The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra opened its 90th season on Thursday night with all the fanfare of an opening day of a major-league sports season. The orchestra sported red carnations. Maestro Arild Remmereit led the RPO and the audience in the singing of the national anthem. And Remmereit offered play calls about pieces — several of […]
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Igniting passion
“I associate Britten with good, heavy, German classics,” says conductor Neil Varon. “I know he’s not, but I do. He has so much quality. His work is so well written.” Varon speaks of English composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) in a manner giving away Varon’s own love for Brahms, Wagner, and Bruckner. In the September 24 […]
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FALL GUIDE ’11: Classical music preview
If the 2010-2011 season was the best classical programming Rochester has seen in 20 years — anchored by the grand finale season of Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor and Music Director Christopher Seaman — the 2011-2012 season will be the year of the GPS. Classical music fans: start your engines, because we are going to be […]
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Classical for a dummy
“Do you think because it was written 200 years ago it can’t be relevant?” says Christopher Seaman, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s music director. Well, yeah… kinda. “You’re assuming that human nature has changed,” he says. “And it hasn’t — unfortunately and fortunately both. And the emotions that Beethoven had before he wrote one of his symphonies […]
