Premiere Performance: 6 April 2017 St Petersburg Opera Creative CollaborationsPreis Hall John Shaw, MarimbaMark Sforzini, Bassoon Instrumentation: Bassoon and MarimbaDuration: 11 minutes Commissioned by Richard Taylor in honor of Peter Tanner, Ron Barnett, Acton Ostling Jr., Richard homes & Bill Johnson
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Our recording of the Voices of Spring Waltz was used in the movie For the Weekend.
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St. Pete Opera is streaming encore presentations of operas from their recent seasons. Chill with a new opera every Monday. Free to all, viewers so far have enjoyed classics including The Magic Flute, and The Merry Widow as well as less familiar but just as wonderful Gianni Schicchi as well as special Facebook Live presentations
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Dear Friends of St. Petersburg Opera: We are living in unprecedented times as the citizens of the world valiantly face a global pandemic. I believe that planning the future requires fluidity of thought and patience at this moment. Some things are certain, and other decisions require ongoing monitoring of current affairs. I would like to
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Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon (Premium Blend) by Mark Sforzini. Premier performance by the Tampa Bay Symphony at the Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg FL — February 20, 2018. Brian Moorhead, clarinet; Mark Sforzini, bassoon; David Stech, conductor For more information on upcoming events, please see http://www.tampabaysymphony.com/. February 20, 2018 – Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg, FL
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After the National Anthem and some introductory remarks by the maestro, a teacher from Chattanooga, Tenn., addressed a crowd at the Palladium Tuesday about the short work they were about to hear from the Tampa Bay Symphony. “This piece is about community,” said Kenyon Wilson, whose composition, Five, honors four Marines and a Navy sailor
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Tampa Times reviewer Andrew Meacham wrote: An unconscious prince in a magical forest gets rescued by three witchy women who serve a mysterious queen. He soon returns the favor, rescuing the queen’s daughter with whom he has fallen instantly in love. What’s not to love about this adult fairy tale immortalized by Mozart in The
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Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon “Premium Blend” Commissioned by Brian Moorhead, Belinda Dumont and Gayle Bertelstein Allegro Andante Allegro molto Mark Sforzini (b. 1969) Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon “Premium Blend” (2017) “Premium Blend” sounds like excellent coffee, but this is the blend of tonal energy that Brian Moorhead, former principal clarinet, and Mark Sforzini,
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Four Last Songs – Richard Strauss, featuring Pamela Armstrong, soprano Symphony No. 6 – Beethoven Watch it here.
