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Retro Series
Series sponsored by Overhead Door Company of Bowling Green
Motownmadness
Friday & Saturday, February 3 + 4, 2012
8:00 p.m.
Van Meter Hall
Sponsored by Franklin Bank & Trust
Co-sponsored by First Choice Home Medical
The Rewinders, Retro Singers, and Orchestra Kentucky pay tribute to the music of Motor City. Featuring songs from The Temptations, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Jackson 5, and many more!
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VIP Series
Series sponsored by Dorothy & Morris Haskins Foundation
The Sounds of Music
Monday, February 13, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Van Meter Hall
Co-sponsored by First Choice Home Medical, Mary & Norris Thomas and Sandy & Dan Riley
Cowbells, the Alps, lederhosen….Austria comes to life through Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D major (The Titan). After intermission, the orchestra performs Johann Strauss senior’s Radetzky March and Johann Strauss junior’s Vienna Blood Waltz. Soprano Jennifer Brennan-Hondorp sings hits from Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical, The Sound of Music.
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Retro Series
Series sponsored by Overhead Door Company of Bowling Green
The British Invasion
Friday & Saturday, March 2 + 3, 2012
8:00 p.m.
Van Meter Hall
Sponsored by Steve & Claudia Downey
Co-sponsored by Don & Linda Vitale and Cathy & Mac Reynolds
The British are coming! Well, they came, anyway. The 1960s saw an influx of English pop and rock legends. Orchestra Kentucky salutes the “British Invasion” with songs from Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Tom Jones, The Hollies, Petula Clark, The Who, The Animals, and more!
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VIP Series
Series sponsored by Dorothy & Morris Haskins Foundation
From Russia With Love
featuring Cirque de la Symphonie
Monday, March 12, 2012
7:30 p.m.
SKyPAC
Sponsored by Dr. Robert & Pat Goodwin
Co-sponsored by U.S. Bank
Orchestra Kentucky celebrates the land of the Tsars with a Russian Circus! Cirque de la Symphonie, a company of acrobats, jugglers, dancers, and contortionists, perform suspended over the stage, while the orchestra plays classics like the finale to Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance from Gayne, and selections from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol. Orchestra Kentucky’s musical acrobat, co-concertmaster J. Patrick Rafferty, performs the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto.
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Special Event Series
Rated K for Kids
Saturday, March 17, 2012
6:00 p.m.
SKyPAC
Sponsored by Heart Strings | Chatters
Vocalists join Orchestra Kentucky for a family-friendly tribute to the music of great children’s films. Featured will be music from new classics, like Harry Potter and Toy Story, to timeless film classics like Willy Wonka, The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins.
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VIP Series
Series sponsored by Dorothy & Morris Haskins Foundation
Camelot
Monday, April 16, 2012
7:30 p.m.
SKyPAC
Sponsored by Ervin G. Houchens Foundation
Co-sponsored by Geoff & Kathy Palmer
Orchestra Kentucky ends its whirlwind world tour with a concert version of Lerner & Loewe’s classic, Camelot. The Orchestra Kentucky Chorale and a cast of vocalists sing Camelot, The Simple Joys of Maidenhood, Then You May Take Me to The Fair, Follow Me, C’est Moi, If Ever I Would Leave You, What Do Simple Folks Do?, Guenevere, Lusty Month of May, How to Handle a Woman, I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight, and I Loved You Once in Silence.
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