Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra POPS Friday, March 21 & Saturday, March 22 Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 8 p.m. | $18-$95 | 454-2100, RPO.org It would be easy to forget what a man is doing for his line of work when he’s commuting between Rochester, Detroit, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, Florida, and Vancouver, with […]
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Concert Review: RPO: Christopher Seaman, Berlioz, Beethoven, and Bruckner
In a season filled with guest conductors, it was nice to head to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday night with calm expectations for a pleasant evening, lead by RPO Conductor Laureate Christopher Seaman. The program selected by Seaman included a massive Bruckner symphony, a Beethoven piano concerto, and a short Berlioz overture. In all, the […]
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ARTS: RPO announces 2014-15 season
Sunday morning Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announced the concert line-up for its 2014-15 season. As with the current season, the 2014-15 season Philharmonics Series will be led by a series of guest conductors as the RPO continues the search for a permanent music director following the departure of Arild Remmereit during the 2012-2013. Several of 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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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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RPO announces travel packages for Carnegie Hall concert
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra today announced additional details of its May 7, 2014, concert at New York City’s Carnegie Hall. The performance – part of the Spring for Music festival – will see 250 local musicians and staff heading to NYC. The RPO is encouraging Rochester fans to make the trip as well. Tickets to […]
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Concert Review: RPO’s Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony
Beethoven might be the headliner, but the attention grabbers from last night’s Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concert were guest cellist Edward Arron performing Saint-Saëns and living American composer Kevin Puts. Perhaps you have heard of neither? All the more reason to get to Saturday night’s concert. Arron’s performance demonstrated what happens when you do everything right […]
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Concert Review: RPO plays Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Hindemith
If you love Rachmaninoff even half as much as I do, you are going to love the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s delivery of his Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, led by guest conductor Junichi Hirokami. This week’s concert offering of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra packs in nearly an hour of Rachmaninoff in its second half, […]
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Concert Review: RPO Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony
Thursday night, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra performed under the fourth guest conductor of the season, Christoph Campestrini, in a performance that included orchestral works by Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky and a piano concerto by Mozart that featured pianist Barry Snyder. Russian composers have the ability to take you with them as they rake their souls across […]
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CONCERT REVIEW: RPO “Applachian Spring”
Thursday night, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra put on a concert of works by Astor Piazzolla, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and Manuel de Falla. They added also an opening work titled “Fanfare to Flora,” to celebrate the life and music of Eastman School of Music Dean Douglas Lowry, who died earlier this month. The headline work […]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Brahms, Bartók, and Higdon at the RPO under Gueller
Here’s the thing about classical music: whether or not it features your favorite composer, a live performance of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is always worth the ticket price. Hidgon — who is that? Bartók — inaccessible? Brahms — a bit melancholy? And, who is guest conductor Bernhard Gueller? My response is simple: get yourself to […]
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