Program Highlight

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra 2018-19 season

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM | By Brenda Tremblay

Published February 5, 2019 at 10:43 AM EST

Mondays at 8pm beginning April 22, 2019.

You're invited to join host and producer Brenda Tremblay on Monday nights at 8 p.m. to experience concerts captured live in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, augmented with exclusive artist interviews with WXXI's Julia Figueras.

PHILHARMONICS #1 airs April 22 & July 29, 8 p.m.

WARD STARE, CONDUCTOR
YEFIM BRONFMAN, PIANO

BERLIOZ   Roman Carnival Overture
PROKOFIEV   Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 16
Yefim Bronfman, piano
DVORÁK   Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95, "From the New World"

PHILHARMONICS #2 airs April 29 & August 5

WXXI's Brenda Tremblay and composer Jennifer Higdon at the RPO

WARD STARE, CONDUCTOR
YOLANDA KONDONASSIS, HARP

BARBER   Symphony No. 1, op. 9
JENNIFER HIGDON   Harp Concerto
   Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
PATRICK HARLIN   Rapture
COPLAND   Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
BERNSTEIN   Divertimento for Orchestra

PHILHARMONICS #3 airs May 6 & August 12

ANDREAS DELFS, CONDUCTOR
KENNETH GRANT, CLARINET
MATTHEW MCDONALD, BASSOON

WAGNER   Siegfried Idyll
STRAUSS   Duet-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon with String Orchestra and Harp
   Kenneth Grant, clarinet
   Matthew McDonald, bassoon
BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat major, op. 55, "Eroica"

Wonderful opening week at the @rochesterphilharmonic! And an enormous pleasure to make music with Yefim Bronfman!

PHILHARMONICS #4 airs May 13 & August 19

JEFF TYZIK, CONDUCTOR
JULIANA ATHAYDE, VIOLIN

BERNSTEIN   Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
JEFF TYZIK   Images: Musical Impressions of an Art Museum
JEFF TYZIK   Jazz Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
   Juliana Athayde, violin

PHILHARMONICS #5 airs May 20 & August 26

CARLOS KALMAR, CONDUCTOR
AHRIM KIM, CELLO

KODÁLY   Dances of Galánta
SCHUMANN   Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129
   Ahrim Kim, cello
HAYDN   Symphony No. 98 in B-flat major
LISZT
   orch. Liszt/Doppler   Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor

PHILHARMONICS #6 airs May 27 & September 2

WARD STARE, CONDUCTOR

Members of the Rochester Oratorio Society

DIANA NEWMAN, SOPRANO
ANTHONY WEBB, TENOR
JOSEPH LATTANZI, BARITONE
LUCIANO PAGANO, BOY SOPRANO
ROCHESTER ORATORIO SOCIETY
ERIC TOWNELL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
BACH CHILDREN'S CHORUS OF NAZARETH COLLEGE
KARLA KROGSTAD, DIRECTOR

BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra
Luciano Pagano, boy soprano
Rochester Oratorio Society

ORFF Carmina burana
Diana Newman, soprano
Anthony Webb, tenor
Joseph Lattanzi, baritone
Rochester Oratorio Society
Bach Children's Chorus of Nazareth College

PHILHARMONICS #7 airs June 3 & September 9

GEMMA NEW, CONDUCTOR
VADYM KHOLODENKO, PIANO

DEBUSSY   Prélude à L'Après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun)
   Rebecca Gilbert, flute
RAVEL   Piano Concerto in G
   Vadym Kholodenko, piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV   Scheherazade, op. 35

PHILHARMONICS #8 airs June 10 & September 16

WARD STARE, CONDUCTOR
JON NAKAMATSU, PIANO

RACHMANINOFF   Isle of the Dead, op. 29
BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
STRAVINSKY   Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

PHILHARMONICS #9 airs June 17 & September 23

CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN, CONDUCTOR
ANGELO XIANG YU, VIOLIN

KODÁLY   Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, "The Peacock"
MOZART   Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
   Angelo Xiang Yu, violin

DELIUS arr. Beecham The Walk to the Paradise Garden
ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, "Enigma Variations," op. 36