Florida Orchestra
florida orchestra
244 2nd Ave. N., Ste. 420
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-892-3337 , 727-892-3331
toll free: 800-662-7286
fax: 727-892-3338
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-892-3337 , 727-892-3331
toll free: 800-662-7286
fax: 727-892-3338
Top Features
- • Wheelchair Seating
- • Wheelchair-friendly
- • Group Discount
- • Military Discount
- • Student Discount
Events
Best-Loved Symphonies
February 09, 2012
Teddy Abrams conducts this morning Coffee Concert featuring select movements from Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, and Haydn's Symphony No. 94 (Surprise). Enjoy complimentary coffee and doughnuts as well as a pre-concert conversation one hour before the concert.
Thu, Feb 9, 11 am, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
A Night in the Tropics with Charles Lazarus
February 10, 2012 - February 11, 2012
Warm up during the winter with a musical getaway of soft sultry sambas, moving mambos, sizzling hot trumpet solos with a tropical flavor and hip-swaying rhythms from Cuba, Brazil,
Hawaii and other exotic locales. Sarah Hicks conducts.
Fri, Feb 10, 8 pm, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Ferguson Hall
Sat, Feb 11, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2
February 17, 2012 - February 19, 2012
Hailed as “a gigantic talent” by The Baltimore Sun, Valentina Lisitsa reveals the rapturous beauty and rhapsodic themes of one of the most popular of all romantic concertos, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2...in a night with Nielsen’s Helios Overture and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1. Stefan Sanderling conducts.
Fri, Feb 17, 8 pm, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Carol Morsani Hall
Sat, Feb 18, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Sun, Feb 19, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Viennese Delights
March 08, 2012
This matinee concert features Strauss Jr's Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture, Lehar's The Merry Widow Overture. Complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be served. Stuart Malina conducts.
Thu, Mar 8, 11 am, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Rock On Broadway
March 09, 2012 - March 11, 2012
It’s a rockin’ night on the Great White Way with peace, love and electric guitars…featuring music from the best rock musicals of the 70s, 80s and 90s: Rent, Chess, Hair, Little Shop of Horrors,
Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Godspell. Stuart Malina conducts.
Fri, Mar 9, 8 pm, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Carol Morsani Hall
Sat, Mar 10, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Sun, Mar 11, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Voices of Spring
March 16, 2012 - March 18, 2012
Mahaffey Theater & Ruth Eckerd Hall
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-892-3337
admin@floridaorchestra.org
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-892-3337
admin@floridaorchestra.org
Embrace the promise of springtime, the spirit of renewal and the carefree days of warmer weather with Copland's Appalachian Spring, Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Schumann's Symphony No. 1, "Spring." Stefan Sanderling conducts.
Fri, Mar 16, 10 am, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Sat, Mar 17, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Sun, Mar 18, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Brahms’ Symphony No. 4
April 13, 2012 - April 15, 2012
Acclaimed simply as “one of the greats” by the Manchester Evening News, internationally renowned conductor Günther Herbig is joined by Principal Trumpet Robert Smith in Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto on a program with Brahms’ mighty Symphony No. 4.
Fri, Apr 13, 8 pm, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Ferguson Hall
Sat, Apr 14, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Sun, Apr 15, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Celebrate Broadway
April 18, 2012 - April 19, 2012
Stuart Malina conducts this morning concert that features Gershwin's Overture to Girl Crazy, Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The Phantom of the Opera Selections, and Sullivan's Overture to The Mikado. Complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be served.
Wed, Apr 18, 10 am, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Thu, Apr 19, 11 am, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
American Songbook Encore
April 21, 2012 - April 22, 2012
Get on board this hit parade of best-loved songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen and Cole Porter…I’ve Got Rhythm, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Fascinatin’ Rhythm, The Man I Love, I’ve Got the World on a String, Old Black Magic, Too Darn Hot, Night and Day, I Get a Kick Out of You and many more. Stuart Malina conducts.
