Encore, Jeffrey Siegel, Trio De Minaret Set For The Palladium 2/8-3/28

Tampa Bay's home for local chamber music series' was established at the Palladium in 2000. Now celebrating its twelfth year, ENCORE 12! brings chamber music aficionados and musicians together in the acoustically-perfect Hough Hall. All Encore 12! performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and include a post-show reception and discussion with the artist.

2/8
The Florida Orchestra Wind Quintet
Works by Piazolla, Hindemith, Barber, Sforzini, Poulenc. Clay Ellerbroek, flute; Katherine Young Steele, oboe; J. Brian Moorhead, clarinet; Anthony Georgeson, bassoon, Robert Rearden, horn; Teddy Abrams, piano.

3/14
St. Petersburg Opera Chamber Ensemble
Works by Corelli, Puccini, Snell, Mozart, Chabrier, Sforzini. Sarah Shellman, violin; Fred Gratta, cello; Brent Douglas, piano; Mark Sforzini, bassoon; Clay Ellerbroek, flute; Stephanie Sager, soprano.

3/28
Trio De Minaret
Works by Mozart, Browning, Shostakovich. Lei Liu, violin; Lowell Adams, cello; Grigorios Zamparas, piano, Hein Jung, soprano.

Fri., 2/10
Russian Rapture: The Music of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff
Jeffrey Siegel, Keyboard Conversations

Whisking audiences on a journey across the globe, performing breathtaking works by two of the greatest Russian composers of all time, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, Siegel presents a rapturous performance of soaring melodies and sumptuous sonorities of these ever-popular composers – the colorful Preludes, captivating Etudes, and the scintillating Humoresque. Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "the Leonard Bernstein of the piano," Siegel charms both piano aficionados and novices alike with his illuminating and witty commentary and astounding musical gifts.
8:00 p.m.

Tues., 2/14
Romantic Obsessions, Tampa Bay Symphony,
Conducted by Mark Sforzini

The Tampa Bay Symphony will give its winter series of concerts under the baton of guest conductor Mark Sforzini, artistic director/conductor of St. Petersburg Opera and formerly principal bassoon with The Florida Orchestra. The theme of the February concerts is "Romantic Obsessions." Hector Berlioz wrote Symphonie Fantastique about his own romantic obsession with an Irish actress. Wagner's Prelude and "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde is the story of a love potion, romantic obsession and Isolde's "love death." Smetana wrote "The Moldau" about the river that runs through "Romantic Prague" and the countryside of his beloved Bohemia. Susan Bailey Robinson, conductor of the Pinellas Youth Symphony, will conduct the April 24 concert, featuring the Young Artist Competition winner, pianist Nadia Azzi.
8 p.m.

SAVE THE DATE IN EARLY MARCH!

3/2, 4, 6
Saint-Saëns' Samson & Delilah
Presented by the St. Petersburg Opera, under the direction of Mark Sforzini.

Fri., 3/2, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 3/4, 2 p.m.; Tues., 3/6 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM St. Petersburg Opera, (727) 823-2040

The Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College

253 5th Avenue North
St.Petersburg, Florida 33701

(727) 822-3590
www.mypalladium.org