The Music of Vienna Waltzes into Phoenix Thanksgiving Weekend

Mozart’s Jeunehomme Piano Concerto and favorite Strauss Waltzes to delight audiences at Phoenix Symphony Hall November 27 – 29

PHOENIX – As a Thanksgiving tribute to the forefathers of European symphonic music, The Phoenix Symphony will perform works from Alfred Schnittke, Johann Strauss and 2009/10 Spotlight Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. To honor their contributions, The Phoenix Symphony will present a cornucopia of waltzes and polkas November 27 – 29 including Mozart’s Jeunehomme Piano Concerto with guest artist Orion Weiss and Strauss’ On the Beautiful Blue Danube.

Mr. Weiss, a Juilliard graduate, has performed with numerous orchestras including Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, New World Symphony, Vancouver Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic. In the Spring of 2008, he released his debut recording, a recital disc for Yarlung Records. A native of Lyndhurst, Ohio, Mr. Weiss attended the Cleveland Institute of Music. In February of 1999, Mr. Weiss made his Cleveland Orchestra debut performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

The November 27 and 28 concerts at Symphony Hall, sponsored by Barbara and Friederich Stoiber, begin at 8 p.m. A third concert will be held at Mesa Arts Center on November 29 at 2 p.m.

Tickets for “Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas” range from $22 to $72 for the concerts at Symphony Hall and $22 to $52 at Mesa Arts Center. All tickets can be purchased by calling the Phoenix Symphony Box Office at 602-495-1999 or by visiting www.phoenixsymphony.org. Season tickets are still available with packages of Choose Your Own 4 concerts for as low as $80!

Other highlights of The Phoenix Symphony’s 2009/10 Classics Season, sponsored by US Airways, include “Basil Twist Master Peter’s Puppet Show” (January 14 – 16) and “Vivaldi/Piazzolla: Eight Seasons” (January 22 – 23), and “Gershwin Piano Concerto” (February 4 – 6).
Published on behalf of The Phoenix Symphony:

Published on behalf of The Phoenix Symphony
The Phoenix Symphony has been proudly serving the citizens of the Phoenix metropolitan area and Arizona since 1947. What began as an occasional group of musicians performing a handful of concerts each year (in a city of fewer than 100,000 people) today serves more than 300,000 people annually, with almost 200 concerts and presentations throughout the greater Phoenix area and beyond.

Under the artistic leadership of Michael Christie as the Virginia G. Piper Music Director and administrative leadership of President Maryellen H. Gleason, the orchestra is overseen by the non-profit Phoenix Symphony Association under Board Chairman C.A. Howlett.

The Phoenix Symphony presents an annual season from September through the beginning of June, featuring full-length classical and pops concerts at Symphony Hall in downtown Phoenix, as well as concerts in Scottsdale, Mesa, Prescott and throughout central Arizona. The Symphony performs for more than 80,000 students and children, helping to introduce music to new generations through a variety of education and youth-engagement programs.

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