We start with McGrath’s Suite for Strings with features an eclectic mix of driving and percussive, lyrically delicate and intentionally cinematic music. Mozart’s wonderful Bassoon Concerto features TBSO Principal Bassoon Kristy Tucker. Mozart draws out the many characters from bold and comedic to expressive and tender, which makes the bassoon so popular with audiences. Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony No. 6 is a masterpiece that explores the power of nature to heal and restore the human spirit in 5 vignettes: arriving in…
Kats-Chernin’s Zoom and Zip for strings is a slightly unusual exploration of off-beat rhythms to accompany expressive Slavonic melodies remembered by the composer as a child in Russia. Maier-Röntgen’s fascinating Violin Concerto features TBSO Assistant Concertmaster Kathlyn Stevens. Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 combines the young composer’s love of both Mozart classical style and structure and Bach’s baroque counterpoint. With this piece, he confirms his precocious brilliance. Evan Mitchell, conductor Kathlyn Stevens, violin
