NEW THIS YEAR! Come early to each of the Midsummer Classics concerts this summer at Performance Hall at Hochstein, and you can enjoy wine tastings at 6:00 pm and pre-concert chamber music by a small ensemble of RPO musicians beginning at 6:30 pm. See below for the schedule for each concert.
Holly Howell, wine columnist for the Democrat and Chronicle, will be at the tastings on July 14 and August 4 to answer questions about wine.
Plus, show your ticket or RPO patron card at the Rochester Plaza Hotel, 70 State Street Rochester – just a few blocks from Hochstein – and receive the following:
- free on-site parking at the hotel (first-come, first-served, based on availability)
- one free entrée at the State Street Bar & Grill, with the purchase of an entrée of equal or greater value, before or after the concert. Restaurant reservations strongly recommended – call 546-3450.
July 7
6:00 pm - Wine tastings from Mayers Lake Ontario Winery and Deer Run Winery
6:30 pm - The RPO Brass Quintet Plays Music from the Renaissance to Gershwin
Giovanni Gabrielli Canzona per Sonare No. 4
Victor Ewald Symphony for Brass
George Gershwin Selections from Porgy and Bess
Claude Debussy Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Scott Joplin Easy Winners
Douglas Prosser and Wesley Nance, trumpets
David Angus, horn
Mark Kellogg, trombone
Craig Sutherland, tuba
July 14
6:00 pm - Wine tastings from Mayers Lake Ontario Winery and Deer Run Winery
6:30 pm - Schubert’s Rosamunde Quartet, Op. 29
David Brickman and Patricia Sunwoo, violins
Melissa Matson, viola
Stefan Reuss, cello
August 4
6:00 pm - Wine tastings from Mayers Lake Ontario Winery and Eagle Crest Vineyards
6:30 pm - A Spanish Serenade: Music by Williams, Granados, and Turina
John Williams Tango (Por Una Cabeza) for Violin and Piano
Enrique Granados Madrigal for Cello and Piano
Joaquin Turina Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 35
Wilfredo Degláns, violin
Kathleen Murphy Kemp, cello
Joseph Werner, piano
