The following are in-depth program notes for our 2025 Festival Orchestra concerts from longtime Arizona Musicfest Program Annotator, Fran Rosenthal. These notes cover all programming from our Festival Orchestra Week including Mozart’s Requiem, Tchaikovsky & Time For Three, Star Wars Celebration, and Rachmaninoff & Copland (March 23 – 30, 2025).

Mozart’s Requiem
Tchaikovsky & Time For Three
Star Wars Celebration
Rachmaninoff & Copland