At the Symphony

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 p.m.-8 p.m. on KLRE Classical 90.5. The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concert is Sat., Oct 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. at Robinson Center in Little Rock, Ark. You can get tickets and more information at ArkanasSymphony.org.

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; Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64; Black Bend by ASO Composer in Residence Dan Visconti; and, Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite.

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 McAllister's Black Dog; and, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a. It's all in anticipation of the ASO's Beethoven and Blue Jeans event this weekend at the Maumelle Performing Arts Center.

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 Dances of Galánta, Haydn's Concerto for Cello in C Major and Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88.

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. 16;" and, Borodin's "Symphony No. 2 in B minor."

  From the ASO's program notes:

ASO Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson runs through the pieces in this week's Stella Boyle Masterworks Season Finale.

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's third performance in its 2014-2015 Stella Boyle Masterworks Concert Series includes works by John Corigliano and Beethoven.

ASO Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson takes us through the program the symphony will perform Saturday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 9 at 3:00 p.m.

The program includes

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.

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 Minor.

At the Symphony covers relevant information about these three symphonic works.