Mark Flegg, Trumpet

In our second concert of the 2007-2008 season, the Flint Symphony Orchestra will perform Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony. Mahler is one of my favorite composers, and the Third Symphony contains an enormous amount of great music for trumpet, so I’m particularly excited about playing this concert.

From the FSO website:

Tonight’s offering, the stunning Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler, paints pictures of nature so vivid you’ll almost see them: A slow awakening gives way to solemn chords that lead to sweet, gentle melodies. You’ll become immersed in stately rhythms and eloquent songs, each splendid little section more glorious than the last. A popular mezzo soprano, women of the Flint Festival Chorus and the Flint Festival Youth Chorus add beautiful complexity to this incredible work, your entire evening’s rapture.