The FWSO’s Michael Shih and DJ Cheek: Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante
Symphonic
Dates
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Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 7:30 PM
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Sat, Jan 18, 2025, 7:30 PM
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Sun, Jan 19, 2025, 2:00 PM
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Location
Bass Performance Hall
Overview
Strauss’ tone poem Don Juan is a bold musical retelling of the story of a serial womanizer. After alternating fiery bravura passages with more romantic themes and solos, Juan’s music sighs in death at the hands of his lover’s father. Principal Guest Conductor Kevin John Edusei conducts this program, which also features FWSO Concertmaster Michael Shih and Principal Violist DJ Cheek in Mozart’s bright Sinfonia Concertante and Sibelius’ stirring fifth symphony, about which the composer wrote: “It was as if God the Father was throwing pieces of mosaic from the edge of heaven.”
Works
STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20
MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82