 Reno Phil Music Director and Conductor Laura Jackson, guest pianist Joyce Yang, and Chris Morrison discuss "Ravel's Piano Concerto," the first concert of the Reno Phil's 2021-22 season, which features music by Rossini, Bacewicz, Ravel, and Tchaikovsky. 

Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast

October 23/24, 2021: Ravel's Piano Concerto

In this podcast, we have a discussion and preview of an exciting project that the Reno Phil has embarked on as part of its 2021-22 season. Music Director/Conductor Laura Jackson and composer Jimmy López Bellido discuss the new Symphony No. 3, "Altered Landscape," that López Bellido has written. Commissioned by the Reno Phil, the symphony will be given its world premiere by the Reno Phil in its concerts on May 7 and 8, 2022.

A Conversation with Laura Jackson and Jimmy López Bellido

Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison discuss "Fanfare Finale," the final concert of the Reno Phil's 2020-21 season, which features music by Aaron Copland, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Piotr Tchaikovsky. Laura Jackson also speaks with Reno Phil concertmaster Ruth Lenz, the violin soloist in the Violin Concerto No. 2 by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

April 24/25, 2021: Fanfare Finale

Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison discuss "Serenade for Strings," the fifth concert of the Reno Phil's 2020-21 season, which features music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Piotr Tchaikovsky. Laura Jackson also speaks with Reno Phil concertmaster Ruth Lenz, the violin soloist in the Violin Concerto No. 2 by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

March 27/28, 2021: Serenade for Strings

Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison discuss "Flirting With Melodies," the fourth concert of the Reno Phil's 2020-21 season, which features music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Josef Suk. Laura Jackson also speaks with percussionists Eric Middleton and Carol Colwell, the marimba soloists in the Reno Phil's world premiere of a new version of Julie Spencer's "Tree Song" that will also be on the program.

February 27/28, 2021: Flirting With Melodies

In this episode of Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, we hear from all three Reno Phil wind players featured in the Phil's "Winds of Change: Virtual Woodwind Showcase." Oboist Jordan Pyle, bassoonist Eric Fassbender, and clarinetist Joshua Anderson speak with Chris Morrison about their careers and the music by Schumann, Saint-Saens, and Brahms they'll play in the third concert of the Reno Phil's 2020-21 season.

January 23/24, 2021: Winds of Change

In this episode of Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, Reno Phil Music Director and Conductor Laura Jackson, harpist Marina Roznitovsky Oster, and dancer Martina Young speak with Chris Morrison about the second concert of the Reno Phil's 2020-21 season. Titled "Dare We Dance?", the concert is a celebration of dance featuring music by Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saens, Osvaldo Golijov, and Jennifer Higdon.

November 7/8, 2020: Dare We Dance?

In this episode of Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, Music Director Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison discuss the Reno Phil's return to the concert stage after several months. They discuss the impact of the coronavirus on the Reno Phil's activities, as well as the music of William Grant Still, Benjamin Britten, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart featured in the October 3/4 performance.

October 3/4, 2020: Out of the Silence

In this episode of Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, Music Director Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison discuss the fifth concerts of the Reno Phil's 2019-20 season, Scheherazade, which were to have happened on March 21 and 22, 2020, but have been canceled due to the precautions being taken around the coronavirus COVID-19. They discuss both the cancellation as well as the music by Jennifer Higdon, Franz Liszt, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov that the Phil would have performed.

March 21/22, 2020: Scheherazade

 In this episode of Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, Music Director Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison discuss the fourth concerts of the Reno Phil's 2019-20 season, Landscapes and Legends of Mexico, happening on February 22 and 23, 2020. Partnering with the acclaimed symphonic photo-choreography company Westwater Arts and Nicholas Bardonnay, the Reno Phil brings you a combination of colorful music by Copland, Revueltas, and Marquez, and stunning photography that weaves together a vibrant tapestry of the landscapes and people of Mexico. The program begins with the humorous adventures of Don Quixote as depicted by Richard Strauss, with the principal cello and viola of the Reno Phil, Peter Lenz and Dustin Budish, as the featured soloists.

Feb. 22/23, 2020: Landscapes & Legends of Mexico

In this episode of Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, Music Director and Conductor Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison discuss the third concerts of the Reno Phil's 2019-20 season. On January 18 and 19, 2020, Laura Jackson and the Reno Phil perform Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Something for the Dark, inspired by a poem by Philip Levine, an evocative journey about hope, endurance and renewal. Also, violinist Esther Yoo, recently named one of Classic FM’s Top Artists under 30, performs Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto, a thrilling display of virtuosity and melodic beauty. The program closes with Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, the "Inextinguishable," a dramatic work written in the midst of World War I - highlighted by a dramatic duel between two timpanists in the fourth movement - that conveys the idea of an “inextinguishable” life force that withstands suffering and persists through adversity.

Jan. 18/19, 2020: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

 In this episode of Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison discuss the second concerts of the Reno Phil's 2019-20 season. On November 9 and 10, 2019, Laura Jackson, the Orchestra, and guest violinist Oliver Leitner perform Ernest Chausson's Poeme, Franz Josef Haydn's dramatic Symphony No. 49 "La passione," and Sir Edward Elgar's colorful masterpiece the "Enigma" Variations.

Nov. 9/10, 2019: Enigma Variations

In this second episode of Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison discuss the first concerts of the Reno Phil's 2019-20 season. On October 5 and 6, 2019, Laura Jackson, the Orchestra, and guest pianist Sara Davis Buechner perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 and the dramatic Symphony No. 4 by Tchaikovsky.

Oct. 5/6, 2019: The Dawn of Beethoven

In this first episode of Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, Laura Jackson and Chris Morrison provide an overview of the concerts of the Reno Phil's 2019-20 Classix season, its 51st year of music.  

Overview of the 2019-20 Classix Season

Chris Morrison provides a short introduction to Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast.

Introduction to the Podcast

Welcome to Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast, where we discuss the concerts, events and other activities of the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra. Laura Jackson, Music Director and Conductor of the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, and Chris Morrison, the Orchestra's program annotator, are your hosts for informal and informative talks about the music and guest artists for each of the Reno Philharmonic's performances. We'll get into the biographies of the composers, the history of the musical selections, the details of the music itself, and even some behind-the-scenes information about the Orchestra and classical music in general. It's a great way to prepare yourself for actually hearing the Orchestra in concert.

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Inside the Music: The Reno Phil Podcast

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