Billy Joel and Elton John: Each awesome in his own right.
Their music together in a single evening: Awesome squared.
Hit songs from the two in the hands and instruments of featured performers and a live symphony orchestra: Fourfold fantastic!
Author: Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
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Telling Tchaikovsky
Nobody does it better than Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s Bravo Series opener “Totally Tchaikovsky,” October 7 at Thalia Mara Hall, is a full-concert indulgence in the master’s incomparable melodies and emotional range.
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If it’s Baroque, there’s a lot to it
There’s a reason that Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s annual “Beloved Baroque” concert is the first one on the season’s schedule each year, and it’s not just because this tried and true people-pleaser in the stunning venue of St. Andrew’s Cathedral is guaranteed to shake off summer doldrums for symphony lovers.
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‘Fresh Voices,’ fresh focus, fresh season ahead
How to freshen up a classic? How to fold in the new with the familiar and beloved, in a fresh way?
MSO Conductor and Music Director Crafton Beck has done it once again, fashioning a “Season of Fresh Voices” that puts MSO musicians in a fresh spotlight, brings exciting new compositions to audience’s ears for the first time, and homes in on relevant new connections for a fresh ear on revered masterworks.
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5 Things to Love about Pepsi Pops
The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s final chamber concert of the season – “Woodworth Array” – blooms with beauty and joy in the marvelously intimate space of Tougaloo College’s Woodworth Chapel, 7:30 p.m. April 15. Resonating in that historic setting, it takes listeners on a merry journey of music.
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Brilliant array of talent and masterworks make chamber concert a must
The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s final chamber concert of the season – “Woodworth Array” – blooms with beauty and joy in the marvelously intimate space of Tougaloo College’s Woodworth Chapel, 7:30 p.m. April 15. Resonating in that historic setting, it takes listeners on a merry journey of music.
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Cuellar keys into the ‘fun’ of Ravel concerto in MSO spotlight
The piano has been a lifelong, irresistible magnet for Scott Cuellar and when the guest artist takes his seat on the bench for Ravel’s Concerto in G at MSO’s Bravo Series finale April 1, he’ll continue a pattern set before he was even out of kindergarten.
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Instrumental dialogue is at the heart of ‘Spring Delights’
Aaron Copland’s Quiet City finds a favored spot with Linda Naef and Darcie Bishop, the MSO soloists who’ll bring its exquisite melodies to listeners’ ears and touch a chord or two of longing in the process.
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Nicholas Payton and MSO draw inspiration from Black music
The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s February 25 concert “Redefined,” with innovative guest trumpet virtuoso Nicholas Payton and his quartet, offers a fresh, bold look at more than a century of African American music.
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Big voice, big music and big moments for Shayna Steele
When a symphony orchestra supplies the music, singer Shayna Steele straps in and relishes the ride. “It is like being shot out of a cannon,” she says with a happy laugh and abundant respect.