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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The Planets and Farewell Symphony
THE EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY AND BAUSCH & LOMB PHILHARMONICS SERIES
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Eastman Theatre
Saturday, May 23, 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.
 Christopher Seaman, conductor
Women of the Rochester Oratorio Society, Eric Townell, director
Holst: The Planets
Haydn: Symphony No. 45 “Farewell”
Christopher Seaman concludes your season with the ultimate trip – Holst's sonic, celestial showpiece The Planets. And with Haydn's Symphony No. 45, we bid a fond farewell to the "old" Eastman Theatre before its magnificent renovation in the summer of 2009.
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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Media sponsor is WBEE.
 Part of the RPO's celebration of Rochester's 175th anniversary!
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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