JAX Chamber: New Year, More Music With The Jacksonville Symphony

Jacksonville FL

22 December, 2021

1:43 PM

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Press release from the JAX Chamber: December 22, 2021   Jacksonville, FL (December 21, 2021) --- Guest conductor Matthew Halls returns to the Jacoby Symphony Hall stage in January and phenom pianist Conrad Tao joins Courtney Lewis for a concert featuring the Symphony's new Steinway concert grand piano. The FIS Symphonic Night at the Movies Series returns for the first time since 2020 with Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Jacksonville's own The Chris Thomas Band takes the stage in with the Symphony in February for a concert featuring the songs of Sammy, Frank and Dean. Florida Blue Classical Series   BRAHMS' PASTORAL SYMPHONY JAN 7/8  FRI & SAT: 7:30 P.M.   Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Maurice RAVEL -  Pavane for a Dead Princess Johannes BRAHMS -  Symphony No. 2   Matthew Halls, conductor   Dynamic conductor Matthew Halls returns to the podium in Jacoby Symphony Hall for a program of one gorgeous melody after the next. Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia highlights the Symphony's lush string sections, Ravel's Pavane features one of the most captivating French horn solos ever written, and Brahms' Second Symphony carries the origins of his famous Lullaby. This unforgettable music will live with you for days.   Fidelity National Financial Pops Series Raymond James Coffee Series   CLASSIC BROADWAY JAN 14/15  FRI: 11 A.M. & 7:30 P.M.;  SAT: 7:30 P.M.   Stuart Chafetz, conductor Ashley Brown, vocalist Jordan Donica, vocalist   Return to the golden age of Broadway. Hear classic songs from The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Porgy and Bess, Carousel, and many more. The Symphony and Broadway stars Ashley Brown and Jordan Donica will bring back wonderful memories of the best music from The Great White Way.   FIS Symphonic Night at The Movies Series   STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI JAN 21/22  FRI & SAT: 7 P.M.   Gonzalo Farias, conductor   The Empire prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star. The Rebel fleet counters with a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel.   © 2022 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. All rights reserved © Disney. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in Association with 20th Century Fox, LUCASFILM LTD and Warner/Chappell Music     Florida Blue Classical Series   MOZART'S DEFIANCE: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 24 JAN 28/29  FRI & SAT: 7:30PM   Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART  - Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491 Jean SIBELIUS  - Symphony No. 1   Courtney Lewis, conductor Haskell Endowed Chair Conrad Tao, piano   The New York Times said, "Conrad Tao was never just another prodigy." This young phenom is certain to bring new life and ideas to Mozart's C minor Concerto, a piece so outside the conventions of the day that more than a few Viennese eyebrows were certainly raised at its 1786 premiere. Courtney Lewis notches another Sibelius symphony en route to a complete cycle with the Finnish composer's First Symphony, a work with traces of Tchaikovsky yet distinct with Sibelius' voice.   Fidelity National Financial Pops Series   THE CHRIS THOMAS BAND: THE RAT PACK FEB 4/5 FRI & SAT: 7:30 P.M.   Gonzalo Farias, conductor The Chris Thomas Band featuring Chris Thomas and Cortnie Frazier, with Olivia Donalson   "When Chris Thomas takes the stage he doesn't just sing, he aims to embody the swagger and style of Dean Martin, Sammy Davis and Frank Sinatra" says The Florida Times-Union. "Fly Me to the Moon," "My Way," "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" and more performed by Jacksonville's best big band alongside the Jacksonville Symphony.     For media tickets, interviews, and more information, please contact: Sydney Schless – Director of Marketing & Communications 904.354.4513 (w)  904.710.4928 (c)   [email protected]   ###   The Jacksonville Symphony's 2021/22 season is dedicated to Robert E. Jacoby. An avid supporter of not only the arts, but of Jacksonville, Bob Jacoby's legacy will forever be felt throughout the First Coast. It is without a doubt that the Jacksonville Symphony is the world-class organization it is today due to his persistent and passionate support of symphonic music.    The Jacksonville Symphony is North Florida's leading music nonprofit offering live performances at Jacoby Symphony Hall in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts and other venues throughout the area. In addition, the Symphony provides music instruction for youth and operates the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras. For more information about the Symphony, visit jaxsymphony.org, like them at facebook.com/JaxSymphony; follow them on @jaxsymphony, on Instagram at JaxSymphony and on YouTube at JacksonvilleSymphony.     This press release was produced by the JAX Chamber. The views expressed here are the author's own.