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