The 2008/9 classical season of the Louisville Orchestra was announced early this year as part of an effort to raise the profile of the orchestra's core series. Music director Jorge Mester took a unique approach to programming the season, building concerts around pieces the orchestra has never played and highlighting the University of Louisville's Grawemeyer Award winner for 2008 [the much-lauded Neruda Songs by Peter Lieberson].
I will conduct a program in February featuring a 20th-century work new to the LO, Ginastera's Variaciones Concertantes. I'll also be joined by the genre-busting composer and violinist DBR for performances of his Voodoo Violin Concerto. The LO will feature several other compelling soloists in 2008/9, including Matt Haimovitz and Edgar Meyer.
Read Andrew Adler's season preview in the Courier-Journal.