There’s nothing like the power of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 live, with its glorious “Ode to Joy” featuring the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. Also: Poulenc’s Gloria. Michael Francis conducts. With a Sunday matinee!

You’ll flip for the Pops season opener, with cirque-style acrobats, aerialists, strongmen and contortionists performing in front of (and above!) the orchestra as it plays classical favorites. Michael Krajewski conducts.

Daryl Stuermer of super group Genesis rocks out with TFO for some of the band’s greatest hits, including I Can’t Dance, Your Own Special Way, Invisible Touch, No Son of Mine and more.