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Please join an orchestra of New York’s finest freelance musicians for a program exploring Mozart’s first steps into compositional maturity, Tchaikovsky’s ode to his favorite composer (Mozart), and Wagner’s symphonic poem for chamber orchestra, written for an intimate birthday performance for his second wife, Cosima.

November 17, 8 PM

$10 suggested donation

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina

Mozart: Symphony 29 in A Major

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Thomas Cunningham, Conductor

For more information, please visit:
www.ThomasCunningham.us
or
http://www.csschurch.org/events/concert-events/mozart-writ-largewagner-writ-small/

Thomas Cunningham recently made his New York City debut conducting a performance of Tchaikovsky’s final opera, Iolanta, for Opera Slavica. He is conductor of the Ripieno Ensemble, and works regularly with The Princeton Festival, Opera Slavica, and The CoOPERAtive program. Previously, he has assisted on productions ranging from Jenůfa and Eugene Onegin, to Alcina, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte. Mr. Cunningham’s previous engagements include Berkshire Choral Festival, Bard SummerScape, Westminster Opera Theater and OperaMODO. He is a graduate of Westminster Choir College.

Upcoming projects include a return to the CoOPERAtive program to serve as chorus master and assistant conductor on La fille du régiment.