(Seguin) — The Mid-Texas Symphony will present its final performance of its current season on Sunday in Jackson Auditorium at Texas Lutheran University.
MTS Conductor Akiko Fujimoto says the show will feature the Pines of Rome, which she describes as a barn burner, that will delight the audience.
“It is a study of the city of Rome, throughout history, from the perspective of the pine trees that are standing over the city in different iconic locations of the city. It’s got history. It’s got nature. It’s got, a kind of, spirituality. It has everything about it. It’s a very moving piece, and also very picturesque. You can just picture people and trees and catacombs. You can just picture things going on in the city of Rome,” said Fujimoto.
The performance will also feature guest artist, Rachel Cheung, an award winner from the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Fujimoto says Cheung is an amazing piano player who will help to bring to life an amazing piece written by Rachmaninoff.
“She is from the newest crop of prize winners, and we are very, very happy to get her. Being an audience prize winner, means that she connected well with the audience (at the competition). She wasn’t just a virtuosic pianist, which she is. I think that’s sort of the model of the Mid-Texas Symphony. We want to play great music well, but we also really want to connect with our audience. That’s why we asked her (to perform), because we want somebody who is going to do that with our audience. I think she will do a great job playing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,” said Fujimoto.
The final performance of the 2021-2022 season begins at 4 p.m. Sunday in Jackson Auditorium. Tickets are available online at mtsymphony.org, or by calling the Mid-Texas Symphony box office at 830-463-5353.