ROCO’s Season Nine Opener boasts exotic works by Reena Esmail (Teen Murti for String Orchestra), Huang Ruo (Folk Songs for Orchestra), Bela Bartók (Second Suite, op. 4), and Benjamin Britten (Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and String Orchestra). With the esteemed Mei-Ann Chen conducting, and joined by soloists Zach Averyt, tenor, and Danielle Kuhlmann, horn, ROCO Celebrates Asia was performed September 27, 2013, at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX.

PROGRAM:

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Zach Averyt, tenor
Danielle Kuhlmann, horn

Huang Ruo: Folk Songs for Orchestra

Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and String Orchestra

Reena Esmail: Teen Murti for String Orchestra
ROCO Commissioned World Premiere

Bela Bartók: Second Suite, Op. 4