CHANTICLEER HOLIDAY CONCERT
December 3, 2024
PIANIST JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
January 15, 2025
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
January 26, 2025
CZECH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
February 13, 2025
AN EVENING WITH YO-YO MA
February 27, 2025
VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS
March 14, 2025
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
March 24, 2025
Join us for an unforgettable season!
CHANTICLEER HOLIDAY CONCERT
December 3, 2024
PIANIST JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
January 15, 2025
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
January 26, 2025
CZECH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
February 13, 2025
AN EVENING WITH YO-YO MA
February 27, 2025
VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS
March 14, 2025
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
March 24, 2025
CHANTICLEER HOLIDAY CONCERT
December 3, 2024
PIANIST JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
January 15, 2025
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
January 26, 2025
CZECH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
February 13, 2025
AN EVENING WITH
YO-YO MA
February 27, 2025
VIVALDI
FOUR SEASONS
March 14, 2025
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
March 24, 2025
Join us as we celebrate our 80th season with unforgettable one-night-only performances featuring world-renowned orchestras, chamber ensembles and acclaimed soloists.
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Watch the video for a quick look at our extraordinary 80th Anniversary Season!
2024-25 80th Anniversary Season
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 7:30 pm | Sarasota Opera House
CHANTICLEER HOLIDAY CONCERT
Back by popular demand, the all-male vocal ensemble returns to Sarasota to perform an all-new program of Renaissance classics and holiday favorites. The Grammy Award-winning group is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity.
The program includes their signature audience favorite, Ave Maria by Franz Biebl, as well as brand new arrangements of Silent Night and Joy to the World.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 7:30 pm | Riverview Performing Arts Center
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PIANIST JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
World-renowned French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet makes his Sarasota Concert Association debut in the opening concert of our Great Performers Series. His performance of Debussy’s Preludes has been highly praised for its vivid portrayal and dynamic range, highlighted by his ability to create every color and dynamic range on the piano.
“He is a master colorist and a great communicator, able to reduce a large concert hall to an intimate chamber of intent listeners.” – The Seattle Times
DEBUSSY Preludes Book I
DEBUSSY Preludes Book II
Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 7:30 pm | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Kahchun Wong, conductor
Sayaka Shoji, violin
A favorite of Sarasota audiences, the internationally-renowned Cleveland Orchestra returns! Singaporean conductor Kahchun Wong, praised for his electrifying stage presence, has conducted distinguished orchestras around the world, including the London Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic, and he will lead The Cleveland Orchestra in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji has been described by Gramophone Magazine as “a deeply engaging performer.”
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
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Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:30 pm | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
CZECH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Steven Mercurio, Music Director
Maxim Lando, piano
Based in Prague, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra appointed American conductor and composer Steven Mercurio as their Music Director in 2019. He will lead the orchestra in Dvořák’s popular Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” First prize winner in the NY International Liszt Competition, pianist Maxim Lando will join the Orchestra for Liszt’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1.
He has been lauded by The New York Times as displaying “brilliance and infectious exuberance combined with impressive delicacy and wild-eyed danger.”
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
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Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 7:30 pm | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
AN EVENING WITH YO-YO MA
Reflections in Words and Music
Join cellist Yo-Yo Ma for an evening of music and words. In this one-night-only performance, Yo-Yo Ma performs a special selection of his favorite pieces and shares stories about a life dedicated to music. Not eligible for 10% discount.
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Friday, March 14, 2025 at 7:30 pm | Riverview Performing Arts Center
VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS
with baroque violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte
and Les Arts Florissants
A 300th anniversary celebration of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons along with other celebrated works by Vivaldi and Monteverdi will be performed by the renowned French Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants in their Sarasota debut. Violinist Theotime Langlois de Swarte conducts and is featured in Vivaldi’s ever-popular Four Seasons.
“Théotime Langlois de Swarte executes his soloist’s duties with technical brilliance, precision, tonal purity, imagination and period style.” -The Strad
VIVALDI Concerto in D Minor
VIVALDI Concerto in E Major (Spring)
VIVALDI Concerto in G Minor (Summer)
VIVALDI Concerto in F Major (Autumn)
VIVALDI Concerto in F Minor (Winter)
And other works by Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Geminiani, and Uccellini
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Monday, March 24, 2025 at 7:30 pm | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Gianandrea Noseda, Music Director
Hilary Hahn, violin
Direct from Washington, D.C., Music Director Gianandrea Noseda leads the National Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s powerful Symphony No. 5. Three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn joins the Orchestra in Erich Korngold’s beautifully romantic and virtuosic Violin Concerto, a fusion of Viennese romance and old Hollywood.
“She started out as a prodigy of rare clarity and virtuosity, and has developed into a daring mature artist eager for new collaborations and repertory.” – The New York Times
CARLOS SIMON Four Black American Dances
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
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Music Matinees
This free program features exceptional regional musicians performing a variety of musical styles from classical to popular. All concerts are at 2 pm at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Sarasota. Though free, registration is required. Click below to learn more.
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