2010-2011 Season Schedule

A season subscription provides admission for the following 6 concerts plus one voucher to share with a friend! All concerts are held at the Civic Hall Performing Arts Center in Richmond, Indiana. 

Classical Indulgence
     September 18,  2010, 7:30 p.m.
Harvey Thurmer, Violin
Josh Ulrich, Violin

Bach - Concerto for Two Violins
Mozart - Overture to Cosi fan tutte
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Arvo Pàrt - Fratres (Brethren)
 
RSO Concertmaster, Harvey Thurman and Associate Concertmaster Josh Ulrich play the graceful and moving   Bach Concerto for Two Violins.  The evening will contrast Mozart and Beethoven with Estonian composer Arvo Párt's modern classic Fratres (Brethren).




Flatter Yourself
     October 23,  2010, 7:30 p.m.
Anton Nel, Pianist

Glass - Facade
Adams - The Chairman Dances from the opera Nixon in China         
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Sibelius - Symphony No. 3 

 A Mini-Max extravaganza features Facade by Philip Glass and The Chairman Dances by John Adams from his much talked about opera Nixon in China.  These two 'minimalists' works share the stage with classics from Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius.  Pianist Anton Nel will return for his third appearance with the RSO to perform Grieg's Piano Concerto.


Holiday Rhapsody
     December 5,  2010, 3:00 p.m.
Michael Chertock, Pianist

Short Works from:
George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Scott Joplin, John Williams, Michael LeGrand and Dave Grusin
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Anderson - Piano Concerto

Music of stage and screen decorate this holiday season "Pops" concert.  Michael Chertock, our guest pianist, will be spotlighted in several short works  He will also play Gerschwin's Rhapsody in Blue and the sole Piano Concerto by the great "Pops" composer Leroy Anderson.


Exploring the Orchestra - Part 1
     February 5, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Meet the Orchestra

Various works by:
Aaron Copland, Maurice Ravel, Richard Wagner, and Gustav Mahler
Benjamin Britten's Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra

This evening Maestro Guy Bordo launches a four-year project of "Exploring  the Orchestra."  First we will Meet the Orchestra with works highlighting the various sections:  Aaron Copland for percussion, Maurice Ravel for woodwinds, Richard Wagner to show off the brass and Gustav Mahler for the lushness of the strings - and to tie it all together Benjamin Britten's Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, narrated by Bob Johnstone.


Straight to the Heart
     March 12,  2011, 7:30 p.m.
Andres Cardenes, Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Samuel Barber - First Essay for Orchestra
Saint-Saëns - Third Violin Concerto
Dvorak - Eighth Symphony                                                               

To herald's spring's arrival the RSO offers an evening of Romantic music. Opening the evening will be First Essay for Orchestra by Samuel Barber.  Internationally renowned violinist, Andres Cardenes, will join the RSO in the Saint-Saëns Third Violin Concerto and our evening closes with Dvorak's brilliant and beautiful Eighth Symphony.

Encore: Movies II
     April 23, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Young Artist Competition Winner
Orchestra within an Orchestra
Lorraine Dorsey, oboist
RSO Singers

The season concludes with a night at the movies.  The Orchestra's principal oboist, Lorraine Dorsey, is featured along with the RSO Singers and the Young Artist Competition Winner, in music ranging from Strauss to Star Wars, Mozart to Mission Impossible and many other movie memories along the way.