Oregon Mozart Players’ season opener offerd “something for everyone”

By Daniel Buckwalter for the Eugene Scene (October 8, 2024)

And we’re off and running to find the next artistic director of the Oregon Mozart Players.

OMP’s Artstic Director Festival kicked off on Oct. 5 with the first of three candidates for the artistic director postion. Kevin Fitzgerald conducted the chamber symphony through the works of composers David lang, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven in front of an ample audience in the sanctuary of Eugene’s Central Presbyterian church.

From the light and fresh sweet-air piece by Lang to the glorious violin play of guest soloist Sunmi Chang in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and, finally, Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 7, the Saturday night concert had something for everyone, and the audience rose for a standing ovation for both Fitzgerald and OMP.