For Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s “Mozart Magic” concert January 10, Conductor Crafton Beck has conjured a program that glows with the genius of two masterpieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and lights up, too, with a lesser-known gem by another composer of the same era.
Georg Abraham Schneider’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola provides the perfect showcase for MSO musicians Ausra Jasineviciute and Ruvim Echiusciu.
Violinist Echiusciu joined MSO soon after coming to Belhaven University from the Republic of Moldova in 2022, preparing for auditions with the help of his music professor Xie Song, also a long-time MSO principal who retired as a full-time MSO musician last April…