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MAHLER'S FIFTH SYMPHONY Tucson Symphony Orchestra José Luis Gomez, conductor Joyce Yang, piano Conrad Jones, trumpet Program Giuseppe Martucci: Notturno Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Friday, 15 March 2019 This was a spectacularly conceived and executed concert. Innocently enough, Martucci's oh-so-mellow and harmonious 'Notturno', from 1888, opened the action; waves of carefully crafted smooth sonorities, gathering just enough momentum to gently crest, roll, and release into the shoreline... This was the beautiful calm before the onrushing high Russian comedy, and the full Viennese  Sturm und Drang  to follow. BLOKE WITH A JOKE If you were never a Shostakovich fan before, you are a Shostakovich fan now! And if you knew nothing about Joyce Yang's expressive skills, her ability to react in the moment to the inanity of some incredibly difficult piano writing, and to fully act out the dominant dramatic role w

TSO Chamber Strings, soloists José Luis Gomez, Ann Weaver, James Karrer, and Lauren Roth (photo by Alexander Lipay) José Luis Gomez Plays Mozart Tucson Symphony Orchestra Catalina Foothills HS Auditorium Friday, 8 March 2019 SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1799! The first half of this evening's program, the 'Wind Serenade in #12, in C Minor' and the 'String Serenade #6, in D Major' proved once again that, "Most of the best music ever written, was composed by Mozart." What a THRILL to have an octet of TSO principal and second Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, and Clarinet players take on a rather serious Serenade by that musical genius / wildman of the late 18th Century, and in a venue that well-favors chamber music -- WOW. The oboe and clarinet dominate the melodic writing, yet the bassoon and horn parts are fully integral to this ensemble, and only rarely do the doubled instruments double each others lines. Follow the driving repeated