| The Eastman Reopens! Beethoven's Ninth |
PHILS 1 |
Oct. 8, 10 & 11, 2009
Barbara Shirvis, soprano
Jami Tyzik, mezzo-soprano
Charles Reid, tenor
Kevin Deas, baritone
Rochester Oratorio Society; Eric Townell, director
Christopher Seaman conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with four guest soloists and the Rochester Oratorio Society, plus the world premiere of Geo. by Douglas Lowry
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| Virtuoso Vadim Gluzman |
PHILS 2 |
Oct. 29 & 31, 2009
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Christopher Seaman conducts
Arvo Part: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
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| Van Cliburn Victory! |
PHILS 3 |
Nov. 5 & 7, 2009
Guest Conductor Arild Remmereit with Gold Medalist Haochen Zhang
Shafer Mahoney: Sparkle
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
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| Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto |
PHILS 4 |
Nov. 19 & 21, 2009
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Guest Conductor Hannu Lintu
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
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Jan. 21 & 23, 2010
Adina Aaron, soprano
Christopher Seaman conducts
Elgar: Selections from Wand of Youth
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Handel: Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op. 6, No. 7
Haydn: Symphony No. 100, “Military”
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| Tyzik, Debussy & Brahms |
PHILS 6 |
Jan. 28 & 30, 2010
Charles Ross, timpani
Christopher Seaman conducts the world premiere of Tyzik’s Timpani Concerto
Debussy: “Fetes” and “Nuages” from Nocturnes
Jeff Tyzik: Timpani Concerto (RPO Commission & world premiere)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
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| Valentine’s Weekend: Four Last Songs |
PHILS 7 |
Feb. 11 & 13, 2010
Justin Brown, guest conductor
Twyla Robinson, soprano
R. Strauss: Don Juan
R. Strauss: Four Last Songs
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish"
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| Orli Shaham plays Mozart |
PHILS 8 |
Mar. 4 & 6, 2010
Orli Shaham, piano
Christopher Seaman conducts works including Mozart’s 23rd Piano Concerto
Overture to The Magic Flute and Symphony No. 39
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| Orchestral Fireworks! |
PHILS 9 |
Mar. 11 & 13, 2010
Juliana Athayde, violin
Christopher Seaman conducts the RPO Premiere of Allen Shawn’s Violin Concerto
Sibelius: “Valse Triste” from Kuolema
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”
Allen Shawn: Violin Concerto (RPO Commission & world premiere)
Ravel: La Valse
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| Beethoven’s Seventh |
PHILS 10 |
Apr. 8 & 10, 2010
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Guest Conductor James Gaffigan
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2, "Age of Anxiety"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
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| Dichter Plays Paganini’s Rhapsody |
PHILS 11 |
Apr. 15 & 17, 2010
Misha Dichter, piano
Christopher Seaman conducts
John Corigliano: Gazebo Dances
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Elgar: In the South (Alassio)
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| Ravishing Rachmaninoff |
PHILS 12 |
Apr. 29 & May 1, 2010
Douglas Prosser, trumpet
Guest Conductor Rossen Milanov
Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes
Tomasi: Trumpet Concerto
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
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| Berlioz Blockbuster |
PHILS 13 |
May 6 & 8, 2010
Melissa Matson, viola
Guest Conductor Andreas Delfs conducts
Schumann: Overture to Manfred
Haydn: Symphony No. 86
Berlioz: Harold in Italy
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| Season Finale: Verdi's Requiem |
PHILS 14 |
May 20 & 22, 2010
Christopher Seaman conducts this monumental work with the Rochester Oratorio Society and soloists
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