Pictures At An Exhibition
April 20 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 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
Pre-concert talk with Maestro Delfs, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Deborah Johnson, and James Barry (Thursday)/Julia Figueras (Saturday) will start 1 hour before the show.
*April 20: Pre-concert lobby performance by the Hochstein Suzuki Presto Strings
PROGRAM
DUKAS
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
KIRKLAND SNIDER (WORLD PREMIERE)
*RPO Centennial Commission
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL
Pictures at an Exhibition
DESCRIPTION
Few works can match it for orchestral color or sonic impact. And no piece displays your RPO’s virtuosity like Pictures at an Exhibition. Experience it live along with Dukas’ magical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (remember Mickey Mouse and the brooms?). Maestro Delfs also conducts Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new multimedia work, in collaboration with visual designer Deborah Johnson, that muses on George Eastman and Kodak.
RPO HISTORY:
Your RPO has performed Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 12 times in a Philharmonics Series concert from 1925 to 2015.
- Albert Coates conducted the piece on February 12, 1925.
- Christopher Seaman conducted the piece twice; first on November 19-21, 1998, then on October 5-9, 2004.
- Ward Stare conducted the piece September 15-19, 2015.
Your RPO has performed one Sarah Kirkland Snider composition in a Philharmonics series. Andreas Delfs conducted the Rochester premiere of Something for the Dark March 23-26, 2022.
Your RPO has performed the Ravel arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition 23 times in a Philharmonics Series or Sunday Matinee concert from 1931 to 2012.
- Eugene Goossens conducted the piece February 13, 1931.
- Bob Bernhardt conducted the piece September 25-27, 1997 – (Catch Mr. Bernhardt conducting Lights! Camera! Pops! April 26 and 27)
- Christopher Seaman conducted the piece May 8-12, 2007
PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES
Pre-concert talk with Maestro Delfs, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Deborah Johnson, and James Barry (Thursday)/Julia Figueras (Saturday) will start 1 hour before the show.
The Hochstein Suzuki Presto Strings will play in the lobby in front of Betty’s Cafe on Saturday, April 20 30 minutes before the show.
Marcos Kreutzer and Michelle Walker direct the ensemble with Alexandra Burger, Claire Crisanti, Lucille Crisanti, Jason Duan, Kelly Duan, Azanni Henry, Kaja Lada, Kaitlyn Wilks, Sarah Wilks, Edwin Xu, and Katelyn Xu as musicians.
LISTEN
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