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one of two soloists with Reno Phil this weekend, Katherine Emma Liu
March 22, 2025
"I am absolutely thrilled to feature the extraordinary pianist, Katherine Emma Liu, in Beethoven’s epic Piano Concerto No. 5. She is a delight to work with!" - Laura Jackson
Russ de Luna, one of two soloists with Reno Phil
March 21, 2025
Laura Jackson with Russ de Luna, the extraordinary English Horn player of the San Francisco Symphony who is appearing as soloist with Reno Phil on the rarely heard instrument the bass oboe.
"We are performing a world premiere a new commissioned composition by composer Marko Bajzer called “The Sacrifice of Prometheus” about the Nevada State Tree, the Bristlecone Pine.
It is a thrill to collaborate with Russ again! He and I worked together at the Atlanta Symphony for 3 years 2004-2007. Welcome Russ! It’s an honor to have you with us!
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Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra- Jackson Conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 3
Dr. Phillips Center – Steinmetz Hall • Orlando
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra - Jackson Conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 3
Laura Jackson, conductor
Ying Li, piano
BEETHOVEN– Overture Fidelio
BEETHOVEN– Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN– Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
The Reno Phil and Music Director Laura Jackson conclude the 56th Pops Season by taking us South of the Border. Considered the gold standard in mariachi music, Mariachi Cobre has thrilled audiences all over the world for generations and has become one of the most internationally celebrated ensembles in Mexican music history. Mariachi Cobre will create a fiesta like you have never experienced before!
NOSPR-Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Concert Hall Plac • Katawice
NOSPR - At the Singular Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Laura Jackson, conductor
Andrzej Ciepliński – clarinet
Missy MAZZOLI Sinfonia for Orbiting Spheres
Aaron COPLAND Concerto for clarinet, string orchestra, harp and piano
Michael GANDOLFI The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (selection)
In her Sinfonia for Orbiting Spheres for orchestra (2014), the American composer and pianist Missy Mazzoli offers spectacular sonic effects. The word „sinfonia” carries is widely associated with the times of Vivaldi and Bach – and rightly so, as there is no dearth of Baroque decoration, ornamentation and stylistic inspiration to be found here. The sonic cloak draped over those rich garments is, however, quite modern. Strings and harmonicas create stained-glass-like loops, the vibraphone lightens the sound, lending it a dancing tone. The orchestral sun rises fast and shines bright.
Aaron Copland’s Concerto for clarinet, string orchestra, harp and piano (1948) also glimmers with a blaze of colour. The master’s specific signum, which is bringing together superficially distant styles and techniques (neoclassicism, Mahler’s symphony, jazz and dodecaphony), found its full expression here, while the very first melody of the clarinet makes it clear that Copland is a lyrical poet of sound.
This eclecticism, so specific for his music, was transferred to further generations of American composers – and it was in such a convention that Michael Gandolfi designed The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (2004), orchestral piece inspired by the cosmological garden established in Scotland by the landscape architect Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie. Just like at the Jencks’, Gandolfi also offers a multi-coloured space and secrets of the universe coded in moving segments. “It seemed proper for music to participate in this magnificent joining of physics and architecture,” writes the composer about his spectacular opus.
Reno Philharmonic - Mariachi Cobres
Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts • Reno
Laura Jackson, Music Director
with Mariachi Cobre
The Reno Phil and Music Director Laura Jackson conclude the 56th Pops Season by taking us South of the Border. Considered the gold standard in mariachi music, Mariachi Cobre has thrilled audiences all over the world for generations and has become one of the most internationally celebrated ensembles in Mexican music history. Mariachi Cobre will create a fiesta like you have never experienced before!