RCO Podcasts
Welcome to the audio version of the Reno Chamber Orchestra's program notes! This page is also home to our Concert Chats series with Maestro Kelly Kuo & Catherine Beeson. 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
35 episodes
Concert Chats: Stravinsky: The American Dream
In the second episode of Concert Chats, Catherine and Kelly discus the history of the pieces selected for the concert. They also dive deeper into the lives of the composers.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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Copland & Bizet: Season Premiere
Join Catherine Beeson and Kelly Kuo as they dive deeper into the programing for our Season Premiere.
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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29:24
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NCMF: Festival Finale
Finishing off our 22nd Nevada Chamber Music Festival, featuring Galaxy Su.
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10:02
NCMF: Songs of the British Isles
Songs of the British Isles. Featuring Chicago Fire's Hanako Greensmith.
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8:52
NCMF: Cello Under the Northern Lights
Cello Under the Northern Lights featuring Clive Greensmith and James Baik
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12:39
NCMF: Opening Night with Trio Azura and Molly Carr
Opening night of the 22nd Nevada Chamber Music Festival. Featuring Trio Azura the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Colburn School and Molly Carr.
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Season 22
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Episode 1
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6:16
Stravinsky: The American Dream
The RCO's second concert of the 25/26 Season features works by composers who immigrated to America. Including Igor Stravinsky's Concerto in E flat Dumbarton Oaks. The piece was written at what Stravinsky refers to as the most difficult time in ...
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Season 51
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Episode 2
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15:30
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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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Episode 9
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6:58
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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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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Season 50
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Episode 1
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