Vanguard Performances

Amazing 3-concert series designed for enthusiastic listeners, featuring vanguards from the past and today's masters.

Sponsored by Boeing.

Vanguard Performances
Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

Enigma Variations

James Judd
, conductor
Oct. 1, 2011
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Three English masters answer "the question:" Britten's 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto and The Lark Ascending, and Elgar's Enigma Variations.

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

The Planets

Thomas Wilson
, conductor
Mar. 10, 2012
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Wonder in amazement as the heavens come to life with Holst's The Planets, