Miscellaneous
It's a bold opening night for the new Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra season: four works of our time, never before performed by the RPO. Needless to say, the orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Ward Stare , is up to the challenge. Anchoring the program is John Adams ' Scheherazade.2 , a work premiered by RPO guest soloist Leila Josefowicz . Ward and Leila walk us through that piece - and the three others - and explain why playing contemporary music is important...and thrilling.