR, piano SERIES SPONSORED BY BAIRD
Find out more »Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Louisville Orchestra performances have been revised to a virtual format. Both free and paid-access concerts will be presented online. Link to select your subscriber option. Please explore this link for current performances. CANCELED :: “Mind-blowing”… “epic”… “spiritual ecstasy”… These are the words used that aptly describe this massive symphonic work by French composer Olivier Messiaen. This is piece from Teddy’s wish list and we close the season with this overflowing hymn to joy, time, movement,…
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