by Doug Dreisbach | Dec 1, 2018 | LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA
Performed as the full ballet, Appalachian Spring touches on the primal issues of marriage, survival, and eternal regeneration. The piece was commissioned and choreographed by the legendary Martha Graham and for the first time presented with NEW CHOREOGRAPHY by the talented Andrea Schermoly, choreographer in residence at Louisville Ballet.
Plus The Way Forth, a new folk opera & film by Louisville native Rachel Grimes. Highlighting real and imagined perspectives of generations of Kentucky women from 1775 to the present day, and inspired by a treasure trove of family photos, documents, and letters, The Way Forth sifts through familiar stories to explore lesser-told tales of the historically oppressed. Through music, voice, and film, the work honors the emotional legacies of the silenced, the feminine, the holistic, the beauty of daily life, and the eternal grace and redemption of time, as symbolized by the great Dix and Kentucky Rivers. (more…)
by Doug Dreisbach | Dec 1, 2018 | LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA
Who isn’t familiar with the classic tunes of Queen? The band plays all the favorites staying as close as possible to the original recordings and the orchestra is “wrapped” around that original sound. If you’re an average fan or someone who knows literally every song ever recorded by Queen, there’s something for you in this show.
Brody Dolyniuk, lead vocals
Dan Clemens, bass + background vocals
Powell Randolph, drums + background vocals
George Cintron, guitar + background vocals
Justin Avery, keyboards + background vocals
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by Doug Dreisbach | Dec 1, 2018 | LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA
Elegant, insightful, balanced and brilliant, pianist Andrew von Oeyen is captivating! Russian composers Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) and Shostakovich (1906-1975) were a generation apart but their passion for their homeland, its people and music, pulses in every beat of these two magnificent works.
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by Doug Dreisbach | Dec 1, 2018 | LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA
The third set of Louisville Orchestra’s Music Without Borders concerts An Evening in Italy will be led by LO Concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz, making his Louisville Orchestra conducting debut. This concert will whisk you away to the monuments of Rome, the bridges of Venice, and the fountains of Florence. Highlights include Rossini’s overture from The Barber of Seville, and the beautiful and challenging “Winter” from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with Lefkowitz as soloist.
Performances of An Evening in Italy will take place in three locations: The Temple on Thursday, February 28 at 7:30PM; St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church at Harrods Creek on Friday, March 1 at 7:30PM; and across the bridge at the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center at IUS on Saturday, March 2 at 7:30PM.
Gabriel Lefkowitz joined the LO as Concertmaster in 2016. Prior to his appointment with the LO he was the Concertmaster with the Knoxville Symphony. A versatile musician of the 21st century, Mr. Lefkowitz is an active soloist, chamber musician, conductor, and a composer for films and video games. (more…)
by Doug Dreisbach | Sep 18, 2018 | LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA
This season, Bob Bernhardt begins his 37th consecutive year with the Louisville Orchestra as Assistant Conductor, then as Associate Conductor, then Principal Guest Conductor of Kentucky Opera, and is now in his 22nd season as Principal Pops Conductor. But…who is Bob Bernhardt?
For nearly four decades, Bernhardt has been a constant presence with the LO and continues to bring his unique combination of easy style, infectious enthusiasm and wonderful musicianship to the city and orchestra he loves.
Bernhardt is concurrently Principal Pops Conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan and Principal Pops Conductor and Music Director Emeritus of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera.
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by Doug Dreisbach | Aug 21, 2018 | ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY CENTER PRESENTS, KENTUCKY OPERA, KENTUCKY SHAKESPEARE, LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, PNC BROADWAY IN LOUISVILLE, Uncategorized
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Audience502 partner, the Bourbon Classic, is excited to announce their return to Louisville to celebrate the best of Bourbon at its seventh annual event, February 20 – 23, 2019.
Highlights will include Top Shelf, a tasting event featuring Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon, Cocktail and Culinary Challenge, showcasing classic and contemporary Bourbon cocktails paired with a chef’s Bourbon-themed culinary complement, Bourbon University, breakout classes focused on a variety of bourbon-themed topics; and TASTE, which will provide ample opportunities for the public to sample top brands of Bourbon, food pairings from featured restaurants and Bourbon-inspired products.
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