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You'd have to dig deep into the history books to find a season like this one. In the coming months, the unveiling of two massively renovated concert halls will coincide with a startling venue change for Rochester's premier early music series. Players could perform last year's repertoire all over again
Music Articles
Michael MacLeod wishes you would stop watching TV, get off your butt (as he puts it), and go see the opera. The blunt, engaging artistic director of Glimmerglass Opera is passionate about the art form he considers the most immersive and emotionally satisfying of all. Plus, he's facing a tough
Choice Concerts
You might look at the standards on this program and miss the sizzle. First, this will be the debut of Madrigalia's dynamic new music director, Lee Wright. Second, jazz pianist Tony Caramia will stream in like fresh air, and third, the program will highlight mystical texts by Hildegard of Bingenin
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This is your last chance to hear the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra play in Eastman Theatre before major renovations. There are two works on the program. In "The Planets" by Gustav Holst, the orchestra shoots sparks, spins joy, and ignites terror in Mars, The Bringer of War. Music Director Christopher Seaman
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There's plenty of jazz, blues, and rock to go around, but Rochester is a choral town. Thousands of people belong to choirs and sing for fun. A few serious vocalists have resurrected the Bach Choir, and with organist/conductor James . Bobb, they'll present Bach's motet "Komm, Jesu, komm." Flutist Bonita
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French pianist Pascal Rogé is a wood thrush among goldfinches. His burnished interpretations of French pieces move listeners with elegance, style, and thoughtful phrasing. His exquisite recordings of Saint-Saëns' piano concertos are considered by many to be the best on record, so it'll be a treat to hear him perform
Music Articles
When Michael Barone boarded a plane from Minnesota to Rochester in February, he didn't know exactly what he was getting into. Barone, the host of the nationally syndicated public radio show "Pipedreams," felt pretty confident he would hear adrenaline-pumping performances from Eastman School of Music faculty and students during a
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For the longest time, he's been the piano man of the baby grand, Captain Jack, and paramour of the Uptown Girl. And so it goes that Billy Joel's music will say goodbye to Hollywood and hello to an Eastman Theatre crowd in a concert featuring the RPO, conductor Jeff Tyzik,
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It's the simplest thing, really - just a metal tube with holes. But in the hands of Nina Assimakopoulos, the flute is a kite, a nymph, a bolt of lightning. The Bowling Green professor shows off the whole spectrum of sounds possible on the contemporary flute in a program of
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On the surface of things, "Le Nozze di Figaro" ("The Marriage of Figaro") is all froth and sweetness. But Mozart's opera about smart servants who outclass the aristocracy actually helped fan the flames of discontent that ignited the French Revolution. Eastman Opera Theatre presents Mozart's beautiful, elegant, and fast-paced opera
