@Home Concert Series

BRSO @Home #40 - Violinist Lin He and pianist Jessica Zhang perform the second movement of the Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in D Major.

BRSO @Home #39 - Violinist Lin He and cellist Daniel Cassin team up to play the Hendel-Halvorsen Passacagila arranged for Violin and Cello. This work is based on Passacaille (No. 6) from Suite in G minor, HWV 432, by G.F. Handel.

BRSO @Home Performance #38 - A WORLD PREMIERE! Energetic Due for Two Violins performed by Lin He and Jessica Dan Fan!

From the Composer:

My Energetic Duo for two violins was inspired by Beijing Opera tune, and Chinese percussion ensemble’s rich color and rhythmic patterns. It’s a birthday gift to my friend Mr. Ron Blessinger who is a fine violinist of Oregon Symphony in 2015. I really appreciate the excellent premiere recording performance given by Lin He and Jessica Dan Fan on-line in 2020! My piece became alive with the vivid interpretation! We wish to give everybody encouragement and energy through our music, to overcome the hardship during the global pandemic. Dr. Chen Yi, 6.13.2020

BRSO @Home Performance #37 - Principal Flute Rachel Ciraldo is joined by her husband Nicholas for their performance of the 4th Movement of Daniel Pinkham's Nocturnes.

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BRSO @Home Performance #36 - The Lagniappe Trio (Rachel Ciraldo, flute; Christopher Lowry, viola; Stephanie Gustafson Amfahr, harp) is back with "Terzettino" by Théodore Dubois!

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BRSO @Home Performance #35! Today's @Home Performance features BRSO Oboist Shea Tully performing all three parts of the first movement of the London Trio No. 1 by Haydn!!

BRSO @Home Performance #34! Today's @Home Performance features violinist Iuliia Akers and pianist Liliia Oliinyk performing Cavatina for Violin and Piano by Joachim Raff!

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BRSO @Home Performance #33! Violinist Lin He performing Nathan Milstein's Paganiniana. Lin's entire family contributed to this one - camera work by his wife, Maggie Yuan and background tears provided by their daughter, Arwen Yuanyuan He!

BRSO @Home Performance #32! BRSO Principal Bassist John Madere is back with another original electronic work, “Distant Learning.” From the composer: This piece was "inspired" by the distance learning that was forced upon music teachers due to the current pandemic. All instruments were looped into the Electro-Harmonix 95000 Looper. Instruments used include a lap harp, electric guitar, electric bass and a drum machine.

BRSO @Home Number 31! Veronica Parrales and Jason Mathena perform an excerpt of the “La Folia” variations on a theme by Geminiani, by Arcangelo Corelli. Originally for violin and orchestra, adapted for cello and marimba from a piano reduction by Orfeo Mandozzi.

BRSO @Home #30 - Cellists Joy Keown Bedillion and Dragos Filip with a killer, distance collaboration of the Third Movement of the Barrière Cello Sonata for Two Cellos.

BRSO @Home #29 - Violinist Kelly Smith Toney performs “Anadolia” by Stephen Foster. This piece is based on the appropriately titled “Old Folks at Home!”

BRSO @Home #28 - Principal Keyboard Richard Jeric performs Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1.

BRSO @Home #27! BRSO bassistGeorge Thompson with his original composition "Hymn" ©Thompsongs 2020. From the composer: I wrote this short piece as a spiritual reflection on the times, it ends with a question. My daughter, Sarah, compiled the video montage from pictures of cathedrals she took when she was an exchange student in Milan.

BRSO @Home #26 - BRSO staff member Taylor Hollyer (Double Bass) and Timothy White (piano) perform the Intermezzo from Four Pieces for Double Bass & Piano by Reinhold Gliere.

BRSO @Home #25! Principal Flute Rachel T Ciraldo and Principal Harp Stephanie Gustafson Amfahr perform Méditation from Thaïs by Jules Massenet.

BRSO @Home Concert Series #24. Saxophonist Griffin Campbell performs Laulan üle merede (Singing over the sea), a song by Tõnu Kõrvits.

Day 23 of our BRSO @Home Concert Series. Veronica Parrales and Jason Mathena are back with some Chopin! Here is Prelude in E Minor (Op. 28 No. 4) arranged for cello and vibraphone.

BRSO @Home Concert #22! Principal Cello Molly Goforth performs Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prélude.

BRSO @Home Concert Series #21! Associate Concertmaster Lin He performs Fritz Kreilser's Tambourin Chinois from his backyard!

Day 20 of our @Home Concert Series! Today features the Lagniappe Trio - Principal Flute Rachel T Ciraldo, Principal Viola Christopher Lowry, and Principal Harp Stephanie Gustafson Amfahr - with a stunning performance of Arthur Foote's At Dusk.

BRSO @Home Concert Number 19! BRSO cellist Joy Keown Bedillion performs Andante religioso, Caprice No 2 by Alfredo Carlo Piatti.

Today is our 18th @Home Concert! Featured once again are Veronica Parrales and Jason Mathena performing “Le Cygne” or "The Swan" from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Day 17 of the BRSO @Home Series! Principal Oboe James Ryon originally created this short arrangement for a BRSO children's concert demo in 2004. He recently created this short video for his oboe students at the Univ. of N. Texas, as an illustration of overdub recording using Zoom meeting software and Adobe Premiere.

Day 16 of the BRSO @Home Concert Series features Veronica Parrales and Jason Mathena. They are performing their own arrangement of Novelette by Dmitri Kabalevsky.

Renee Chatelain and Kevin Lyle donated to our Covid-19 Relief Fund to have today’s performance dedicated to their family members, J.D. and Patsy Lyle. Donate to our Relief Fund here: https://bit.ly/2TWqaqX

Day 15 of the BRSO @Home Series! Today you’ll hear Ponteando, the second movement from Meloritmias No. 5 for Solo Viola by Brazilian Composer Ernani Aguiar performed by BRSO violist Sonia Feres-Lloyd!

BRSO Board Member Diane Fleet donated to the Covid-19 Relief Fund and dedicated today's performance to all members of the BRSO! Learn more about our relief fund here: https://bit.ly/2TWqaqX

Day 14 of the BRSO @Home Series features Principal Keyboard Richard Jeric and his wife Sarah performing Richard Strauss' Allerseelen.

Chris Broussard donated to the Covid-19 Relief Fund and dedicated today's performance to the musicians of the BRSO! Learn more about our relief fund here: https://bit.ly/2TWqaqX

Day 13 of the BRSO @Home Series features our Assistant Principal Second Violin Rafael Galvan-Herrera performing the Allemande from Bach's Partita for Solo Violin No. 1 in B Minor.

Day 12 of the BRSO @Home Series features Principal Cellist Molly Goforth performing Prelude to the Suite in C Minor by J. S. Bach. This piece is unique because the A string is tuned down to G.

Harvey and Betty Schwartzberg donated to the Covid-19 Relief fund to have this performance dedicated to "the Schwartzberg Family." Learn more about our relief fund here: https://bit.ly/2TWqaqX

Janice and Gerald Pellar donated to the BRSO Covid-19 Relief Fund to have this performance dedicated to "their friend at the Baton Rouge General Hospital!”

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Barbara Matens donated to the Covid-19 Relief Fund to have the following @Home Performance of the Ciraldo family dedicated to her husband Camp and her three children, Shannon DelVecchio in California, Steven Turner in Australia, and Ian Turner in New York City.

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