RCO's Notes from the Program

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Welcome to the audio version of the Reno Chamber Orchestra's program notes! Subscribe to our podcast and be updated for each concert, and have an opportunity in advance of the performance to listen to the audio version of our program notes!

  1. Salute to Youth

    9 DE MAI.

    Salute to Youth

    Talented Nevada youth perform side-by-side with RCO in Barber’s famous Adagio for Strings before the winners of our concerto competition take the stage as soloists. RCO’s Sound Investment commissioning program makes its debut with a new work before the season concludes with a symphony chosen by you, our audience and supporters. One Performance Only ​ Tickets to Salute to Youth must be purchased individually and may be added to your season subscription purchase. Kelly Kuo, conductor The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium Nika Kalanaki, Violin Claire Lin, Piano SAMUEL BARBER     Adagio for Strings FELIX MENDELSSOHN     Violin Concerto in D Minor, 1st & 2nd mvt Nika Kalanaki, Concerto Competition Winner, Junior Division FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN     Piano Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11, 1st mvt Claire Lin, Concerto Competition Winner, Senior Division TANNER PORTER     Sage-Grouse 2025 Reno Chamber Orchestra Sound Investment Commission LOUISE FARRENC    Symphony No. 2 in D Major op. 35

    16min
  2. Latin Bridges

    3 DE ABR.

    Latin Bridges

    Handel’s Messiah returns to the RCO after over two decades in a Spanish translation as we highlight Easter selections from El Mesías: Messiah for a New World. A chamber orchestration of Gershwin’s infectious Havana-inspired Cuban Overture and Piazzolla’s fresh tango-jazz-classical Sinfonietta fill out this program influenced by Latin connections. ​ Kelly Kuo, conductor Gerardo de la Torre, baritone Zulimar López-Hernández,  soprano Genaro Mendez, tenor   GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Diaz)    Cuban Overture ASTOR PIAZZOLLA    Sinfonietta     GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL     excerpts from The Messiah (en Español)

    18min
  3. American Dance Party

    26 DE FEV.

    American Dance Party

    Get ready to jam as the infectious rhythms and tunes of American greats like Ellington, Joplin, and Gershwin will have you dancing in your seats. One of the concert's works get a Reno-themed multi-media treatment by Eve Allen Garza and RCO’s principal strings are featured as soloists in Delights and Dances, a work by Pulitzer-prize winner Michael Abels, known widely for his score to the film Nope. Kelly Kuo, conductor The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium Eve Allen Garza, Choreographer James Winn, Piano SCOTT JOPLIN     Overture to Treemonisha LEONARD BERNSTEIN (arr. Garth Sunderland)     Fancy Free MICHAEL ABELS     Delights and Dances DUKE ELLINGTON (arr. Prustman)     Three Songs of Duke Ellington for Chamber Orchestra GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Farrington)     I Got Rhythm Variations

    19min
  4. Baroque to Beatles

    28 DE JAN.

    Baroque to Beatles

    Guest conductor Luke Poeppel leads a program in Hall Recital Hall juxtaposing arrangements of popular music by the Beatles with beloved works from the Baroque canon of Western classical music by Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel. Mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala and RCO’s own principal bassoon, Dylan Neff, are the featured soloists. Luke Poeppel, Guest conductor The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium Dylan Neff, Bassoon Adriana Zabala, Mezzo-soprano Aaron Hill, Oboe ANTONIO VIVALDI    Bassoon Concerto in A Minor, RV 499 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH    Cantata No. 82, "Ich habe genug" JOHN LENNON/PAUL MCCARTNEY (arr. Berio)     Beatles Songs  GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL     Water Music Suite No. 1

    17min
  5. String in the New Year

    26/12/2024

    String in the New Year

    December 31 @ 2:00pm String in the New Year A finale to remember with your favorite NCMF artists including Renoite Molly Carr. Ring in the new year with string quartets and quintets by Dvorak and Puccini,  plus Rebecca Clarke's Morpheus, a dreamy delight for viola and piano. ​​REPERTOIRE* GIACOMO PUCCINI   Crisantemi, SC 65​​ CARL MARIA VON WEBER   Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34 REBECCA CLARKE   Morpheus ANTONIN DVORAK   String Quintet No. 3, Op. 97 ​​ ARTISTS* Dmitri Atapine, James Baik, Dustin Budish, Molly Carr, Alena Hove, Ruth Lenz, Yuhsin Galaxy Su, Itsuki Yamamoto​ ​ *all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

