Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke returns for a second Mahler turn! The Metropolitan Opera star will perform a selection from the composer’s five-song cycle based on the work of Friedrich Rückert. The brilliant young composer Chelsea Komschlies’ new work Mycelialore, a TSO commission through the League of American Orchestras Toulmin Commissions Program, has its world premiere. Maestro Gomez continues his Schumann cycle with the composer’s Symphony No. 3, the “Rhenish,” and Coleridge-Taylor’s beautiful, rarely-played Ballade complete the program. This concert is available as part of a Masterworks Series Subscription. The Saturday matinee is also available as part of a Create Your Own Subscription. This concert is expected to last approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, including intermission. This concert will be preceded by Concert Comments, a pre-concert talk, beginning one hour before each performance. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s work rose to prominence when he was recommended by Edward Elgar. He was subsequently dubbed the “African Mahler” when he toured the US in the early 1900s.Plan Your Visit
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