“For a new event called ‘Resonate,’ the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is going casual,” writes Matthew J. Palm in Sunday’s (1/12) Orlando Sentinel (FL). “ ‘Resonate,’ which takes place Jan. 15 at the Plaza Live … features ‘Sanctuary,’ a [world premiere] for violin and orchestra by Lisa Bielawa [with violinist] Jennifer Koh…. The evening is actually divided into two separately ticketed concerts. The first, at 7 p.m. in the Plaza’s bigger theater, features ‘Sanctuary’ and Mozart’s Symphony No. 36. Then follows an hourlong cocktail hour, with opportunities to talk about the music with friends, new acquaintances or composer Bielawa, [Music Director Eric] Jacobsen and the musicians…. Afterward, a special 9 p.m. performance in the Plaza Live’s smaller hall will take place for fewer than 200 music lovers who will be seated around the stage. Jacobsen will trade his conductor’s baton for his cello. Philharmonic principal clarinetist Nikolay Blagov will solo on Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A major. And more of Bielawa’s original works will be heard. ‘It’s all a nice way to invite people in,’ Jacobsen says…. ‘And it’s fun.’ … The orchestra [will] move its main concerts to Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts this fall.”
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