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The last time Andrew van Oeyen played in Rochester, the mop-headed pianist looked barely old enough to vote. Two years later, he's back, shorn and hunkier than ever, with a file full of critical praise for his "ruminative assurance...and technical brilliance." This week he'll tackle Lizst's fiendishly complicated Totentanz for
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Robert Morris Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St Tuesday, November 18 8 p.m. | $10 | 454-2100, esm.rochester.edu If you think classical music is dull, you haven't heard any Robert Morris. The newly appointed chair of the Eastman School's composition department handles quadraphonic computer-generated sounds as deftly as flute and piano. Morris gets
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Christian Gerhaher hasn't hit 40, and his flexible, burnished voice has already earned him some important awards. The German baritone will stop in Rochester before heading to Vienna. His appearance with pianist Gerold Huber promises to be one of the most emotionally charged concerts of the fall season, with works
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Eastman Horn Choir Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St Tuesday, October 21 8 p.m. | free | 274-1100 If the YouTube video of Sarah Palin playing the flute left an unpleasant ringing in your ear, replace it with the warm, rich tones of top French horn students. The Eastman Horn Choir plays an
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In Siberia, 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle, scientists are trying to create a pre-Ice Age ecosystem by populating a remote location with moose, wild horses, and reindeer. Within a place known as Pleistocene Park, no one can predict the result. The goal is to bring in modern
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A Paul Newman of the music world, pianist Andre Watts exudes style, smarts, and gravitas. He'll apply his considerable powers to the "Emperor" Concerto, Beethoven's fifth and last, in an appearance with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Christopher Seaman leads the orchestra in the hyper-forceful "Festive Overture" by Shostakovich and Dvorak's
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Ossia Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. Thursday, October 2 8 p.m. | Free | 274.1000, ossianewmusic.org For those who like to travel off the beaten path, Ossia (pronounced "oh-SEE-ah") New Music bushwhacks into unexplored sonic territory through music by Andrew Allen, Louis Andriessen, Jennifer Bellor, Elizabeth Kelly, Tōru Takemitsu, and Chen Yi.
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Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" is a glass figurine dusted with glitter, a sparkling, perfect comedy. You'd recognize the music: the tunes have popped up on many distinguished TV shows, such as "The Simpsons," "Looney Tunes," and "Seinfeld." Parodies don't diminish Rossini's masterpiece, performed by Mercury Opera Rochester with
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Wild. Angular. Light. New music in the hands of Eastman Broadband Ensemble and Arabesque Winds carries you all over the range of human expression. In preparation for an appearance this month in the Chihuahua (Mexico) International Festival, composer Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez oversees a send-off concert featuring his own music, as well
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In Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw," two children living in a rambling, isolated mansion are haunted by a couple of ghosts. As the plot unfolds, their governess becomes convinced that the specters are using the kids to continue their paranormal relationship into the present.Like that big, old
