Mozart & Marsalis

Date and Time

• Friday, Oct 16, 2026  7:30pm

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Nashville Symphony | Leonard Slatkin, conductor | Kelly Hall Tompkins, violin Wynton Marsalis is America’s jazz ambassador. Always expanding his compositional language, Marsalis’ Violin Concerto* has become a work taken up by several outstanding artists. And you'll never forget the night Kelly Hall-Tompkins played this piece in Nashville. It’s a work rooted in swing, blues, and the American fiddle tradition that sounds like nothing else. Hall-Tompkins, acclaimed by the New York Times as "the versatile violinist who makes the music come alive," brings her signature lyricism and verve to this performance. The whole evening is a celebration of melody: From Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, born from a single inspired moment when a 20-year-old composer stood at the edge of a Scottish sea cave and immediately began writing down what he heard, to Mozart's Symphony No. 39, one of three major works he composed in a single summer. Program Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (“Fingal’s Cave”) Mozart: Symphony No. 39 Marsalis: Violin Concerto * A concerto is a piece that features a soloist stepping into the spotlight of a full orchestra, showcasing their virtuosity and prowess in a spellbinding musical conversation with all the other instruments around them. Our 2026/27 season highlights 10 concertos, many of them by American composers, to celebrate the extraordinary musicianship of your Nashville Symphony musicians and guest artists.