Mendelssohn and Korngold

Kerson Leong, who dazzled TSO audiences in 2022, returns to perform Korngold’s romantic Violin Concerto, written during his Hollywood years and first performed by the great Jascha Heifetz. The Hollywood-themed first half begins with Bernard Herrmann’s iconic music for the film Psycho. Conductor Nicholas Hersh makes his Masterworks debut with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, “Reformation,” written to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, when Martin Luther established the Protestant Reformation. It includes the famous Dresden Amen. A noted arranger, Hersh introduces the first performance of his own orchestration of Clara Schumann’s piano collection “4 Pièces caractéristiques.”

Plan Your Visit

• 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.

• Saturday evening parking alert: CFHS Theatre is presenting a play at 7:00 p.m. This performance may cause parking congestion.

Music Notes

• Hersh has led the TSO twice before, both on Star Wars In Concert films.

• Erich Korngold won two Oscars including the score for The Adventures of Robin Hood.

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