Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin
On this At the Symphony, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson covers the backstory and notes of musical interest of the Overture from Rossini's opera La Gaza Ladra;...
View Article2016-17 Opening Night: Mozart & Schubert
On this episode of At the Symphony, we preview and explore Stephanie Berg's Ravish and Mayhem, Schubert's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, which will feature pianist...
View ArticleWagner's Siegfried Idyll, Beethoven's No. 7 & Guest Conductor Panteleev
On this program we hear work from guest conductor and composer Martin Panteleev. The ASO will perform his composition, Archetype, for this final Masterworks concert held at the Maumelle Performing Arts...
View ArticleMahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony
On this episode of At the Symphony, we preview Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor. Known as the "Resurrection" Symphony, this expansive work represents something of a quest to discover the...
View ArticleBeethoven's Consecration Of The House, Bruch & Sibelius
On this episode of At The Symphony , we preview the sixth concert of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks Series for the 2016-17 season. Ahead of the annual "Beethoven and Blue Jeans" concert,...
View ArticleFrench Connection
This At the Symphony features the work of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Darius Milhaud and Kurt Weill. This episode of At the Symphony airs Thu., Oct. 19 from 11 a.m.-noon and Fri., Oct. 20 from 7...
View ArticleRomeo And Juliet
This At the Symphony features the work of Dmitri Kabalevsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. This episode of At the Symphony airs Thu., Nov. 2 from 11 a.m.-noon and Fri., Nov. 3 from 7...
View ArticleStrauss, Gulda And Beethoven
Geoffrey Robson explores the Viennese Waltz with Strauss's Overture to Die Fledermaus , the varied styles of Gulda's Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra and Beethoven's often overlooked Symphony No....
View ArticleBohemian Rhapsody: Brahms and Dvorak
Geoffrey Robson explores Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat, Op. 83; Dvorak's Slavonic Dances, Op. 46/72; and, Dvorak's Scherzo capriccioso , Op. 66. These works will be performed at the Arkansas...
View ArticleVerdi's Requiem
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will perform Verdi's Requiem Saturday, March 1 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 2 at 3 p.m. at Robinson Center Music Hall in Little Rock. The performance will include a 400...
View ArticleRachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto
The first installment in the 2014-2015 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Series included Corigliano's Promenade Overture, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Minor and Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in D...
View ArticleHaydn's Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major & Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E Major
The first installment in the 2014-2015 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Series includes Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E Major .
View ArticleCorigliano, Beethoven and Blue Jeans
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's third performance in its 2014-2015 Stella Boyle Masterworks C oncert Series includes works by John Corigliano and Beethoven. ASO Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson...
View ArticleMozart, Prokofiev & Strauss This Week With The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
ASO Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson runs through the pieces in this week's Stella Boyle Masterworks Season Finale.
View ArticleGrieg's Piano Concerto
On this At the Symphony , Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson takes us through Mendelssohn's "The Hebrides," Op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave;” Grieg's "Piano Concerto in A minor, Op....
View ArticleDvorak's Symphony No. 8
This time on At the Symphony : a program of works by composers with eastern European connections. Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson takes us through Zoltán Kodály's Dances...
View ArticleBeethoven and Blue Jeans
This time on At the Symphony : It's Beethoven and Blue Jeans! Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson walks us through Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 95 ; Scott...
View ArticleMendelssohn's Concerto for Violin
On this At the Symphony , Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson covers the backstory and notes of musical interest of the Overture from Rossini's opera La Gaza Ladra ;...
View ArticleFrench Connection
This At the Symphony features the work of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Darius Milhaud and Kurt Weill. This episode of At the Symphony airs Thu., Oct. 19 from 11 a.m.-noon and Fri., Oct. 20 from 7...
View ArticleRomeo And Juliet
This At the Symphony features the work of Dmitri Kabalevsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. This episode of At the Symphony airs Thu., Nov. 2 from 11 a.m.-noon and Fri., Nov. 3 from 7...
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