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Critics use words like “mesmerizing� and “heartfelt� to describe Lin’s “charismatic and fiery� performances of works ranging from Rachmaninoff to Gershwin and Chopin.

Tucson audiences over the past several years have come to use similar praise for the widely traveled concert pianist and University of Arizona School of Music piano professor, who resurrects her “War and Peace� recital for Dove of Peace Lutheran Church’s concert series on Sunday, March 23.

The program opens with Philip Glass’s dreamily cinematic “Dead Things� from the film “The Hours� that sets the table for Alexander Scriabin’s emotionally-charged Sonata No. 1 in F minor. George Crumb’s wonderfully dissonant short work “Tora! Tora! Tora!� will feel like a warmup for Chopin’s terrific Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor that closes the program.

Lin took the concert to her native Taiwan last summer, which also included a tour of Japan with Toru Tagawa’s Tucson Repertory Orchestra.

Sunday’s concert begins at 2 p.m. in the Sanctuary of Dove of Peace Lutheran Church, 665 W. Roller Coaster Road. Admission is free, although donations are accepted to benefit a local nonprofit.

The concert is part of the church’s community classical music concert series.

Arizona Symphonic Winds’ spring concert is Sunday

Arizona Symphonic Winds is adding strings to the lineup for its annual spring concert on Sunday, March 23.

The ensemble, under the baton of founding music director László Veres, will turn the spotlight on a pair of award-winning high school musicians during the concert, which will include classical works by Franz von Suppé, Piazzolla, Strauss and Saint-Saëns.

During the concert’s first half, cellist Bradly Button will perform the first movement of Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto. Violinist Natalie Flake will perform a movement from Bruch’s Violin Concerto.

Sunday’s concert begins at 2 p.m. at Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Drive. Admission is free, although donations are accepted.