Three points…

(1) On Thursday, January 31 at 9:06 a.m., KUNR will be broadcasting the recording of this past Saturday’s RCO concert, featuring guest conductor Carl Topilow, violinist James Reinarz (the winner of our annual College Concerto Competition), the Orchestra, and music by Arensky, Bruch, Danzi, and Tchaikovsky. It was a wonderful concert, so don’t miss it!

(2) Below you’ll find a selection of photos by our friend, and official RCO photographer, Stuart Murtland, from our November 2007 concerts featuring pianist Meng-Chieh Liu, and from the 2007 Nevada Chamber Music Festival.

(3) Following up on a post from a couple of months ago, we’re soon going to be spending some time on this blog examining the question – one which we, unsurprisingly, talk about often at the RCO office – of why we enjoy music. Why, and how, does it engage us the way that it does? Many of the discussion points will be taken from Oliver Sacks’ recent book Musicophilia, which I’ve just finished and which is predictably wonderful and thought provoking. I doubt if we’ll come up with any new or unusual answers, but the discussion should be interesting.

Nevada Chamber Music Festival photos

More photos by Stuart Murtland, this time from the Nevada Chamber Music Festival.

Rehearsing at First United Methodist Church.

















Ellen dePasquale and Ruth Lenz.

Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, Petronel Malan, and Carol Ou performing Beethoven's Trio, Op. 1/1 at the Church.

The members of the Nightingale String Quartet were among the performers at the Festival's special Children's Concert. From left to right: Vanessa Porter, Tianna Heppner-Harjo, Scott Faulkner, Rose Sciaroni, Johnny Lenz, and Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio.

James Buswell, James Winn and Carol Ou performing Turina's Trio No. 2.

Rehearsing Dohnanyi's Septet at the University of Nevada, Reno: Martin Chalifour, Theodore Kuchar, Petronel Malan, Ronald Leonard, John Lenz, and Daniel Gilbert.

Performing the Brahms Clarinet Quintet at Nightingale Concert Hall: Ellen dePasquale, Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, Daniel Gilbert, Richard Weiss, and Robert Vernon.

Ronald Leonard and Derek Han performing Tortelier's Sonata Breve.

The 2007 Nevada Chamber Music Festival musicians.

November concert photos

Here are some photos by RCO photographer Stuart Murtland from our November concerts.

Theodore Kuchar and the Orchestra rehearsing at Nightingale Concert Hall

Theodore Kuchar and guest pianist Meng-Chieh Liu in discussion.

Liu, Kuchar and the RCO performing Gabriel Faure's Ballade.

Liu and trumpeter Paul Lenz acknowledging the audiences' applause after the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1.