When
February 18, 2023 | 5:00 pm - 11:59 pm
What
Be there as ROCO’s Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation In Concert Series continues with a celebration of “Friends“, on Saturday, February 18th, at Rice University’s Brockman Hall for Opera!
This concert truly showcases the orchestra, as the ensemble performs conductorless, with Artistic Partner and Concertmaster Scott St. John leading from the chair. Underlining themes of friendship and hope, the concert features the premiere of Brian Raphael Nabors‘ Upon Daybreak, inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem “A Brave and Startling Truth,” along with Antonin Dvorak’s early favorite Serenade for Strings, Joachim Raff’s vivacious Sinfonietta, and the overture to the opera Jery und Bätely by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf. Completing the program, the resilient African-American spiritual “Keep Me From Sinking Down” spotlights Scott St. John, in Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s powerful orchestral setting featuring solo violin.
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Wish (suggested ticket price of $25)–available at ROCO.org.
Learn MoreWhere
Brockman Hall for Opera at Rice University
6100 Main St. Houston, TX 77005