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A new season opens with the premiere of a "proto-cantata" from Pegasus Early Music 1/25/27 @8pm

What began during the uncertainty of the 2020 pandemic has become one of listeners' great joys – a program created to share live performances and support musicians throughout Western and Central New York and the Finger Lakes.

Performance Today 2701

Hour 1

Julie Pinel: Doux rossignols
Andrea Walker, soprano; Boel Gidholm, violin | Pegasus Early Music | October 19, 2025 | | Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY | Carl Pultz, Alembic Productions

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
Juliana Athayde, violin | Marc Anderson, viola | Chiao-Wen Cheng, piano | Joseph Johnson, cello | Society for Chamber Music in Rochester | September 14, 2025 | Nazareth University, Rochester, NY | John Truebger, sound engineer

Sibelius: Finlandia
Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra | Herb Smith, conductor | June 1, 2026 | Kodak Hall, Rochester, NY

Johnathan Woody: Song of Songs
Pegasus Early Music | Laura Heimes, soprano | Luthien Brackett, mezzo-soprano | Andrew Fuchs, tenor | Jonathan Wody, bass | David Morris, viola da gamba | Michael Leopold and Deborah Fox, lutes | February 8, 2026 | Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY | Carl Pultz, Alembic Productions

Glenn McClure: Anatomy of a Wave
fivebyfive | Chinese pipa player, Leah Oh; Flute: Lana Stafford; Clarinet: Marcy Bacon; Electric Guitar: Ken Luk; Piano: Haeyeun Jeun; Acoustic Bass: Eric J. Polenik; Audio recording: Marc Webster | March 2026 | Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester, New York

Hour 2

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for four violins and cello in B minor, RV 580
The Sebastians | Geneva Music Festival | June 1, 2025 |The Presbyterian Church, Geneva, NY | Jim LaRonde, engineer

Cole Reyes: Glisten
Cordancia Chamber Orchestra | Rachel Lauber, conductor | October 4, 2025 | Greece Baptist Church, Rochester, NY | Carl Pultz, Alembic Productions

Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in A major, Op. 5, No. 6
Ruckus| Skaneateles Festival | July 31, 2025 | First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY | Jim LaRonde, engineer

Robert Kahn: 7 Lieder aus ‘Jungbrunnen’ von Paul Heyse, Op. 46
Nicole Cabell, soprano; Joshua Conyers, baritone; Chiao-Wen Cheng, Piano, Steven Doane, cello; Juliana Athayde, violin |Society for Chamber Music Rochester | February 15, 2026 | Beston Hall, Glazer Music Performance Center, Nazareth University, Rochester, NY | John Truebger, sound engineer

Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Two Clarinets
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival | Bixby Kennedy, Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinets | August 13, 2025 | Fenimore Farm and Country Village | Jim LaRonde, sound engineer

Performance Upstate, hosted by Brenda Tremblay, is an audio tour of concerts captured in concert and university halls, music festivals festivals, and sacred spaces across Western and Central New York and the Finger Lakes.

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