Classical music

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Text: Philharmonic Series(454-2100): All
concerts at 8 p.m. in Eastman Theatre; pre-concert chats at 7 p.m. Christopher
Seaman, conductor, Olga Kern, piano, Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet overture-fantasy, Francesca da Rimini, Piano
Concerto No. 1; Oct. 3 and 5. | Voav Talmi, conductor, and Anne Akiko
Meyers, violin; Haydn: Symphony No. 96
“The Miracle”; Prokofiev: Violin
Concerto No. 1; Beethoven: Symphony
No. 7; Oct. 24 and 26. | Christopher Seaman, conductor, Pascal Roge, piano,
Debussy: Iberia fromImages; Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2; Faure: Masques et Mergamasques; Ravel: La Valse, Nov. 7 and 9. | Christopher
Seaman, conductor, Misha Dichter, piano, Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; Elgar: Symphony
No. 2; Nov. 21 and 23. | David Lockington, conductor, and Douglas Prosser,
trumpet, Hailstork: Symphony No. 1;
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto;
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish,” Dec. 5 and 7. | Christopher Seaman, conductor, Elmar Oliveira, violin,
Schubert: Rosamunde Overture; Brahms:
Violin Concerto; Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5; Jan. 16 and 18. | Jorge
Mester, conductor, Livia Sohn, violin, Dohnanyi: Symphonic Minutes; Glazunov: Violin
Concerto; Dvorak: Symphony No. 7,
Jan. 30 & Feb. 1. | Daniel Hege, conductor, Grace Wong, harp, Copland: Appalachian Spring: Suite; Ginastera: Harp Concerto; Schumann: Symphony No. 1 “Spring”; Feb 13 and 18.
| Christopher Seaman, conductor, John Browning, piano, Corigliano: To Music; Barber: Piano Concerto; Rachmaninoff: Symphony
No. 2, Feb. 27 & March 1 | Christopher Seaman, conductor, Leila
Josefowicz, violin, Mendelssohn: The
Hebrides “Fingal’s Cave,”; Adams: Violin
Concerto; Brahms: Symphony No. 1,
March 6 & 8. | Jerzy Semkow, conductor, Oleh Krysa, violin, Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Bruckner, Symphony No. 6; March 20 & 22. |
Jeff Tyzik, conductor, Mark Kellogg, trombone, Kernis: New Era Dance; de Falla: Three
Cornered Hat; Bernstein: On the Town:
Three Dance Episodes; Stravinsky: Firebird,
April 10 & 12. | Christopher Seaman, conductor, Robert Levin, piano,
Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from
the Seraglio, Piano Concerto No. 22, Symphony No. 40, May 1 & 3. |
Christopher Seaman, conductor, all orchestral, Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral,”; Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, May 22 & 24.

WPOP Series, Eastman Theatre (454-2100): All concerts at 8 p.m.
in Eastman Theatre; conducted by Jeff Tyzik unless noted. “Club Swing,” with
vocal ensemble Five by Design, Oct. 11 & 12. | “Phantoms of the Orchestra,”
with the Magic Circle Mime Company, Nov. 1 & 2. | “Gala Holiday Pops,”
Festival High School Chorale, Dec. 20, 21, 22, and 2 p.m. Dec. 21 & 22. |
“A Tribute to the Great Ladies of Song,” Dee Daniels, vocalist, Jan. 10 &
11. | “Happy Birthday, Doc!” 75th birthday bash for Doc Severinsen,
with Doc Severinsen, trumpet, Jan 24 & 25. | “A Tribute to Frank Sinatra,”
Peter Nero, conductor, Keith Butterbaugh, vocalist, Feb. 7 & 8. | “Richard
Rodgers Centennial Celebration,” March 14 & 15. | “The Golden Age of Jazz,”
Jeff Tyzik, conductor, Marian McPartland, piano, Byron Stripling, trumpet,
April 25 & 26. | “An Evening with Dawn Upshaw,” Jeff Tyzik, Dawn Upshaw,
soprano, (Gershwin, Sondheim, Bernstein), May 9 & 10.

Casual Sunday Matinees, Eastman Theatre (454-2100): “Tomorrow’s
Talent,” Jeff Tyzik, conductor, student soloists from the Eastman School, 2
p.m. Nov. 3. | “Caribbean Carnival,” Michael Butterman, conductor, 2 p.m. Jan.
5. | “An Irish Celebration,” Michael Butterman, conductor, 2 p.m. March 16. |
“World War II Hit Parade,” Jeff Tyzik, conductor, 2p.m. May 11.