    7min
  6. Brahms & Beyond

    26/12/2024

    Brahms & Beyond

    December 30 @ 7:30pm Brahms & Beyond Featuring principal second clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony, Yuhsin Galaxy Su. Enjoy this Brahm-wich of a concert that opens and closes with Joannes Brahms, and a meaty center of Haydn's String Quartet in B minor, and Debussy's Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano.​​ ​​REPERTOIRE* JOHANNES BRAHMS   Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120​​ FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN   String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33 No. 1 CLAUDE DEBUSSY   Première rhapsodie JOHANNES BRAHMS   Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 ​ ARTISTS* Clive Greensmith, Alena Hove, Quartet Integra, Yuhsin Galaxy Su, ​Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn  ​ *all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

    7min
  7. Cello Celebration

    26/12/2024

    Cello Celebration

    December 30 @ 2:00pm Cello Celebration A Cello-bration, if you will! Celebrate the brilliance of the cello with works by Faure, Britten, Puccini and a grand cello ensemble finale! ​​REPERTOIRE* GYÖRGY LIGETI   Sonate for Solo Cello​​ GABRIEL FAURÉ   Miniatures for Cello and Piano; Romance, Op. 69; Sicillienne, Op. 78; Papillon, Op. 77 ENRIQUE GRANADOS   Intermezzo from Goyescas BENJAMIN BRITTEN   Cello Sonata, Op. 65 LUIGI BOCCHERINI   Cello Sonata in G Major GABRIEL FAURÉ   Pavane, Op. 50 GIACOMO PUCCINI   "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi DOMENICO DRAGONETTI     Duet for Cello and Contrabass JOHANN STRAUSS    Jellacic-Marsch, Op. 244 JOHN PHILIP SOUSA    Liberty Bell​​ ​ ARTISTS* Dmitri Atapine, James Baik, Clive Greensmith, John Lenz, Peter Lenz, Hyeyeon Park, Ye Un Emily Park, Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn ​​ *all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

    14min
  8. 1920's Songbook

    26/12/2024

    1920's Songbook

    December 29 @ 7:30pm 1920's Songbook Hear Gershwin, Porter and more! Featuring vocalist Chicago Fire's Hanako Greensmith with pianist Steven Vanhauwaert. Enjoy songs of the 1920's paired with Ravel's Violin Sonata No. 2 performed by Ruth Lenz and James Winn, as well as Hindemith's Viola Sonata No. 4, and Gershwin's Three Preludes for clarinet and piano. ​​REPERTOIRE* ​ GEORGE GERSHWIN/IRA GERSHWIN    Fascinating Rhythm GEORGE GERSHWIN/IRA GERSHWIN    How Long Has This Been Going On RAY HENDERSON    The Birth of the Blues KURT WEILL/BERTOLT BRECHT     Surabaya Johnny COLE PORTER    Night and Day ERWIN SCHULHOFF     5 Grotesken, Op.21 No. 1–3 MAURICE RAVEL    Violin Sonata No. 2 GEORGE GERSHWIN    Three Preludes PAUL HINDEMITH    Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4 ERWIN SCHULHOFF     Five Pieces for String Quartet  ​ ARTISTS* Molly Carr, Scott Faulkner, Hanako Greensmith, Ruth Lenz, Hyeyeon Park, Quartet Integra, Yuhsin Galaxy Su, Steven Vanhauwaert, James Winn,  ​ *all ncmf repertoire and artists are subject to change

    13min
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Welcome to the audio version of the Reno Chamber Orchestra's program notes! Subscribe to our podcast and be updated for each concert, and have an opportunity in advance of the performance to listen to the audio version of our program notes!

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  • Anos de atividade
    2023 - 2025
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