Our 48th Season will offer three delightful Sunday concerts of inspiring music in the acoustically exquisite Hochstein Performance Hall featuring world class soloists. The varied selections are a musical treat the whole family will enjoy!
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
Hochstein Performance Hall
Sponsored by Peter Lyman
“Best Messiah in town!” - Democrat & Chronicle
Don’t miss this dazzling holiday event for the whole family!
Internationally known soloists, the Festival Singers and the Bach Children's Chorus in residence at Nazareth College. Soloists are soprano Rebakah Camm; Los Angeles, San Francisco and Spoleto, Italy opera roles; Bach and Handel contralto Kirsten Solleck, and the return of Metropolitan Opera soloist's tenor Douglas Ahlstedt and bass Dean Peterson.
March 25, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.
Stellar soloists from the Eastman School of Music Artists Faculty. Flutist Bonita Boyd in music by C.P.E. Bach, Rochester Philharmonic principal harpist Grace Wong joins Boyd in the Finale of Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp. Classical guitarist Nicolas Goluses will join Boyd in the Rochester premier of Piazzolla's Concerto for Guitar and Bandoneon, arranged for "Guitar and Flute".
The Concentus Women's Chorus, Director, Gwendolyn Gassler, will celebrate their 10th anniversary with some of their favorite selections. The Bach Children's Chorus in residence at Nazareth College, Director, Karla Krogsted, will be featured in music by Purcell, Schubert, Mahler, and more. the combined choruses will sing the delightful Vienna Life by Johann Strauss, Jr.
MOZART'S TRIPLE ALL MOZART CONCERTApril 22, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Barry Snyder, a triple prize winner in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1966, and Eastman Artist Faculty member, will play the lead piano in Mozart's Concerto for Three Pianos'. Pianist and Co-Director of the Skaneateles Festival, Elinor Freer, and Russian born pianist and chamber musician, Rose Grace, will play the second and third pianos. Thomas Lehman, expressive baritone from the Eastman School of Music, will sing several arias. This program opens with Mozart's Symphony No. 32.
The Rochester Chamber Orchestra is dedicated to bringing the experience and joy of live performances to all age groups, with special emphasis on youth and families, in the acoustically superb Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 North Plymouth Avenue, Rochester, NY. Tickets are $25 and are available from (585) 442-9778, at Wegmans, or at rochesterchamberorchestra.org on the Tickets page. Senior discount tickets are $15 and student tickets are $10.
2011–2012 RCO Brochure (PDF)