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Special Concert
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY  Arnie Roth, conductor
This one-night-only concert is built on the phenomenal success of the FINAL FANTASY© video game series. Your favorite characters come to life on the big screen as the orchestra sets the mood with powerful, haunting music as sophisticated as any film score. Sat, Feb 6, 8 pm, Mahaffey Theater Tickets: $25, $35, $50, $60, $75, $95 FINAL FANTASY is a registered trademark or trademark of Square Enix Group Co., Ltd. Coffee Concert Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, “Italian” Stuart Malina takes you on a tour of works with Italian themes, including Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, “Italian,” Respighi’s Fountains of Rome, Verdi’s La Traviata Prelude to Act I and Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien. Complimentary coffee and doughnuts, too! Wed, Feb 10, 11 am, Ruth Eckerd Hall Tickets: $24, $29, $34, $42 Sponsor: Holland America Raymond James Pops Take your sweetie to a night of romantic music from West Side Story, The Beatles, Love Story and even Star Wars. Stuart Malina conducts and plays piano; Maren Weinberger on vocals. Radio sponsor: WDUV Family Concerts
These engaging and interactive chamber music concerts introduce young children (preK-2nd grade) to classical music with a Florida Orchestra ensemble. Partnering with community organizations, TFO Family Concerts help develop focus, creativity and critical thinking skills. They’re also just plain fun! Before each concert, Musical Playtime offers kids and their families the opportunity to play everything from violins to trombones at the Instrument Petting Zoo. Arts and crafts, movement activities, and a book corner also capture imaginations, preparing kids for the theme of the concert. Tickets: $5 Tampa Bay Times Masterworks
Copland: Appalachian Spring Ballet Suite Popular pianist Shai Wosner returns for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, as Michael Francis conducts. Also: American Aaron Copland’s Pulitzer Prize winning Appalachian Spring, and the TFO premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 6. Arrive early to hear musical guests share inside stories about the music and the composers for all Masterworks concerts. Pre-concert conversations begin one hour before curtain time in the concert hall. Fri, Feb 19, 8 pm, Straz Center Tickets: $15, $30, $45 Radio Sponsor: 970 WFLA Tampa Bay Times Masterworks
Norman: Unstuck Michael Francis is joined by pianist Javier Perianes for his TFO debut on Ravel’s jazz-infused Piano Concerto in G Major. Also: Brahms’ groundbreaking Symphony No. 1 and the TFO premiere of Andrew Norman’s colorful Unstuck. Arrive early to hear musical guests share inside stories about the music and the composers for all Masterworks concerts. Pre-concert conversations begin one hour before curtain time in the concert hall. Fri, Feb 26, 8 pm, Straz Center Tickets: $15, $30, $45 Sponsor: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP |
Stuart Malina, conductor
Join Peter and his animal friends for an adventure through the woods and the meadow with Prokofiev’s classic tale, performed by a TFO woodwind quintet. Come early for activities and the Instrument Petting Zoo.
