Video Library Tag: Commissions/Rescores

ROCO’s 17th season In Concert series continued February 26, 2022 at 5:00 pm Central with “Canvasing the Earth” at The Church of St. John the Divine and also livestreamed at ROCO.org, Facebook, YouTube, and A440.

Conductor Sarah Hicks led the orchestra in her ROCO debut, featuring three world premieres, including the orchestral version of "Earth" by Aaron Jay Kernis, featuring tenor Nicholas Phan, reflecting upon the fundamental environmental crisis of our time.

Honoring survivors of human trafficking, Leanna Primiani’s "Neither men nor money validate my worth" also received its world premiere, accompanied by images from The New Abolitionists. Completing the program was the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff‘s fanfare "Score" and Mussorgsky’s classic "Pictures at an Exhibition" in a special presentation, with accompanying images from the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Recorded live February 26, 2022 at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX

Videography by BEND Productions
Audio engineering by Andrew Bradley

"ROCO’s 17th season In Concert series continued February 26, 2022 at 5:00 pm Central with “Canvasing the Earth” at The Church of St. John the Divine and also livestreamed at ROCO.org, Facebook, YouTube, and A440.

Conductor Sarah Hicks led the orchestra in her ROCO debut, featuring three world premieres, including the orchestral version of ""Earth"" by Aaron Jay Kernis, featuring tenor Nicholas Phan, reflecting upon the fundamental environmental crisis of our time.

Honoring survivors of human trafficking, Leanna Primiani’s ""Neither men nor money validate my worth"" also received its world premiere, accompanied by images from The New Abolitionists. Completing the program was the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff‘s fanfare ""Score"" and Mussorgsky’s classic ""Pictures at an Exhibition"" in a special presentation, with accompanying images from the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Recorded live February 26, 2022 at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX

Videography by BEND Productions
Audio engineering by Andrew Bradley"

ROCO's livestreamed In Concert series continued Saturday, November 14, 2020 from The Church of St. John the Divine with “Oceans”, a nature-inspired program featuring the orchestra—conductorless!

"Derek Bermel
Plumes
0:00 I. Turbulent
8:21 II. Laminar

ROCO’s 17th season Albert & Margaret Alkek Foundation In Concert Series closed on April 23 with “Tying Up Loose Ends”, live at The Church of St. John the Divine.

Conducted by Rei Hotoda in her ROCO debut, the program centered around the world premiere of ""Plumes"" for large chamber orchestra by Season 17 Composer-In-Residence Derek Bermel, a ROCO commission based on J. Henry Fair’s photography collection “Industrial Scars”—capturing the beauty and destruction of industrial and human impacts on our planet. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts for supporting Derek Bermel's residency!

Explore more of Derek's music at:
http://www.derekbermel.com/
View more of J. Henry Fair's photography at:
https://www.jhenryfair.com/

Also featured in the concert were Viet Cuong’s percussion concerto ""Re(new)al"", and a new work by Cynthia Lee Wong, ""In a Blink of an Eye"", commissioned as part of ROCO’s FIFteen Project.

Recorded live April 23, 2022, at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
Videography by BEND Productions, and audio engineering by Andrew Bradley"

On November 13, ROCO’s Season 17 In Concert series marched on with “A Stitch in Time” at The Church of St. John the Divine and also livestreamed at ROCO.org, Facebook, and YouTube.

ROCO’s 17th season In Concert series continued February 26, at 5:00 pm Central with “Canvasing the Earth” at The Church of St. John the Divine and also livestreamed at ROCO.org, Facebook, YouTube, and A440.

Conductor Sarah Hicks led the orchestra in her ROCO debut, featuring three world premieres, including "Earth" by Aaron Jay Kernis, featuring tenor Nicholas Phan.

Honoring survivors of human trafficking, Leanna Primiani’s "Neither men nor money validate my worth" also received its world premiere, accompanied by images from The New Abolitionists.

Completing the program were the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff‘s fanfare "Score," and Mussorgsky’s classic "Pictures at an Exhibition" in a special presentation, with accompanying images from the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Recorded live February 26, 2022, at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX

Videography by BEND Productions
Audio engineering by Andrew Bradley

"ROCO’s 17th season In Concert series continued February 26, 2022 at 5:00 pm Central with “Canvasing the Earth” at The Church of St. John the Divine and also livestreamed at ROCO.org, Facebook, YouTube, and A440.

Conductor Sarah Hicks led the orchestra in her ROCO debut, featuring three world premieres, including the orchestral version of ""Earth"" by Aaron Jay Kernis, featuring tenor Nicholas Phan, reflecting upon the fundamental environmental crisis of our time.

Commissioned by the League of American Orchestras with the generous support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, Leanna Primiani’s ""Neither men nor money validate my worth"" also received its world premiere, honoring survivors of human trafficking, and was accompanied by images from The New Abolitionists. Completing the program was the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff‘s fanfare ""Score"" and Mussorgsky’s classic ""Pictures at an Exhibition"" in a special presentation, with accompanying images from the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Recorded live February 26, 2022 at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX

Videography by BEND Productions
Audio engineering by Andrew Bradley"

On November 13, ROCO’s Season 17 In Concert series marched on with “A Stitch in Time” at The Church of St. John the Divine and also livestreamed at ROCO.org, Facebook, and YouTube.

"ROCO’s 17th season In Concert series continued February 26, 2022 at 5:00 pm Central with “Canvasing the Earth” at The Church of St. John the Divine and also livestreamed at ROCO.org, Facebook, YouTube, and A440.

Conductor Sarah Hicks led the orchestra in her ROCO debut, featuring three world premieres, including the orchestral version of ""Earth"" by Aaron Jay Kernis, featuring tenor Nicholas Phan, reflecting upon the fundamental environmental crisis of our time.

Honoring survivors of human trafficking, Leanna Primiani’s ""Neither men nor money validate my worth"" also received its world premiere, accompanied by images from The New Abolitionists. Completing the program was the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff‘s fanfare ""Score"" and Mussorgsky’s classic ""Pictures at an Exhibition"" in a special presentation, with accompanying images from the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Recorded live February 26, 2022 at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX

Videography by BEND Productions
Audio engineering by Andrew Bradley"

ROCO’s principal flute, Brook Ferguson, featured as soloist and curator on “Force of Nature”, presented December 8, 2018, at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston). Showcasing nature-themed music for flute, oboe, cello, and piano, the program included Michael Gandolfi’s Geppetto’s Workshop, and a new ROCO commission by Stephanie Ann Boyd – Sapien.