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dy. It’s a humorous celebration of symphony
orchestras, offering a satirical — but loving
— analysis of the players, the conductors,
the composers and even the audience.
In 2016, the Washington Post described
the Second City show as “remarkably selfaware
in its duty: both to poke fun at the
symphony and to pitch why it should matter
to people who have largely never seen
a symphony orchestra before.”
George Albert Schram returns to conduct
the program, which was developed
by the Chicago-based comedy theater
and served as a launching pad for such superstars
as Dan Ackroyd, John Belushi, Stephen
Colbert, John Candy, Tina Fey, Mike
Myers, Martin Short and dozens of others.
The Pops Series concludes with a salute
to legendary conductor John Williams with
Star Wars and More: The Music of John Williams
(April 13, 2019). Williams is known for
composing the scores to, well, just about
every major motion picture you can name.
Conducted by Michael Krajewski, music
director of the Philly Pops and a conductor
of the Jacksonville Symphony and the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the program
features music from the ever-expanding Star
Wars franchise as well as familiar portions of
scores from Jaws, Schindler’s List and several
Harry Potter
Series programs at The Plaza Live.
Focus Series concerts begin with Schumann
and Schumann (October 8). That is to
say, Robert Schumann, the great German
Romantic composer, and his wife Clara, a
distinguished pianist and composer — and a
mother of eight.
Among the other programs are Tchaikovsky
& Mozart (November 19), Gustav
Mahler’s Song of the Earth (January 14, 2019),
Mozart’s Symphony No. 33 (March 18, 2019)
and Mendelssohn’s Italian (April 8, 2019).
The Focus Series will spotlight the orchestra’s
own musicians as featured soloists, including
Rimma Bergeron-Langlois (violin),
Jamie Strefeler (oboe) and Robert Carpenter
(tuba) performing a concerto by Orlando
composer Benoit Glazer.
Visit orlandophil.org for more information
about the orchestra’s upcoming season.
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