Conductor Arild Remmereit, who was to become music director of the Rochester Chamber Orchestra next season, has withdrawn from that commitment. He has also canceled his remaining appearance conducting the RCO this season, on October 27. The RCO’s longtime music director and founder, David Fetler, will lead that concert. RCO board president Tom Paul said […]
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Concert Review: RPO Opening Weekend (Mahler’s First Symphony)
Last night the fireworks of Mahler’s Titan Symphony exploded in the Eastman Theater, raining showers of brilliant sparks over the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and guest conductor Jun Märkl. (OK, not literally. But it was surely an opening-night performance filled with enough drama to give me goosebumps and have me imagining fireworks.) The RPO opened it’s […]
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CLASSICAL PREVIEW: More than filling the gap
CORRECTION: The original version of this article contained several erroneous listings for the conductors’ birth places and current cities of residence. We have removed those fields. When I first realized that the 2013-2014 season for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra would consist of 13 guest conductors plus one concert with Conductor Laureate Christopher Seaman (March 6 […]
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MUSIC: Classical smorgasbord
This is the first classical season since I started writing for City that I believe includes a concert and a composer for everyone. For someone like me, with far-flung musical tastes, it means I will be at concert after concert, throughout the entire season. So, allow me to offer three top picks on the season, […]
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CLASSICAL PREVIEW: Summer road trip with the RPO
According to Ward Stare, the only place you’ll want to be on July 19 is at the Eastman Theatre, where he’ll lead the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in “three of the greatest works by three of the greatest composers.” Stare, a 30-year-old Rochester native, speaks of Beethoven, Mozart, and Wagner the way that some speak of […]
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CONCERT REVIEW: RPO’s “The Rite of Spring, and Rachmaninoff”
Guest conductor Tito Munoz pulled out all the stops Thursday night as he conducted the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in Igor Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du printemps” (“The Rite of Spring”). The musicians of the orchestra filled the stage, including no fewer than 10 kettledrums and a gong struck by a huge mallet. It was precisely the […]
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Remmereit named new Rochester Chamber Orchestra artistic director
Arild Remmereit, former music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, has been named artistic director of the Rochester Chamber Orchestra. This follows a February benefit concert for the RCO led by Remmereit after his split with the RPO in late 2012. The 2013-14 season for the RCO will be the last for founder, music director, […]
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Concert Review: NEXUS and the RPO
The audience at Thursday night’s Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra performance (Peter Bay, guest conductor) was treated to a “sound bath” – there is no other way to describe the beautiful and interesting composition “From Me Flows What You Call Time,” by Toru Takemitsu, performed with NEXUS percussion ensemble. Paired with Karen Tanaka’s “Water of Life,” this […]
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Concert Announcement: RPO Summer Season, including “Glee”‘s Matthew Morrison
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announced its summer 2013 season this afternoon. The schedule includes a 1920’s themed 90th anniversary concert, regional concerts in Inlet and Geneseo, and will be headlined by a Pops performance featuring Broadway star Matthew Morrison, best known for his leading role on the TV musical drama “Glee.” The full press release […]
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Concert Review: RPO performs “Beethoven ‘Eroica'”
Before the concert started Thursday night, I heard a woman say to the man next to her, “If you don’t want to stay, we don’t have to. It’s not like you haven’t heard ‘Eroica’ before.” It’s good that they stayed, because last night guest conductor Courtney Lewis led the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra through a definitive […]
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[UPDATED] RPO challengers lose legal battle
Both sides in the legal case respond to Justice Kenneth Fisher’s ruling.
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No decision today on RPO lawsuit
This afternoon, State Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Fisher heard arguments in a lawsuit against the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He’s not issuing a decision today but will do so by the end of next week, says Eileen Buholtz, the attorney that filed the legal challenge. Buholtz is suing to invalidate the results of the RPO’s annual […]
