The Florida Orchestra

Mahler’s Symphony No. 6
Fri, Nov 5, 8 pm, Straz Center

This is Mahler with his powers to excite and even overwhelm at their highest, and in spite of the music’s many intensely dark moods, the symphony is exhilarating, offering listeners an extraordinarily rewarding musical experience.

Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Fri, Nov 19, 8 pm, Straz Center

Principal Bassoonist Anthony Georgeson performs Mozart’s Concerto for Bassoon in B-flat major, K.191 on a program with the composer's spirited Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Ravel’s elegant and courtly Le Tombeau de Couperin and Stravinsky’s driving and highly rhythmic Symphony in Three Movements.

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
Fri, Jan 28, 8 pm, Straz Center

Hailed by The Cleveland Plain Dealer as a “prodigious and aristocratic violinist,” concertmaster Jeffrey Multer performs Tchaikovsky’s rhapsodic Violin Concerto on this all-Tchaikovsky program featuring his Symphony No. 2, Little Russian, full of rich colors and spirited Ukrainian folk tunes.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
Fri, Feb 25, 8 pm, Straz Center

Opening with Arnold Schoenberg’s ethereal hymn for eternal peace, Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth), the orchestra and chorale join forces for one of the most life-affirming works of music in its celebration of hope and the human spirit: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Fri, Apr 15, 8 pm, Straz Center

Acclaimed by The Boston Globe as a “dazzling Russian pianist,” Lilya Zilberstein performs Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with its cascading luscious melodies and thundering chords. The program includes the rich and majestic themes of Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7 as well as his tone poem En Saga.