Bravo Series

Bravo I: Opening Night

7:30 PM, Saturday, September 17, 2011
Thalia Mara Hall

Maurice Ravel’s La Valse (The Waltz) raises the curtain on the season, followed by Marta Szlubowska's performance of Max Bruch’s lyrical Violin Concerto No. 1 and Shostakovich’s riveting Symphony No. 5.

A free pre-concert lecture by Timothy Coker is available at the Mississippi Museum of Art (cash bar) at 6:45 PM.

The entire audience is invited to a complimentary reception with food and wine on the Fountain Court immediately following the concert.  Music will be provided by David Keary's HOT CLUB SWING!

SPECIAL NOTE:  Due to Maestro Crafton Beck’s recent shoulder surgery, guest conductor Leif Bjaland has been engaged to lead MSO in this exciting evening of music. See his bio below under FEATURED MUSICIANS, along with Concertmaster Marta Szlubowska's bio, which follows.

Bravo II: Hitchcock at Halloween

7:30 PM, Saturday, October 29, 2011
Thalia Mara Hall

Alfred Hitchcock chose Charles Gounod’s Funeral March of a Marionette for his playfully macabre television series—and what could be a better opener for concert performances of Alfred Schnittke’s haunting Ritual and Berlioz’s dazzling and delirious Symphonie Fantastique?

A free pre-concert lecture by Timothy Coker is available at the Mississippi Museum of Art (cash bar) at 6:45 PM.

Bravo III: The Grand Meets The Great

7:30 PM, Saturday, January 14, 2012
Thalia Mara Hall

Virtuoso Thomas Pandolfi will reach into your soul with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 before the full orchestra presents a rare performance of Franz Schubert’s epic Symphony No. 9 (The Great).

A free pre-concert lecture by Craig Young is available at the Mississippi Museum of Art (cash bar) at 6:45 PM. Pre-concert dinner options are outlined on our home page.

Bravo IV: Exotic, Eclectic & Electric

7:30 PM, Saturday, February 25, 2012
Thalia Mara Hall

The exotic Sinfonia India by Carlos Chavez starts an eclectic evening before violin virtuosa Stephanie Chase fronts the orchestra for Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade. Camille Saint-Saëns’ well-known blockbuster Symphony No. 3 (Organ) closes the concert.

A free pre-concert lecture by Timothy Coker is available at the Mississippi Museum of Art (cash bar) at 6:45 PM. Pre-concert dinner options are available at the Mississippi Museum of Art or Bravo! Italian Restaurant.

Bravo V: Ode to Joy

7:30 PM, Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thalia Mara Hall

Following Benjamin Britten’s Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell—more widely known as The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra—four soloists, a grand chorus and the full complement of the MSO bring down the curtain on the Bravo season with Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy).

A free pre-concert lecture by Timothy Coker is available at the Mississippi Museum of Art (cash bar) at 6:45 PM. Pre-concert dinner options are available at the Mississippi Museum of Art or Bravo! Italian Restaurant.