Tito Muñoz, conductor
Mark Kosower, cello

Beethoven: Egmont Overture*+
Corigliano: Symphony No. 1
Dvorák: Cello Concerto *

Mark Kosower, Principal Cello of the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra, makes his Phoenix Symphony debut and joins Tito Muñoz for Antonín Dvorák’s rich and soulful Cello Concerto – “the most beautiful ever written for the instrument.” The program opens with John Corigliano’s two-time Grammy Award-winning Symphony No. 1, an unforgettable work that features an epic quilt-like weaving of themes memorializing the feelings of loss, anger and frustration.

*Coffee Classics performances feature one hour of select pieces and/or movements from the weekend Classics program. +Egmont Overture performed only at 11am Coffee Classics concert.