ROCO launched its 2016–2017 season with a program entitled “Dance Like No One’s Watching”. Mei-Ann Chen conducted, Scott St. John returned as concertmaster, and Chester Englander soloed on cimbalom in the “Song” and “Intermezzo” from Kodály’s “Háry János Suite”. The program also featured Fanny Mendelssohn’s Overture in C Major, Mikhail Glinka’s Kamarinskaya, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Ballet Suite No. 2 for Orchestra. Performed September 24, 2016, at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
PROGRAM:
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Chester Englander, cimbalom
Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C Major
Mikhail Glinka: Kamarinskaya
Zoltán Kodály: Háry János Suite
Dmitri Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 2
