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!
Category: Featured & Guest Artists
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Billy Joel, Elton John hits are ‘Back to Back’ with MSO
Billy Joel, Elton John hits are ‘Back to Back’ with MSO Jeans ’n Classics returns to cover pop icons’ most beloved songs Jackson, Mississippi — The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra goes to the top of the pops charts with the welcome return of the Jeans ’n Classics band and a show celebrating the songs of two pop...
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MSO’s first-ever International Composition Competition winning work to debut at June’s Premier Orchestral Institute
MSO’s first-ever International Composition Competition winning work to debut at June’s Premier Orchestral Institute Jackson, Mississippi — Mississippi Symphony Orchestra announces the winner of its first-ever International Composition Competition leading up to the 2023 Premier Orchestral Institute set for June when the piece will debut. The inaugural winner Leonardo Federico Hoyos, a violin professor at...
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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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MSO concert hails elemental impact of Black music
MSO concert hails elemental impact of Black music Trumpet virtuoso Nicholas Payton and his quartet are guest artists Jackson, Mississippi — The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s highly anticipated February 25 concert puts the spotlight on two-time Grammy Award-winning luminary Nicholas Payton and his quartet, for an evening that salutes the fundamental role of Black artists and...
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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.
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Atzinger: Beethoven concerto ‘everything a pianist could want’
In Beethoven’s works, Atzinger finds there is “always a joy,” with new things to discover each time played, likening the experience to re-reading a world-class novel. “There’s always some unexplored avenue that will be interesting and intriguing.”