OrKIDStra Series, all concerts at 2 p.m. Sundays in Hochstein
Performance Hall: “Merry Melody,” Michael Butterman, conductor, Oct. 20. |
“March to the Beat,” Michael Butterman, conductor, Feb. 2. | “A Musical Tale,”
Michael Butterman, conductor, May 18.

Special Events,
in Eastman Theatre unless noted: Opening
Night Celebration, Christopher Seaman, conductor, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg,
violin; Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1,
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto,
Respighi: The Pines of Rome; 8 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 28 | Symphony 101-2, “Secrets of the Rehearsal,” Christopher
Seaman, conductor, 7:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 22, ET. | The Nutcracker, Michael Butterman, conductor, Rochester City
Ballet, Bach Children’s Chorus, 2 & 7 p.m. Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1. | “An
Evening with Renee Fleming,” Christopher Seaman, conductor, Renee Fleming,
soprano, program includes Strauss: Four
Last Songs, Fri., March 7.

Subheadline: Eastman School of Music

For more information on Eastman School of Music events
call 274-1100 or visit www.rochester.edu/Eastman.

Faculty and Student Concerts, (in Eastman Theatre [ET] or
Kilbourn Hall [KH]; free unless otherwise noted): Musical Elevenses, 11 a.m.
Sat, Sept. 21, KH. | Eastman Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 27, ET. |
Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. Mon, Sept. 30, ET. | Eastman Wind
Orchestra, 8 p.m. Weds., Oct. 2, KH. | Eastman Philharmonia, 8 p.m. Fri, Oct.
4, ET. | Eastman Chamber Music Society, 7 p.m. Weds., Oct. 9, KH. | Eastman
Trombone Choir, 8 p.m. Thurs, Oct. 10, KH. | Musica Nova, 8 p.m. Fri, Oct. 11.
KH. | Eastman Virtuosi, 8 p.m. Sat, Oct 12, KH. | Eastman Chorale and Eastman
Repertory Singers, 8 p.m. Thurs, Oct 17, KH. | Jazz Department Showcase, 8 p.m.
Sat, Oct 19, ET. | Eastman Wind Orchestra, 8 p.m. Mon, Oct 21, ET. | Eastman
School Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. Weds, Oct. 23, ET. | Eastman Philharmonia, 8
p.m. Fri, Oct 25, ET. | Eastman Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m. Mon, Oct 28, ET. |
EastEastman Percussion Ensemble, 8 p.m. Tues, Oct 29, ET. | Musica Nova, 8 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 4, KH. | Chamber Jazz Concert, 8 p.m. Weds, Nov 6, KH. | Eastman
Brass Guild, 8 p.m. Fri, Nov 8, KH. | Eastman Wind Orchestra, 8 p.m. Mon., Nov.
11, KH. | Eastman Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m. Weds., Nov. 13, KH. | Eastman New Jazz
Ensemble, 8 p.m. Thurs, Nov 14, KH. | Eastman Philharmonia, 8 p.m. Fri, Nov.
15, ET. | Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. Mon, Nov. 18, ET. | Eastman
Horn Choir, 8 p.m. Weds., Nov. 20, KH. | OSSIA, 8 p.m. Fri, Nov. 22, KH. |
Eastman Chorale, 8 p.m. Sun, Nov. 24, KH. | Musica Nova, 8 p.m. Mon, Nov. 25,
KH. | Collegium Musicum, 8 p.m. Mon., Dec. 2, KH. | Eastman Jazz Ensemble, 8
p.m. Thurs, Dec. 5, KH. | Eastman Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m. Fri, Dec. 6, ET. |
Eastman Repertory Singers, 8 p.m. Sun, Dec. 8, KH. | Eastman Wind Orchestra, 8
p.m. Mon, Dec 9, ET. | Eastman Marimba Ensemble, 8 p.m. Tues, Dec. 10, KH. |
Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. Weds., Dec. 11, ET. | Woodwind
Chamber Music, 7 p.m. Thurs, Dec. 12, KH. | Chamber Honors Concert, 9 p.m.
Thurs, Dec. 12, KH. | Eastman Rochester Chorus and Wastman Philharmonia, 8 p.m.
Fri, Dec 13, ET. | Eastman Chamber Orchestra, 8 p.m. Sat, Dec. 14, KH. |
Chamber Music Honors Concert, 7 p.m. Mon, Dec. 16, KH.

