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By Henry Adams
Special to Tropical Breeze
The Florida Orchestra is just weeks away from kicking off its 41st season with a variety of musical offerings. There are symphonies by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Brahms, Borodin, Bruckner and Mozart; concertos by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff and Martinu, among others; and two explosive choral works, Verdi’s Requiem and Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony.
And there are plenty of concerts for pops fans, including “A John Williams Tribute,” Doc Severinsen, a Halloween Pops, The Music of Pink Floyd and the 1939 film classic, The Wizard of Oz, with the orchestra playing the soundtrack live.
The season opens in October with conductor Alastair Willis on the podium at the Coffee Concerts, one of French music on Thursday, Oct. 2 and one featuring Latin-laced favorites on Oct. 30. The Pops series kicks off with the infectious fun and wit of pianist Rich Ridenour performing hits by Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Little Richard, Billy Joel, Mozart and more on Oct. 3, 4 and 5.
The Masterworks series opens with Beethoven’s ever-popular Symphony No. 7 on a program with a soaring Bach Cantata and Berg’s Violin Concerto, with concertmaster Jeffrey Multer as the soloist and Stefan Sanderling conducting. These concerts are on Oct. 24, 25 and 26 in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater.
With concerts from October through May, the orchestra regularly performs at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa, Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center in St. Petersburg, and Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater.
A variety of concert packages are available ranging from the 14-concert Imperial package to the 5-concert Discovery package. The orchestra also has a “Compose Your Own” series, which lets concertgoers select any six concerts from the 14 masterworks and 8 pops concerts.
For a free season brochure or to order a series package, visit www.floridaorchestra.org or call 727-892-3337 or 1-800-662-7286, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
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