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As one of the great American orchestras, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra aspires to be an institution driven by a culture of confidence, adventure, excellence and success. In that same spirit, award-winning producer Brenda Tremblay presents the music with enthusiasm and intelligence. This season, she explores the legacy of classical music in contemporary life with RPO music director Christopher Seaman.
Highlights from the 2007-2008 season include a performance of A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams with the Rochester Oratorio Society (June 2nd), guitarist Sharon Isbin’s moving performance of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, and Ravel’s hypnotic Bolero. Listeners will also experience the Rochester premiere of Deus ex Machina by Michael Daughtery, a work of motion and pathos co-commissioned by the RPO.
In addition to the orchestral performances, listeners hear Maestro Seaman chat about the origins of the music, play excerpts on the piano, and tell stories from his own fascinating life. Extended conversations about each concert are available anytime as free podcasts at wxxi.org. WXXI is proud to present radio concerts from the 2007-2008 season of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Airs: Each concert in the 2007-2008 season will be broadcast on WXXI-FM (Classical 91.5), WJSL-FM (90.3) starting Monday evening June 2, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Streamed live: wxxi.org/listen
Join the RPO Chat's podcast or learn more
WXXI Website: wxxi.org/rpo
RPO Website: www.rpo.org
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Highlights
RPO 2008-2009 Philharmonics Season
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Oct. 10 &
11, 2008, Broadcast
April 8, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Pianist André
Watts joins the RPO for Beethoven's Emperor Concerto and Christopher Seaman conducts
Shostakovich's Festive Overture and Dvořák's New World Symphony. Note: Thursday subscribers will have tickets for the
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Oct. 30 &
Nov. 1, 2008, Broadcast
April 15, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
RPO
Concertmaster Juliana Athayde tackles Brahms' Violin Concerto. The program also includes Borodin's Symphony
No. 2 and
Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave.
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Nov. 6 &
8, 2008, Broadcast
April 22, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Pianist Jon
Nakamatsu joins the RPO for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira
Madigan" and
Christopher Seaman conducts music by Sibelius and Tippett.
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Nov. 20 &
22, 2008, Broadcast
April 29, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Pianist Andrew
von Oeyen returns for Liszt's Totentanz and guest conductor Andrew Grams leads Haydn's Symphony
No. 49 and Bartók's Concerto
for Orchestra.
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Jan. 22 &
24, 2009, Broadcast
May 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
RPO Principal
Flute Rebecca Gilbert performs Nielsen's Flute Concerto and Jahja Ling conducts Mussorgsky's Overture
to "Kovanschina" and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5.
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Jan. 29 &
31, 2009, Broadcast
May 13, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Leila
Josefowicz returns for Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Christopher Seaman conducts music
by Gabrieli, Smetana and Janáček
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Feb. 12 &
14, 2009, Broadcast
May 20, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
The Los
Angeles Guitar Quartet performs the East Coast Premiere of Sérgio Assad's new
concerto for four guitars and Christopher Seaman leads Debussy's Ibéria, selections from Bizet's Carmen and Prokofiev's Suite from
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Feb. 19 &
21, 2009, Broadcast
May 27, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Daniel Hege
conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Hanson's Mosaics and Barber's Cello Concerto with cellist Julie Albers.
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March 5 &
7, 2009, Broadcast
June 3, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Günther Herbig
conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 6 "Tragic." |
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March 19 &
21, 2009, Broadcast
June 10, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Christopher
Seaman conducts Haydn's Creation with the Eastman-Rochester Chorus and soloists Barbara Shirvis, Michael
Colvin and Stephen Powell.
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April 16 &
18, 2009, Broadcast
June 17, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Pianist John
Lill returns for Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 and Christopher Seaman conducts R.
Schumann's Symphony No. 4.
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April 30 &
May 2, 2009, Broadcast
June 24, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Eastman
Theatre, Series A, C & F – Pianist Pascal Rogé joins the RPO for
Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 5 and James Gaffigan conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Satie's Gymnopédies No. 1 &
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May 7 & 9,
2009, Broadcast July 1, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Guest
conductor Yoav Talmi leads Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 and his own Double Marriage of
Figaro as well as
Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 with Stefan Jackiw.
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May 21 &
23, 2009, Broadcast
July 8, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Christopher
Seaman conducts Holst's The Planets and Haydn's Symphony No. 45 "Farewell" in the final concert in Eastman
Theatre before the renovation.
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RPO Music Director:
Christopher Seaman
Christopher Seaman is the current Music Director with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. This internationally renowned British conductor has become an integral part of the RPO and the greater Rochester community, and is recognized as having raised the artistic level of the Orchestra to its present excellence.
Recognized worldwide as one of today's leading conductors, he recently completed a highly successful tenure as conductor-in-residence at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, where he had worked with former RPO Music Director David Zinman since 1987. Other tenures have included Principal Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony and of the Northern Sinfonia.
Highly sought-after as a guest conductor throughout the world and noted for his strong command of a broad repertoire, Mr. Seaman has had regular engagements in North America, Israel, Eastern Europe, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand, as well as in Great Britain.
His recordings include performances with the Royal Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Britain. Mr. Seaman has recorded two CDs with the RPO, one with pianist Jon Nakamatsu which was released in September 2001, and one with pianist Olga Kern, which was released last fall and which has already been hailed by the Democrat and Chronicle as sensational.
