Program Note: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2
Posted September 16, 2025Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) COMPOSED: 1900–1901 PREMIERE: November 9, 1901; Moscow, Russia...
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Program Note: Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony
Posted September 16, 2025Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, “The Inextinguishable” Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) COMPOSED: 1915–1916 PREMIERE: January 1, 1916; Copenhagen, Denmark LAST DPO...
Program Note: Fauré’s Requiem
Posted March 6, 2025Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) Requiem, Op. 48 Fauré’s creation of his beloved Requiem spanned almost a quarter of a century. Beginning...
Program Note: Thompson’s Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Posted March 6, 2025Joel Thompson (b. 1988) Seven Last Words of the Unarmed From the composer: In November of 2014, a Staten Island...
Neal’s Note: Requiem
Posted March 6, 2025When I first encountered Joel Thompson’s Seven Last Words of the Unarmed two years ago, I immediately thought, “This is...
Program Note: Boulanger’s Of A Spring Morning & Of A Sad Evening
Posted March 6, 2025Marie-Juliette Olga “Lili” Boulanger (1893–1918) Of A Spring Morning & Of A Sad Evening Lili Boulanger was born into a...
THE DAYTON PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE NAMES KEITARO HARADA AS THE NEXT MUSIC AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Posted May 30, 2024Harada will act as the Music and Artistic Director Designate in ’24-25 before taking the helm on July 1, 2025...
DAYTON PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES THE 2024-2025 SEASON
Posted February 15, 2024Three art forms. One frequency. Are you tuned in? Highlights include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Coppélia, Elf in Concert,...
