Program Highlight

Live from Hochstein Spring 2017

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM | By Mona Seghatoleslami

Published February 22, 2017 at 7:04 PM EST

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David Bamonte, trumpet; Mark Kellogg, trombone; Priscilla Yuen, piano (Brass Music that Tells a Story, March 22nd)

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Telos Trio (Extraordinary Women Creating New Worlds, March 29th)

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Sibley Chamber Players and Brahms (April 12th)

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fivebyfive Plays Music of Now (April 26th)

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Antara Winds Perform Janá?ek (May 3rd)";

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Eastman Cello Ensemble (New Music for Many Cellos, May 10th)

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Amelia Snyder, saxophone; Cassandra DiLucia, piano (Hochstein Merit Scholarship Winners, April 5th)

Live from Hochstein with host Mona Seghatoleslami is back with a whole new season of performances by some of the finest artists in our area broadcast live from Hochstein Performance Hall. Each of these free “brown bag” concerts runs from 12:10-12:50 p.m., giving downtown business people, teachers, families, students, and friends an opportunity to enjoy classical music during their lunch hour. Live from Hochstein repeats that same day at 10 p.m. on Classical 91.5.

All of the music from this season of Live from Hochstein is now available to stream on demand at the links below. Enjoy!

March 22nd: Brass Music that Tells a Story
David Bamonte, trumpet; Mark Kellogg, trombone; Priscilla Yuen, piano
Featuring music of Blacher, Ewazen, and Brahms.

March 29th: Extraordinary Women Creating New Worlds
Telos Trio
Rita George Simmons, flute; Debbie Grohman, clarinet; Willie LaFavor, piano
Featuring a new work composed for Telos Trio by Gwyneth Walker, plus music by Coleman, Larsen, and Higdon.

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The Telos Trio plays music by Coleman, Larsen, and Higdon, as well as a preview of a new work written for them by Gwyneth Walker on lunchtime concert at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester, NY on March 29th, 2017 which was broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5.

April 5th: Hochstein Merit Scholarship Winners
Amelia Snyder, saxophone; Cassandra DiLucia, piano
Selected works performed by outstanding Hochstein students.

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Outstanding Hochstein students Cassandra DiLucia (piano)Amelia Snyder (saxophone) played music by Chopin, Ravel, and others on a lunchtime concert at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester, NY on April 5, 2017 which was broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5

April 12th: Sibley Chamber Players and Brahms
Shannon Nance, violin; Marc Anderson, viola; Kathleen Murphy Kemp, cello; Doleen Hood, piano
Sibley Chamber Players perform Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60

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The Sibley Chamber Players play Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60, April 12, 2017, on a lunchtime concert which was broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5

April 19th: Spring Recess - NO CONCERT

April 26th: fivebyfive Plays Music of Now
fivebyfive: Laura Lentz, flute; Marcy Bacon, clarinet; Sungmin Shin, guitar; Eric J. Polenik, bass; Haeyeun Jeun, piano
Eclectic quintet performs music by Meredith Monk, Mazzoli, and more

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The bold, eclectic quintet fivebyfive (www.fivebyfivemusic.com/) played a program of all new music on April 26, 2017, at a lunchtime concert broadcast live from the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester, NY on WXXI Classical 91.5

May 3rd: Antara Winds Performs Janá?ek
Antara Winds
Diane Smith, flute; Judith Ricker, oboe; Margaret Quackenbush, clarinet; Natalya Rose Vrbsky, bassoon; and NikoletteLaBonte, horn; with guest Ramon Ricker, bass clarinet
Antara Winds perform Janá?ek’s “Mládí” (“Youth”) suite for woodwind sextet.

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Antara Winds played a beloved quintet by Irving Fine and they were joined by a special guest (Ramon Ricker) to play Janá?ek’s “Mládí” (“Youth”) on this lunchtime concert at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester, NY on May 3, 2017 which was broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5

May 10th: New Music for Many Cellos
Eastman Cello Ensemble
Featuring works by Rochester composer David Liptak, Eastman alumnus Caleb Burhans, and Pärt

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A lunchtime concert by the Eastman Cello Ensemble at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester, NY on May 10, 2017 which was broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5.