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Mahler's Titan

ESYO & RPI Orchestras perform together
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ESYO & RPI Orchestras perform together

Mahler's First Symphony begins with a single note stretched out over 7 octaves— he said it was "like a sound of nature." Over 150 musicians from the RPI and ESYO Orchestras will join forces for Mahler's Titan and more in 2 performances, first at RPI’s EMPAC and then at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. We spoke with Dr Robert Whalen, the director of ensembles at RPI, and Etienne Abelin, the music director and conductor of ESYO, about those performances.

Tuesday, March 31, 7:30pm
RPI's EMPAC

Sunday, April 26, 3pm
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

https://esyo.org/news-concerts/

Rob Brown comes from a musical family. His mother played piano and taught in this area for nearly 30 years. One uncle is a composer and brass player, one aunt is a professional accompanist and recitalist. And his grandfather had a record collection to rival WMHT’s. He started at WMHT as an intern in 1996. His first job was to go through the stacks of vinyl to make sure they were filed properly. He’s now the Music Director and is thrilled to continue in the “family business” and share more of our very favorite classical music from 1-4 every weekday and 11-3 on Sundays.