Louisville Orchestra announces 2025-2026 season

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) -Music Director Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra unveiled the 2025-2026 season. New this season, Abrams has personally selected Teddy’s Picks, a four-concert package featuring his top performances.

“This season is about storytelling in music,” says Abrams. “Whether it’s the emotional weight of Mahler’s Ninth, the history of American music in Sounds of a New Nation, or the legendary artistry of Morgan Freeman in Symphonic Blues, these concerts aren’t just performances—they’re experiences. I’ve chosen these concerts because they capture music’s ability to tell deep, human stories and connect us in powerful ways.”

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LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA 2025/26 SEASON

Classics Series

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3

Saturday, October 4; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall’

Robert Spano, conductor • Tony Siqi Yun, piano

Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony

Coffee Concert: Friday, October 24 11am• Whitney Hall

Saturday, October 25; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall

Teddy Abrams, conductor • Tessa Lark, violin

Yuja Wang & Teddy Abrams Return

Coffee Concert: Friday, November 21; 11am • Whitney Hall

Saturday, November 22; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall

Teddy Abrams, conductor • Yuja Wang, piano

Teddy Conducts Mahler’s Ninth

Coffee Concert: Friday, January 16; 11am• Whitney Hall

Saturday, January 17; 7:30pm• Whitney Hall

Teddy Abrams, conductor

Sounds of a New Nation

Coffee Concert: Friday, February 20; 11am • Whitney Hall

Saturday, February 21; 7:30pm• Whitney Hall

Teddy Abrams, Conductor • Jonathan Biss, piano

Eric Whitacre in Concert

Saturday, March 7; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall

Eric Whitacre, conductor • Anne Akiko Myers, violin

Louisville Chamber Choir, Kent Hatteberg, director

Copland’s Appalachian Spring

Saturday, April 11; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall

Teddy Abrams, conductor • Time for Three • Louisville Ballet

Rhapsody in Blue

Coffee Concert: Friday, April 24; 11am • Whitney Hall

Saturday, April 25; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall

Teddy Abrams, conductor and piano

POPS Series

Ben Folds

Friday, September 5; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall

Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony

Saturday, January 31; 7:30pm• Whitney Hall

Bob Bernhardt, Conductor

“Clouds in My Coffee”: The Music of Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Carlie Simon

Saturday, February 28; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall

Ted Sperling, conductor

Stewart Copeland (”Police Deranged[MK1] “)

Friday, April 17; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall

Bob Bernhardt, conductor – Stewart Copeland, drummer

Specials

Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues

Saturday, October 11; 7:30pm • Whitney HallSean Mayes, conductor • Morgan Freeman, narrator

Steve Hackman

Beethoven X Coldplay

Saturday, October 18; 7:30pm • Paristown Hall (Hackman)

Steve Hackman, conductor

Disney’s Hocus Pocus™ In Concert

Wednesday, October 29; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall

Thursday, October 30; 7:30pm • Whitney Hall