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Season Finale: Carmina Burana

May 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Saturday

May 30, 2026

7:30 pm

Sunday

May 31, 2026

2:00 pm

LOCATION

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre

ARTISTS

ANDREAS DELFS

conductor

PACHO FLORES

trumpet

HUGH RUSSELL

baritone

MATTHEW SWENSEN

tenor

RAVEN MCMILLON

soprano

ROCHESTER ORATORIO SOCIETY

Maestro Eric Townell, artistic director

BACH CHILDREN’S CHORUS OF ROCHESTER

Karla Krogstad, founder and director

PROGRAM

ROBERTO SIERRA

Salseando
Pacho Flores

CARL ORFF

Carmina Burana
Hugh Russell
Matthew Swensen
Raven McMillion
Rochester Oratorio Society
Bach Children’s Chorus of Rochester

DESCRIPTION

The season reaches a thrilling climax as Andreas Delfs leads the RPO, the Rochester Oratorio Society, Bach Children’s Chorus of Rochester, and powerhouse soloists in Carl Orff’s electrifying Carmina Burana—a choral spectacle of fate, fortune, and unrelenting rhythm. The program opens with Pacho Flores performing Roberto Sierra’s stunning trumpet concerto Salseando. Don’t miss this astonishing finale, where voices and orchestra unite in one of the most exhilarating masterpieces of all time!

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