The Orlando Philharmonic is proud and honored to welcome new Music Director Eric Jacobsen in the 2015/2016 season!
Eric Jacobsen is the co-founder Artistic Director of innovative NY-based orchestral collective The Knights. Hailed by The New York Times as “an interpretive dynamo,” he has built a reputation for engaging audiences with innovative and collaborative projects. He tours frequently as a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and is also a founding member of genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider. Jacobsen will serve as the Orlando Philharmonic’s artistic leader and primary conductor beginning in 2015/2016.
Eric Jacobsen will appear this season on many programs, including the Classics, Focus, Opera and Sounds of Summer Series (marked with an asterisk (*) below.
CLASSICS SERIES
at Bob Carr TheaterSAT, OCT 24, 2015 at 8 PM
Special Matinee! SUN, OCT 25, 2015 at 2 PM
MUSIC DIRECTOR DEBUT*
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
FRI, NOV 6, 2015 at 8 PM
RIMMA PLAYS PROKOFIEV
Daniel Stewart, conductor
Rimma Bergeron-Langlois, violin
SAT, JAN 16, 2016 at 8 PM
BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO. 2
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Michael Ludwig, violin
SAT, FEB 13, 2016 at 8 PM
BARBER TO BOLERO
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
SAT, MARCH 26, 2016 at 8 PM
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION*
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
POPS SERIES
at Bob Carr TheaterSAT, OCT 10, 2015 at 2 & 8 PM
THE HOT SARDINES
Albert George Schram, conductor
The Hot Sardines
SAT, NOV 28, 2015 at 2 & 8 PM
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Albert George Schram, conductor
with Michael Andrew, The Holiday Singers
and Florida Opera Theatre Youth Chorus
SAT, JAN 30, 2016 at 2 & 8 PM
SOUNDS OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Michael Krajewski, conductor
AJ Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle, guitars/vocals
SAT, MARCH 5, 2016 at 2 & 8 PM
THE GARLAND MAGIC
Michael Berkowitz, conductor
Karen Mason, vocalist
SAT, APR 16, 2016 at 2 & 8 PM
LET’S FALL IN LOVE
Rob Fisher, conductor
Ann Hampton Callaway & Davis Gaines, vocals
FOCUS SERIES
at The Plaza Live TheatreMON, OCT 19, 2015 at 7 PM
CLASSICAL COPLAND
Guerguan Tsenov, conductor | Nikolay Blagov, clarinet | Rosalind Beck, harp | Colleen Blagov, flute
MON, DEC 7, 2015 at 7 PM
BACH’S BRILLIANCE*
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Rimma Bergeron-Langlois, violin
Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord
MON, JAN 25, 2016 at 7 PM
BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA”*
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Daniil Tsvetkov, piano
MON, MARCH 14, 2016 at 7 PM
FOCUS ON MOZART
Guillaume Pirard, conductor
Diane Bishop, bassoon
MON, APR 25, 2016 at 7 PM
DANCES OF STRAVINSKY & RAVEL*
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Steve Beck, piano
OPERA
at The Plaza Live TheatreFRI, APR 1, 2016 at 8 PM
SUN, APR 3, 2016 at 2 PM
3rd Performance! TUES, APR 5, 2016 at 7 PM
MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE*
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Allison Moritz, stage director
2015 SOUNDS OF SUMMER SERIES
at The Plaza Live TheatreMON, JUNE 22, 2015 at 7 PM
MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?
MON, JULY 6, 2015 at 7 PM
THE GIRLS’ CLUB
MON, JULY 20, 2015 at 7 PM
ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING*
MON, AUG 3, 2015 at 7 PM
MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS
MON, AUG 17, 2015 at 7 PM
RIMMA & FRIENDS
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