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VISITING ORCHESTRAS BALLET AND
SPECIAL GUESTS
While much of the buzz surrounding this season’s Visiting
Orchestra Series at Artis—Naples is focused on the beginning The legendary choreographer
of a three-year residency of the Vienna Philharmonic, the series Paul Taylor brings his eponymous
also features two of North America’s finest classical ensembles— dance company to Naples for the
the Cleveland Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. first time on January 3. See three
of his famous works—Equinox,
In our first full-orchestra concert of the new year, conductor Polaris and Esplanade—with the
Peter Oundjian and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra brings Naples Philharmonic performing
something old (Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring works from Bach, Brahms and conductor Donald York.
soloist Jan Lisiecki), something new (Wondrous Light by A week later on January 10, the orchestra provides the base over
contemporary Canadian composer John Estacio) and a classical which Broadway superstar Kristin Chenoweth sets her soaring vocals
favorite (Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade) to Hayes Hall on on some of the most well-known songs from the Great White Way.
January 5. And on January 19, one of the greatest sopranos of her generation,
Renée Fleming, joins the orchestra conducted by Hans Graf.
Then on January 24, the Cleveland Orchestra performs For details on all these concerts and the rest of January’s calendar,
a concert heavy on Tchaikovsky, with the famed Russian go to artisnaples.org/calendar.
conductor’s Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy and Symphony
No. 1 “Winter Dreams” bookending the evening. Piano virtuoso
Leif Ove Andsnes takes the starring role in Schumann’s Piano
Concerto.

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