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Contact:
Public Relations Director
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Phone: 407/896-6700 x 223
Fax: 407/896-5512
gmiller@orlandophil.org
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(Orlando, FL – December 11, 2005) – The Orlando Philharmonic will perform the opening concert of the 4th season of the Classical Concert series on January 20 at 7:30 P.M. at Community Presbyterian Church-501 Celebration Avenue- in downtown Celebration.
This concert is apart of the Philharmonic’s month long celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart. Featured will be Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp. Typically, the Philharmonic’s focus series focuses on one composer but in this case they will also perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in order to show the influence that Mozart had on musical compositions throughout history-especially on the work of another great musical giant, Beethoven.
Hal France will be making his last appearance in Celebration as Conductor and Musical Director of the Philharmonic. After 6 years at the helm he will be passing the baton on to Christopher Wilkens. Hal France created the Focus series after performing a concert in Celebration 5 years ago and recognized the demand for a chamber series where customers could experience great classical music in a more intimate setting and closer to home. People are going to miss Hal France’s energy and the excellent insights he provided to the great composers that were featured here.
This is the first of 5 concerts in this year’s Series. The Philharmonic will perform the music of Haydn later in the year, and The Orlando Opera, The Bach Festival, and The Stetson School of Music will also provide entertaining concerts which will conclude on May 5. Season tickets are available at the discounted price of $70 at The Foundation Office - (407) 566-1234. Tickets to the January 20 concert are $20 and are now available at The Foundation Office or Village Mercantile.
We want to thank Bank of America for sponsoring this concert. Without the generous corporate and individual sponsors that we have we would not be able to bring first-class organizations like The Orlando Philharmonic to Celebration.
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