P.O. Box 540203
Orlando, Florida 32854
407-896-6700
PUCCINI E VERDI
Saturday, September 24, 2011 • 8:30 PM
Great Choruses, Arias and Overtures by Puccini and Verdi, including Puccini’s O
mio babbino caro, Nessun dorma, Verdi’s “Anvil” Chorus and the Overture to La
forza del destino.
NIGHT AT THE OSCARS
Saturday, October 15, 2011 • 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Thrill to the scores from the greatest films of all time, projected in newly
restored 35 mm prints. Films include: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gone With
the Wind, Ben-Hur, Citizen Kane, and The Wizard of Oz.
AMERICAN VOICES
Saturday, November 12, 2011 • 8:00 PM
Folklife, Florida and the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston are celebrated in music
and the spoken word in a collaboration between Zora Neale Hurston
Festival/Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, composer Adolphus
Hailstork and librettist Elizabeth Van Dyke.
Sponsored by the Pabst Charitable Foundation for the Arts and The National
Endowment for the Arts.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Saturday, November 26, 2011 • 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Get in the spirit of the season as the Orlando Philharmonic welcomes back
Maestro Albert George Schram and the Holiday Singers.
WOLFRAM PLAYS BRAHMS
Saturday, January 14, 2012 • 8:00 PM
Virtuosity takes center stage with William Wolfram, the Philharmonic and Brahms’
powerful first piano concerto. A frolic by Daniel Crozier of Rollins College and
two showpieces reveal brilliance and thrills in every bar.
THE MUSIC OF BILLY JOEL AND MORE
Saturday, January 28, 2012 • 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
The “New Voice of the American Rock & Roll Songbook,” Michael Cavanaugh was
handpicked by Billy Joel to star in his Broadway musical Movin’ Out. He evokes a
style to rival the Piano Man himself in hits like Movin’ Out, She’s Got a Way,
and Just the Way You Are.
RITE OF SPRING
Saturday, February 4, 2012 • 8:00 PM
Iconic works by two visionaries who changed the course of musical history. No
music defines its age better than Beethoven’s symphonies and Stravinsky’s
ballets.
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
Friday, March 9, 2012 • 8:00 PM
Renowned violinist Midori performs the Sibelius Concerto for Violin in D minor
with the acclaimed Minnesota Orchestra under the direction of Music Director
Osmo Vänskä.
BOND & BEYOND
Saturday, March 10, 2012 • 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Pops sensation and Orlando resident Michael Krajewski conducts classic Bond
action scores including Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, and
Goldfinger, in addition to the theme from Mission Impossible, Concerto for Cell
Phone and more!
JOANN FALLETTA CONDUCTS
Saturday, March 24, 2012 • 8:00 PM
One of the most admired conductors of our time leads a masterpiece of the 20th
Century, and is joined by her Buffalo Philharmonic concertmaster in a dazzling
concerto in Spanish style.
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S CAROUSEL
Saturday, April 7, 2012 • 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Richard Rodgers considered Carousel his finest work. Time Magazine named it the
best musical of the 20th Century.
Incomparable talent from Central Florida in one of the greatest American dramas,
staged in inimitable Orlando Philharmonic style.
FOCUS SERIES 2011-2012
The FOCUS SERIES is a 4-concert chamber music series. Presented at the Margeson
Theater, located in the John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Centre, 812 East Rollins
Street, Orlando, FL 32803.
THE GREAT ARRANGERS
Monday October 3, 2011 7:00 PM
GLORIA!
Monday, December 12, 2011 7:00 PM
THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL*
Monday, February 20, 2012 7:00 PM
THE IMPRESSIONIST PRISM
Monday, April 30, 2012 7:00 PM
