LexPhil: Transfigurations

LexPhil returns to the Singletary Center for the Arts for a performance and the conclusion of the organization’s search for its new music director and conductor. Conductor Finalist Julia Tai will lead the orchestra in works by Missy Mazzoli, Bloch and Mendelssohn. Inspired by her travels through the industrial landscape of Detroit and the silhouette of the River Rouge Auto Plant, Missy Mazzoli’s “River Rouge Transfiguration” reimagines the grit and noise of Motor City into a resonant work for orchestra. World-renowned cellist Gary Hoffman joins LexPhil as soloist for composer Ernest Bloch’s “Schelomo; Hebraic Rhapsody,” a work that embodies the spirit and sound of traditional Jewish music dating back thousands of years. The evening ends with Mendelssohn’s melodic Symphony No. 3, “Scottish,” his masterwork inspired by his travels as a young composer through Scotland.