The coda of any Florida Orchestra season is often a stirring affair, an emotional tug-and-pull to celebrate all the classic moments from the past eight months. This was the case…
As a listener, it’s always intriguing to hear a new work, more so when it features an instrument that rarely solos on stage: the trombone.This protracted and noble member of…
When Hamza Able wields the mallets to launch the scherzo from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony this weekend (March 27-29), lots of ears will perk up. That’s because something will be different:…
Demanding. Strenuous. Complex. And ultimately rewarding.This is how musicians describe Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, arguably the most influential orchestral work of the 19th century and a test for performers on any…
Mitchell Kuhn would have made a good auto mechanic – he’s an expert at tuning up. But he chose a different path as a musician, recently landing a new position…
Is there such a thing as a cathedral in music?The Florida Orchestra presents just that with Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, known as the Romantic, in two Hough Family Foundation…
Imagine you’re a classical pianist in demand all over the world. Every time you walk on stage, your job is to reawaken a work of art and make it sound…
For 100 years, music has echoed through the nave of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Clearwater, a historical space of serenity since opening in 1925. Countless groups have…
Two hundred and eighty-four years is plenty of time for something to go out of style or be swept under the rug of history. But don’t tell that to George Frideric Handel,…
Consider it a brassy affair.Seventeen musicians from The Florida Orchestra’s loudest section meet on stages in Clearwater and St. Petersburg Dec. 6 & 7 to harmonize in the traditional Holiday…