Aaron Copland’s majestic Third Symphony anchors The Florida Orchestra’s latest Hough Family Foundation Masterworks program, but all eyes and ears will be on Tzimon Barto as he sits down this…
Erich Korngold may be best known as a composer of Hollywood film scores from the 1930s, but his Violin Concerto has grown into a cult favorite for its unabashed lyricism.…
We don’t associate the great jazzman John Coltrane with the symphony orchestra, but the two find common ground this weekend in an imaginative piece by Guillaume Connesson, composer in residence…
Like a chef at a good restaurant, an orchestra conductor creates a meal plan, a diet of music to sustain the players, audiences and box office. Sometimes the dinner is…
Geneva Lewis has one of the toughest jobs in town this weekend. In two Hough Family Foundation Masterworks performances with The Florida Orchestra, she will try to capture perfection in…
Imagine you’re a famous pianist performing a concerto in a sold-out hall. You know the piece by heart because you’ve played it dozens of times without a score. Suddenly, midway…
We all remember the 1984 movie Amadeus, which depicts the creative and tragically short life of Mozart. In one scene, the composer leans over a pool table, rolling a ball…
Years ago, I attended a concert at the University of South Florida Sun Dome, a lavishly advertised appearance by the late, great tenor, Luciano Pavarotti. The place was packed, some…
We all know Samuel Barber through his famous Adagio for Strings, arguably the most-performed piece of music by an American composer. But Barber, who died in 1981, rued its pervasiveness…
You don’t want to ask Vadim Gluzman if he has a favorite violin concerto among the dozens he plays all over the world. He will just answer your question with…