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CelloI really enjoy symphony orchestra concerts. Only recently have I begun to make a note of them here in the web log. Wish I could remember all of them from my very first (not sure when that was but I think it was the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 1970's.). There are some concerts here that are not by symphonies, and there are others that do not appear here.




    Orchestra - Location - Date
    Program
    Composer/Performer
    Comments
    HippieFest 2006 - Mountain Laurel Center, Bushkill, PA 1st Annual HiffieFest Tour Mitch Ryder, Rare Earth, Country Joe McDonald, Felix Cavaliere's Rascals, The Lovin' Spoonful, Mountain with Leslie West and Corky Laing, Badfinger with Joey Molland, Melanie, Canned Heat, and Denny Laine Great music, but ear plugs needed

    The Westport Country Playouse - Westport, Connecticut - September 10, 2005

    		 9th Annual Doo-Wop and Oldies Spectacular Classics of the 50s & 60s.
    Featuring Emil Stucchio and the Classics (“Till Then”), Kenny Vance and the Planotones (“Looking for an Echo”)    		 This was another great trip down memory lane.
    The Ridgefield Playhouse - Ridgefield, Connecticut - February 12, 2005 The Temptations The real thing. Motown with a contemporary flair. Awesome.

    The Ridgefield Playhouse - Ridgefield, Connecticut - July 17, 2004

    		 8th Annual Doo-Wop and Oldies Spectacular Classics of the 50s & 60s.
    Featuring Emil Stucchio and the Classics (“Till Then”), The Shangri-Las (“Leader of the Pack” and “Remember – Walking in the Sand”), Kenny Vance and the Planotones (“Looking for an Echo”), and the Emotions - ("The Nearest Thing To Heaven").    		 This was a great trip down memory lane.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - February 7, 2004. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. More of Music to Love Overture to L'italiana in Algeri by Rossini, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Saint-Saens, Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven. Pauline Yang played the concerto like Horowitz. She is 16 years old.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - January 10, 2004. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. "Marvelous Mozart - III " All MozartOverture to Cosi fan tutte, Concerto in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra, Symphony No. 36 in C Major Stanley Drucker was nothing short of amazing. See story.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - October 18, 2003. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Energetic Music to Love, the opening concert of the 2003-2004 season. Domenico Cimarosa. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D performed by Aaron Rosand. Brahms Symphony No. 1 Story here.
    The Kauai Concert Association, Kauai, Hawaii. January 11, 2003 The Takács Quartet Mozart and Ravel quartets Incredible performance. Best quartet I have ever heard anywhere.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - January 4, 2003. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. "Marvelous Mozart" All Mozart. Robert Dias and Elissa Lee Koljonen. See story and review.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - December 7, 2002. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Overture to The Magic Flute, Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, Symphony No. 25, Symphony No. 2 Mozart, Spohr, Shumann. The Tourmaline Quartet. My first conducting experience. The Quartet was awesome.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - October 26, 2002. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Wagner, Rachmaninoff, Martucci, Respighi Features were Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by Emi Nakajima and The Pines of Rome by Respighi Words can not descirbe The Pines of Rome. Extraordinary.
    The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Gilford, NH. August 18, 2002. Conducted by Keith Lockhart. An evening of broadway and Pop. Berstein, Chadwick, Copland, Gershwin and others. Briliant conducting by Lockhart. An outdoor concert with a very patriotic flavor.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - April 14, 2002. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Russian Romantics. Andrew Armstrong was pianist. Prokofiev's Concerto No. 3. Spartacus by Khachaturian. Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2. Incredible evening. Brilliant performance by all. Most complex piano piece I have ever heard. See reviews.
    Ridgefield Opera Company, March 22, 2002, The Ridgefield Playhouse Festival of Song Gala Opera singing from Mozart, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Donizetti, Puccini, et al. Great local performers.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - January 5, 2002. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Marvelous Mozart. Symphony #No. 1 in E-flat Major, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, and Symphony No. 41 in C (The Jupiter) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Pianist Rui Shi is a rising young star from China. She is winning awards left and right around the world. Incredible Mozart concert. Performed at The Ridgefield Playhouse. Sold out attendance. Spectacular performance by all. See reviews.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - December 1, 2001. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein.
