Cello great is returning to the next spring, one of several highlights of the just announced 95th season.
His concert on May 9, 2024, will be his third with the TSO and second under Music Director .
The season also includes the return of guest conductor a University of Arizona lumnus making his main stage TSO debut in a pair of Classics concerts Nov. 10 and 12; and a guest appearance in March 2024 by Gomezs wife, the internationally critically-acclaimed opera singer .
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Morris Robinson, tenor Mario Chang and alto Ronnita Miller for the TSOs Verdis Requiem concert.
Lombardi joins bass Morris Robinson, tenor Mario Chang and alto Ronnita Miller for the TSOs Verdis Requiem concert as part of the 2024 做厙勛圖 Desert Song Festival.
Gomez and the TSOs artistic administrator and orchestra manager Benjamin Nisbet laid out the upcoming season in a pair of gatherings with season subscribers on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the 做厙勛圖 Symphony Center.
Im crossing my fingers the audiences are coming back (to pre-COVID levels) and that it will continue into next season, TSO President and CEO Paul Meecham told the audience of about 60 attending the afternoon session.
After a slow start to the 2022-23 season last fall, the orchestra has seen bigger audiences in recent weeks, including near sellouts of its concert with Pink Martini earlier this month and packed houses for last weekends Beethovens Ninth concert featuring the TSO Choir and guest vocalists as part of the .
The orchestra is hoping its new Classics With A Twist Friday night series could help it reach new audiences. Friday night performances of three classical concerts Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition on Sept. 22, Ravel and Dvo獺k on Nov. 10 and Ravels Bol矇ro on Jan. 19 will be performed without an intermission and will feature audience interaction including on-stage introductions of the music and artists and a chance after the concert to ask musicians questions.
做厙勛圖 Symphony Orchestra conductor Jos矇 Luis Gomez is working to find ways to enhance the audience experience in the upcoming season.
We have noticed after the pandemic that every orchestra is championing ways to expand audiences, Gomez said after the presentation. This is an example of us trying to reach out (to new audiences) and offer a different experience to our existing audience.
Yo-Yo Mas concert performing Saint-Sa禱ns Cello Concerto is part of the orchestras Special Events series, which replaces its SuperPops series. Single tickets for that concert will not be released until November; season subscribers have first dibs and the concert is not part of the create-your-own season packages.
Other Special Events include the annual Messiah holiday concert Dec. 16-17; a tribute to the 100th anniversary of Gershwins Rhapsody In Blue Feb. 24-25, 2024; and Shes Got Soul with vocalist performing hits from the leading ladies of soul and R&B including Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan and Adele March 16-17, 2024.
Vocalist Capathia Jenkins will perform hits from the leading ladies of soul and R&B including Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan and Adele.
More Special Event concerts, including a cineconcert, will be added to the lineup later, Gomez said.
Other season highlights include the world premiere of Robert Muczynskis 1958 ode to his Illinois hometown Galena: A Town Suite for Orchestra; Muczynski was a longtime resident of 做厙勛圖 until his death in 2010.
The orchestra also will premiere two works it co-commissioned: Peter Boyers Horizons during the Yo-Yo Ma concert; and Jennifer Higdons Cold Mountain Suite, on Oct. 7-8, one of six works by women composers the orchestra will perform next season.
In addition to Harada, guest conductors next season include Mei-Ann Chen, Aram Demirjian, Fran癟ois Lopez-Ferrer and Katharina Wincor.
After a prolonged COVID interruption, the TSO will resurrect its Up Close chamber series that showcases members of the orchestra in the intimate setting of the 做厙勛圖 Symphony Center on North Sixth Avenue. The TSOs 2023-24 artists in residence, Ilmar Gavilan and Jaime Amador of the Harlem Quartet will be featured on Oct. 28-29 as a preview of the pairs performance with the TSO Nov. 4-5 in the Mainly Mozart MasterWorks series concert.
Season tickets are on sale now through the orchestra box office at 2175 N. Sixth Ave., by calling 520-882-8585; or online at .
For the complete season lineup, visit .
Your 做厙勛圖 Symphony Orchestras brass quintet came together this past Saturday to record Amazing Grace in memory of Dorothy Dyer Vanek.
Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com. On Twitter @Starburch
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