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S<\/span>ymphony Tacoma, led by conductor Sarah Ioannides, gave a dazzling performance of their Classics II concert, titled <\/span>American Fusion<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n …the concert which consisted of Leonard Bernstein\u2019s <\/span>Candide <\/span><\/i>Overture, the recently composed\u00a0 <\/span>Violin Concerto <\/span><\/i>by Wynton Marsalis, and culminated in Aaron Copland\u2019s Symphony No. 3. For the <\/span>Violin\u00a0 Concerto <\/span><\/i>Symphony Tacoma was joined by Kelly Hall-Tompkins as the solo violinist. The night was filled\u00a0 with varied themes infused with the feeling of Americana; the thrill and action of Bernstein, the\u00a0 harmony of roots and discovery in Marsalis, and the open and hopeful spaces of Copland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The evening began with the heroic humor of Leonard Bernstein\u2019s <\/span>Candide <\/span><\/i>Overture, which for all its fun\u00a0 is a deceptively difficult work that can easily descend into sluggish murk due to its demand for alacrity\u00a0 and precision. Symphony Tacoma propelled the energy forward, displaying grand vistas and subtle\u00a0 tableaus, dexterous winds and powerhouse brass and sweeping strings, unrelenting in momentum.\u00a0 Voltaire\u2019s adventure is recalled in unstoppable movement as the overture came to its explosive\u00a0 conclusion, creating all the space needed for the arrival of Marsalis\u2019 <\/span>Violin Concerto<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The featured soloist for the evening was the violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins, whose take on the <\/span>Concerto <\/span><\/i>was full of character, humor, brazenness and sentimentality. She was an incredible communicator,\u00a0 expressing musical lines with an honesty and clarity that couldn\u2019t help but be responded to in both the\u00a0 audience and the orchestra, an essential component in a work like the <\/span>Violin Concerto <\/span><\/i>with its musical\u00a0 conversation between sections, lines and colors. Kelly and Symphony Tacoma navigated this complex\u00a0 interplay while making it look natural and feel spontaneous, an impressive and difficult feat! 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