2024-2025 “Musical Journeys”
Tucson Series (Sunday afternoon) tickets
Season tickets for our Sunday afternoon series at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church are $140 and can be purchased at the link below. Individual concert tickets are $28 will be on sale soon. All Sunday concerts begin at 3:00 p.m. and students may attend free (100% discount).
DesertView Performing Arts Center
(Saturday evening) tickets
Available soon: Tickets to Saturday performances at SaddleBrooke are purchased through the SaddleBrooke website. Please visit or call the Administration Office (520) 825-2818 or visit https://dvpac.net/ for more information.
Cycle 1 – October 12 and 13
AMERICA, GERMANY AND RUSSIA
Charles Ives: “The Unanswered Question” (America)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 (Germany)
Featured soloists: Lauren Roth, violin, Theodore Buchholz, cello, Fanya Lin, piano
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade” Op. 35 (Russia)
Johann Strauss Sr.: Radetzky March
Michael Stelman, guest conductor
Cycle 2 – November 9 and 10
ITALY AND GERMANY
Guest conductor: Francesco Di Mauro (Italy)
Gioachino Rossini: “William Tell” Overture (Italy)
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (Germany)
Featured soloist: Janet Sung, violin
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 “Italian” (Germany)
Cycle 3 – February 1 and 2
AMERICA, RUSSIA AND ROMANIA
Leroy Anderson: “The Waltzing Cat” (America)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (Russia)
Featured soloist: Paolo Scafarella (Italy), piano
Sergei Prokofiev: “Lieutenant Kijé” Suite (Russia)
Georges Enescu: “Romanian Rhapsody” No. 1 (Romania)
Cycle 4 – March 8 and 9
OPERA AND SONGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Antônio Carlos Gomes: “Il Guarany Overture” (Brazil)
Giacomo Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut (Italy)
Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo (Spain)
Victoriano Valencia: San Pelayo (Fandango) (Spain)
Choi Sung-hwan: Arirang Fantasy (North Korea)
Arias and ensembles from operas, with Yunah Lee, soprano; Kristin Dauphinais, mezzo soprano; Justin Kroll, tenor; TBA, baritone
Cycle 5 – April 12 and 13
BRAZIL, RUSSIA, SPAIN AND FRANCE
Alberto Nepomuceno: Batuque (Brazil)
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 (Prelúdio) (Brazil)
Dmitri Shostakovich (Russia): Piano Concerto No. 2
Featured Soloist: Antonio Di Cristofano (Italy), piano
Manuel de Falla: Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2 (Spain)
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 (France)
Maurice Ravel: Bolero (France)
Cycle 6 – May 11 and 12
Peter Boyer: “ELLIS ISLAND: THE DREAM OF AMERICA”
The event is on May 11th at 3pm, tickets are $30 per person. Payment will be collected separately by a staff member from the Tucson JCC. For questions related to the event please call the Tucson JCC at (520) 299-3000 during normal business hours.