Independence Day Celebration
July 4, Downtown Rochester - The RPO returns to downtown Rochester with a patriotic musical celebration complete with fireworks. Jeff Tyzik conducts with tenor Doug LaBrecque.
RPO Summer Ensembles
July 6, 9, 12, 16, 23, 30 - The City of Rochester sponsors six free outdoor RPO ensemble performances
Violin Virtuosity
July 8, Performance Hall at Hochstein - Christopher Seaman conducts Mozart's Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, Violin Concerto No. 3 with RPO Concertmaster Juliana Athayde, and Symphony No. 40.
RPO Summer Ensembles
July 6, 9, 12, 16, 23, 30 - The City of Rochester sponsors six free outdoor RPO ensemble performances
Best of the Blues
July 10 & 11, First Niagara Center City Pavilion - Some of today's great jazz & blues artists performing music of W.C. Handy, Wayne Shorter, and more.
Best of the Blues
July 10 & 11, First Niagara Center City Pavilion - Some of today's great jazz & blues artists performing music of W.C. Handy, Wayne Shorter, and more.
RPO Summer Ensembles
July 6, 9, 12, 16, 23, 30 - The City of Rochester sponsors six free outdoor RPO ensemble performances
Classic Clarinet
July 15, Performance Hall at Hochstein - Christopher Seaman conducts Mozart's Overture to The Magic Flute, Clarinet Concerto with RPO Principal Clarinetist Kenneth Grant, and Symphony No. 41.
RPO Summer Ensembles
July 6, 9, 12, 16, 23, 30 - The City of Rochester sponsors six free outdoor RPO ensemble performances
Russian Spectacular! Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky
July 17 & 18, First Niagara Center City Pavilion - Christopher Seaman conducts two great Russian masterpieces: Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with Van Cliburn medalist Joyce Yang and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
Russian Spectacular! Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky
July 17 & 18, First Niagara Center City Pavilion - Christopher Seaman conducts two great Russian masterpieces: Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with Van Cliburn medalist Joyce Yang and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
RPO Summer Ensembles
July 6, 9, 12, 16, 23, 30 - The City of Rochester sponsors six free outdoor RPO ensemble performances
Symphonic Rock! The Music of Led Zeppelin
July 24, First Niagara Center City Pavilion - Hear the RPO and a full rock band perform Led Zeppelin’s classic songs, including Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir, and Black Dog.
Symphonic Rock! The Music of Pink Floyd
July 25, First Niagara Center City Pavilion - Hear the RPO and a full rock band perform Pink Floyd’s classic songs, including selections from The Wall, Money, and Learning to Fly.
Beatlemania!
July 29, First Niagara Center City Pavilion - All of your Fab Four favorites performed by members of the original cast of Broadway's Beatlemania!
RPO Summer Ensembles
July 6, 9, 12, 16, 23, 30 - The City of Rochester sponsors six free outdoor RPO ensemble performances
Three Broadway Divas
July 31 & August 1, First Niagara Center City Pavilion - Singers Jan Horvath, Debbie Gravitte and Anne Runolfsson bring their distinctive personality to the classic musical theater repertoire.
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Symphonie fantastique
THE EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY AND BAUSCH & LOMB PHILHARMONICS SERIES
Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Eastman Theatre
Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Eastman Theatre
Purchase tickets online, call us at (585) 454-2100, or visit any Rochester-
area Wegmans.
All artists, programs, dates, times, prices and locations are subject to change.
 James Gaffigan, conductor
Pascal Rogé, piano
Satie (arr. Debussy): Gymnopédie No. 3 & 1
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
An all-French program under dynamic young American maestro James Gaffigan, featuring the elegance and subtlety of Pascal Rogé in his compatriot Saint-Saëns' "Egyptian" Piano Concerto, plus Berlioz' fiery Symphonie fantastique.
Click here to read the program notes.
Click here to hear an audio preview of the concert.
The Philharmonics Series is sponsored by
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James Gaffigan’s appearance is made possible by The Davenport-Hatch Foundation.
The RPO gratefully acknowledges the PAETEC Philharmonics Partners program, which offers discounted Philharmonics tickets to local college students. Click here for more information.
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