Mercury Orchestra opener a sweet homecoming for Houston-born conductor

John Alexander returns for a performance with the Mercury Chamber Orchestra and lead rehearsals, master classes at Kinder HSPVA and Shepherd School of Music

Photo: Courtesy Mercury Chamber Orchest

But the main reason he’s here is “Love’s Philosophy,” a program Axelrod designed for Mercury Chamber Orchestra, which opens its season Oct. 8 at the Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater. A post-concert dinner in the Grand Foyer will honor renowned socialite and longtime Mercury patron Lynn Wyatt, who also happens to be Axelrod’s great-aunt.

The four pieces of “Love’s Philosophy” are interconnected in intriguing ways; Axelrod calls the program a “love letter” to Houston. It opens with the Adagietto movement from Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, a love letter to the composer’s wife Alma that Axelrod calls “one of the most beautiful pieces ever written.

“It’s a unique program, not often done by Mercury, and it’s a wonderful opportunity for us to showcase the best of what the orchestra could offer,” Axelrod says.

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