Louisville Orchestra 2016/17 Season

THE most INTERESTING

ORCHESTRA on the PLANET

2016/17 SEASON

CLASSICS + POPS SERIES COFFEE CONCERTS + FAMILY CONCERTS LO WOW! SPECIAL EVENT WITH

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CLASSICS 2016/17

MAHLER SECOND SAT 8 OCT 2016

MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (“Resurrection”)

SATURDAYS AT 8PM | KENTUCKY CENTER SPONSORED BY

CELENA SHAFER, soprano J’NAI BRIDGES, mezzo-soprano KENT HATTEBERG, chorusmaster TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor Intense, impassioned and apocalyptic – Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony is “…simply one of the greatest works ever written.” Huffington Post

CLASSIC FILM & MUSIC

ALL DVORAK

SAT 25 FEB 2017

SAT 22 OCT 2016

TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

DVORAK: Slavonic Dances (Nos. 1, 7, 8) DVORAK: Cello Concerto in B Minor DVORAK: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor

Teddy and the LO perform Debussy’s Jeux as the music to accompany a WORLD PREMIERE of a new documentary movie about baseball created by filmmaker Dennis Scholl in collaboration with the Louisville Slugger Museum. Plus a live-orchestra performance of the score to a classic Hollywood blockbuster (TBA).

AMIT PELED, cello DONATO CABRERA, guest conductor

SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC

SACRED + PROFANE

SAT 19 NOV 2016

DEBUSSY: Le roi Lear, Mvt. 1 (Fanfare d’ouverture) BERLIOZ: Queen Mab Scherzo from Romeo & Juliette ABRAHAMSEN: let me tell you PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite

SAT 11 MAR 2017

Program to be announced.

TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

SUSAN NARUCKI, soprano TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

WALTON + BRITTEN

Performed in conjunction with the exhibit of Shakespeare’s First Folio (published in 1623), the first collected works of the Bard at the Frazier History Museum.

BRITTEN: Violin Concerto WALTON: Selections from Façade

BRAHMS SECOND SAT 14 JAN 2017

AUGUSTIN HADELICH, violin TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN MUSIC I: MAVERICKS

DEBUSSY: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun MOZART: Sinfonia concertante BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major

SAT 15 APR 2017

Program to be announced.

SOLOISTS FROM THE LO VLADIMIR KULENOVIC, guest conductor

MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, guest conductor

Soloists from the Louisville Orchestra join guest conductor Vladimir Kulenovic for Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante.

RACHMANINOFF THIRD

FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN MUSIC II: ALL CONCERTOS SAT 29 APR 2017

SAT 28 JAN 2017

ZHURBIN: (LOUISVILLE PREMIERE) New Commission RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905") ANDREW TYSON, piano TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

SAT 01 APR 2017

NORMAN: Split ABRAMS: Muhammad Ali Portrait (WORLD PREMIERE) ARR. ABRAMS: Louisville Concerto II (WORLD PREMIERE) ANDREW HSU, piano TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

SELECT YOUR SERIES Choose the Classics 10 Series for the complete season.

Choose the Mini Series

for 5 classic favorites.

Choose the Mini Series

for 5 LO-Style musical adventures.

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BOB BERNHARDT, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

ELLA AND LOUIS: ALL THAT JAZZ SAT 17 SEP 2016

Bob Bernhardt, conductor

LO POPS 16/17

Jazz singer Marva Hicks and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling join Bob Bernhardt in the LO’s 100th birthday tribute to Ella Fitzgerald,“The First Lady of Song.”

SATURDAYS AT 8PM KENTUCKY CENTER

STAR WARS & MORE: MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS

SPONSORED BY

SAT 5 NOV 2016

Bob Bernhardt, conductor

Bob Bernhardt 35th Anniversary Concert Celebrate the talents of our very special Principal Pops Conductor, Bob Bernhardt, as he shares some of his favorite music.

CIRQUE MUSICA HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR SAT 26 NOV 2016

Bob Bernhardt, conductor A beautiful and exciting show kicks off the Yuletide season with acrobats and aerialists.

Incredible feats of strength, skill and grace accompany holiday music favorites performed by your Louisville Orchestra. Bob Bernhardt leads a dazzling holiday pops!

MUSIC OF DAVID BOWIE SAT 7 JAN 2017

Brent Havens, conductor From “Ziggy Stardust” and glam rock to hard rock and electronica, David Bowie’s 40+ years of inspired and innovative music-making influenced generations. An exceptional new tribute band perfroms with the LO.