Kilbourn Concert Series, Kilbourn Hall: eighth blackbird, 8
p.m. Tues, Oct. 1, KH. $5-$15. | “Sounds Delicious: Music & Feasting in
Medieval & Early Renaissance Europe,”

8 p.m. Tues, Nov 5, KH; $5-$15.

Eastman-Ranlet Concerts, Sundays at 3 p.m., Kilbourn Hall,
unless noted: Ying Quartet with faculty guest, Steven Doane, Oct. 6. $5-$15. |
St. Lawrence Quartet with the Ying Quartet, Nov. 24; $5-$15.

Faculty Artist Series, Kilbourn Hall: Robert Swensen, tenor,
& Benton Hess, piano, 8 p.m. Tues., Sept. 17.| Peter Kurau, horn; Joseph
Werner, piano, & Pamela Kurau, soprano, 3 p.m. Sun, Sept 22. | Eastman
Brass, 3 p.m. Sun, Sept. 29, KH5. | Rebecca Penneys, 3 p.m. Sun, Oct. 13, KH;
$5. | Eastman Faculty Jazz Quartet with guest Walt Weiskopf, tenor sax, 8 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 15; $5. | Thomas Schumacher, piano, 3 p.m. Sun, Nov 10, KH; $5. |
Alan Harris, cello, 8 p.m. Tues, Nov 12, KH; $5. | John Marcellus, trombone, 8
p.m. Tues, Nov. 19, KH; $5. | Lynn Blakeslee, violin, & Russell Miller,
piano, 3 p.m. Sun, Dec. 8, KH; $5.

World Music Series, Kilbourn Hall unless noted: Kartik
Seshardri, sitar, 8 p.m. Mon, Oct 14; $12; $8 UR faculty/staff; free to
students with ID. | New music from Africa, 8 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 21, KH. |
Mystical Arts of Tibet, 8 p.m Sat., Dec. 7, KH. $15; $10 faculty/staff; free to
students with ID.

Eastman Opera Theater: Rossini’s The Turk in Italy; Benton Hess, conductor; Steven Daigle, director,
sung in English, 8 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 31, Fri., Nov. 1 & Sat., Nov. 2; 3 p.m. Sun., Nov. 3, KH.
$8-$20.

Special Eastman
events in 2002-03: Eastman Alumni Weekend: Ying & Cavani Quartets, 2
p.m. Sat., Sept. 14, KH. Brentano String Quartet, music of Josquin des Prez,
Stravinsky, Mozart, & Bartók, 8:15 p.m. Sat., Sept., 14, KH. $5-$15. |
Eastman Virtuosi & Eastman Chamber Orchestra, music of Mozart & others,
Mitch Miller & Neil Varon, conductors, 8:15 p.m. Sat., Sept. 14, ET. |
United States Army Field Band Clarinet Quartet, 8 p.m. Mon., Sept. 23, KH. |
Niklas Eklund, baroque trumpet, 8 p.m. Tues., Sept. 24, KH. | Greater Rochester
Choral Consortium, 4 p.m. Sun, Sept. 29, ET.

Subheadline: Other music

Text: Equinox
Symphony Orchestra, (264-1705): music by Barber, Stamitz, Paul Stuart, 8
p.m. Oct. 11, Salem and Spiritus Christi Church, 60 Bittner St. 8 p.m. Music by
Schubert, Vivaldi, Bach, Stuart, 8 p.m. Feb. 21, 2003, Panara Theatre, RIT.
Music by Debussy, Kernis, 8 p.m. April 4, 2003, Salem and Spiritus Christi
Church, 60 Bittner St.

Genesee Early Music
Society, (482-4040; www.gems-earlymusic.org): Concerts include “Love,
Violence, and Psychosis,” with Renaissance thrillers performed by soprano
Laurie Heimes; and “Sound the Trumpet,” with Baroque trumpeter Niklas Eklund; a
cantata, Médée, for strings and
baroque flute by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, and a selection of works performed
by harpsichordist-organist Michael Fuerst. Call for dates and times.

Genesee Valley
Orchestra and Chorus, (223-9006; www.gvoc.org): Mendelssonhn’s Elijah, 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Sisters of
St. Joseph Chapel, 4095 East Avenue, and 4 p.m. Sun., Nov. 3, Assumption
Church, Fairport. Handel’s Messiah,8
p.m. Dec. 6, Corpus Christi Church, Rochester, and 4 p.m. Dec. 8, St. John of
Rochester, Fairport. $15; $12 advance; $10 seniors and students.

