November 3
Friday | 7:30pm | Van Wezel
November 4
Saturday | 7:30pm | Van Wezel
November 5
Sunday | 2:30pm | Van Wezel
Principal Clarinet Bharat Chandra introduces Masterworks 1: Beethoven's Eroica!
Our 75th Anniversary season gets off to a joyous start with a program featuring Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony, a supreme work that is by turns heroic, somber, and ecstatic. Artistic Advisor David Alan Miller leads the Orchestra in this masterpiece, which redefined the symphonic art form forever. Tessa Lark, violinist and fiddler extraordinaire, brings her flair to Michael Torke’s bluegrass-inspired violin concerto, Sky. The sparkling Overture to Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss Jr.’s comic homage to champagne and practical jokes, opens the celebration.
Park once and enjoy both dinner and a concert as pre-performance dinners return to the Van Wezel for this season of Masterworks! Chef Paul Mattison curates the scrumptious buffet menus, saying, "A musically inspired meal is an integral part of the concert experience."
Each dinner will be offered on Friday and Saturday evenings of every Masterworks concert at $65 per person, with the buffet opening at 5:30 p.m. A cash bar will also be available for beverage purchases, featuring a specialty cocktail that pays tribute to the 75th anniversary of Sarasota Orchestra: a French 75 with gin, champagne, lemon, and sugar
Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation
Billy Robinson
Jane C. Gould and Stephen Fillo
Patricia and Thomas Jeffs
Joan Lieberman
Howard and Alison Madsen
Judith Marquis and Keith Nelson
Caroline and Tim Ryan
Gifts to the Annual Fund ensure that Sarasota Orchestra can continue to share the gift of music with our community through concerts, education and outreach programs. Please join us by making a donation today. Together, we can keep the music playing, now and always.
Join us to celebrate our 75th Anniversary at these exciting events.
Dinner Series
Six Dinners throughout the season
Orchestra Brunch
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Celebrate 75 Concert and Gala
Thursday, February 15, 2024
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