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…
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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 •…
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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 »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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POPS: STORM LARGE: LOVE, LUST + ROCK n ROLL
20 APR 2019 :: From Cole Porter and Frank Sinatra to Led Zeppelin and Queen, this music is a pulse-racing tribute to Love, Lust + Rock ‘n’ Roll, with powerful hits including “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “The Lady Is a Tramp,” “Kashmir,” “Somebody to Love,” and much more performed by the sensational and sultry Storm Large! STORM LARGE, vocalist BOB BERNHARDT, conductor
Find out more »COFFEE: TEDDY TALKS BRAHMS
26 APR 2019 :: In the second of his one-piece programs, Teddy Abrams deconstructs and explores the miraculous construction of the final symphony of Romantic Era German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor Series Sponsored by: Hilliard Lyons
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27 APR 2019 :: In the second of his one-piece programs, Teddy Abrams deconstructs and explores the miraculous structure of final symphony of Romantic Era German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor Series Sponsored by: Brown-Forman Concert Sponsored by: Susan Casey Brown
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COFFEE: BEETHOVEN’S NINTH
10 MAY 2019 :: Conceived on a gigantic scale, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony expresses the utopia of universal brotherhood and hope. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 ("Choral") TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor
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11 MAY 2019 :: Conceived on a gigantic scale, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is an exaltation of the ideal of universal brotherhood. In his only symphony to use a chorus and vocal soloists, Beethoven traced the line from anguish to joy, and from doubt to hope. In addition, Teddy Abrams has created a song cycle for soprano and full orchestra that will premiere at this performance. ABRAMS: A Song for End Times BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 ("Choral") TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor Soloists…
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