Mostly Mozart

Saturday, May 30 at 3 pm
First Presbyterian Church, Tyler

“Mozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music.” ~ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Composers throughout the last two centuries from Schubert to Schönberg greatly admired the musical genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His untimely and premature death in 1791 at the age of 35 was a terrible loss to music. From his earliest years, Mozart’s musical talent was cultivated by his father, violinist and composer Leopold Mozart, and the young boy toured the great courts and capitals of Europe alongside his sister Maria Anna “Nannerl”. His finest compositions display an ingenuity of compositional craft combined with delightful jest, heartfelt melody, and spirited drama.

Frustrated that his career had not yet moved out of Salzburg, Mozart wrote yet another symphony for the parochial listeners of his hometown in 1780; full of the prevailing musical clichés they adored. Even out of his annoyance, his Symphony No. 34 in C major turned out to be one of his most exuberant and charming symphonies. Alongside works of Franz Schubert and C.P.E. Bach, New Texas Sinfonia brings the season to a close with the brilliance and genius of Mozart.

New Texas Sinfonia
Weston Jennings, conductor

This program runs approximately 90 minutes with one intermission. 

$20 adults / students and children free admission
$15 early bird tickets available until May 1st!

Join us in the Sanctuary for a Pre-Concert Conversation with Music Director Weston Jennings 30 minutes prior to concert start time.