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Romeo & Juliet April 6 & 7

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes guest conductor Jacomo Bairos to the podium at The VETS for a program of Rogerson’s Luminosity,
Selections from Suite Nos. 1 & 2 from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet,Márquez’s Danzón No.2 and Korngold’s Violin Concerto featuring violinist Alexi Kenney.

TACO Classical
Saturday, April 7 • 8:00pm

The VETS, Providence

Jacomo Bairos, conductor
Alexi Kenney, violin

ROGERSON: Luminosity
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet: Suite Nos. 1 & 2
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto
MÁRQUEZ: Danzón No.2

Before & After the Concert
7:00pm Pre-concert talk with Francisco Noya
Post-concert talk with Jacomo Bairos

Open Rehearsal
Friday, April 6 • 5:30pm
The VETS, Providence

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Security at The VETS
Heightened security measures have been implemented at The VETS to include Providence Police detail at all events. Please be advised that all bags may be inspected at the discretion of VETS security and/or the police officer on site. Items confiscated will not be returned. Suitcases, briefcases, large bags, laptops and outside food and drinks are not allowed in the building.

Contact the Box Office:

401-248-7000
tickets.riphil.org

The Carter Center
667 Waterman Avenue
East Providence, RI 02914
Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 4:30pm
Saturday, April 7: 10:30am – 12:30pm

The VETS
1 Avenue of the Arts
Providence, RI 02903
Friday Concert Days: 3:30pm – Showtime
Saturday Concert Days: 4pm – Showtime

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Supper Club

Enjoy a special buffet at the Renaissance Hotel, adjacent to The VETS, at 6pm on Classical Saturdays. Francisco Noya gives a pre-concert talk at 6:30pm,
then take your seat for the 8pm performance!

$45 per person
cash bar available

RI Philharmonic Supper Club • April 7

Renaissance Haydn Room
6pm ~ Cocktails
6:30pm ~ Pre-concert Talk
7pm ~ Dinner Buffet

For reservations, email ljohnson-carvalho@riphil.org
Deadline for reservations and cancellations is Wednesday, April 4!
*Please note that Renaissance valet parking has increased
from $15 to $17 effective January 1, 2018*

About the Conductor

Jacomo Bairos

Bairos is the former assistant conductor for the Charlotte Symphony. His musical mentors include conductors Gustav Meier, Robert Spano and Kurt Masur. Along with routinely coaching the Amarillo Youth Orchestras and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Bairos leads interactive programs and concerts for SymphonyKids, NuDeco’s Imagine Series and Carnegie Hall’s Link-Up. Known for his energetic leadership and dynamic artistry, Bairos is the Amarillo Symphony’s 17th music director.   Read more…

About the Artist

Alexi Kenney, violin

Kenney holds a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he is currently completing his Artist Diploma as a student of Donald Weilerstein and Miriam Fried. Previous teachers include Wei He, Jenny Rudin and Natasha Fong. Kenney is the recipient of a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant.  Read more…

About the concert: stories behind the music

  • Luminosity was commissioned by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. It has been performed by the Atlanta and Grand Rapids symphony orchestras and the Bach Festival Orchestra. Rogerson employs modest forces but maximizes the orchestra’s sound palette through unique uses of percussion, accompaniment figures and dynamic contrasts.
  • In 1934, the Kirov Theater in Leningrad suggested to Sergei Prokofiev that he compose a full-length ballet to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. However, after hearing the first version of the music, the Bolshoi declared it “undanceable” and nullified its agreement with Prokofiev.
  • Ten years before his death, Korngold abandoned film scoring, when he discovered that his reputation in that field had damaged his image among American concert-music critics. With focused energy, he plunged into serious composition, producing over the next few years the Violin Concerto in D Major (1947), a symphony (1950) and several other works.
  • Commissioned in 1994 by the Filarmónica de la UNAM in Mexico City, Danzón No.2 has been performed many times in the United States. At a performance by the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico in 1994, the audience was so enthusiastic, it demanded an encore.