Louisville Orchestra announces 2025 dates for ‘In Harmony: The Commonwealth Tour’
GLASGOW, Ky. – The Louisville Orchestra and Music Director Teddy Abrams are returning for this year’s “In Harmony Tour,” including a stop in the local area.
According to a release by the Louisville Orchestra, “The Commonwealth Tour of the Louisville Orchestra” is bringing its free concert through multiple Kentucky communities thanks to funding from the Kentucky State Legislature.
The 2025 In Harmony Tour will be split into three parts in April, July, and September.
During April, the guest artist will be Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper. The tour will also take place during the week of the Kentucky Derby with race-themed music, including Morton Feldman’s “Flourishes and Galop,” as well as a new concerto for pipa by current LO Creators Corps member Baldwin Giang, from April 26 through May 1. From July 8-13, the tour will be an American-themed celebration. Finally, September will be the first two-week stretch of touring with destinations in Kentucky’s Appalachian region, with Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” featured.
In addition, some of the tour’s previous destinations will be revisited (Prestonsburg, Ashland, Bardstown, Glasgow, Harlan, Beattyville and Campbellsville), with new ones added (Greenville, Hazard, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill and Cumberland Falls State Resort Park)
The following schedule for the tour has been released:
April tour of eastern KY featuring Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
- GOULD: Flourishes and Galop
- LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
- Mason BATES: Appalachian Ayre
- Baldwin GIANG: Pipa Concerto
- J.S. BACH: Double Concerto, Mvt. I
- SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1, Mvt. I
- TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture, Op. 49
- GROFÉ: “On the Trail” from Grand Canyon Suite
- April 26: Shelbyville (Martha Layne Collins High School Gym)
- April 29: Prestonsburg (Mountain Arts Center)
- April 30: Ashland (Paramount Arts Center)
- May 1: Mt. Sterling (The Arena at Montgomery County High School)
- July tour of central KY
- July 8: Glasgow (The Square)
- July 9: Elizabethtown (Freeman Lake Park Bandstand)
- July 10: Muhlenberg (Felix E. Martin Jr. Hall)
- July 13: Bardstown (Stephen Foster Story)
- September tour of southeastern KY
- Sep 11: Harrodsburg (Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill)
- Sep 12: Beattyville (Happy Top)
- Sep 13: Hazard (The Forum)
- Sep 18: Campbellsville (Taylor County High School)
- Sep 19: Corbin (Cumberland Falls State Park)
- Sep 20: Harlan (Harlan Elementary School)
