Concerts · The Florida Orchestra
Thursday, January 7, 2027 · 11:00 AM
New Beginnings: Mendelssohn, Grieg & Copland
The Florida Orchestra · Mahaffey Theater · St. Petersburg, Florida
Program
- Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
- Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
- Aaron Copland Variations on a Shaker Melody
- Jessie Montgomery Starburst
- Max Bruch Kol Nidrei: Adagio on Hebrew Melodies, for cello and orchestra, Op. 47
Artists
- Michelle Merrill Conductor
- David Bender Soloist, Cello
Running time: about 1 h 24 min including an intermission (estimate from the works' usual timings)
Worth the drive: Grieg's four-movement suite drawn from his incidental music for Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, prized for melodies that range from sunrise stillness to headlong danger. More about Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 →
About this concert
A new-year morning program led by Michelle Merrill, with Mendelssohn's First Symphony and Jessie Montgomery's Starburst. Orchestra cellist David Bender is the soloist in Bruch's Kol Nidrei.
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