Sheboygan Symphony in Works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Jessie Montgomery, and Carlos Simon

In Monday’s (3/2) Sheboygan Press (Wisconsin), Brandon Reid writes, “The Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra will bring the music of Mozart, Tchaikovsky and a Grammy Award-winning composer to the stage Saturday. In a 7:30 p.m. March 8 concert at Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts, the symphony will perform Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, Grammy Award winner Jessie Montgomery’s Overture and Carlos Simon’s ‘Fate Now Conquers.’ ‘Jessie Montgomery, known for her innovative compositions that blend classical music with elements of vernacular music and social consciousness, has written a colorful, turbulent overture that explodes with life,’ said Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi, SSO music director, a news release…. ‘Virtuosic cellist Hannah Holman will electrify the stage with Tchaikovsky’s ‘Variations on a Rococo Theme,’ he added…. Jonathan Winkle, SSO executive director, added, ‘Mozart’s last symphony, No. 41, is simply put, one of the greatest works in classical music, a beautiful and remarkable synthesis of mind and heart.’… The SSO has two other concerts remaining this season. March 16 will be a fundraising concert to support the [Sheboygan Symphony Chorus] trip to Carnegie Hall in May…. May 17 is the season finale, which pairs contemporary composer Ingrid Stolzel’s ‘City Beautiful’ with … Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 … and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2.”