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3 Concerts
3 Concerts at 7:30 pm at Sarasota Opera HouseDIS1
Sat
October 21
DIS2
Wed
December 20
DIS3
Sat
May 11
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- Substantial Savings Subscribers save 20% off of single ticket prices.
- The Best Seats Subscribers are given seat assignments before single tickets go on sale in September. Subscribers get the best available seats in their section of preference.
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Concert Schedule
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DIS1
London Calling
Opera House DATE
October 21
Known for his effervescent podium presence, conductor Nicholas McGegan opens the Discoveries season with Richard Strauss’ luscious Serenade, featuring 13 of Sarasota Orchestra’s wind and horn players. The string instruments have their turn to shine in Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro, composed in 1905 to show off the strings of the London Symphony Orchestra. The two teams are joined by trombones and timpani to perform Haydn’s last and perhaps best-known symphony, which brims with drama and energy.
Program
- R. STRAUSS Serenade for Winds
- ELGAR Introduction and Allegro for Strings
- HAYDN Symphony No. 104 (London)
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DIS2
Cheers to the Music of Dance
Opera House DATE
December 20
Put a spring in your step with this evening of music inspired by dance. Gluck’s gentle Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Poulenc’s elegant and witty Sinfonietta, and Brahms’ instantly recognizable Hungarian Dance No. 5 will have you swaying in your seat, while Johann Strauss Jr.’s waltzes will transport you to a Viennese New Year’s ball. Yue Bao, Assistant Conductor of the Houston Symphony, leads a concert that will keep your toes tapping the whole way through.
Program
- J. STRAUSS, JR. Voices of Spring
- GLUCK Dance of Blessed Spirits
- J. STRAUSS, JR. Emperor Waltz
- BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 5
- POULENC Sinfonietta
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DIS3
Becoming Tchaikovsky
Opera House DATE
May 11
What would have been on Tchaikovsky’s playlist? Conductor David Alan Miller offers a “sampler platter” of works by some of Tchaikovsky’s musical heroes, featuring beloved pieces by Bizet, Grieg, Schumann and Mozart. The program concludes with virtuoso cellist Zlatomir Fung performing Tchaikovsky’s timeless “Rococo” Variations—a glorious glimpse into the soul of one of music’s most treasured composers.
Program
- BIZET Excerpts from Carmen Suite No. 1
- GRIEG Peer Gynt: The Death of Aase (from Suite No. 1)
- MISSY MAZZOLI These Worlds in Us
- SCHUMANN Movements from Symphony No. 4
- MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute
- TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme
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All Three Concerts
Benefitsof Subscribing
- Substantial Savings Subscribers save 20% off of single ticket prices.
- The Best Seats Subscribers are given seat assignments before single tickets go on sale in September. Subscribers get the best available seats in their section of preference.
- Free Ticket Exchange We understand you are busy. That’s why subscribers get free ticket exchanges. Subscribe now risk free.
