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.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7
Apr 10 – 12, 2026
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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
Mar 27 – 29, 2026
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Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony
Mar 21 & 22, 2026
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Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1
Feb 21 & 22, 2026
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Beethoven’s Triple Concerto
Feb 6 & 7, 2026
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Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe
Jan 23 – 25, 2026
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Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21
Jan 9 – 11, 2026
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Mozart & Handel
Nov 22 & 23, 2025
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Beethoven & Bernstein
Nov 7 & 8, 2025
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Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
Oct 18 & 19, 2025
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Opening Night!
Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony
Oct 3 & 5, 2025
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Opening Night! Ravel’s Bolero
Oct 5 & 6, 2024
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Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3
Oct 19 & 20, 2024
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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
Nov 1 – 3, 2024
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Brahms’ Symphony No. 2
Nov 22 & 23, 2024
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Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
Jan 11 & 12, 2025
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Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations
Jan 24 & 25, 2025
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Debussy’s La Mer
Feb 7 & 8, 2025
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Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1
Feb 22 & 23, 2025
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Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
Mar 14 – 16, 2025
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Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet
Mar 30, 2025
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Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Apr 4 & 5, 2025
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Pictures at an Exhibition
Apr 26 & 27, 2025
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Copland’s Symphony No. 3
May 24 & 25, 2025
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Mahler’s Symphony No. 3
May 9 & 10, 2025
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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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