“Fans of the Florida Orchestra who have missed their live concerts are in for a treat on Friday, when a broadcast of one of the orchestra’s performances airs on WEDU PBS,” writes Maggie Duffy in Monday’s (12/14) Tampa Bay Times. “It will be the first time a Florida Orchestra concert has aired on the local PBS station. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 … recorded during a live performance at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg …. was the first piece performed in the orchestra’s revised 2020-21 season. The broadcast features an introduction by music director Michael Francis, based on the Inside the Music series he introduced … with the Florida Orchestra in 2015-16 [offering] insights and musical demos…. The hour-long broadcast is in honor of the anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday this week. It airs at 9 p.m. Dec. 18. The Florida Orchestra returned to the stage at the Mahaffey Theater in October, with new safety protocols in place, as well as live-streaming options. More concerts with fewer musicians were added, including … live performances of ‘Classical Christmas’ on Dec. 16, 17 and 20 [and] concerts in the next phase of its reimagined season, which starts in January.”
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