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ROCO In Concert: Notes to be Written (April 2015)

2014-2015, Amy Lowell, Conductor, David Danzmayr, From Dusk to Starry Night, Mendelssohn, Mezzo Soprano, New England Triptych, Notes to be Written, Overture, Pierre Jalbert, ROCO Commission, Sasha Cooke, Season Finale, Season Ten, Soloist, Stephen Foster, Tenth Anniversary, The Hebrides, Walt Whitman, When Jesus Wept, William Schuman, World Premiere

Thursday, Apr 23 2015, 5:00pm

ROCO’s Season 10 Finale, Notes to be Written, features the world premiere of the ROCO commission, From Dusk to Starry Night, composed by Pierre Jalbert, sung by mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, under the baton of David Danzmayr. The work is based on texts by Walt Whitman, Amy Lowell, and Stephen Foster. Notes to be Written also features Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), op. 26, and “When Jesus Wept” from William Schuman’s New England Triptych. Performed April 23, 2015 at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX.

PROGRAM:

David Danzmayr, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

Pierre Jalbert: From Dusk to Starry Night
ROCO Commissioned World Premiere

Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), op. 26

William Schuman: New England Triptych, II. When Jesus Wept