Christopher James Lees, conductor

JOHN WILLIAMS   Superman March
WAGNER arr. Hutschenruyter   Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
HANS ZIMMER arr. Ford   Batman: The Dark Knight Rises
JOHN WILLIAMS   Summon the Heroes
JAMES HORNER arr. Moss   Music from Apollo 13
JOHN WILLIAMS Signature Series   Adventures on Earth from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
ALAN MENKEN arr./orch. Kosarin/Besterman   Beauty and the Beast Overture
RUPER GREGSON-WILLIAMS arr. Lopez   Wonder Woman
JOHN WILLIAMS   Main Title from Star Wars 

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s your RPO! Enjoy music inspired by all your favorite superheroes!

To reserve will-call tickets, please email info@rocmusic.org with a reservation name and how many seats you would like reserved. Your name will be on the Will Call list in the lobby at the David F. Gantt Center (700 North Street, Rochester, NY 14605). There is no cost for the tickets, all donations are accepted.

Please join us for a night of performances by ROCmusic musicians. his concert will serve at the Fall fundraiser for our students. All donations go towards purchasing bows and shoulder rests for students so they can continue to learn and grow together.

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Rebecca Gilbert, flute The Charlotte Whitney Allen Chair 

TAILLEFERRE Ouverture pour orchestre
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE Flute Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Join us for a small chamber performance by studio members of ROCmusic!

Ward Stare, conductor
Andrei Ioniță, cello

DEBUSSY Printemps
ELGAR Cello Concerto
BOULANGER D’un soir triste
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919)

Christopher Seaman, conductor laureate
Simone Porter, violin

HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

Details

Carlos Kalmar, guest conductor
Ahrim Kim, cello The Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh Chair

KODÁLY Dances of Galanta
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
HAYDN Symphony No. 98 in B-flat Major
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1

Transcendental and mysterious. Emotional. Boisterous and full of surprises, Haydn’s expressive Symphony No. 98 was the first he composed after learning of his friend Mozart’s death. Guest conductor Carlos Kalmar and Principal Cello Ahrim Kim bring to life Schumann’s intensely lyric and enigmatic Cello Concerto. Kodály’s Galanta Dances, based on the folk music from Slovakia where he lived for a number of years, brings a lively start to the evening, with the culmination being Liszt’s animated Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1.

AHRIM KIM’S PERFORMANCE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE KATHERINE T. AND JON L. SCHUMACHER ORCHESTRA MUSICIAN SOLOIST FUND

Details

Andreas Delfs, guest conductor

Kenneth Grant, clarinet The Robert J. Strasenburgh Chair
Matthew McDonald,  bassoon The Ron and Donna Fielding Chair

WAGNER Sigfried Idyll
R. STRAUSS Duet-concertino
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55

Wagner’s most popular orchestral work, Siegfried Idyll, is also his most intimate piece. It is tranquil and introspective, a clear reflection of his life with wife, Cosima, and their son, Siegfried for whom the piece is named. RPO Principal Clarinet Kenneth Grant and Principal Bassoon Matthew McDonald join forces in Richard Strauss’s Duet-concertino. Inspired by a fairytale, the concertino was one of the composer’s final pieces. Closing the program is Beethoven’s powerful “Eroica” Symphony. The piece, which represents a turning point in musical history, springs to life from two brusque opening chords and has been described as “the greatest single step made by an individual in the history of the symphony.”