SoundWaves with The Florida Orchestra
For more than 55 years, The Florida Orchestra has been a driving force for cultural arts in the Tampa Bay region. Every work of music, every musician, every composer has a story to tell. SoundWaves with The Florida Orchestra gives those stories a voice, so you can experience a deep, personal connection to the music during a concert or anytime. The non-profit Florida Orchestra is the largest orchestra in the state and the only arts organization that bridges Tampa Bay. TFO exists to INSPIRE – UNITE – EDUCATE as we build community through the power of music onstage and in our schools and community. With 71 full-time professional musicians and conductors, TFO performs more than 100 concerts a season, including a wide range of classical, popular, film, rock and family-friendly music. Performances are at three major performing arts venues: Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Straz Center in Tampa and Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. For tickets and information: FloridaOrchestra.org
SoundWaves with The Florida Orchestra
Program Notes: Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1
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This episode explores Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 and Brian Raphael Nabors’ Pulse. The German composer Bruch left a rich library of works, but he lived and died under the shadow of one piece, his Violin Concerto in G Minor. Optimistic and bold, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 – his 100th published work – was embraced by Soviet censors as a symbol of freedom and stands today as a virtuosic, concerto-like showcase that pushes an orchestra to its expressive limits. With Pulse, The Florida Orchestra offers its first-ever performance of a work by the American composer Brian Raphael Nabors, whose music has been described as a fusion of homegrown soundscapes with a contemporary edge.
Masterworks 8 of the 25/26 Season
Performances February 21 & 22, 2026