If you missed the sold-out performance of violinist Itzhak Perlman with the RPO in 2012, now is your chance to hear him with the Eastman School of Music’s Philharmonia. Neil Varon will conduct works by Dvorak and Brahms. The performance with Perlman will be of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26 in G […]
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CLASSICAL FEATURE: Ying Quartet with Leon Fleisher
When I wrote up my 2013-2014 classical season preview for City last summer, I selected the Ying Quartet’s concert with Leon Fleisher as my top pick. The concert sold out weeks ago. The Ying Quartet, of course, sells out every concert on its own. Pairing The Ying Quartet with legendary pianist Leon Fleisher could easily […]
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Concert Review: “Echoes of the Middle Ages” at Memorial Art Gallery
A sustained — and deserved — applause rang through the Fountain Court of the Memorial Art Gallery following Thursday night’s concert, “Echoes of the Middle Ages,” presented by the Schola Cantorum of Christ Church and organist Naomi Gregory. The program, centered on the music and art of the 14th through the 16th centuries, was beautifully […]
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Classical | Valentine’s Day w/Hochstein and Ad Hoc
Whether you do or you don’t have a Valentine, you can enjoy love through classical music. On February 13, go head over heels at Hochstein in a concert titled “Meditations on Love and Roses,” featuring works of Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Liszt, and more. The performance will be given by Hochstein faculty members Allyn Van Dusen, […]
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Classical | ESM at the MAG: Echoes of the Middle Ages
“Echoes of the Middle Ages” on February 13 invites you to stroll or sit as the sounds of 1066-1485 fill the Fountain Gallery. From the Battle of Hastings to the collapse of the Roman Empire, the concert and music installation are designed to transport patrons to a time when sights and sounds were interconnected. The […]
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Concert Review: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra “An Evening in Paris”
Thursday night’s performance by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra was essentially two concerts in one: the Stravinsky and everything else. The Stravinsky was pure RPO. The rest? It was billed as an “Evening in Paris,” but a better headline would be an “Evening in Russia.” Let’s begin with the performance of the Suite from “The Firebird” […]
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CLASSICAL FEATURE: “Comala”
For many teenagers in Mexico, the book “Pedro Páramo” by Juan Rulfo is required reading. But for Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, the story became more than homework; it became an obsession. Over the years, he read and re-read it, until it became a part of his consciousness. Zohn-Muldoon has poured decades into his dream of creating an […]
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CLASSICAL | Madrigalia
With a concert title like “For Better, for Worse,” you know you are in for music about everything from romance to comedy. From the press release, quoting Madrigalia guest conductor Cary Ratcliff: “We have songs about arranged marriages, child brides, dowries, love itself, village wedding celebrations, a love triangle, infidelity, gay marriage, and widowhood. This […]
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Concert Review: RPO’s Beethoven’s Ninth
Thursday night’s Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concert was the one to attend if you were in the mood for “big.” Big, huge orchestra filling the stage.Big, 100-plus-voice choir on risers. And big-voiced soloists, front and center. It was a night of Beethoven’s Ninth and a Boulanger Psalm. The RPO was led by guest conductor Hugh Wolff. […]
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Classical | Rochester Philharmonic & Community Orchestra Concert
When the call went out that the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra was going to do a concert side-by-side with non-professional musicians, 190 applications poured in from Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, New York City, and even Pennsylvania. The 115 musicians who were selected started their rehearsals for the concert of January 22. The program includes Liszt, Bizet, and […]
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Break of Reality: Ten years of breakthroughs
From Java’s to Kilbourn Hall to Kodak Hall in just 10 years. Cello-rock band Break of Reality emerged from Eastman School of Music as a student start-up and has grown into a modern instrumental ensemble with a list of accomplishments practically the length of Gibbs Street. That’s particularly impressive when you consider that this young […]
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Classical | Third Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir
The Third Presbyterian Church will present its bi-annual production of the “Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival.” This Medieval pageant began in 1340 at Magdalen College, Oxford, England. It blends sacred and secular music to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany (also known as “Twelfth Night”). The production includes a cast and choir of more […]
