Program Notes

Detailed and informative program notes authored by Kurt Loft, freelance writer and former music critic for The Tampa Tribune, will be available on our website before each of our Hough Family Foundation Masterworks concerts as they become available.

Audio program notes are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and more.

 

Holst’s The Planets
Sept 30 & Oct 1, 2023
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Copland’s Appalachian Spring
Oct 21 & 22, 2023
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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Oct 28 & 29, 2023
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Brahms’ Symphony No. 1
Nov 17 – 19, 2023
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Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4
Jan 6 & 7, 2024
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Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6
Jan 19 & 20, 2024
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Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Feb 17 & 18, 2024
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Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto
Feb 23 – 25, 2024
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Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony
Apr 5 – 7, 2024
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Dvorak’s New World Symphony
Apr 12 – 14, 2024
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Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony
Apr 26 – 28, 2024
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Elgar’s Enigma Variations
May 17 – 19, 2024
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Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
May 25 & 26, 2024
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Program notes are available from past seasons.

Carmina Burana
Oct 7 – 9, 2022
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Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
Oct 21 – 23, 2022
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Scheherazade
Nov 5 & 6, 2022
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Brahms’ Violin Concerto
Nov 12 & 13, 2022
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Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4
Dec 2 – 4, 2022
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Gershwin’s An American in Paris
Jan 6 – 8, 2023
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Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony
Jan 21 & 22, 2023
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Mahler’s Symphony No. 4
Jan 28 & 29, 2023
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Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2
Feb 17 – 19, 2023
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Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Feb 24 – 26, 2023
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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4
Apr 1 & 2, 2023
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Mendelssohn’s Elijah
May 5 – 7, 2023
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Wagner’s The Ring Without Words
May 20 & 21, 2023
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