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To keep the music playing in Covid era, flexibility is key

To keep the music playing in Covid era, flexibility is key

  • Post author:Kurt Loft
  • Post published:February 15, 2021
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/Masterworks

Jeannette Sorrell had to scramble. She would be guest conducting this weekend’s TFO Masterworks program, which featured selections for soprano and orchestra, when suddenly everything had to change because of…

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Art, music create fairy-tale world for Ravel’s ‘Mother Goose’

Art, music create fairy-tale world for Ravel’s ‘Mother Goose’

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:January 26, 2021
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/Masterworks

This weekend The Florida Orchestra will present its fourth multimedia collaboration with Visual Artist-in-residence Geff Strik, featuring original artwork inspired by the youthful innocence of Ravel’s Mother Goose ballet. Despite its title,…

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Pianist embraces intimacy of Covid concert world

Pianist embraces intimacy of Covid concert world

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:January 26, 2021
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Many years ago, when TFO was playing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini at the Mahaffey Theater, a young couple on a Saturday night date sat rapt in their seats, entranced…

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Watch The Florida Orchestra on WEDU TV this Friday

Watch The Florida Orchestra on WEDU TV this Friday

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:January 26, 2021
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The Florida Orchestra debuts on WEDU-PBS television this Friday (Dec. 18) at 9 pm with Inside the Music: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, a special broadcast recorded live at the Mahaffey Theater…

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Unmasking Mozart while playing it safe

Unmasking Mozart while playing it safe

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:November 11, 2020
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For soloists Clay Ellerbroek and Anna Kate Mackle, the pandemic brings new challenges for Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp. But it’s worth it for “Mozart’s idea of heaven.”

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For composer Jessie Montgomery, music is her voice

For composer Jessie Montgomery, music is her voice

  • Post author:Kurt Loft
  • Post published:October 26, 2020
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Juilliard-trained composer Jessie Montgomery finds her voice in music. Her engrossing work Strum opens our reimagined season this weekend. Read about how she composes on the TFO Blog.

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We are making changes to our fall season to maximize safety

We are making changes to our fall season to maximize safety

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:August 11, 2020
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues, you must be wondering about the orchestra’s plan to return in the fall. President & CEO Mark Cantrell gives an update on changes in the works. Today on the TFO Blog.

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In isolation, listening to Beethoven with fresh ears

In isolation, listening to Beethoven with fresh ears

  • Post author:Kurt Loft
  • Post published:April 16, 2020
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/Masterworks/WSMR Broadcasts
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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.

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We need a hero: TFO to air Beethoven’s Eroica on WSMR

We need a hero: TFO to air Beethoven’s Eroica on WSMR

  • Post author:Kelly Smith
  • Post published:April 7, 2020
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TFO’s free live recording on WSMR radio is a truly heroic program: Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony and Strauss’ Don Quixote. Just what we need right now. Today on the TFO Blog.

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Remembering famed composer Penderecki, TFO’s first-ever guest conductor

Remembering famed composer Penderecki, TFO’s first-ever guest conductor

  • Post author:Kurt Loft
  • Post published:April 5, 2020
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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.

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