2013-2014 Season

A season subscription includes admission to all 6 of the following concerts plus a bonus voucher redeemable for one ticket to any of the 6 concerts. (Bring a guest or give it to a friend, coworker or family member.)  All concerts are held at the Civic Hall Performing Arts Center in Richmond, Indiana.

Maria Bachmann
Saturday, September 21, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
The season opens with two of the greatest works in the Russian repertoire:  a smoldering masterpiece by Sergei Prokofiev and arguably one...
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Symphony No. 5, Violin Concerto
Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
The answer?...all over the world. From the steppes of central Russia to the Australian outback, from the forests of Finland to the Scottish...
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Prince Igor March, Magic Fire Music, The Gum-Suckers March, Daydreams, Les Preludes, La Tregenda, Estancia, Four Scottish Dances, Cantus in Memory of Britten
Sunday, December 8, 2013 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Guy Bordo leads the RSO in a rich array of short pieces, from folk dances of Swan Lake to The Essential Ellington, with a little Sousa...
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Free Lance March, Appalachian Waltz, Swan Lake, The Essential Ellington, Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257, New York Times, My Fair Lady, The Gladiator March, Superman Theme
Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
Rococo? Think flowery, ornate, graceful and witty. The RSO samples the music of the late 18th century with pianist Soojin Ahn playing...
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Soojin Ahn, Symphony No. 4 in DM, Sinfonia in Eb, Piano Concerto No. 6, Rebekka als braut, Piano Concerto in DM
Melita Hunsinger, Cellist Soloist
Saturday, April 12, 2014 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
This concert honors two immigrants and one visitor to our shores:  Vienna's Wolfgang Korngold's swashbuckling film music; Irish born Victor...
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Sea Hawk Overture, Cello Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 9
Tim King, Tenor Soloist
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Tenor Tim King and the RSO Singers join the Orchestra for a visit to the dazzling lights of Broadway with music from many of your favorite...
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Tim King, West Side Story, The Lion King, South Pacific, Aladdin, Hercules, Chorus Line, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 42nd Street

Earlier this season...

Sunday, May 5, 2013 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Guy Bordo and the RSO are joined by the RSO Singers to close this season with another Hollywood excursion, this time to the world of...
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The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, Wicked, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Great Escape, X2: the X-Men United
Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
Brahms took many years to write a symphony, but this masterpiece was well worth the wait, as you will hear when Guy Bordo leads the RSO in...
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Brahms, Cardenes, Theofanidis
Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
Romantic love and childlike innocence share this evening, opening with Mozart’s Overture to the notorious Don Giovanni.  Then the...
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Mozart, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel
Sunday, December 9, 2012 - 3:00pm
For the holidays, the RSO will present the long-awaited return of The Nutcracker ballet. Gifted performers from local dance...
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Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky, Ballet, RSO, Guy Bordo
Saturday, December 8, 2012 - 7:30pm - Sunday, December 9, 2012 - 3:00pm
For the holidays, the RSO will present the long-awaited return of The Nutcracker ballet. Gifted...
Saturday, October 20, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
Guy Bordo and the RSO lead us on a musical tour of America: past, present, and possibly future!  Ferde Grofé’s ever-popular Grand...
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Grofé, Hanson, Copland, Bates, Fine
Saturday, September 15, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
The RSO’s 56th season opens brilliantly with pianist Winston Choi playing Beethoven’s  monumental Piano Concerto No. 5, “The Emperor.” His...
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Beethovan, Copland, Ticheli
Suan Wallin
Wesley Woolard
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
The RSO tops off its 55th season with an evening filled with operetta performed by Susan Wallin and a collection of...
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Sousa, Bach, Brahms, Grainger
Yakov Kasman
Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
The Nineteenth Century lies at the heart of classical music, and tonight Guy Bordo and the RSO perform some of that century's greatest...
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Beethoven, Liszt, Adams, Tchaikovsky
Harvey Thurmer
Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
Guy Bordo again explores the rich repertoire of the Classical-sized orchestra, as the RSO unites Classical-era composers with the beauty of...
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Mozart, Pärt, Haydn
Michael Chertock
Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Pianist Michael Chertock makes a return visit after his delightful RSO debut at last season's, "Piano Pops" concert,...
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Gershwin, Billy Joel, John Barry, Dave Grusin, Ernest Gold, Rachmaninoff
Clara Jumi-Kang
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
The RSO is joined by violinist Clara Jumi Kang, Gold Medalist at the 2010 Indianapolis International Violin Competition,...
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Korngold, Delius, Beethoven
Saturday, September 17, 2011 - 7:30pm - 9:20pm
Maestro Guy Bordo and the RSO continue their four-year project of "Exploring the Orchestra" by posing the question, "What can the orchestra...
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Holst, Beethoven, Barber, Saint-Saens, Glass