Music & Entertainment

Steven Moeckel

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Friday, January 17, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, January 19, 2014 at 2:00 PM

George Hanson, conductor
Steven Moeckel, violin

Corigliano: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra The Red Violin TSO PREMIERE
Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Complimentary “Concert Comments” with the conductor and guest artist take place one hour before the performance and give you insight into what you’re about to hear.

Film music takes center stage as former Concertmaster Steven Moeckel returns to the TSO to perform the popular and powerful concerto John Corigliano composed and Joshua Bell performed in The Red Violin. Mahler’s brilliant Fifth Symphony, with its plaintive, engrossing and moving Adagietto, was popularized by the classic film, Death in Venice.

Jennifer Johnson Cano, William Burden, Jordan Bisch

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Friday, February 14, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM

George Hanson, conductor
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
William Burden, tenor
Jordan Bisch, baritone

Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust TSO PREMIERE

Complimentary “Concert Comments” with the conductor and guest artist take place one hour before the performance and give you insight into what you’re about to hear.

Hector Berlioz composed The Damnation of Faust after being inspired by Goethe’s Faust and it is his rendering of the opus into musical form. The composition is divided into five parts- from the time Méphistophélès seduces Faust with the purity of Marguerite, her seduction by Faust, her pending execution and Faust’s pact with the devil to save her. A wonderful performance piece and a once in a lifetime event in Tucson with the TSO.

George Hanson calls this, “the single biggest project of this artistic and musical level that has ever been done in Tucson.” A collaboration with the Tucson Desert Song Festival, The Damnation of Faust will star some of the biggest names from the Metropolitan Opera today:

Jennifer Johnson Cano
“Effortlessly likable, but in both her voice and her manner there is also a hint of something steely. Ms. Johnson Cano has an honesty and assurance so impressive that you want to call it bravery.” The New York Times

William Burden
An outstanding reputation in a wide-ranging repertoire throughout Europe and North America, he has appeared at the Met, San Francisco, Seattle, New York City and Santa Fe Operas, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and La Scala.

Jordan Bisch
“A beautifully chocolaty yet well-focused bass.” Dallas Morning News. A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, he made his main stage debut there in Parsifal, and has since appeared in productions of Aida, Idomeneo, Roméo et Juliette and the new English language production of Il barbiere di Siviglia.

In partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival

Amit Peled

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Friday, March 14, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM

Edwin Outwater, guest conductor
Amit Peled, cello

Bates: Alternative Energy TSO PREMIERE
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Debussy: La Mer

Complimentary “Concert Comments” with the conductor and guest artist take place one hour before the performance and give you insight into what you’re about to hear.

A work by Chicago Symphony Composer-in-residence, Mason Bates, Alternative Energy incorporates contemporary electronic sounds into the orchestra’s performance. A montage of time travel from 1896 through 2222, the four movements alternate from whimsical to moving and eerie. Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1 is a work designed to show every capability of the cello and one which grabs the listener’s attention from the first few bars with its mellifluous melodies. Hearing the ocean from a thousand miles away in La Mer, Debussy’s imaginative, dramatic symphonic tone poem, is a fitting end to this exhilarating program.

Michael Cavanaugh

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Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 2:00 PM

George Hanson , conductor

MICHAEL CAVANAUGH - Songs of Billy Joel and more
Star of the Hit Broadway Musical Movin’ Out!

Star of the hit Broadway musical Movin’ Out!, Michael Cavanaugh is the New Voice of the American Rock & Roll Songbook. A charismatic performer, musician and actor, made famous for his piano/lead vocals in the Broadway Musical Movin’ Out, Michael Cavanaugh was handpicked by Billy Joel to star in the title role and evokes a style rivaling the Piano Man. His performance received accolade after accolade, culminating with both Grammy® and Tony award nominations.Now you will see him live, performing the hits of Billy Joel and Elton John as only he can. So get “movin’ out” of the house and get yourself to Tucson Music Hall for some fun!

The Critics on Michael Cavanaugh

“The New Voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook” - Billboard Magazine

“Brilliant” - Variety Magazine

“The Amazing Michael Cavanaugh” - The New York Times

“Phenomenal” Chicago Sun Times

“Terrific” - O Magazine

See and hear more at michaelcavanaugh.com

The Midtown Men

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Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM

THE MIDTOWN MEN
4 Stars from the Original Broadway Cast of Jersey Boys Show

They took the world by storm in one of the biggest hits of all-time as original cast members of Broadway’s Jersey Boys. Now they are together again as rock stars in their own right as THE MIDTOWN MEN. Tony Award winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer bring to life their favorite “Sixties Hits” from The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Motown, The Four Seasons and more. These guys keep iconic music from the ‘60s alive in the 21st century while giving it a new “twist.” Don’t miss the top-shelf choreography, incredible harmonies and legendary onstage chemistry that is THE MIDTOWN MEN!

View Midtown Men Promo Video

“Authenticity is the core of this musical brotherhood… the Midtown Men sound as crisp as their Rat Pack-inspired suits!” - NY Daily News

“... as good as popping Meet the Beatles on my turntable for the first time!” - Charles Alexander, Long Time Senior Editor, Time Magazine

See and hear more at www.themidtownmen.com

Cherish The Ladies

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Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM

George Hanson , conductor
CHERISH THE LADIES

When describing Cherish the Ladies, the critics say it best; “It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn’t enjoy what they do“, the Boston Globe, "An astonishing array of virtuosity“, the Washington Post, ”Expands the annals of Irish music in America, the music is passionate, tender and rambunctious", The New York Times. Cherish the Ladies have proven themselves worthy to live up to these accolades and in doing so have become one of the most engaging ensembles in the history of Irish music. They have shared the stage with such noted entertainers as James Taylor, Joan Baez, and Emmy Lou Harris and recorded with talents such as Vince Gill and Nanci Griffith. With their unique spectacular blend of virtuosi instrumental talents, beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements and stunning step dancing, this powerhouse group combines all the facets of Irish traditional culture making for an immensely humorous and entertaining evening.

More about the band
"The Ladies are first generation Irish-American with pride in their roots, a terrific sense of fun and heaps of music in their fingers and toes. Cherish the Ladies is their name and cherish them this enthusiastic Glasgow audience did." - Rob Adams, The Glasgow Herald (Scotland)

“One of the best nights of music I've ever heard…I can't rave enough about Cherish the Ladies!” - Oliver Sweeney, Hot Press Magazine (Dublin)

“Brava! Long may this ensemble continue.” - Earl Hitchner, The Irish Voice

“Among the highlights: bubbling good humor, infectious enthusiasm and the exuberant step dancing.” - Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times

See and hear more at cherishtheladies.com