Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Mexico City Philharmonic and John Novacek, piano
September 28, 2019, 6:00pm
September 29, 2019, 12:30pm

John Novacek returns to perform Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with the Mexico City Philharmonic. Scott Yoo conducts Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony to conclude the program.

Nielsen Symphony No. 5

Mexico City Philharmonic and Grace Park, violin
September 21, 2019, 6:00pm
September 22, 2019, 12:30pm

Naumberg Violin Competition winner Grace Park makes her first appearances with the Mexico City Philharmonic in Nielsen’s Violin Concerto. Scott Yoo concludes the program with Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5.

Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor

Festival Mozaic
Harold J. Miossi CPAC at Cuesta College
August 4, 2019, 2:30pm

Pianist Christopher Shih joins Scott Yoo, Aeolus Quartet violist Caitlin Lynch and Baltimore Symphony Principal cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski in Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G minor.

Brahms Serenade No. 1

Festival Mozaic Orchestra and Robert Belinić, guitar
August 3, 2019, 7:30pm
Harold J. Miossi CPAC at Cuesta College

Virtuoso guitarist Robert Belinić joins Scott Yoo and the Festival Mozaic Orchestra in Rodrigo’s Fantasía para un gentilhombre. Scott Yoo leads Brahms’ First Serenade and deFalla’s Three-Cornered Hat.

Haydn’s Military Symphony

Festival Mozaic Orchestra, Jonah Kim, cello and Fei Xie, bassoon
July 31, 2019 7:30pm
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

Principal bassoonist of the Minnesota Orchestra Fei Xie performs Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto, and Jonah Kim performs the Haydn C Major Cello Concerto in a program that includes Haydn’s Military Symphony.

Baroque in the Vines

Festival Mozaic Orchestra and Xiaodi Liu, oboe
July 27, 2019, 7:30 pm
Serra Chapel (formerly Chapel Hill)

Oboe virtuoso Xiaodi Liu performs Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in a program that includes works by Handel and Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti.

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

Colorado College Music Festival Orchestra, Annamarie Zmolek, soprano and Brian Major, baritone
Celeste Theater, Cornerstone Performing Arts Center
June 22, 2019, 7:30pm

Soprano Annamarie Zmolek and baritone Brian Major join Scott Yoo and the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble in a performance of Brahms’ Requiem.

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Colorado College Music Festival Orchestra
Celeste Theater, Cornerstone Performing Arts Center
June 11, 2019, 7:30pm

The Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestra performs Rimsky-Koraskov’s Scheherazade and Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun.

Verdi Requiem

Mexico City Philharmonic
April 13, 2019, 6:00pm
Monumento a la Revolución

Soprano Alejandra Sandoval, mezzo soprano Carla López Speziale, tenor Joel Montero, and bass-baritone Carsten Wittmoser join Scott Yoo, the Mexico City Philharmonic, and the Philharmonic Chorus in a free concert of Verdi’s Requiem for an estimated 25,000 people at the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City.

Dvořák Symphony No. 5

Mexico City Philharmonic
March 9, 2019, 6:00pm
March 10, 2019, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo leads the Mexico City Philharmonic in Dvořák’s rarely performed masterpiece.

Tchaikovsky / Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet

Mexico City Philharmonic
March 2, 2019, 6:00pm
March 3, 2019, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo leads the Mexico City Philharmonic in two Russian renditions of Shakespeare’s classic tale.

Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1

February 24, 2019, 3:00pm
Festival Mozaic Wintermezzo
Congregation Beth David

Pianist Anna Polonsky and cellist Bion Tsang perform Britten’s Cello Sonata. Scott Yoo joins them in Mendelssohn’s first Piano Trio.

Sibelius Symphony No. 1

Mexico City Philharmonic
February 2, 2019, 6:00pm
February 3, 2019, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo leads the Mexico City Philharmonic in Sibelius’ first symphony, and the world premiere of a new work by composer Marcela Rodríguez.

All-Brahms

Mexico City Philharmonic and Erika Dobosiewicz, violin
January 26, 2019, 6:00pm
January 27, 2019, 12:30pm

Mexico City Philharmonic Concertmaster Erika Dobosiewicz performs the Brahms Violin Concerto on this all-Brahms program.

Mahler Symphony No. 6

Mexico City Philharmonic
November 17, 2018, 6:00pm
November 18, 2018, 12:30pm
November 23, 2018, 6:00pm Sala Nezahualcoyotl

Scott Yoo conducts the mammoth Sixth Symphony by Gustav Mahler in three concerts with the Mexico City Philharmonic.

All-Prokofiev

Mexico City Philharmonic
November 10, 2018, 6:00pm
November 11, 2018, 12:30pm

Mexico City Philharmonic Concertmaster Erika Dobosiewicz performs the Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 on this all-Prokofiev program featuring the Fifth Symphony.

