Our Saturday night opening concert: Rising compositional talent Carlos Simon kicks off the season with selections from Tales: A Folklore Symphony. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff for piano and orchestra is 24 variations on a famous and challenging violin solo. The concert also features Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular work, Scheherazade. Based on the story One […]
Our traditional Sunday matinee: Rising compositional talent Carlos Simon kicks off the season with selections from Tales: A Folklore Symphony. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff for piano and orchestra is 24 variations on a famous and challenging violin solo. The concert also features Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular work, Scheherazade. Based on the story One Thousand […]
Our third concert opens with composer Dai Wei’s pulsating effervescent overture “The Dancing Moonlight.” The title offers a great description of Wei’s tone picture. Next is one of my favorite concertos. From its grand opening arpeggios to its tour-de-force finale, Grieg’s masterpiece is one of the most popular-and most recognizable-piano concertos ever written. Hear it […]
The program features Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, Jimmy López Bellido’s Fiesta!, and the powerful First Symphony of Florence Price.
Transforming five lines of Rumi poetry into a musical language given voice by solo cello, Anna Clyne’s cello concerto, “Dance” will captivate listeners with an intensely emotional and evocative modern piece. Written for New-York based cellist Inbal Segev and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the concerto’s opening movement has over 3 million plays on Spotify and […]
Laura leads the young superstar musicians of the International Center for Music at Park University in a concert of C.P.E. Bach’s Symphony in G Major, Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Novelette #1, plus Josef Suk’s romantic and enchanting Serenade (1892).
Tradition and innovation combine to elevate certain compositions, as clearly demonstrated by Patrick Harlin’s evocative soundscapes, the twilit atmosphere of Benjamin Britten’s work and the passion and creativity of Mozart’s final symphony. Countess de Hoernle Theatre at Spanish River High School Pre-Concert Conversation 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Concert at 3:00 p.m. Conductor Laura Jackson Tenor […]
The quintessential love theme, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy took ten years to achieve its final symphonic poem form. Pianist Ying Li offers Mozart’s brooding Piano Concerto No. 20, cavorting between ‘storm and stress’ and rhythmic energy. Altered Landscape was commissioned by guest conductor Laura Jackson, music director of the Reno (NV) Symphony Orchestra, to […]
The quintessential love theme, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy took ten years to achieve its final symphonic poem form. Pianist Ying Li offers Mozart’s brooding Piano Concerto No. 20, cavorting between ‘storm and stress’ and rhythmic energy. Altered Landscape was commissioned by guest conductor Laura Jackson, music director of the Reno (NV) Symphony Orchestra, to […]
Laura returns to work with the fantastic young musicians at Park University’s International Center for Music in a program of works for string orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar, Patrick Harlin, and Franz Schubert. Introduction and Allegro for Strings by Edward Elgar Selections from Wilderness Anthology by Patrick Harlin Death and the Maiden by Franz Schubert, Arr. Gustav Mahler The […]
The Reno Phil fans the flame of creative genius. Join us to celebrate the 125th birthday of legendary American composer, George Gershwin! Hear the sparkling and fresh unabridged critical edition of An American in Paris, as well as music from one of Gershwin’s earliest musical scores, the Overture from Primrose. Our very own Reno Phil […]
The Reno Phil fans the flame of creative genius. Join us to celebrate the 125th birthday of legendary American composer, George Gershwin! Hear the sparkling and fresh unabridged critical edition of An American in Paris, as well as music from one of Gershwin’s earliest musical scores, the Overture from Primrose. Our very own Reno Phil […]