Running Time:
5:00-7:00 pm

Tickets for this performance are no longer available online. You may still purchase tickets in person at Brockman Hall for Opera. Box office opens at 4:15 pm. Cash, checks, and all major credit cards are accepted.

Step into a world of musical possibilities in “OPTIMISTIC”, featuring the full 40-piece chamber orchestra on April 26th, at Rice University’s Brockman Hall for Opera!

Led by long-time ROCO collaborator Alastair Willis, experience the Texas premiere of Dai Wei’s Invisible Portals, a ROCO co-commissioned work that opens new dimensions of sound. Be moved by Keane Southard’s poignant Lamentation for String Orchestra, and then groove to the world premiere of Vincent Gardner’s The Mancini Mashup!, a thrilling collaboration with the Jazz Houston ensemble. Finally, ROCO premieres a groundbreaking rescore of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, by Marlijn Helder, offering a fresh take on a soul-stirring classic that heralded a new frontier in orchestral music.

This performance will also be livestreamed free at ROCO.org, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.

Location

Brockman Hall for Opera, Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Program

Alastair Willis, conductor

Dai Wei: Invisible Portals
ROCO Co-commissioned Texas Premiere

Keane Southard: Lamentation for String Orchestra

Vincent Gardner: The Mancini Mashup!
(joined by the Jazz Houston octet)
ROCO Commissioned World Premiere

Igor Stravinsky/arr. Marlijn Helder: The Rite of Spring
ROCO Rescore Commissioned World Premiere