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Brenda Tremblay

Host: Brenda Tremblay

 

RPO: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Host and producer Brenda Tremblay offers interviews with Music Director Christopher Seaman. Extended conversations about the concerts with musical examples are available as free podcasts.

   

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Highlights

RPO 2010-2011 Philharmonics Season - Season airs on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. beginning May 2, 2011. The entire series repeats beginning August 1, 2011.

The Season Begins! Tchaikovsky’s Fourth            Airs 5/2/11 Rpt 8/1/11

PHILS 1

Sep. 30 & Oct. 2, 2010, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Christopher Seaman, conductor; Ilya Itin, piano
ELGAR  Cockaigne
LISZT  Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 4

Russian Masters                                                      Airs 5/9/11 Rpt 8/8/11

PHILS 2

Oct. 21 & 23, 2010, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Christopher Seaman, conductor; Juliana Athayde, violin
SIBELIUS  Suite from Karelia
GLAZUNOV  Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY  Pétrouchka

Orchestral Fireworks!                                              Airs 5/16/11 Rpt 8/15/11

PHILS 3

Oct. 28 & 30, 2010, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - John Nelson, guest conductor; Erik Behr, oboe
LISZT  Mephisto Waltz No. 1 
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Concerto for Oboe and Strings
DVORAK  Symphony No. 7

Mendelssohn & Brahms                                            Airs 5/23/11  Rpt 8/22/11

PHILS 4

Nov. 11 & 13, 2010, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Larry Rachleff, guest conductor; Augustin Hadelich, violin
BERLIOZ  Roman Carnival Overture
MENDELSSOHN  Violin Concerto 
BRAHMS  Symphony No. 1

Olga Kern Plays Rachmaninoff                                Airs 5/30/11  Rpt 8/29/11

PHILS 5

Nov. 18 & 20, 2010, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Christopher Seaman, conductor; Olga Kern, piano
DVOŘÁK  Carnival Overture
RACHMANINOFF  Piano Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS  Symphony No. 1

Handel’s Messiah                                      Airs December 2011 – specifics TBA

PHILS 6

Dec. 9 & 11, 2010, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Christopher Seaman, conductor; Rochester Oratorio Society, Eric Townell, director; Karen Clift, soprano; Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano; Ryan MacPherson, tenor; Stephen Powell, baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Beethoven’s Fifth                                                        Airs 6/6/11  Rpt 9/5/11

PHILS 7

Jan. 20 & 22, 2011, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Julian Kuerti, conductor; Karen Gomyo, violin
MESSIAEN  Les Offrandes Oubliées (The Forgotten Offerings)
PROKOFIEV  Violin Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 5


Fire and Water                                                             Airs 6/13/11  Rpt 9/12/11

PHILS 8

Feb. 17 & 19, 2011, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Sarah Ioannides, guest conductor; Lara St. John, violin
HINDSON  Violin Concerto
DEBUSSY  La Mer 
STRAVINSKY  Suite from The Firebird (1919)

Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto                                      Airs 6/20/11  Rpt 9/19/11

PHILS 9

Mar. 3 & 5, 2011, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Yoav Talmi, guest conductor; Markus Groh, piano
SIBELIUS  Finlandia
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 4
SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony No. 5

Jon Nakamatsu Returns!                                               Airs 6/27/11  Rpt 9/26/11

PHILS 10

Mar. 10 & 12, 2011, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Christopher Seaman, conductor; Jon Nakamatsu, piano
MENDELSSOHN  The Hebrides Overture, "Fingal's Cave"
SCHUMANN  Piano Concerto 
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  A London Symphony

Brahms Requiem                                                            Airs 7/4/11  Rpt 10/3/11

PHILS 11

Apr. 7 & 9, 2011, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Christopher Seaman, conductor; Eastman-Rochester Chorus, William Weinert, director; Kathryn Lewek, soprano; Tyler Duncan, baritone
HANDEL  Suite from Water Music
BRAHMS  A German Requiem

Scheherazade!                                                               Airs 7/11/11  Rpt 10/10/11

PHILS 12

April 28 & 30, 2011, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - David Robert Coleman, guest conductor; Anaïk Morel, soprano
 MESSIAEN  Un Sourire (The Smile)
RAVEL  Shéhérazade
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  Scheherazade

Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto                                          Airs 7/18/11  Rpt 10/17/11

PHILS 13

May 5 & 7, 2011, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Christopher Seaman, conductor; Kenneth Grant, clarinet
MOZART  Clarinet Concerto 
BRUCKNER  Symphony No. 7

Christopher Seaman’s Grand Finale                             Airs 7/25/11  Rpt 10/24/11

PHILS 14

June 2 & 4, 2011, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre - Christopher Seaman, conductor; Vocalists TBD
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Serenade to Music
ELGAR  Enigma Variations
BRAHMS  Symphony No. 2

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