WXXI is proud to offer you concerts from the current season of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, upon the approval of the RPO musicians. The '23-'24 RPO Broadcast season begins May 20 and runs through August 19. The entire series will then repeat August 26 through November 25, 2024. The live performances are captured by recording engineers Dave Sluberski or Bernd Gottinger and hosted and produced by Classical 91.5 morning host Brenda Tremblay.
Complementing the broadcast concerts are interviews recorded during the pre-concert chats with conductors and guest artists, hosted by WXXI Classical 91.5's retired Music Director Julia Figueras. Content from these interviews is incorporated into the radio broadcasts, giving the listener a sense of being in the performance hall.
"Broadcast of RPO Concerts on WXXI Classical is made possible by a grant from Dr. Ralph Jozefowicz in honor of WXXI Classical's 50th Anniversary."
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"I'm thrilled to play (Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto) because it's just the most sublime and perfect piece ever written. That's my humble opinion." - Yefim Bronfman -
"(Sarah Kirkland Snyder) has an incredible talent to reach a part in your soul that feels ancient." - Andreas Delfs -
"It's just pure, heartbreakingly beautiful music." ~ Andreas Delfs -
"Music is meant to communicate, and it's meant to move people, and above all, it's meant to sing." ~ Christopher Seaman -
"It's one of those pieces that had to wait for its time, and its time is here and now." ~ RPO Music Director Andreas Delfs -
"He can have these really subtle, beautiful moments, and then it just lets loose!" ~ Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor -
"It's fun to conduct. It's fun to rehearse. It's overall a brilliantly scored and emotionally written piece." ~ Peter Bay, guest conductor -
"There's a moment in the concerto that says in the score, 'At this point, all players play one of those five notes as fast and slow as you want for ten seconds.' That's aleatoric music." ~ Andreas Delfs -
"Every once in a while something comes along that changes everything." ~ Maestro Andreas Delfs -
"Anybody who's ever been in Italy in the spring knows the excitement when the seasons start to change, the sky is blue, and the sun comes out. Mendelssohn captured that feeling so unbelievably well!" ~ Maestro Andreas Delfs
