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Where and when to catch the Florida Orchestra

By Times Staff Writer
Published October 2, 2005

Here are the artists, repertoire and dates for the Florida Orchestra's three subscription series, as well as for special programs and free park concerts. Venues include Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater and Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa. In St. Petersburg, the orchestra will be playing at Pasadena Community Church until renovations are completed at Mahaffey Theater, due to reopen in March. The orchestra also has a three-concert Sunday matinee series Oct. 30, Feb. 5 and March 12 at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge in New Port Richey, with programming similar to the coffee concerts. Information: 813 286-2403 or toll-free 1-800-662-7286; www.floridaorchestra.org

MASTERWORKS

Oct. 8-10: Stravinsky: Fireworks; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11; Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Jon Kimura Parker, piano.

Oct. 22-24: Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Lisa Vroman, soprano; Hudson Shad, male vocal quartet.

Nov. 6-7: Brahms: Serenade No. 2; Bartok: Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion; Beethoven: Symphony No. 2; Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Ferhan and Ferzan Onder, pianos; John Bannon, timpani/percussion; John Shaw, percussion.

Nov. 19-21: Dvorak: Requiem; Grant Llewellyn, conductor; Barbara Shirvis, soprano; Krista River, mezzo-soprano; Carl Halvorson, tenor; Stephen Powell, bass; Master Chorale.

Jan. 7-9: Ives: The Unanswered Question; Mahler: Symphony No. 9; Stefan Sanderling, conductor.

Jan. 21-23: Busoni: Turandot Suite; Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Respighi: Fountains of Rome; Respighi: Pines of Rome; Roberto Minczuk, conductor; Brian Moorhead, clarinet.

Feb. 10-12: Britten: Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes; R. Strauss: Four Last Songs; Beethoven: Symphony No. 4; Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano.

Feb. 18-20: Turnage: Three Screaming Popes; Schuman: New England Triptych; Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica; Stefan Sanderling, conductor.

March 4-6: Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4, Mozartiana; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1; Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition; Susan Haig, conductor; Karen Gomyo, violin.

March 25-27: Mozart: Symphony No. 34; Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor; Artur Girsky, violin.

April 8-10: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1, A Sea Symphony; Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano; Leon Williams, baritone; Master Chorale.

April 29-May 1: Dvorak: Piano Concerto; Bruckner: Symphony No. 3; Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Garrick Ohlsson, piano.

May 13-15: Sibelius: Symphony No. 6; Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 6; Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastorale; Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Mark Kosower, cello.

May 25-27: Honegger: Symphony No. 5; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5; Webern: Five Orchestral Pieces; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Stewart Goodyear, piano.

Oct. 14-16: "Golden Age of Film Music and Beyond"; Richard Kaufman, conductor.

Nov. 11-13: "America's Beloved Tenor"; Susan Haig, conductor; Daniel Rodriguez, vocalist.

Dec. 2-4: "Holiday Pops"; Richard Kaufman, conductor; Nanette Fabray, special guest; Jeff Deards, vocalist; Whitney Kaufman, vocalist; Master Chorale.

Jan. 13-15: "Club Swing"; Willis Delony, conductor; Five By Design, vocal ensemble.

Feb. 24-26: "Patti Austin: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald"; Richard Kaufman, conductor; Patti Austin, vocalist.

March 17-19: "Bravo Broadway"; Richard Kaufman, conductor; Debbie Gravitte, vocalist; Doug LaBrecque, vocalist; Christiane Noll, vocalist.

May 5-7: "Eileen Ivers: Irish Fiddle on Fire": Richard Kaufman, conductor; Eileen Ivers, fiddle.

May 19-21: "Pink Martini"; Susan Haig, conductor; Pink Martini ensemble.

Oct. 27-28: "Romantic Overtures"; Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture; Brahms: Tragic Overture; Wagner: Rienzi Overture; more. Susan Haig, conductor.

Dec. 1: "All the World's a Stage"; Wagner: Die Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music; Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto; Liszt: Hamlet; more. Susan Haig, conductor; Christina Castelli, violin.

Jan. 12: "Anything Goes"; Porter: Anything Goes; Gershwin: I Got Rhythm Variations; Adams: Foxtrot for Orchestra; more; Susan Haig, conductor; Mary Pendelton, piano.

Feb. 2-3: "Vienna, City of My Dreams"; Manookian: Concerto for Piccolo; Schubert: Rosamunde Overture; Strauss: Tales from the Vienna Woods; Beethoven: Leonore Overture; more; Susan Haig, conductor; Lewis Sligh, piccolo.

March 9-10: "Spring Is in the Air"; Paganini: Variations on One String: Moses Fantasy; Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Faure: Pelleas et Melisande: Sicilienne; Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; more; Susan Haig, conductor; Dee Moses, double bass.

May 4: "Coffee with Stefan"; Stefan Sanderling, conductor.

Dec. 7-8: "Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah"; Susan Haig, conductor; Gary Anderson and Bob Christianson, co-arrangers; Natalie Oliver-Atherton, soprano; Cheryl Barnes, mezzo-soprano; Robert Mack, tenor; Without Walls International Church Sanctuary Choir.

Dec. 17-19: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral; Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Laura Whalen, soprano; Jennifer Roderer, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Studebaker, tenor; Thomas Potter, bass; Master Chorale.

Today: 7 p.m., Coachman Park, Clearwater; Susan Haig, conductor.

Oct. 28: 7 p.m., Curtis Hixon Park, Tampa; Susan Haig, conductor.

Oct. 29: 7 p.m., Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg; Susan Haig, conductor.

Nov. 1: noon, Lykes Park, Tampa; Susan Haig, conductor.

March 11: 7 p.m., Al Lopez Park, Tampa; Susan Haig, conductor.

March 29: noon, Lykes Park, Tampa; Susan Haig, conductor.

April 2: 7 p.m., grounds of Grace Episcopal Church, Tampa; Susan Haig, conductor.

April 21: 7 p.m., Lowry Park, Tampa; Susan Haig, conductor.

April 23: 7 p.m., Coachman Park, Clearwater; Susan Haig, conductor.

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