On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Madrigalia performs a virtual concert as part of WXXI Classical 91.5’s “Live from Hochstein” series,
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Album review: ‘Sound and Resound’ by Lisa Albrecht
The album from RPO’s Second Trombone Lisa Albrecht features music worth discovering, including works by Charles Ives and Peter Schickele.
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 12: ‘FringeTalk,’ ‘Worlds Collide,’ and ‘Pop Go the Bells’
Producer Erica Fee reflects on virtual Rochester Fringe, Worlds Collide” for musicians Dave Rivello and Shawn Drogan, and more.
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RPO resets concert season with livestreamed shows
In light of COVID-19 guidelines, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has reworked its 2020-21 season to include livestreamed concerts.
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Rochester violinist advocates for Black classical musicians
Black composers and performers deserve more recognition in the classical music world. Violinist Epongue Ekille is doing something about it.
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HomeStage: Kearstin Piper Brown
Before the shutdown, soprano Kearstin Piper Brown was scheduled to sing in a new opera at Lincoln Center. So now, she’s performing on HomeStage.
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HomeStage: Grace Browning
RPO principal harpist Grace Browning depicts the journey of a water molecule in a movement from Caroline Lizotte’s “Suite Galactique.”
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Commentary: RPO’s 2020-21 season has talented guests, lacks diversity
Here’s what WXXI-FM Classical 91.5’s hosts think about last week’s program announcement and what you should look for next season.
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The RPO announces 2020-21 season, the last of the Ward Stare era
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2020-21 season will inevitably be viewed through the lens of Ward Stare’s final season as music director.
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Opera review: RPO presents “The Mother of Us All”
When Virgil Thomson died in 1989, Leonard Bernstein’s reaction was something to the effect of “We all loved his music, but we never played it.” I doubt that Ward Stare would have bothered to present Thomson’s opera “The Mother of Us All” unless he believed in it completely,
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CLASSICAL | Hochstein Centennial Orchestra Concert
The Hochstein School opened on January 2, 1920 in tribute to Rochester-born violinist David Hochstein, who was killed in World War I. A hundred years later, Hochstein serves approximately 3,500 students. Quite a few of them will take the stage for the school’s rousing centennial celebration this Sunday afternoon. All four Hochstein youth orchestras will […]
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CLASSICAL | Pegasus Early Music: ‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’
The 17th and 18th centuries were enlivened by some persistent and talented women composers and performers, all of them more or less erased by history until recently. This weekend’s Pegasus Early Music concert features a potpourri of instrumental pieces, songs, and opera excerpts by five such women: Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo, Isabella Leonarda, Julie Pinel, […]
