Copland’s Rodeo

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026
7:30pm

• Copland Rodeo

• Barber Violin Concerto

  • Alexi Kenney, violin

• Walker Lyric for Strings

• Thompson Symphony No. 2

  Initially reluctant to compose another "cowboy ballet," American composer Aaron Copland's "Rodeo" ballet premiered in 1942 to an impressive 22 curtain calls. (That’s a ton of curtain calls, but tenor Luciano Pavarotti holds the Guinness World Record for curtain calls at 165 — that’s likely to stand for quite a while.)

  The evening will include Barber’s Violin Concerto featuring Alexi Kenney.

Violinist Alexi Kenney is forging a career that defies categorization. He is equally at home creating experimental programs and commissioning new works, soloing with major orchestras around the world, and collaborating with some of the most celebrated musicians of our time. Alexi is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.

Call 814.455.1375, click above or visit us at 23 West 10th Street.

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