Quad City Symphony Orchestra presents “Up Close with Mesa-Zelek Duo”—an organ and cello recital. JULES MASSENET: Méditation from Thaïs—J.S. BACH: Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007–J.S. BACH: Fugue in D Major, BWV 532–NADIA BOULANGER: Trois Pieces—ALFRED LEFEBURE-WELY: Boléro de Concert, Op. 166–ANDREA CASARRUBIOS: SEVEN for Solo Cello—DANIEL FICCARI: Sonata for Organ […]

After releasing their debut album on Deutsche Grammophon, the Sphinx Virtuosi contend with their biggest season yet and present works by composers of diverse backgrounds on the biggest concert stages around the world. Specific tour dates coming soon.

Tommy Mesa returns to the Quad Cities to perform Andrea Casarrubios’s SEVEN for solo cello, a hauntingly beautiful tribute to the pandemic’s essential workers and those who lost their lives, followed by Jessie Montgomery’s Divided for cello and orchestra, which finds beauty amid conflict and chaos.

Cellist Tommy Mesa returns to the Quad Cities to perform Andrea Casarrubios’s SEVEN for solo cello, a hauntingly beautiful tribute to the pandemic’s essential workers and those who lost their lives, followed by Jessie Montgomery’s Divided for cello and orchestra, which finds beauty amid conflict and chaos.

Mischa Santora, conductor— SAINT-SAËNS: Concerto No. 1 in A minor—JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Divided for cello and orchestra

Andrew Constantine, conductor DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor

Stuart Malina, conductor SAINT-SAËNS: Concerto No. 1 in A minor—JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Divided for cello and orchestra

Stuart Malina, conductor SAINT-SAËNS: Concerto No. 1 in A minor—JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Divided for cello and orchestra

Cello and Piano Recital—Repertoire TBD

Co-curators Thomas Mesa and Melissa White bring together two entities—the Sphinx Organization and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra—to create a chamber music series that programs great music by Black and Latinx composers.  This concert’s repertoire and personnel are currently TBD.

Andrew Constantine, conductor JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Divided for cello and orchestra (TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme will not be featured on the matinee concert but will be on the 7:30pm concert that evening)