When: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Venue: First Baptist Church
1600 South 8th Street – Fernandina Beach, FL – Directions…
The L’viv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine tours under the baton of Principal Conductor Theodore Kuchar. In addition to its tour in the United States, the orchestra has performed for audiences around the world. During the past several seasons The National Philharmonic of Ukraine has produced highly acclaimed recordings for major international labels including Naxos, Toccata Classics and Brilliant Classics.
The History
The L’viv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine was officially established in 1902 in the medieval city of Lviv. The first concert was performed in the Philharmonic Theater of Count Stanislav Skarbko, now known as the Ukrainian National Academic Theater of Drama. The first Principal Conductor of the orchestra was Ludwik Vitezslav Czelianski.  During its first season, the orchestra performed 115 concerts. The concert programs featured the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven, symphonic works by Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Antonin Dvorak, Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Peter Tchaikovsky.
In 1933, the orchestra became incorporated as the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine. Adam Soltys led the orchestra until 1938. During the German occupation from 1941-1944, the Philharmonic did not operate. In the postwar period, the orchestra was reassembled, under the joint effort of Isaac Pain, Dionysius Khabal, Nestor Hornytsky and Mykola Kolessa. During 1953-1957 and again in 1987-1989, the conductor of the orchestra was Yuriy Lutsiv. From 1964 to 1987, the symphony orchestra was led by Demyan Pelekhatyi, who worked actively with colleagues Roman Fylypchuk and Ihor Simovych.
Some of the most famous conductors in classical music, have performed with the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. The list includes Kirill Kondrashin, Fuat Mansurov, Nathan Rakhlin, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Reinhold Gliere, Yevgeni Mravinsky, Nikolae Popescu, Kurt Masur, Saulius Sondeckis, Theodore Kuchar and Mariss Jansons, as well as Ukrainian conductors Stefan Turchak, Fedir Glushchenko, Igor Blazhkov, Roman Kofman, Volodymyr Kozhukhar and Volodymyr Sirenko.
Ticket Price:
$85 ea. Premium Plus (Gold)
$70 ea. Premium (Green)
$55 ea. General (White)
Program:
Bruch Violin Concerto
No. 1-in G minor, Op. 26
Grieg Piano Concerto
in A minor, Op. 16
Intermission
Beethoven Symphony
No. 7 in A major, Op. 92