Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta travels down the Thruway to conduct two nights of orchestral blockbusters! Respighi’s Fountains of Rome thrills. The waves of La Mer suggest more than the churning of the sea. George Butterworth’s Green Willow poignantly reminds us of great promise unfulfilled, after the composer perished in battle at just 31-years-old. And Behzad Ranjbaran’s hypnotic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra echoes his native Persia.
Young violin sensation Timothy Chooi plays Bruch‘s romantic First Violin Concerto. “A miracle,” raved La Presse of Montreal. Guest conductor Maximiano Valdes begins the evening with Alberto Ginastera‘s hypnotic Pampeana, a montage of dazzling Argentinian folk rhythms. To close, Shostakovich‘s stirring Sixth Symphony from 1939, which prophesizes a world on the brink.
Upcoming Concerts You May Like:
Mozart & Brahms (March 20, 22)
An American in Paris (May 3, 4)
The iconic opening of Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra featured in director Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi film classic 2001: A Space Odyssey will thunder throughout Eastman Theatre. RPO’s Anna Steltenpohl features on William Alwyn’s haunting Autumn Legend and the Naughtons captivate as they play a Voices of Today commission, James Lee III’s Sensational Dynamism: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, inspired by gymnastics.
Be part of history as we record Sensational Dynamism for the RPO’s groundbreaking Voices of Today initiative —your reactions and applause will be a part of the recording! Don’t miss this electric fusion of music and audience energy!
Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta travels down the Thruway to conduct two nights of orchestral blockbusters! Respighi’s Fountains of Rome thrills. The waves of La Mer suggest more than the churning of the sea. George Butterworth’s Green Willow poignantly reminds us of great promise unfulfilled, after the composer perished in battle at just 31-years-old. And Behzad Ranjbaran’s hypnotic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra echoes his native Persia.
As the leaves change around us, take a drive through the countryside with your Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert starts with Missy Mazzoli’s widely acclaimed Sinfonia, a sunrise for the senses. Natasha Paremski performs Shostakovich’s energetic Second Piano Concerto. The program finishes with Beethoven’s epic masterpiece – the Pastoral Symphony.