Hochstein Music
School, 50 N. Plymouth Avenue (454-4596): Live from Hochstein concert and
broadcast, 12:10 p.m. Weds., Sept. 25: The RPO performs Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, selections from
Wagner. Free. | Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s Symphony 101-1: Your
Orchestra Family, RPO performance with Christopher Seaman, conductor, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 4. | Symphony 101-3: The
Orchestral Revolution, RPO performance with Christopher Seaman, conductor, 7:30
p.m. Fri., Jan. 17. “Live from Hochstein” concerts and broadcasts continue,
12:10 p.m. Weds. Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20; Dec. 4, 11 (featuring
Madrigalia on Dec. 11). Free. | Music Educators’ Wind Band Concerts, 7 p.m.
Sun., Oct. 6; $5 and 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 3; $5. | Junior Wind Symphony Concert,
7:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 19. Free. | Free Spotlight on Faculty Concert series:
Benjamin R. Wensel, Jeffrey Brown; music of Barber, Kodaly, Rochberg, Fri.,
Oct. 25 (time TBA); the Antara Winds, Fri., Nov. 8 (time TBA). | Hochstein
Youth Symphony Orchestra Concert, 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 10; $5. | Hochstein Winter
Dance Gala, 7:30 p.m. Fri., Dec. 20; free. | Symphony 101-4: “The Art of
Conducting,” RPO performance with Christopher Seaman, conductor, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 28. | “The Composer’s Vision,” RPO performance with Christopher
Seaman, conductor, 7:30 p.m. Fri., May 2.

Lutheran Church of
the Incarnate Word, 597 East Avenue (244-6065): Choral Vespers featuring
Bach’s Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die
Stimme, 7 p.m. Nov. 10. Advent Carols, 7 p.m. Dec. 8. Epiphany Carols, 7
p.m. Jan. 5, 2003.

MCC Madrigal Festival,
MCC Theatre, Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd (292-2534): 7:30
p.m. Fri., Dec. 4. $8; $5 with MCC ID and for children under 12.

Memorial Art Gallery,
500 University Ave (473-7720, www.mag.rochester.edu): Chamber
Concert, 8 p.m. (pre-concert talk, 7:30 p.m.) Sun., Oct. 13 call 244-3895 for
tickets.

Opera Rochester (325-7760, x225): Tosca, Jan. 26,
2003. Il Trovatore, Feb. 9, 2003. Boris Gudanov, March 23, 2003. Call for
ticket information.

Penfield Symphony
Orchestra (872-0774l www.penfieldsymphony.org): “Patriotic Spectacular,”
music of Sousa, Gershwin, Copland, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26-27, Browncroft Community
Church, 2530 Browncroft Blvd. “Chamber Music by Candlelight,” 8 p.m. Fri., Nov.
15, First Baptist Church of Penfield, 1862 Penfield Rd. “Holiday Treats,” 7:30
p.m. Dec. 9, Browncroft Community Church, 2530 Browncroft Blvd. “Stars:
Yesterday and Tomorrow,” 7:30 p.m. Mon., Feb. 10, 2003. “Music for a Sunday
Afternoon,” 2 p.m. Sun., April 6, 2003. “Beethoven and Friends,” 7:30 p.m.
Mon., May 12, 2003. Call for ticket info.

Roberts Wesleyan
College, Roberts Wesleyan Cultural Life Center, 2301 Westside Drive
(594-6008; www.roberts.edu/clc): RWCCO Autumn Concert, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16. |
RWCCO All-American Concert, 7:30 p.m. March 1, 2003. | RWCCO Concerto Concert,
3 p.m. April 27, 2003. | RWC Wind Ensemble, 3 p.m. Sun., Nov. 24 and 3 p.m.
Sun., May 4, 2003. | RWC Big Band, 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 5 and 7:30 p.m.
Weds., April 9, 2003. | The Great American Songbook, 7:30 p.m. Tues., Nov. 5,
Shewan Recital Hall. | Roberts Wesleyan Chorale, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Sat., Dec 7
and Sun., Dec. 8; Sun., 3 p.m. April 6, 2003.

