Florida Orchestra Masterworks Concert to Feature ‘Scheherazade’ With Narration
The Florida Orchestra is holding a Masterworks concert featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, with narration provided by principal percussionist John Shaw.
Tampa St. Petersburg, FL, October 14, 2026 —
The Florida Orchestra is holding a Masterworks concert featuring Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, with narration provided by the orchestra’s principal percussionist, John Shaw.
The available announcement identifies the work and the narrator but does not provide the concert date, venue, start time or ticket information. It also does not specify the content or length of Shaw’s narration, or whether other works are included on the program.
Scheherazade is the only composition named in the information provided. No further details are given about the performance, including the conductor, participating musicians or whether the concert is part of a larger series of events. The announcement also does not state when the performance was scheduled to take place or whether it has already occurred.
The concert is identified as a Masterworks event by The Florida Orchestra. Shaw is identified as the orchestra’s principal percussionist and as the person providing narration. No additional statements from the orchestra or Shaw were included in the announcement.
Further logistical and program details were not provided in the information available for this report. As a result, the event’s date and location, along with any additional pieces or performance arrangements, cannot be specified here.
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