Canton Symphony Orchestra

Wesley Schulz, guest conductor

Ming Su, guitar

The 2025–2026 MasterWorks season begins in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with a program rooted in cultural exchange, classical tradition, and artistic dialogue—an ideal starting point for Where Our Stories Meet. 

Internationally celebrated guitarist Meng Su makes her debut with the Canton Symphony Orchestra in Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, a cornerstone of the guitar repertoire that contrasts restrained melancholy with moments of sweeping grandeur. The evening opens with Manuel de Falla’s El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 1—a lively, colorful adaptation of Andalusian folk dances and traditions originally written for ballet.

Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro injects the program with sharp wit and kinetic energy, while Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 offers a nuanced finale—at times playful, lyrical, and bold—reminding us that great storytelling through music transcends words.

Program

El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 1………Manuel de Falla

Concierto de Aranjuez……………………………..Juaquin Rodrigo

Intermission 

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro………………..W.A Mozart

Symphony No. 4…………………………….Ludwig van Beethoven