Tommy Mesa, cello
Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor
The season finale of Rochester Symphony ignites in celebration with the fiery and sensual Danse Bacchanale. The intimate longing of Dvořák's soulful cello concerto sparks the spirit of fantasy in Scheherazade, where a tale of beauty and resilience amidst danger is carried by one of the most sweeping and lush orchestral scores of all time.
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–91)
Fantasia No. 3 in D Minor, K397 (ca. 1782)
Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
7 Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen,” WoO 49 (1801)
Tommy Mesa, cello
Danny Driver, piano
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
Réminiscences de Don Juan (1841)
Orion Weiss, piano
Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
Fantasy on Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Op. 54 (c. 1900)
Lun Li, violin
Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93)
From Mozartiana, Suite No. 4, Op. 61 (1887) (arr. for piano)
No. 3 Preghiera
Danny Driver and Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Anton Reicha (1770–1836)
18 Variations and Fantasy on a Theme from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Op. 51 (1804)
Keith Bonner, flute
Luosha Fang ’11, violin
Tommy Mesa, cello
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Novelette in C Major, for piano solo, FP 47 (1927)
Danny Driver, piano
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
String Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85 (1940–41)
Ariel Quartet
Luosha Fang ’11, viola
Tommy Mesa, cello
Sofia Gubaidulina's Canticle of the Sun alongside conductor Beth Willer and the Peabody Conservatory choral division.
Olga Kern, piano
Tommy Mesa, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Sonata in D minor
ANDREA CASARRUBIOS 24 Mozas
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Elegy
SAMUEL BARBER Sonata for Cello and Piano
NADIA BOULANGER Trois Pièces
AARON COPLAND Waltz and Celebration from Billy the Kid
Olga Kern, piano
Tommy Mesa, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Sonata in D minor
ANDREA CASARRUBIOS 24 Mozas
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Elegy
SAMUEL BARBER Sonata for Cello and Piano
NADIA BOULANGER Trois Pièces
AARON COPLAND Waltz and Celebration from Billy the Kid
Olga Kern, piano
Tommy Mesa, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Sonata in D minor
ANDREA CASARRUBIOS 24 Mozas
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Elegy
SAMUEL BARBER Sonata for Cello and Piano
NADIA BOULANGER Trois Pièces
AARON COPLAND Waltz and Celebration from Billy the Kid
Tommy Mesa, cello
Thomas Heuser, conductor
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
Antonín Dvořák: Concerto for Cello in B Minor, Op. 10
Tommy Mesa, cello
Thomas Heuser, conductor
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
Antonín Dvořák: Concerto for Cello in B Minor, Op. 10
Kevin Zhu, violin
Tommy Mesa, cello
Albert Cano Smit, piano
Anton Rist, clarinet
William Short, bassoon
Billy R. Hunter Jr., trumpet
Rupert Boyd, guitar
CAFÉ MUSIC
From Martinů's delightfully zany ballet La revue de cuisine (The Kitchen Review) and Rossini's whimsical piano miniature Anchovies to James Grant's Triple Mocha Indulgence for bassoon and piano and Paul Schoenfield's exuberant piano trio Café Music, this mouthwatering program serves up a delicious menu of musical delicacies.
Performed by an all-star ensemble of internationally acclaimed soloists, rising young virtuosos, and principal musicians of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Café Music promises a sparkling afternoon of musical wit, dazzling virtuosity, and culinary panache.
Lucie Robert, Violin
Cong Wu, viola
Tommy Mesa, cello
Jeffrey Cohen, piano
Risa Hokamura, violin
Michael Xiaopeng Wang
COPLAND ARR. BERNSTEIN El Salón México
FRANÇAIX String Trio No. 2 in C Major
PROKOFIEV Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56
DVOŘÁK Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87
