ROCO’s In Concert series, which showcases the full 40-piece orchestra in livestreamed performances, lifted off September 26, 2020 from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion with “Starburst”, sparkling with musical light and energy, conducted by ROCO Artistic Partner Mei-Ann Chen. Richard Scofano, composer and soloist on the bandoneon (a Latin-American bellowed instrument), featured in the world premiere of his new work La Tierra Sin Mal (The Land Without Evil), and additional works included Jessie Montgomery’s brilliant Starburst; Fauré’s Masques et bergamasques; Debussy’s Clair de Lune; and Kodály’s Dances of Marosszék.

PROGRAM:

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Richard Scofano, composer, bandoneonist

Jessie Montgomery: Starburst

Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune (arranged by Arthur Luck, 1905)

Gabriel Faure: Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112

Richard Scofano: La Tierra Sin Mal (The Land Without Evil)
ROCO Commissioned World Premiere

Zoltan Kodály: Dances of Marosszék

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