Tucson Symphony Orchestra: Classic Series

	Classic Series

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Classic Series
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra plays over 60 concerts every season with over 30 different programs. Some use the full orchestra, some use a small one and some use a chamber ensemble, ten people or fewer. You can read about all of our different concert series to the right. We've got music and concerts for everyone. Hope to see you there!

George Hanson	Opening Night! Beethoven & Mozart - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Friday, October 22, 2010 at 8:00 PM Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 2:00 PM George Hanson, conductor and piano MOZART- Concerto for Piano No. 21 in C major BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, ‘Eroica’ George Hanson opens the season conducting from the keyboard and playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, popularized by its use in the 60s classic film Elvira Madigan. Beethoven’s masterpiece 3rd symphony, ‘Eroica’, provides a spectacular finale to a festive opening night! The Opening Weekend Concerts are sponsored by The Stonewall Foundation.

Alexander Sitkovetsky	Tchaikovsky & Friends - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Friday, November 19, 2010 at 8:00 PM Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 2:00 PM George Hanson, conductor Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin HIGDON - Blue Cathedral BRUCH - Scottish Fantasy for Violin TCHAIKOVSKY - Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy TCHAIKOVSKY - Capriccio Italien Two of the most often-requested works of Tchaikovsky’s repertoire, Romeo and Juliet and Capriccio Italien close a program featuring Bruch’s evocative Scottish Fantasy for Violin with guest violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and Jennifer Higdon’s alluring Blue Cathedral.

Mariangela Vacatello, Jorge Mester	Franck & Prokofiev - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Friday, December 10, 2010 at 8:00 PM Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM Jorge Mester, guest conductor Mariangela Vacatello, piano BERLIOZ - Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict PROKOFIEV - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major FRANCK - Symphony in D minor Prokofiev’s best known and loved piano concerto took the 2009 Van Cliburn jury by storm in the hands of finalist Mariangela Vacatello. The program concludes with Franck’s richly romantic Symphony in D minor.

Dylana Jenson	Respighi, Rossini & Lalo - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Friday, January 14, 2011 at 8:00 PM Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 2:00 PM George Hanson, conductor Dylana Jenson, violin ROSSINI - Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers LALO - Symphonie espagnole RESPIGHI - Fountains of Rome RESPIGHI - Pines of Rome Cruise the Mediterranean with Rossini’s Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers, Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole, featuring violin virtuoso Dylana Jenson, and finish with a Roman holiday of Respighi’s Fountains and Pines.

Terrence Wilson	Dancing with Liszt & Ravel - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Friday, February 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM George Hanson, conductor Terrence Wilson, piano LISZT - Mephisto Waltz No. 1 LISZT - Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E-flat major RAVEL - Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL - La valse In his triumphant return to the TSO, Terrence Wilson performs piano virtuoso Franz Liszt’s Concerto for Piano No. 1 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. This bravura program also includes Liszt’s great Mephisto Waltz and Ravel’s dance-inspired Rapsodie espagnole and La valse.

George Hanson	Scheherazade - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Friday, March 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM George Hanson, conductor BRAHMS - Academic Festival Overture BRAHMS - Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov’s legendary Scheherazade is coupled with two of Brahms’ most popular orchestral works.

Johanna Lundy	Pictures at an Exhibition - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8:00 PM Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 2:00 PM George Hanson, conductor Johanna Lundy, horn GLINKA - Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla GLIÉRE - Concerto for Horn in B-flat major MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL - Pictures at an Exhibition Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is a symphonic “top 10.” Rounding out the program from the great Russian Romantics are Glinka’s Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla and Glière’s Concerto for Horn featuring Johanna Lundy, TSO’s principal horn, in her solo debut.

Concert Series

The Classic series use the full orchestra, about 80 people and sometimes call for many extra musicians.

The MasterWorks series uses a smaller orchestra, about 40 people. This is the size of orchestra that Mozart used.

This series uses a big orchestra, like the Classic series, but instead of playing just classical music, we play a variety of popular music, Broadway hits, movie music, jazz, just about anything!

The Ensemble series feature the chamber ensembles playing chamber music, music originally meant to be played in a small room.

The Feasts combine two of my favorite things, food and music. They're called "Moveable Feasts" because after the first mini-concert and dinner, the audience moves to a different room for Dinner and the second concert.

For each one of our main series, the Tucson Symphony presents a Concert Special. Usually we have a world-famous guest artist come and perform with us for one night only. For our MasterWorks Special, the TSO and TSO Chorus perform a very special piece of music to celebrate the holiday season, Handel's Messiah.