Rochester Bach
Festival presents the second annual Early
Music Festival at Saint Anne’s Church, 1600 Mt Hope Avenue: 7:30 p.m. Nov.
8-9. Participants include Air de Cour, Cantar e Sonar, Eastman Collegium
Musicum, the Genesee Early Music Society, Musica Spei, Musica Transatlantica,
the Publick Musick, Rochester Bach Festival Chorus, Schola Cantorium, Schola
Feminarum, and SONUM. Information: 242-4855.

Rochester Oratorio
Society, performances at the Asbury First UMC, 1050 East Avenue (473-2234):
Handel, Zadok the Priest, Psalm 112,
Bach, Magnificat, 8 p.m. Sat., Nov.
16. Handel, Messiah, traditional
candlelight performance, 8 p.m. Dec. 13-14. Andrew Carter, Te Deum (with the Bach Children’s Choir), Mahler, Finale, Symphony No. 2, 8 p.m. Sat.,
March 8, 2003. Sounds of Remembrance, third annual community memorial concert:
R. Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs,
4:30 p.m. Sun., May 18, 2003.

Society for Chamber
Music in Rochester (586-3429): Impressionism:
Degas, Debussy and Ravel, Oct. 13 at the Memorial Art Gallery, 500
University Ave. The Enchanted Oboe,
music by Mozart, Britten, Loeffler, and Ravel, Nov. 10 at the Memorial Art
Gallery. Plus One: Brass at Its Best,
music by Bach, Dahl, Jan 19, 2003 at the Hochstein Music School, 50 N. Plymouth
Ave. In the Gypsy Manner, music by
Haydn, Enesco, Brahms, March 23, 2003. Just
Like Old Times: Trio Nova Returns, music by Beethoven, Shostakovich,
Dvořák, April 27, 2003 at Hochstein. Subscriptions, $90-$105; single
tickets, $22; student tickets $10, night of the performance. For tickets and
information call 586-3429.

SUNY Brockport,
Tower Fine Arts Theatre (395-ARTS): RPO Woodwind Quartet performs “The American
Spirit in Music,” 7;30 p.m. Sept. 13. |The RPO, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18. | “A Grand
Night of Singing: Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein,” Brockport-College
Community Chorus, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25. | Holiday Concert, Brockport-College
Community Chorus, First Presbyterian Church, 35 State Street, Brockport, 7:30
p.m. Dec. 8. | Gamelan Lila Muni, traditional Indonesian music, Feb. 1. | 12
Corners Klezmer Band, 7:30 p.m. March 27. | Joanne Shenandoah, 7 p.m. March 28.
| “In the Lovely Month of May: Madrigals and More,” Brockport-College Community
Chorus, 7:30 p.m. May 10.

SUNY Geneseo (245-5873): “An Evening of Ragtime Piano,” Bily Mayerl’s 100th
Birthday Celebration,” with Tony Caramia and friends, 8 p.m. Sept. 18,
Wadsworth Auditorium. | Friends of Music Concert, 18th and 19th
century music, 3 p.m. Sept. 22, Lockhart Gallery, 26 Main Street, Geneseo. |
Friends of Music Orchestra, 3 p.m. Sept. 29, Wadsworth Auditorium. | “Barrage:
A Violin Sings,” 8 p.m. Nov. 23. “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” dinner
performance by the Geneseo Carol Choristers and Geneseo Chamber Singers, 6 p.m.
Dec 6 & 7, MacVittie College Union Ballroom. | Cello recital, 8 p.m. Oct.
19, Wadsworth Auditorium. | Geneseo Symphony Orchestra, 3 p.m. Oct. 20,
Wadsworth Auditorium. | Geneseo Wind and Jazz Ensembles, 8 p.m. Oct. 25,
Wadsworth Auditorium. | Geneseo Chamber Singers and Carol Choristers, 3 p.m.
Oct. 27, Wadsworth Auditorium. | Geneseo Wind Quartet, 3 p.m. Nov. 3, Wadsworth
Auditorium. | ‘the Virtuoso Violin,” violin recital, 3 p.m. Nov. 10, Wadsworth
Auditorium. | Tremont String Quartet with Amy Stanley, piano, 3 p.m. Nov. 24,
Wadsworth Auditorium. | Geneseo Wind and Jazz Ensembles, 8 p.m. Dec. 6,
Wadsworth Auditorium. | Geneseo Percussion Ensemble, 8 p.m. Dec. 9, Wadsworth
Auditorium. | Vocal Miscellany Concert, 8 p.m. Dec. 15, St. Michael’s Episcopal
Church.