Sat, Apr 21, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Sun, Apr 22, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
A Musical Feast
April 27, 2012 - April 29, 2012
James Tocco gives the US premiere of 19th century composer Eduard Franck’s Piano Concerto No. 1 that has recently been rediscovered, as part of this musical feast of spirited overtures from Weber’s Oberon, Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lortzing’s Der Waffenschmied and Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, along with Wagner’s Die Meistersinger: Prelude. Stefan Sanderling conducts.
Fri, Apr 27, 8 pm, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Ferguson Hall
Sat, Apr 28, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Sun, Apr 29, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Rhythms of Cuba
May 11, 2012 - May 13, 2012
In a Latin flavored program, Music Director of La Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba Enrique Pérez Mesa is joined by Principal Timpanist John Bannon in James Lewis’ Cubanitis for solo timpani and orchestra on a program with Carlos Fariñas’ Penthesilea: Preludio, Guido López-Gavilán’s Ritmotiv, José Pablo Moncayo’s Huapango and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1, Classical.
Fri, May 11, 8 pm, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Carol Morsani Hall
Sat, May 12, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Sun, May 13, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Once Upon a Time
May 16, 2012 - May 17, 2012
Featuring Ravel's Beauty and the Beast from Mother Goose Suite, Tchaikovsky's Waltz from Swan Lake, and Williams' ET: Adventures on Earth, Stuart Malina conducts this morning Coffee Concert, with complimentary coffee and doughnuts served before the performance.
Wed, May 16, 10 am, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Thu, May 17, 11 am, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Postcards from Paris
May 18, 2012 - May 20, 2012
Enjoy a celebration of the City of Lights with romantic French melodies, Edith Piaf classics, Josephine Baker hits, Parisian café music, Django Reinhardt’s gypsy jazz, high-kicking can-cans,
soaring film scores by Michel Legrand and more. Sarah Hicks conducts.
Fri, May 18, 8 pm, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Carol Morsani Hall
Sat, May 19, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Sun, May 20, 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Beethoven’s Eroica
May 25, 2012 - May 26, 2012
Singled out by The New York Times as “brilliant, sensitive and imaginative,” Martina Filjak performs Ravel’s gloriously coloristic Piano Concerto in G Major with its mix of jazz motifs, meditative melodies and sparkling energy…on a program with Chabrier’s Habanera and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica. Stefan Sanderling conducts.
Fri, May 25, 8 pm, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Carol Morsani Hall
Sat, May 26, 8 pm, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Description
The mission of The Florida Orchestra is to enrich the life of the Tampa Bay area as it inspires, entertains and educates a wide and diverse audience with the unique experience of live symphonic music, ensuring that future generations will continue to enjoy this legacy that so magnificently celebrates the human spirit.
Amenities
- ADA Compliant
- Disabled Accessible
- Wheelchair Seating
- Wheelchair-friendly
- Group Discount
- Military Discount
- Student Discount
- Entertainment
- Live Entertainment
- 2 - 3 hours
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Attractions nearby 
- BiPlane Rides
- Ghost Tours of Tampa Bay
- Bayside(Segway)Tours, Inc.
- Tampa Bay Segs
- Carriage Rides at The Pier
- BayWalk Shopping & Entertainment Complex
- Chihuly Collection - Morean Arts Center
- Grand Central District Association
- Painting with a Twist
- The Pier
- Sunken Gardens
- Safari Choppers
- Morean Arts Center
- Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Practically Pikasso
- Port of St. Petersburg
- St. Petersburg Preservation
- Serenity Now Fishing Charters
- Boating at The Pier
- Haze N Ship Fishing Charters
Restaurants nearby
- Moon Under Water
- Vue Sushi and Martini Bar
- Athenian Garden Restaurant
- Fourth Street Shrimp Store Restaurant and Market
- Marchand's Bar and Grill
- Outback Steakhouse-St. Petersburg/4th Street
- Ferg's Sports Bar & Grill
- Fish Tales
- Waterside Bar & Grill
- Cafe Ten-O-One
- Tijuana Flats Burrito Co.
- Sushi Rock Grill
- Carrabba's Italian Grill
- Columbia Restaurant - St. Petersburg
- The Dockside Eatery
- Sumo Sushi Bar
- Panera Bread
- Siam Garden
- El Cap
- Jo-El's Specialty Kosher Foods
