MODESTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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Caroline Nickel
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For Immediate Release: April 13, 2024
(From left to right: Nicholas Hersh, music director; Tai Murray, violin; Modesto Symphony Orchestra)
Modesto Symphony Orchestra Performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto This April
April 12 & 13, 2024 - Modesto Symphony Orchestra performs the works of Bach, Farrenc, Mendelssohn, and Piazzolla in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto concerts.
MODESTO, CA – The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto on April 12 & 13, 2024 led by Music Director Nicholas Hersh. The weekend’s concerts will feature the MSO’s debut of the works of Argentinian-composer Astor Piazzolla’s Tangazo (Variations on Buenos Aires), and French-composer Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 in G minor. The program also includes an arrangement by Hersh of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue in G minor, also known as the “Little Fugue.” The concert will conclude with Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, featuring world-renowned violinist, Tai Murray as the soloist.
“The centerpiece of this concert is Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, a masterful blending of virtuoso violin technique and enchanting musical beauty,” says Music Director Nicholas Hersh. “From the soaring melody of its first movement to the effervescent gallop of the finale, there isn't a moment that won't captivate and delight our Gallo Center audiences. With violinist Tai Murray bringing her indefatigable energy to the concerto, too, this is truly a musical event not to be missed!”
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto will feature violin soloist, Tai Murray. Described by Muso Magazine as, “technically flawless…vivacious and scintillating,” in her playing style, Murray has earned global recognition and fame. After debuting at the age of nine with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, she went on to win the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004 and was named a BBC New Generation Artist (2008 through 2010). Murray has performed worldwide, including at BBC Proms, and with major ensembles such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
MODESTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, MENDELSSOHN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
Friday, April 12, 2024, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 7:30 pm
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Tai Murray, violin
PROGRAM
Astor Piazzolla: Tangazo (Variations on Buenos Aires)
Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Nicholas Hersh): Fugue in G minor, “Little Fugue”
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater
1000 I Street, Modesto
TICKETS:
Pricing: $20 / 36 / 52 / 72 / 94
$12 student tickets available at the Gallo Center Ticket Office. Students can purchase two $12 tickets with their student ID.
Ticketing information
Tickets are available online through ModestoSymphony.org or through the Gallo Center for the Arts Ticket Office at (209) 338-2100.
Group Prices available: Groups of 10+ receive a 15% discount on tickets. Call (209) 338-5064 for more information.
Gallo Center Ticket Office Hours: Monday through Friday 10:00am-6:00pm / Saturday 12:00pm-6:00pm
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The Modesto Symphony Orchestra is a Resident Company of The Gallo Center for the Arts. The DoubleTree Hotel is the official hotel of the MSO.
