Live from Hochstein: Dreams of Home – Music by Chopin, Schumann, and Grieg

Pianist Jennifer Hayghe and cellist Rosemary Ellliott team up for a romantic program including music by Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, and Edvard Grieg.

WXXI and Hochstein School of Music and Dance present Dreams of Home on April 20th at 12:10 p.m. on Classical 91.5, 90.3, and streaming online at wxxi.org.


Jennifer Hayghe is Associate Professor of Piano at University of Colorado Boulder. She has performed in solo recitals and made orchestral appearances throughout the world, including the United States, Europe and Asia. Her first solo recording, Paintings From the Piano, featuring works by Debussy, Schumann and Mussorgksy, was recently released by Centaur Records.

Rosemary Elliott, Assistant Professor of Cello at the Eastman School of Music, has an active performing schedule as chamber musician and recitalist. She is the artistic director of the “Morning Chamber Music” series at the Eastman School of Music. Ms. Elliott has been for 10 years a member of the performing and teaching staff at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine. As a guest chamber musician she has also participated in the Skaneatles and Icicle Creek Chamber Music festivals, the Heifetz Academy in Wolfboro, New Hampshire, the International Musician’s Seminar in Cornwall, England, and the Kerry Chamber Music Festival in Ireland. 

Hosted by Classical 91.5's Mona Seghatoleslami, Live from Hochstein is the longest running live broadcast concert series in Western New York. Broadcast live from the Hochstein Performance Hall (50 North Plymouth Ave. in Rochester), the series presents performances by some of the finest artists from the Rochester area’s musical community. 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, 90.3, and streaming online at wxxi.org.


To learn more about the series, and to see a complete schedule of performances, visit http://wxxi.org/hochstein/.