On Saturday, October 26 YOUR Louisville Orchestra presents Violins of Hope at the Kentucky Center

A program of history and inspiration, “Violins of Hope” comes to Louisville in October 2019. The touring exhibition provides an opportunity for learning and reflections through restored violins that survived the Holocaust. The Louisville Orchestra is proud to be one of many partners in this city-wide project and participate by giving voice to these amazing instruments in this performance.

For more information about the city-wide exhibition, link to ViolinsOfHopeLou.com
Tickets to the Violins of HOpe Concert start at $27 and are available by calling 502.584.7777 or by visiting LouisvilleOrchestra.org.

Paul SCHOENFIELD: Klezmer Rondos, No. 2
William SCHUMAN: Judith, A Choreographic Poem
John WILLIAMS: Three Pieces from Schindler’s List
Michael TILSON THOMAS: From the Diary of Anne Frank
TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor
GABRIEL LEFKOWITZ, violin
LOUISVILLE BALLET • ANDREA SCHERMOLY, choreographer

SERIES SPONSORED BY BROWN-FORMAN FOUNDATION

Paul Schoenfield identifies strongly with his Jewish heritage. Klezmer Rondos celebrates the overlooked importance of flute in Eastern European klezmer bands, fusing raucous popular culture with concert music.

William Schuman’s Judith, after the Biblical tale, was a Louisville Orchestra collaboration with the legendary choreographer Martha Graham. Because the original choreography has been lost, the LO has commissioned this new version from Andrea Schermoly for performance with the Louisville Ballet.

The haunting strains of the title music to Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List leads off these Three Pieces from John Williams’s Oscar-winning score. The other two pieces recall suffering in the Warsaw ghetto, and somber remembrance today of the Holocaust.

Cinema’s beloved Audrey Hepburn provided the impetus for Michael Tilson Thomas’s From the Diary of Anne Frank. He and Hepburn selected favorite passages for the text, and Tilson Thomas composed with the rhythms and cadences of Hepburn’s voice in crafting this orchestral showpiece with narrator.