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 – February 18, 2011) - The Orlando Philharmonic announces the 2011-2012 season of its Focus Series. The programs of the Focus Series put the “focus” on musical themes and feature the work of a variety of composers, while highlighting the best of the chamber orchestra repertoire in an interesting “theater-in-the-round” setting. This series features the talented musicians of the Philharmonic along with guest soloists and a lineup of enduring classics all brought to life by esteemed conductors. Discourse from the conductor enhances the music with an educational element. All Focus programs are held on Mondays at 7:00 PM in the Margeson Theater in the Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins Street, Orlando.
The 2011-2012 Focus Series is comprised of four concerts. Subscriptions to the Focus Series are presently on sale in three price levels. Level 1 seating is $140 for adults and $70 for students. Level 2 seating is $92 for adults and $46 for students. Level 3 seating is $60 for adults and students. Single tickets go on sale on Monday, August 22. 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.
The 2011-2012 Focus Series is as follows:
1. The Great Arrangers Monday, October 3, 2011 7:00 PM
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Respighi: Gli Uccelli
Bach/Holst: Fugue à la Gigue, BWV 577
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances
Copland: Old American Songs, (James Brown III, Baritone)
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
William Grant Still: Danzas de Panama
2. Gloria! Monday, December 12, 2011 7:00 PM
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (excerpts)
Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins
Vivaldi: Gloria
3. The Democratic Ideal* Monday, February 20, 2012 7:00 PM
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2
Mozart: Serenade No. 6 (Serenata notturna)
Britten/Rossini: Soirées musicales
Rossini: La scala di seta Overture
Mozart: Symphony 25
*all selections performed without conductor
4. The Impressionist Prism Monday, April 30, 2012 7:00 PM
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Jamie Strefeler, oboe
Rosalind Beck, harp
Debussy: Clair de lune
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande
Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Goossens: Oboe Concerto
Griffes: “The Vale of Dreams” and “The Night Winds”
Alwyn: Lyra Angelica for harp and strings (4th mvt.)
Respighi: “Spring” from Trittico Botticelliano
For further information on the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2011-2012 Focus Series, phone the Box Office at 407-770-0071 or visit the Philharmonic’s web site at: www.OrlandoPhil.org.
