Tito Munoz, conductor Melita Hunsinger, cello The Phoenix Symphony Chorus Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra Bernstein: 3 Meditations from Mass Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Music Director Tito Munoz leads a distinctly American program dedicated to the late composer, conductor, educator, […]
Tito Munoz, conductor Mark Kosower, cello Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 Dvorak: Cello Concerto Mark Kosower, Pricipal Cello of the world renowned Cleveland Orchestra, makes his Phoenix Symphony debut and joins Tito Munoz for Antonin Dvoark’s grand and noble Cello Concerto. The program begins with John […]
Maestro Tito Munoz returns for a powerful performance of Shostakovitch’s Symphony No.7, a patriotic hymn to his hometown of Leningrad and a rallying cry to the foes of fascist Russia. This large orchestral work masterfully fuses Shostakovich’s emotional themes and motifs into “music written with the heart’s blood”. Prescott favorite, Concertmaster Steven Moeckel joins this program with a breathless performance of Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto. To Open, maestro Munoz once again features the music of young American composer Adam Schoenberg for the third straight season, this time presenting Schoenberg’s idyllic and lyrical Canto inspired by the birth of his son.
