Louisville Orchestra at Kentucky Center for the Arts
The Louisville Orchestra and its galvanizing young Music Director Teddy Abrams present an ambitious 2016-17 season of commissions, premieres, grandly scaled productions, favorite masterworks, cross-genre collaborations, and more.
Subscription packages for a variety of concert series’ are currently available. Subscriptions are surprisingly affordable and offer discounts, exchange privileges and other benefits to ticket-buyers.
Except where noted, all concerts take place at Whitney Hall at Kentucky Center for the Arts under the leadership of Music Director Teddy Abrams.
Oct 1 :: LO Family Series
“HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR”
Bob Bernhardt, conductor
Brown Theatre
Oct 8 :: Classics Series
“MAHLER SECOND”
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C minor (“Resurrection”)
Celena Shafer, soprano
J’nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano (LO debut)
Kent Hatteberg, chorusmaster
Oct 21, 22 :: Coffee and Classics Series
“ALL DVORÁK”
DVORÁK: Slavonic Dances (Nos. 1, 7, 8)
DVORÁK: Cello Concerto (with Amit Peled, cello)
DVORÁK: Symphony No. 7
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Oct 30 :: LO WOW! Special event
Concert with Yo-Yo Ma
ELGAR: Cello Concerto
Nov 5 :: Pops Series
“STAR WARS & MORE: MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS”
Bob Bernhardt, conductor
Nov 18, 19 :: Coffee and Classics Series
“SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC”
DEBUSSY: Le roi Lear, mvmt 1
ABRAHAMSEN: Let Me Tell You
PROKOFIEV: Selected excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Nov 26 :: LO Family Series
“HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS with CIRQUE MUSICA”
Bob Bernhardt, conductor
Nov 26 :: Pops Series
“CIRQUE MUSICA HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR”
Bob Bernhardt, conductor
featuring the aerialists and acrobats of Cirque Musica
Dec 1, 2, 3 :: Neighborhood
“HANDEL’S MESSIAH”
Kent Hatteberg, conductor
University of Louisville Chamber Choir
TBA, soloists
TBA, locations
Jan 7, 2017 :: Pops Series
“MUSIC OF DAVID BOWIE”
Brent Havens, conductor
Jan 13, 14 :: Coffee and Classics Series
“BRAHMS SECOND”
DEBUSSY: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
MOZART: Sinfonia concertante (with soloists from the Louisville Orchestra)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor
Jan 21 :: LO Family Series
“CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS”
Brown Theatre
Jan 27, 28 :: Coffee and Classics Series
“RACHMANINOFF THIRD”
ZHURBIN: New commission (Louisville premiere)
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 (with Andrew Tyson, piano)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”)
Feb 4 :: Pops Series
AMERICA
Bob Bernhardt, conductor
starring Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell
Feb 25 :: Classics Series
“CLASSIC FILM & MUSIC”
DEBUSSY: Jeux
Work TBA
March 10, 11 :: Coffee and Classics Series
Works TBA
Mar 18 :: LO Family Series
“HEROES AND VILLAINS”
TBA, conductor
Brown Theatre
March 25 :: Pops Series
“TIME FOR THREE”
March 31, April 1 :: Coffee and Classics Series
“WALTON & BRITTEN”
MUHLY: So To Speak (after Thomas Tallis)
BRITTEN: Violin Concerto (with Augustin Hadelich, violin)
WALTON: Selections from Façade 1 and 2
April 15 :: Classics Series
“Festival of American Music 1: MAVERICKS
Program TBA
Michael Tilson Thomas, guest conductor
April 28, 29 :: Coffee and Classics Series
“Festival of American Music 2: All Concertos”
NORMAN: Split (with Andrew Hsu, piano)
ABRAMS: Muhammad Ali Portrait (world premiere)
ARR. ABRAMS: Louisville Concerto II (world premiere) (with Harry Pickens, piano; other soloists TBA)
All dates, programs, and artists are subject to change.
For more information call 502-587-8681 or visit louisvilleorchestra.org
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