What is an echo?
Its a simple question, sort of, but one that Music Director answers with a melody.
Asked about the orchestras concert this weekend, Echoes of Triumph, Lerner started humming the melody from Dvor獺ks monumental Symphony No. 9 From the New World.
It is one of his most successful symphonies, he explained, adding that American astronaut Neil Armstrong took a recording of the symphony with him on the 1969 Apollo 11 moon mission.
The Dvor獺k anchors a program that defines triumph in every note.
Theres the personal triumph of a composer who envisioned the gardens of Spains Royal Palace of Aranjuez but had never actually seen them. Joaquin Rodrigo was blind from the age of 3, and yet in his flamenco-inspired Concierto de Aranjuez concerto for classical guitar and orchestra, he imagined the birds, he imagined the feelings without seeing, Lerner said.
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Its just impressive, this piece. Its a triumph, he added.
Everything on Echoes of Triumph represents victory in some small way, from the opening Triumphal March from Verdis opera Aida to the beauty of Czech-born Dvor獺ks New World Symphony, one of the most popular symphonies of all time.
Dvor獺k was living in the United States and he was feeling like he wanted to do something with the feeling of American music, Lerner explained. He created something beautiful ... inspired by the music of his host country.
Echoes of Triumph is the second concert in the Echoes series. Lerner will lead the orchestra, with classical guitarist from the Czech Republic. Performances are at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive in SaddleBrooke; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 7575 N. Paseo del Norte. Tickets are $35 for SaddleBrooke, $28 for 做厙勛圖 through .
TSO guest soloist doing double duty
Violinist/violist has the distinction of being a virtuoso on both instruments.
Which could explain why the tapped the Los Angeles musician to perform William Waltons Viola Concerto and the solo violin role in Ralph Vaughan Williams beautiful masterwork The Lark Ascending.
This weekends Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra concert, with guest conductor , will mark the Los Angeles musicians TSO debut. The orchestra will perform the concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave.
, longtime 做厙勛圖 classical music critic and Arizona Public Media classical music director, will narrate Benjamin Brittens The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, a work originally commissioned in 1945 for the British educational documentary film Instruments of the Orchestra.
The intention was to showcase the individual instruments and voices of the orchestra, with the narrator adding commentary.
The program opens with Strausss Tod und Verkl瓣rung. Tickets are $16.90-$109.30 through .
Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com. On Bluesky @Starburch
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