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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 – Sept. 4, 2007) - Experience live music events all season long with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra! Our new season promises to be filled with exciting talent and wonderful music that you are sure to enjoy. You won’t want to miss the Opening Night concert of our acclaimed Phil at Carr Series on Saturday, September 29, 8:30 PM at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. Titled Amadeus meets Sheherazade, this concert highlights the music of Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov with stellar artistic performances. The concert is sponsored by The Friends of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. The Artist Sponsor is Morgan Stanley.
Led by Maestro Christopher Wilkins, the program begins with Mozart’s Overture to the Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384. David Glerum of Orlando’s 90.7 WMFE FM describes the work as “chock full of youthful exultation.” Glerum writes in his program notes, “Carl Maria von Weber called it a picture of ‘what every man’s joyous, youthful years are to him, years the bloom of which he will never recapture….’”
The program continues with another work of Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola, K. 364, E-flat major. Joining the Philharmonic for this artistically challenging work are the fabulous Kavafian sisters, Ida and Ani, playing violin and viola. Both are internationally renown for their artistry. Together in recital and as soloists they have performed with the symphonies of Detroit, Colorado, Tucson, San Antonio, and Cincinnati, and have recorded the music of Mozart and Sarasate on the Nonesuch label. They will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of their first performance at Carnegie Hall in the fall of 2008.
The program concludes with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade. Inspired by the ancient legends of The Arabian Nights, this work by Rimsky-Korsakov quickly became his most popular and celebrated. Many of the Philharmonic’s musicians take the spotlight in this work; and all are sure to enjoy listening as Concertmaster Tamas Kocsis performs the role of Sheherazade.
The Philharmonic’s Opening Night Celebration begins with a gala dinner, hosted by the Friends of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. This gala dinner is held at the Country Club of Orlando. Dinner guests will enjoy music, mingling and wine prior to a sumptuous, seated, three-course dinner. Dinner guests are invited to an exclusive backstage reception after the concert. The cost of the dinner event is $100 per person, and includes the pre-concert opening night dinner and post-concert reception. (Tickets to the concert, Amadeus Meets Sheherazade, are sold separately.) To make dinner reservations, phone 407-896-6700, or mail a check to The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Attn: Gretchen Miller Basso, 812 E. Rollins Street, Suite 300, Orlando, FL 32803. Reservations are limited, so be sure to order your tickets early.
We hope that you will join us as we celebrate a new season of music with a fabulous Opening Night concert on September 29.
Subscriptions to the Orlando Philharmonic’s Phil at Carr Series are presently on sale, and range in price from $36 to $520. Single tickets are $13, $26, $36, $48 and $62. (Single Tickets to the Joshua Bell performance on March 22 are $15, $30, $45, $60 and $75) To purchase subscriptions and single tickets, phone the Philharmonic’s box office at 407-770-0071, or visit the Philharmonic’s website at www.orlandophil.org
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