AMERICA

SAT 4 FEB 2017 Bob Bernhardt, conductor Original band members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell perform the hits from the 70s to the present with “Horse With No Name,” “Ventura Highway,” “Sister Golden Hair” and more.

TIME FOR THREE SAT 25 MAR 2017

Teddy Abrams, conductor Part of the new generation of classically trained musicians, the trio “Time for Three” (Tf3) mix all kinds of music – 90s hip-hop, grunge, bluegrass – with pop and classic standards for a concert of life and passion.

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ANDREW TYSON

SUSAN NARUCKI

MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS

ALL DVORAK

RACHMANINOFF THIRD

DVORAK: Cello Concerto in B Minor DVORAK: Selected movements from Symphony No. 7

ZHURBIN: (LOUISVILLE PREMIERE) RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor SHOSTAKOVICH: A movement from Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905")

FRI 21 OCT 2016

AMIT PELED, cello DONATO CABRERA, guest conductor Internationally-acclaimed cellist performs with our guest conductor, resident conductor of the San Francisco Symphony in an “All Dvořák” program.

SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC FRI 18 NOV 2016

DEBUSSY: Le roi Lear, Mvt. 1 (Fanfare d’ouverture) ABRAHAMSEN: Let Me Tell You PROKOFIEV: selected excerpts from Romeo & Juliet SUSAN NARUCKI, soprano TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

BRAHMS SECOND FRI 13 JAN 2017

MOZART: Sinfonia concertante BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2

FRI 27 JAN 2017

ANDREW TYSON, piano TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

SACRED + PROFANE

FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN MUSIC II: ALL CONCERTOS FRI 28 APR 2017

NORMAN: Split ABRAMS: Muhammad Ali Portrait (WORLD PREMIERE) ARR. ABRAMS: Louisville Concerto II (WORLD PREMIERE) ANDREW HSU, piano TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

FRI 10 MAR 2017

Program to be announced.

TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

WALTON & BRITTEN FRI 31 MAR 2017

BRITTEN: Violin Concerto WALTON: Selections from Façade 1 and 2 AUGUSTIN HADELICH, violin TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor

SOLOISTS FROM THE LO VLADIMIR KULENOVIC, guest conductor

COFFEE CONCERT 2016/17

Soloists from the Louisville Orchestra join guest conductor Vladimir Kulenovic for Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante.

FRIDAYS AT 11AM | KENTUCKY CENTER SPONSORED BY

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LO WOW! Special Event with

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October 30, 2016 at 4:30pm | Kentucky Center

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ON SALE MAY 9 AT 10AM Gala Ticket: $400 Concert-only Tickets: $150, $95, $75, $50 SOLD OUT

A Gala Evening with YO-YO MA & THE LO Teddy Abrams, conductor October 30 at 4:30PM | Kentucky Center

Mark your calendar and get your tickets now for a Gala Evening with Yo-Yo Ma. A Gala Ticket includes prime seating at the Kentucky Center, cocktails, dinner and live entertainmnet at the Muhammad Ali Center after the concert.

Tickets are available to subscribers by phone, mail or walk-up at the Louisville Orchestra Ticket Office, 323 W. Broadway, Suite 700, Louisville KY 40202. Call: 502.587.8681 (M-F; 9-5). *Not available at the Kentucky Center or online until September 15, 2016. *not including Family Concert Series subscribers

LO FAMILY SERIES

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Classics 10

$625

$435

$315

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Classics Mini

$335

$235

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Coffee Concert

$285

$187

$152

$103

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Pops

$377

$353

$263

$191

$134

SATURDAYS AT 11AM SPONSORED BY HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR SAT 1 OCT 2016 | Brown Theatre

Early Halloween fun for the whole family. Halloween activities and a costume parade to end the concert!

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

CONCERT SERIES

Family Series - General Admission

All Seats $75 for one adult plus one child; $37.50 for additional child season tickets

CLASSICS/COFFEE SERIES

POPS SERIES 5

Starring Cirque Musica in a kid-sized show.

SAT 26 NOV 2016 | Kentucky Center

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Christmas and holiday music plus acrobats and dazzling effects.

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CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS SAT 21 JAN 2017 | Brown Theatre

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A symphonic family classic and more musical fun...all about animals.

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HEROES AND VILLAINS

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SAT 18 MAR 2017 | Brown Theatre From Superman to Darth Vader, we’ll hear music about real and fictional characters with a special performance of “Hosedown: A Firefighter’s Fable” by Morton Gould.

Whitney Hall at Kentucky Center

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