Clarinetist Anthony McGill, the Orlando Philharmonic’s 2022-2023 artist in residence, is the first African-American principal player in New York Philharmonic’s history. He may also be the first internationally known classical musician to take a social-justice hashtag viral, as McGill did with #taketwoknees after the death of George Floyd.
The “citizen musician” is a centerpiece of this year’s Resonate Festival, soloing each night in both programs: at 7 p.m., with the full orchestra, and at 9 p.m., in chamber concerts after intermission.
The three nights of the festival are a candy store for classical lovers, with works big and small from Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Debussy, Clara Schumann, Copland, and Coleridge-Taylor.
7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday, Saturday and Monday, Feb. 16-20; Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave., 407-896-6700; orlandophil.org; $10-$35.
This article appears in Feb 15-21, 2023.
