Contact:Gretchen Miller Basso
Public Relations Director
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Phone: 407/896-6700 x 223
Fax: 407/896-5512
gmiller@orlandophil.org
www.orlandophil.org
(Orlando, FL – December 17, 2010) – The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presents the third concert in the 2010-11 Focus Series, Concertante, on Monday, February 14, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the Margeson Theater, located in the Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins Street, Orlando.
Maestro Anthony Hose leads the Orlando Philharmonic in this program of beautiful classics. On the program is J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg No. 3, Igor Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks, Richard Strauss’ Duett-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon featuring Principal Clarinetist Nikolay Blagov and Principal Bassoonist Diane Bishop, and Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola, featuring Concertmaster Yuriy Bekker and Principal Violist Mauricio Cespedes Rivero.
Anthony Hose began playing the piano at age three and gave his first recital aged six. He studied at the Royal College of Music London majoring in Piano, Harpsichord, and Conducting, additionally studying Clarinet and Double Bass. For BBC television he has conducted Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the world premiere of The Servants by William Mathias. At the Buxton International Festival he has conducted many operas including the first complete performance in Britain of Kodály’s Háry János and Cherubini’s Medée. He has broadcast many operas for BBC Radio 3 including Cavalli’s Jason, which he directed from the harpsichord in his realization, and Kodály’s folk opera The Spinning Room. He has regularly conducted the Icelandic Opera and opera companies in Sweden and France. He is Artistic Director of the Beaumaris Festival in Wales. He was for many years a professor at the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of music, and has given orchestral, opera, and lieder masterclasses throughout Europe. He was appointed orchestra conductor of Stetson University in the fall of 2000.
Tickets to Concertante are presently on sale in three price levels. Single tickets in Level 1 are $39 for adults and $19.50 for students. Single tickets in Level 2 are $28 for adults and $14 for students. Single tickets in Level 3 are $15 for adults and students. To purchase tickets or for more information on the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’s Focus Series, visit www.OrlandoPhil.org or phone 407-770-0071.
