The Masters: Mozart + Mahler
featuring Terrence Wilson, piano
Described as one of the biggest pianistic talents of the past 25 years, Terrence Wilson traverses the gamut of human emotions in Mozart’s 23rd Piano Concerto. It’s been said that Mozart’s piano concertos lift the listener to a higher level. Experience the journey from elegant serenity to the depths of despair and back up in a romp of light-hearted gaiety.
Gustav Mahler once said, “A symphony must be like the world; it must contain everything.” He tries to accomplish that in one of the most remarkable first symphonies ever composed. The Wichita Symphony brings its largest assembly of musicians of the season to create a palette of orchestral colors and musical imagery, evoking the sounds of nature at dawn to folk tunes, brass fanfares, Klezmer music, and an imagined funeral march by forest creatures. A stormy and violent finale gives way to a spectacular and memorable conclusion that will have you jumping to your feet.
W.A. MOZART Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488
featuring Terrence Wilson, piano
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Arrive Early for Concert Talks
If you’d like to learn more about the music in our concert programs, Concert Talks are just what you need! Before every Masterworks Concert, the Wichita Symphony Orchestra will present pre-concert talks which help prepare you and deepen your understanding of the music to be performed in the program. Sometimes our guest soloists even join Maestro Hege for a discussion of their concerto collaboration! Free to all ticket holders, Concert Talks take place in the Concert Hall one hour prior to each Masterworks performance.
