Masterworks 01: Enigma Variations
Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Masterworks 01: Enigma Variations
Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Featuring Tommy Mesa, Cello
Conductor, Timothy Muffitt
Our 95th season begins with a journey through musical lineage and stylistic homage, featuring cellist Tommy Mesa. The concert opens with Gala Flagello’s "Bravado," embodying dynamic energy, which paves the way to the classical grace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 “Paris”. This symphony's Rococo style echoes in Tchaikovsky’s "Variations on a Rococo Theme," performed by Mesa, where the cello dialogues with a theme reminiscent of the elegance Tchaikovsky admired in Mozart’s compositions. The program concludes with Edward Elgar’s "Enigma Variations," where the thematic genesis becomes a canvas for Elgar's rich, emotional landscapes, mirroring the evening’s exploration of known themes transformed into new, intricate musical narratives.
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Program
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Bravado
GALA FLAGELLOSymphony No. 31 “Paris”
W.A. MOZARTVariations on a Rococo Theme
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKYEnigma Variations
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Preview Conversatons with Jody Knol
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Preview Conversations begin at 6:45 PM before each Masterworks series performance.
Jody Knol blends insightful information about the featured composers, music, and guest artists. Preview Conversations give you a chance to hear selected passages of music, learn some of the histories of the music, and listen to the artists performing. PreViews are an excellent opportunity to feel more connected to the evening’s program and the musicians performing it.
Jody Knol began announcing classical music on 90.5 WKAR while a student at MSU in 1982. After receiving his degree in Interdisciplinary Humanities-music, theater, and political science. Jody worked as chief announcer for WMUK in Kalamazoo for two years before returning to WKAR in 1986. He currently hosts the morning classical program from 9:00am to 1:00pm on weekdays. Jody’s association with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra began in 1986 when he hosted LSO broadcasts on 90.5 Classical. Lansing Symphony recordings are now part of Great Lakes Concerts which Jody produces and hosts. Great Lakes Concerts air Saturday s at 12:00pm on 90.5 FM and WKAR.org, Sundays at 10:00am on WRCJ, Detroit, and Mondays at 6:00pm on Classical IPR, Interlochen. This is Jody’s fifteenth year hosting Lansing Symphony PreView Conversations.LSO PreView Conversations are generously sponsored by WKAR.