April 30 and May 1, 2022: Ode to Joy
Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast
Release Date: 04/22/2022
November 23 and 24, 2024: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto
Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast
Laura Jackson, Reno Phil Music Director and Conductor, talks with Chris Morrison about the Reno Phil's “Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto” concerts, the second concerts of the orchestra's 2024-25 Classix season, on November 23 and 24, 2024. The music on the program includes the Overture to La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi, the Negro Folk Symphony by William Dawson, and the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, with piano soloist Sara Davis Buechner.
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The 2024-25 Classix Season and Sept. 28/29, 2024: Beethoven's Eroica
Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast
Laura Jackson, Reno Phil Music Director and Conductor, and Aaron Doty, the President and CEO of the Reno Phil, discuss the concerts of the 2024-25 Classix season, including the season-opening performances, "Beethoven's Eroica," on September 28 and 19, 2024.
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April 20 and 21, 2024: Mahler's Fifth Symphony
Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast
Laura Jackson, Reno Phil Music Director and Conductor, and Jennifer Tibben, director of the Reno Phil Chorus, talk with Chris Morrison about the Reno Phil's “Mahler's Fifth Symphony” concerts, the final concerts of the orchestra's 2023-24 season, on April 20 and 21, 2024. The music includes the Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler as well as the Gloria by Francis Poulenc.
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March 23 and 24, 2024: Gershwin Celebration
Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast
Laura Jackson, Reno Phil Music Director and Conductor, and Mark Clague, Professor of Music at the University of Michigan, Director of the University's Gershwin Initiative, and Editor-in-Chief of the George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition, talk with Chris Morrison about the Reno Phil's “Gershwin Celebration” concerts on March 23 and 24, 2024. The music includes Maurice Ravel's Boléro; Spaghetti Western by Michael Daugherty, with English horn soloist Jordan Pyle; and two pieces by George Gershwin, An American in Paris and the Overture to Primrose.
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February 24 and 25, 2024: Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast
Reno Phil music director and conductor Laura Jackson, composer Paul Novak, violin soloist Charlotte Marckx, and Tacie Moessner of the Davidson Institute for Talent Development speak with Chris Morrison about the Reno Phil's concerts "Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony" on February 24 and 25, 2024. The concerts include longing is an aviary by Paul Novak, the Violin Concerto No. 4 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the Symphony No. 5 by Dmitri Shostakovich.
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January 27 and 28, 2024: Spanish Nights
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Guest conductor Ramón Tebar talks about his concerts "Spanish Nights" with the Reno Phil on January 27 and 28, 2024, which include the Four Dances from Estancia by Alberto Ginastera, the Fantasía para un gentilhombre by Joaquín Rodrigo, and the ballet The Three-Cornered Hat by Manuel de Falla.
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November 11 and 12, 2023: Nakamatsu Plays Brahms
Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast
Reno Phil Music Director and Conductor Laura Jackson talks with Chris Morrison about the second concert of the 2023-24 Reno Phil season, on November 11 and 12, 2023, featuring Voices Shouting Out by Nkeiru Okoye, the Symphony No. 6 by Jean Sibelius, and the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Johannes Brahms, with piano soloist Jon Nakamatsu.
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October 14 and 15, 2023: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast
Reno Phil Music Director and Conductor Laura Jackson talks with Chris Morrison about both the 2023-24 Reno Phil season, as well as the October 14 and 15, 2023 season-opening concerts featuring Richard Strauss's Don Juan and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Also, pianist Daniela Liebman talks about her career and the Piano Concerto by Clara Schumann she'll be playing with the Reno Phil at the October concerts.
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April 15 and 16, 2023: Bizet's Carmen
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Reno Phil music director-conductor Laura Jackson and Lynne Gray, who teaches classes on opera at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), speak with Chris Morrison about the Reno Phil's 2022-23 season-concluding performances of Georges Bizet's classic opera Carmen.
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Women in Conducting and Classical Music
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Recorded at the pre-concert talks prior to the Reno Phil's performances of March 25 and 26, 2023, "Clyne's Cello Concerto," this podcast features a discussion of women in conducting, and in the classical music world more generally, with Reno Phil music director and conductor Laura Jackson; Kristin Jurkscheit, executive director of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship; Inbal Segev, the cello soloist in the March performances; and Irene Delgado-Jiménez, the guest conductor in the March concerts.
info_outlineReno Phil music director-conductor Laura Jackson and cellist Eileen Brownell speak with Chris Morrison about "Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Final Bow," the orchestra's upcoming performances of Beethoven's First and Ninth Symphonies with the Reno Phil Chorus and guest soloists.