The Florida Orchestra

Mahler's Symphony No. 7
Sun, Oct 30, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall

Immerse yourself in Mahler’s Symphony No. 7...overflowing with an emotional and enigmatic mix of swirling sonorities, rich colors, pensive passages, haunting horn calls, rhythmic energies, romantic nocturnal interludes and contrasting moods of light and shadow...in a glorious and daunting musical journey.

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21
Sun, Dec 4, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall

Acclaimed by The Toledo Blade as “a marvel,” award-winning Austrian pianist Cornelia Herrmann performs Mozart’s sunny and buoyant Piano Concerto No. 21 on a program with Haydn’s La fedelta premiata overture and Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 3.

Pictures at an Exhibition
Sun, Jan 15, 8 pm, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall

From carefree and spirited to almost overwhelming, it is a night of musical impressions inspired by great art:  Botticelli in Respighi’s Trittico Botticelliano, Matthias Grünewald in Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler and Victor Hartmann in Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Sun, Feb 5, 2 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
(earlier time for Super Bowl Sunday)

In the tradition of a chamber orchestra with the concertmaster giving direction to the orchestra musicians, enjoy the intimate sounds of Vivaldi’s ever-popular Four Seasons, together with the string orchestra version of Bartok’s charming Rumanian Folk Dances and J.S. Bach’s elegant Orchestral Suite No. 3.

Voices of Spring
Sun, Mar 18, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall

Embrace the promise of springtime, the spirit of renewal and the carefree days of warmer weather with Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Schumann’s Symphony No. 1, “Spring.”

A Musical Feast
Sun, Apr 29, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall

James Tocco gives the United States premiere of 19th century composer Eduard Franck’s Piano Concerto No. 1 that has recently been rediscovered, as part of this musical feast of spirited overtures from Weber’s Oberon, Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lortzing’s Der Waffenschmied and Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, along with Wagner’s Die Meistersinger: Prelude.

Beethoven's Eroica
Sat, May 26, 8 pm, Mahaffey Theater

Singled out by The New York Times as “brilliant, sensitive and imaginative,” Martina Filjak performs Ravel’s gloriously coloristic Piano Concerto in G Major with its mix of jazz motifs, meditative melodies and sparkling energy...on a program with Chabrier’s Habanera and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica.

Please note, Ruth Eckerd Hall is not available for this performance, and an alternate venue has been selected.