fbpx
FacebookTwitterYouTubeInstagramEmail

Viennese School Tickets on Sale Today!

Viennese School Tickets on Sale Today! The Lakeland Genesis Concert Series presents Late 18th century Vienna was home to great composers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven. This performance will feature the ISO’s principal oboe, Jennifer Stahl, performing Mozart’s Concert for Oboe in C Major. Single Tickets on sale December 18, 2017 at The RP Funding Center: Gold $35 Silver $25 Bronze $15 Students free with ID or parent ticket Now through December 25, 2018, purchase single concert tickets for 50% off the

2019-10-13T20:59:12-04:00December 18, 2017|
Read More

Masterworks#4 (Pines of Rome) Program Notes

Masterworks #4 (Pines of Rome) Program Notes Learn more about the ISO's performance on April 11, 2017, including how to purchase tickets. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Overture to Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi achieved astounding success as a musical dramatist with his ability to capture in music the psychological depth of his characters. He was the king of Italian opera through much of the nineteenth century and premiered works in all the major cities of Italy, as well as in Paris, St. Petersburg and Cairo. So

2019-10-13T20:59:13-04:00March 9, 2017|
Read More

Pines of Rome Tickets On Sale Today!

Pines of Rome Tickets on Sale Today! Enjoy an evening of philharmonic favorites including Respighi’s exciting Pines of Rome and Soloist Byron Hogan returns to the stage for the beautiful Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra. Single tickets go on sale February 10 at 9:30 a.m. at The Lakeland Center's Box Office. Now through February 17, purchase single concert tickets for 50% off the retail price! Use code EARLYBIRD online, by phone or in person at The Lakeland Center Monday - Friday, 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

2019-10-13T20:59:13-04:00February 10, 2017|
Read More

Masterworks #3 (Romantic Symphony) Program Notes

Masterworks #3 (Romantic Symphony) Program Notes Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a Tchaikovsky’s first ballet, Swan Lake (1877) was a revolutionary work. Its intensely dramatic score was so demanding for choreographer, dancers and orchestra that from its premiere, music from other composers was increasingly substituted for Tchaikovsky’s original score. The ballet itself was dropped from the repertoire after 1883 and was only revived in 1895, two years after the composer’s death, and even then in modified form. By 1888, with

2019-10-13T20:59:13-04:00January 17, 2017|
Read More

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from the ISO!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the ISO! The ISO's annual Christmas concert was full of joy and excitement including the acting of Laura, Carter, Holly & Todd Parrish and Baylee Zimmerman, the beautiful voices of Karen Buie, Diana Russell and the Harrison Chamber Choir plus a little hlep from the audience! Support for the Imperial Symphony Orchestra is provided by WONN/WPCV/WLKF/WWRZ Radio, The Verner Foundation and the Hilda Sutton and William D. Blanton Foundation. The evening's performance was underwritten by Radiology and Imaging Specialists.

2019-10-13T20:59:13-04:00December 21, 2016|
Read More

Romantic Symphony Tickets On Sale Today!

Romantic Symphony Tickets on Sale Today! Share a romantic evening with the ISO and special guest Kira Omelchenko from Florida Southern College conducting Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite and the exciting Rachmaninoff Concerto #2 in C minor for piano presented by Robert Fleitz. Single tickets go on sale December 14 at 9:30 a.m. at The Lakeland Center's Box Office. Now through December 21, purchase single concert tickets for 50% off the retail price! Use code EARLYBIRD online, by phone or in person at The Lakeland Center Monday - Friday,

2019-10-13T20:59:14-04:00December 14, 2016|
Read More

Victorian Holiday Tickets on Sale Today!

Victorian Holiday Tickets on Sale Today Celebrate the season with the ISO's Victorian Holiday on December 13 at 7:30 p.m. Harrison School for the Arts's Chamber Choir will perform "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" plus Maestro Thielen has a few more surprises in store! Single tickets go on sale August 11 at 9:30 a.m. at The Lakeland Center's Box Office. Now through October 20, purchase single concert tickets for 50% off the retail price! Use code EARLYBIRD online, by phone or in person at The Lakeland

2019-10-13T20:59:14-04:00October 13, 2016|
Read More

Masterworks #1 (New World Symphony) Program Notes

Masterworks #1 (New World Symphony) Program Notes Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) Overture to The Barber of Seville It is hard to understand today why the premiere of The Barber of Seville in Rome in February 1816 was such an unmitigated disaster. True, the overture we know today was not at the time part of the opera, and another opera called The Barber of Seville, by the aging Giovanni Paisiello, although dated, was considered a classic in Italy. But the simple ebullience and mischievousness of

2019-10-13T20:59:14-04:00September 15, 2016|
Read More

Meet the Guest Artist: Young-Ah Tak

Meet the Guest Artist: Young-Ah Tak Young Ah-Tak joins the Imperial Symphony Orchestra on October 11 for an energetic performance of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major. Watch Young-Ah perform "My Joys." Young-Ah joins the ISO for this special appearance thanks to the generosity of Southeastern University College of Arts & Media. Learn more and purchase tickets for Masterworks #1 New World Symphony. Young-Ah's Bio: Praised for her “winning combination of passion, imagination, and integrity” (New York Concert Review) and her “thrilling

2019-10-13T20:59:15-04:00September 12, 2016|
Read More

New World Symphony Tickets on Sale Today!

New World Symphony Tickets on Sale Today! Open the 51st season of the Imperial Symphony Orchestra with Dvorak’s iconic New World Symphony as well as Southeastern University’s artist in residence Young-Ah Tak presenting Liszt’s piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat. Single tickets go on sale August 11 at 9:30 a.m. at The Lakeland Center's Box Office. Now through August 18, purchase single concert tickets for 50% off the retail price! Use code EARLYBIRD online, by phone or in person at The Lakeland Center Monday -

2019-10-13T20:59:15-04:00August 11, 2016|
Read More
iso_logo

The Imperial Symphony Orchestra is committed to the high quality performance of symphonic music in order to educate, entertain and inspire audiences and enrich the lives of the people of Polk County and neighboring communities.

(863) 688-3743 • PO Box 2623 • Lakeland, FL 33806

Go to Top