Mother Goose with Rochester City Ballet
LOCATION
Hochstein Performance Hall
ARTISTS
AUSTIN CHANU
conductor
ROCHESTER CITY BALLET
Megan Kamler, artistic director
Shannon Purpura, executive director
PROGRAM
MIKHAIL GLINKA
Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
EDVARD GRIEG
Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt
I. Morning Mood
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
V. Valse
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (orch. Respighi)
Five Études-tableaux
4. Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
ALAN MENKEN
Beauty and the Beast Overture
MAURICE RAVEL
Ma Mère l’Oye Suite
Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty
Tom Thumb
Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas
Conversations of Beauty and the Beast
The Enchanted Garden
DESCRIPTION
Concert sponsored by 
(Bruce Marche, Matthew Geherin, Kristen Storey, and Matthew Hettinga)
and 
Series sponsored In Loving Memory of Lenore P. Lesser
Classic fairytales come to life with your RPO and Rochester City Ballet performing Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite. This whimsical journey combines music, movement, and imagination for an enchanting afternoon perfect for young audiences.
PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES
Come early to create your own specially-themed crafts before the concert. Crafts begin at 1 pm.
Create your own fairy garden, ogre, sleeping beauty, and ballerina, plus there’s always coloring!
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