
RCO's Notes from the Program
Welcome to the audio version of the Reno Chamber Orchestra's program notes! Subscribe to our podcast and be updated for each concert, and have an opportunity in advance of the performance to listen to the audio version of our program notes!
Episodes
25 episodes
Salute to Youth
Talented Nevada youth perform side-by-side with RCO in Barber’s famous Adagio for Strings before the winners of our concerto competition take the stage as soloists. RCO’s Sound Investment commissioning program makes its debut with a new work be...
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Episode 13
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Latin Bridges
Handel’s Messiah returns to the RCO after over two decades in a Spanish translation as we highlight Easter selections from El Mesías: Messiah for a New World. A chamber orchestration of Gershwin’s infectious Havana-inspired Cuban Overture and P...
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Episode 12
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American Dance Party
Get ready to jam as the infectious rhythms and tunes of American greats like Ellington, Joplin, and Gershwin will have you dancing in your seats. One of the concert's works get a Reno-themed multi-media treatment by Eve Allen Garza and R...
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Episode 11
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19:11

Baroque to Beatles
Guest conductor Luke Poeppel leads a program in Hall Recital Hall juxtaposing arrangements of popular music by the Beatles with beloved works from the Baroque canon of Western classical music by Vivald...
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Episode 10
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String in the New Year
December 31 @ 2:00pmString in the New YearA finale to remember with your favorite NCMF artists including Renoite Molly Carr. Ring in the new year with string quartets and quintet...
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Episode 9
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Brahms & Beyond
December 30 @ 7:30pmBrahms & BeyondFeaturing principal second clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony, Yuhsin Galaxy Su. Enjoy th...
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Episode 8
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7:22

Cello Celebration
December 30 @ 2:00pmCello CelebrationA Cello-bration, if you will! Celebrate the brilliance of the cello with works by Faure, Britten, Puccini and a grand cello ensemble finale!REPERTOIRE*GYÖRG...
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Episode 7
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1920's Songbook
December 29 @ 7:30pm1920's SongbookHear Gershwin, Porter and more! Featuring vocalist Chicago Fire's Hanako Greensmith with pianist Steven Vanhauwaert. Enjoy songs of the 1920's paired with Ravel's Violin Sonata No. ...
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Episode 6
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Piano Salon
December 29 @ 2:00pmPiano SalonNCMF's Piano Showcase with works by Saint-Saëns, Chopin and more.The 2024 festival piano lineup features Steven Vanhauwaert,
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Episode 5
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8:45

Opening Night with Clive Greensmith
December 28 @ 7:30pmOpening Night with Clive GreensmithCelebrate the opening of the 21st Nevada Chamber Music Festival with Clive Greensmith and
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Episode 4
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8:23

Twenty-Somethings
An intriguing combination of works written by well-known composers when they were in their twenties begins with a Debussy suite which includes Clair de lune, one of the most famous musical pieces of all time, followed by NCMF Artistic Director<...
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Episode 3
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12:17

A Place For Us
The Reno Chamber Orchestra presentsA PLACE FOR USCelebrating its 50th season, RCO makes a case for a chamber orchestra of the 21st century with fresh pieces by Carlos Simon, Malcolm Arnold, and renowned film score composer Danny Elfm...
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Episode 2
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14:56

RCO @ Feed the Camel
Join the Reno Chamber Orchestra for our third annual free community concert at the Feed the Camel food truck festival!New for 2024 we will present this concert wit...
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Episode 1
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11:46

Dreaming Big
DREAMING BIGFor one performance only, this concert will feature winners of RCO’s reimagined concerto competition which cultivates talent of Nevada youth and highlights the work of Nevada teachers. String students of RC...
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Season 49
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Episode 10
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14:05

Inside- Out
INSIDE-OUTViolinist Rachell Ellen Wong, winner of the 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant, leads this program of baroque works that speaks to the human condition, evoking the feelings of hope, loss, exuberance, anger and joy.
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Episode 9
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19:18

Small But Mighty
Principal musicians of RCO shine in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, with sunny and transparent qualities that lend itself to a fanciful chamber orchestration. Superstar double-threat Chelsea Guo sings the poetic finale AND takes the keys ...
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Episode 8
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14:46

The Old Style
Respighi’s imaginative orchestrations of lute music and Bloch’s challenge to his skeptical students bookend a program of works inspired by early music. Jennifer Corning Lucio, Fort Worth Symphony’s principal oboe, performs Vaughan Willia...
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Season 49
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Episode 7
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14:22

Beyond Tomorrow
December 31st at 2:00pmBeyond TomorrowHarlan O. and Barbara R. Hall Recital HallMONICA HOUGHTON String Quartet No. 3ARENSKY Piano T...
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5:51

20th Festival Celebration
20th Festival CelebrationHarlan O. and Barbara R. Hall Recital HallRAVEL Tzigane for violin and pianoMENDELSSOHN String Quintet No 2 in B-flat major...
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6:24

L'Après-Midi Avec Debussy
December 30th at 2:00pmL'Après-Midi Avec DebussyHarlan O. and Barbara R. Hall Recital HallDEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minorLISZT &nbs...
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Season 49
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Episode 6
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12:16

Cello Mavericks
December 29th at 7:30pmCello MavericksHarlan O. and Barbara R. Hall Recital HallBEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5, No. 1BERIO ...
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Episode 5
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8:20

Romantic Piano
MOZART Sonata in D major for 2 pianos, K. 448JANACEK In the MistsSCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 4CLARA SCHUMANN Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumannin F-sharp minor, Op. 20JAMES WINN Three Pi...
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Season 49
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Episode 4
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10:18

Opening Night; with Dvořák & Balourdet
KARIM AL-ZAND String Quartet No. 4 "Strange Machines"(Chamber Music America Commission 2022)MOZART String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421 DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B...
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Episode 3
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