By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
As part of their In Harmony Commonwealth Tour, instrument-equipped members of the Louisville Orchestra filled the Glasgow Square with live music for an hour on July 8.
Music Director and Conductor Teddy Abrams said “time and space gets smaller” since the program featured a wide variety of music — from the classics like Vivaldi and Beethoven to more modern pieces like those of John Williams and Merle Travis. The performance also included the premiere of a new piece composed by Oswald Huynh from the orchestra’s creators corp.
The state recently invested $4.3 million for them to continue the tour through 2026. To date, the Louisville Orchestra held 185 events in 45 Kentucky counties with roughly 40,000 people in attendance, according to the orchestra.
Before the concert, which began at 7:30 p.m., attendees had the option to get a balloon animal made. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
Before the concert, body-art painting was available to the attendees. Numerous children and their families awaited their turn in the Glasgow Square gazebo. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
Officers with the Glasgow Police Department served as the color guard at the start of the concert. Orchestra members played the Star-Spangled Banner while the colors were being posted. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
As part of its In Harmony Tour, the Louisville Orchestra filled the Glasgow Square with music. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
The orchestra featured violins, violas, cellos, basses, flutes, piccolos, oboes, French horns, trumpets and a harp along with numerous others. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
During the performance Joe Hudson, right, and Shelby Hudson Bryant, middle, joined the Louisville Orchestra to perform John Prine’s Paradise. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
The free concert began at 7:30 p.m. and went well into the night, ending around 9 p.m. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
During the world premiere of re: cleaving, which was composed for this tour by an alumnus of the orchestra’s creators corp., orchestra members used instruments in ways even Conductor Teddy Abrams said was relatively new to them. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
The Louisville Orchestra performed Vivaldi’s Summer with their own unique spin on it that included the use of an electric guitar. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
As part of its In Harmony Tour, the Louisville Orchestra filled the Glasgow Square with music. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
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