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Current Season

Dance Like No One’s Watching

Saturday, Sep 24 2016, Composer Talk 4:15pm, Performance 5:00pm at The Church of St. John the Divine

ROCO launches its 2016–2017 season at The Church of St. John the Divine (SJD) on Saturday, September 24. The program, entitled “Dance Like No One’s Watching,” features the Texas premiere of “Dance Card” by Pulitzer Prize – winning composer Jennifer Higdon. The work, which is written for string orchestra and based on the baroque dance suite form, was co­-commissioned by ROCO and the San Francisco­-based New Century Chamber Orchestra. Mei-Ann Chen conducts, Scott St. John returns as concertmaster, and Chester Englander solos on cimbalom in the “Intermezzo” from Kodály’s “Háry János Suite”. The program also features Dmitri Shostakovich’s Ballet Suite No. 2 for Orchestra, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Overture in C Major, and Mikhail Glinka’s Kamarinskaya.

Location

The Church of St. John the Divine
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church
River Oaks Boulevard, Houston, TX
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Program

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Jennifer Higdon, composer
Scott St. John, concertmaster
Chester Englander, cimbalom soloist

Fanny Mendelssohn, Overture in C major

Jennifer Higdon, Dance Card (ROCO Commission/Texas Premiere)

Glinka, Kamarinskaya

Kodály, “Háry János” Suite

Shostakovich, Ballet Suite No. 2 for Orchestra

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ROCO Artistic Partner and Guest Conductor, Mei-Ann Chen

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