In isolation, listening to Beethoven with fresh ears
Some tips to listening to Beethoven’s Fifth in a new way, since we can’t listen to it live with TFO. Kurt Loft writes today on the TFO Blog.
Remembering famed composer Penderecki, TFO’s first-ever guest conductor
Kurt Loft remembers famed composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Not for his movie music, but as TFO’s first-ever guest conductor. Kurt takes us back to 1985.
I was really looking forward to Bach’s St. John Passion
As the isolation of the coronavirus continues, it’s a reminder of the magical moments – like Bach’s St. John Passion – that we’re missing in the concert hall. Kurt Loft writes, today on the TFO Blog.
Benjamin Whiting ‘peers into Beethoven’s mind’ for premiere work
This weekend TFO premieres a short work by USF’s Benjamin Whiting that’s “as if one could travel back in time and peer into Beethoven’s mind as he was brainstorming these musical ideas.’’
Sax goes classical in Philip Glass concerto
If you only think of the saxophone as part of a jazz band, think again. The Rascher Saxophone Quartet takes the instrument into the classical realm with a Philip Glass concerto and full orchestra.
The Florida Orchestra Ruth Eckerd Hall March 13, 2016
How has ‘Messiah’ stayed popular for nearly 300 years?
When Michael Francis, The Florida Orchestra and The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay team up for their production of Handel’s Messiah this week, they will add another notch to a…
Eric Whitacre: Superstar composer and space nerd
Today, nearly 30 years later, Hubble continues to inspire, and not just scientists – but artists, writers and musicians. Eric Whitacre is one of them. The Grammy-winning composer is a certified space nerd and delighted in creating a score to accompany a visual mosaic of Hubble images from far, far away.
Opening Night concerts dig into cultural roots of Tampa Bay
It’s Opening Week! Find out more about your favorite earworm works – Bolero! Grieg’s Piano Concerto! -- and how they reflect Tampa Bay’s culture, today on the TFO Blog.
For cellist Joshua Roman, composer is just a text away
“Classical rock star” Joshua Roman performs the Bates Cello Concerto, written just for him. What’s it like to work with a composer who’s alive? Today on the blog.
The nightingale song that ruffled feathers in ‘Pines of Rome’
Composers often use the orchestra like a giant paintbrush, splashing colors across an imaginary canvas, evoking ideas and images through a bundle of instruments.