Sponsored by the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation

ROCO welcomed back conductor JoAnn Falletta, as the full 40-piece chamber orchestra shined in works of luminous orchestral color and creativity, including three premieres! Glimpse a vision of paradise in the third and final movement of Composer-In-Residence Richard Danielpour’s Symphony in Three Movements After the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, then experience the bold sounds of Conni Ellisor’s consortium-commissioned A Woman Without Apology, and dance to Astor Piazzolla’s Tangazo—an edgy tango, then delight in the Texas premiere of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos Symphony-Suite, a chamber arrangement of his comic 1912 “opera-within-an-opera”.

PROGRAM

JoAnn Falletta, conductor

Richard Danielpour, Symphony in Three Movements After the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
Alle Soglie del Paradiso
ROCO World Premiere Commission

Conni Ellisor, A Woman Without Apology
ROCO World Premiere Commission

Astor Piazzolla, Tangazo

Richard Strauss, arr. D. Wilson Ochoa, Ariadne auf Naxos Symphony-Suite
Texas Premiere