Centennial Season Finale: Ode To Joy
May 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
LOCATION
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Parking is available around the theatre including the East End Garage, surface lots, and street parking. *East End Garage parking notes: Parking is $7 and CASH ONLY. Please allow for extra time as the Scio Street entrances are the only ones open to traffic and staffed with parking attendants. *Surface lot parking notes: The parking lot at the corner of Main and Gibbs is a pay-to-park with a parking machine. Please allow for extra time to pay at the machine if you plan on parking there.
ARTISTS
Andreas Delfs
conductor
Alexandria Shiner
soprano
Krysty Swann
mezzo soprano
Matthew Swensen
tenor
Joshua Conyers
baritone
Rochester Oratorio Society
Brian Dooley
guitar
Pre-concert talk with Maestro Delfs and Julia Figueras will start 1 hour before the show.
PROGRAM
DERRICK SKYE: (WORLD PREMIERE)
To Seek is Jubliance
*RPO Centennial Commission
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 “Choral”
DESCRIPTION
A spectacular conclusion to an amazing Centennial Season celebration! Hear, live in concert, the epic power and timeless message of humanity and brotherhood when Music Director Andreas Delfs leads your RPO, Rochester Oratorio Society, and soloists in Beethoven’s inspiring and monumental “Ode to Joy,” The Ninth Symphony. “All men become brothers.” And, for composer Derrick Skye, all music becomes one as he fuses diverse cultures into a colorful, new companion work, commissioned by the RPO for its 100th season.
RPO HISTORY:
Your RPO has performed one Derrick Skye composition prior to this concert: the world premiere of A Rage of Peace November 17-19, 2022 with Andreas Delfs conducting.
Your RPO has performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony 12 times in a Philharmonics Series or Sunday Matinee concert between 1935-2017.
- Guy Fraser Harrison conducted the piece on March 7, 1935 with Emily Roosevelt (soprano), Lillian Knowles (contralto), Dan Gridley (tenor), and Herbert Gould (bass).
- Bob Bernhardt conducted the piece October 5-7, 1995 with the Rochester Oratorio Society and Carmen Pelton (soprano), Victoria Livengood (mezzo soprano), Mark Rehnstron (tenor), and Thomas Woodman (baritone).
- Christopher Seaman conducted the piece on October 11, 2009 with the Rochester Oratorio Society and Jami Tyzik (soprano), Barbara Shirvis (soprano), Charles Reid (tenor), and Kevin Deas (bass).
- Ward Stare last conducted the piece November 16-18, 2017 with the Eastman-Rochester Chorus.
LISTEN
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