Dvořák Bass Quintet

October 27, 2018, 3:00pm
Festival Mozaic Wintermezzo
United Methodist Church

Violist Ben Ullery, cellist Jonah Kim, bassist Susan Cahill, and violinists Scott Yoo and Jason Uyeyama perform Dvořák’s Bass Quintet at Festival Mozaic.

Mexico City Philharmonic at the Cervantino Festival

Mexico City Philharmonic and Gabriela Herrera, soprano
October 13, 2018, 6:00pm
Teatro del Bicentenario

The Mexico City Philharmonic returns to the Cervantino Festival to perform Shostakovich’s epic 11th Symphony. Gabriela Herrera returns to sing Strauss’ Four Last Songs.

Shostakovich Symphony No. 11

Mexico City Philharmonic and Anabel de la Mora, soprano
October 6, 2018, 6:00pm
October 7, 2018, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Tlateloco Massacre in Mexico City. Anabel de la Mora joins in Strauss’ Four Last Songs.

Respighi Pines of Rome

Mexico City Philharmonic and Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
September 8, 2018, 6:00pm
September 9, 2018, 12:30pm

Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio returns to the Mexico City Philharmonic to perform the second Brahms Piano Concerto. The Philharmonic concludes the program with Respighi’s Pines of Rome.

Schubert Cello Quintet

Festival Mozaic
July 29, 2018, 3:00pm
Cuesta College Performing Arts Center

Scott Yoo, Aurelia Duca, Maurycy Banaszek, Jonah Kim, and Michael Katz perform Schubert’s landmark Cello Quintet.

Beethoven Symphony No. 7

Festival Mozaic Orchestra
July 28, 2018, 8:00pm
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

Scott Yoo leads the Festival Mozaic Orchestra in Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks, Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.

Haydn Symphony No. 101

Festival Mozaic Orchestra and Anna Polonsky, piano
July 25, 2018, 7:30 pm
Mission San Miguel Arcángel

Virtuoso pianist Anna Polonsky joins Scott Yoo and the Festival Mozaic Orchestra in Mozart’s 19th Piano Concerto. The program concludes with Mozart’s 31st Symphony and Haydn’s Clock Symphony.

Handel Water Music

Festival Mozaic Orchestra and Joseph Brent, mandolin
July 21, 2018, 7:30 pm
Serra Chapel (formerly Chapel Hill)

The Festival Mozaic performs the first Suite from Handel’s Water Music, and Joseph Brent performs two Vivaldi Mandolin Concertos.

Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

Mexico City Philharmonic and Bion Tsang, cello
May 5, 2018, 6:00pm
May 6, 2018, 12:30pm

Cellist Bion Tsang returns to the Mexico City Philharmonic to perform the Enesco Symphonie Concertante. Scott Yoo leads Saint-Saëns’ Third Symphony.

Sibelius Symphony No. 7

Mexico City Philharmonic and Fumiaki Miura, violin
April 28, 2018, 6:00pm
April 29, 2018, 12:30pm

Japanese violinist Fumiaki Miura makes his first appearance with the Mexico City Philharmonic in Britten’s Violin Concerto. Scott Yoo conducts Sibelius’ Seventh.

Beethoven’s Ninth at the Zocalo

Mexico City Philharmonic and Chorus
March 25, 2018, 6:00pm
Zocalo

Soprano Gabriela Herrera, mezzo soprano Maria Luisa Tamez, tenor Alan Pingarron, and bass-baritone Carsten Wittmoser join Scott Yoo, the Mexico City Philharmonic, and the Philharmonic Chorus in a free concert of Beethoven’s Ninth for an estimated 25,000 people at the Zocalo in Mexico City.

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2

Mexico City Philharmonic and Anna Polonsky, piano
March 3, 2018, 6:00pm
March 4, 2018, 12:30pm

Anna Polonsky returns to the Mexico City Philharmonic to perform Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. Scott Yoo conducts Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony.

Roussel Serenade

February 25, 2018, 3:00pm
Festival Mozaic Wintermezzo
Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center

Pianist John Novacek, Scott Yoo, violist Jessica Chang, and cellist Jonah Kim perform Fauré’s Second Piano Quartet. Flutist Alice K. Dade and harpist Meredith Clark join in Albert Roussel’s Serenade.

Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Mexico City Philharmonic and Orion Weiss, piano
February 3, 2018, 6:00pm
February 4, 2018, 12:30pm

Pianist Orion Weiss performs Tchaikovsky’s first Piano Concerto and Scott Yoo conducts Pictures at an Exhibition. The Philharmonic also performs the world premiere of a new work by Michael Fine.