Rockford Symphony Orchestra

The RSO Classics Concert Series - "Music of Revolution: Featuring Beethoven's 5th"

WNIU — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:15:15 +0000

"Music is powerful." You already know this because you're a Classical WNIU listener. Experience the power of music this Saturday night, April 20th, as the Rockford Symphony Orchestra performs its next and final Classics Series concert of the season.

The RSO Classics Concert Series - “Handel’s Messiah”

WNIU — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:14:20 +0000

Classical WNIU is proud to sponsor the next “Classics Series” performance by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, March 23rd at the Coronado Theater – and it’s a jubilant one: Handel’s Messiah. Without a doubt, this is the best-known and most-often-sung choral work ever written! Its Hallelujah! chorus ranks with the opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as one of the most universally identifiable pieces of music.

The RSO Classics Concert Series - "Rhapsody and Reveries"

WNIU — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 06:53:00 +0000

Classical WNIU is pleased to sponsor the next “Classics Series” performance by our very own Rockford Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, February 9th at the Coronado Theater. In a program called "Rhapsody and Reveries," we'll hear how two 26-year-old men, living a century and a continent apart, changed the course of musical history forever.

The Rockford Symphony Orchestra Season Preview

WNIJ — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:47:27 +0000

This weekend on WNIJ's Free-Range Radio, Eric Hradecky talks with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra's Conductor and Music Director Steven Larsen about the upcoming RSO Classics Concert Series. Highlights include a visit from violinist Rachel Barton Pine in November, and the RSO's first-ever full performance of Handel's "Messiah" in March. We'll hear samples of much of the music to be featured this season, and maestro Larsen talks about why he picked the music he did for this year's series. Listen this Sunday evening at 6-o'c

Todd Rundgren brings orchestral sound to Rockford

Mike Moen — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:55:03 +0000

The legendary rocker takes a step back from rock shows to perform with RSO June 1 and 2.