Rome, Romance, and Rising Stars
Amaryn Olmeda
October 3, 7:30pm I Palace Theatre
David Alan Miller, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violin
Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto
Celka Ojakangas: New Work (World Premiere)
Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Sterling Elliott
Passion & Power: Brahms & Elgar
November 7, 3:00pm* I November 7, 7:30pm
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
David Alan Miller, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello
Emanuel Ax
Mozart & Manny: a Classical Holiday
December 19, 7:30pm I December 20, 3:00pm
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
David Alan Miller, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Lauren Henning, bassoon
George Friderich Handel: Sinfonia from Messiah
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto
Isaac Santos, Elise Winkler, and Arjan Singh Dogra: Three poems for a New World (World Premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Time for Three, Kevin Puts
A Hero’s Journey
January 23, 7:30pm
Palace Theatre
David Alan Miller, conductor
Time for Three
Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
Kevin Puts: Contact
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)
Viet Cuong
Romeo & Viet
February 13, 7:30pm I February 14, 3:00pm
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
David Alan Miller, conductor
Timothy McAllister, saxophone
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Viet Cuong: Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere)
Jennifer Higdon: Saxophone Concerto
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Michelle Cann,
The Emperor & Sibelius
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Juan Pablo Contreras: Alma Monarca
March 20, 7:30pm I March 21, 3:00pm
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Reena Esmail
Rachmaninoff & Reena
April 10, 7:30pm I April 11, 3:00pm
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
David Alan Miller, conductor
Saali Oak, soprano
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Reena Esmail: Vishwas
Reena Esmail: My Sister’s Voice (Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1
2027 American Music Festival:
American Tapestry
Sandbox Percussion, Takács Quartet
June 12, 7:30pm
EMPAC in Troy
Sandbox Percussion
Takács Quartet
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1
Viet Cuong: New Work for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra
Gabriela Lena Frank: Kachkanaraqmi, I’m still here
Tanner Porter: Palimpsest
