Symphony of SETX

The Symphony of Southeast Texas will present, “Liberty: The Pursuit of Endurance” on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Julie Rogers Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $33 and can be purchased online at sost.org.

Maestro Chelsea Tipton II will lead the Symphony with music that reveals the splendor of full orchestral music, expressing the many colors of each instrumental section. Music includes Kevin Day’s “Lightspeed,” Schumann’s Fourth Symphony and Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, that is yet another masterpiece that was the center of great discussion and is considered one of the finest and most difficult works for the instrument. Probably one of the most recorded concerti for cello, the Dvorak has been recorded by the great legends of cellists, even recorded three different times by Yo-Yo Ma.

Enjoy soloist, Julian Schwarz, who was born to a multigenerational musical family in 1991. His father, Gerard Schwarz, was principal trumpeter of New York Philharmonic before becoming the music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Like his father, he champions the music of new composers, both in traditional and new formats. He has performed with orchestras around the world, has created unique chamber groups, and as a teacher, is in residence at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Virginia, as well as a summer appointment at the Eastern Music Festival, in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The Julie Rogers Theatre is located at 765 Pearl St. in downtown Beaumont.