    		 Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Aida
    Richard Wagner: Siegfried and Die Gotterdammerung    		 Heather Thomson, soprano
    Perry Price, tenor
    The Connecticut Master Chorale    		 Outstanding vocal performance with excellent orchestra as bonus.
    Tito Puente Orchestra. Danbury, Connectiuct
    - November 17, 2001
    		 Latin American music. Combination Latin and Jazz. Tito Puente Orchestra
    		 A very enjoyable change of pace in my musical listening.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - October 13, 2001. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Slavonic Dance, Scenes from the Csarda and Symphony No. 2 by Jean Sibelius. Dvorak, Jeno Hubay with soloist Charles Castleman, and Jean Sibelius Commenced with "God Bless America" with arrangement by an anonymous person from Reading, Pennsylvania.
    An Evening of Caberet, The Ridgefield PLayhouse
    Ridgefield, CT September 22, 2001    		 Debbie Gravitte with Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz Menken and Schwartz Incredible talent which lives in Ridgefield. Annual Gala Benefit.
    The Bacon Brothers
    The Ridgefield PLayhouse
    Ridgefield, CT July 19, 2001    		 Kevin and Michael performed great melodies and harmonizing vocals. Mostly written by Kevin or Michael. Fantastic concert. Micahael played a carbon fiber cello in a couple of numbers.
    Marcus Roberts at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, April 6, 2001 Solo Piano by Marcus Roberts. He was introduced by Wynton Marsalis. Morton, Roberts, Waller, Noble, Ellington, Carmichael, Monk, Porter, and Gershwin. Incredible jazz improvization. Fantastic renditions. Amazing talent. It was spectacular.
    Stamford Syphony Pops, Stamford, Connecticut, March 31, 2001 Jazz It Up! with guest conductor Jeff Tyzik. One O'Clock Jump, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, The Man I love, Miller Memories et al. Various including Glenn Miller music, Bernstein's Porty and Bess et al. Great concert. Superb guest performers including John Nyerges on piano, Jeff Campbell on bass, and Dave Mancini on drums.
    Jose Feliciano in Concert at the Opening Night of The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts. December 12, 2000 Wide assortment of light rock, spanish, and music composed by the performer. With Tyler McHugh, Keyboard, Tyger McNeal, Drums, Scott Breadman, Percussionist, and Kenny Owens, Bass. Jose Feliciano et al. Extraordinary talent. Incredible guitar work on both electric and acoustic. Brilliant execution as a group. Flawless.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - December 4, 2000. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Fanfare from La Peri Paul Dukas Showed off the excellent brass section.
    Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastoral) Ludwig van Beethoven Showed off every section of the orchestra.
    Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 77. Guest soloist Elissa Lee Koljonen, violinist. Johannes Brahams Masterful job by Maestro Rothstein in perfectly blending the outstanding orchestra with the brilliant performance of Ms. Koljonen.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - November 11, 2000 in conjunction with Marvin Stamm quartet. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. RSO Goes Jazz Ellington, Bernstein, Copland, Kern, and more. Fantastic concert. Marvin Stamm (trumpet), Rufus Reid (bass), Bill Mays (piano), and Ed Soph (drums) were brilliant. Maestro Rothstein blended the orchestra and the Jazz quartet masterfully.
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - October 21, 2000. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Overture to The Flying Dutchman Richard Wagner
    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 Ludwig van Beethoven Marcantonio Barone, pianist
    Symphony No. 3 in D minor Gustav Mahler
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - April 8, 2000. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Overture to Hermann and Dorothea Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Performed by Rui Shi. Chinese 16 year old girl. She was truly an outstanding performer to hear and charming to meet.
    Scheherazade Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
    Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - Ridgefield, Connecticut - October 2, 1999. Conducted by Sidney Rothstein. Lesginka Aram Khachaturian (1903-1970)
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Performed by Santiago Rodriguez. World class artistry. Charming to meet. Second time I have heard him and met him. He is truly outstanding.
    Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Brilliant.



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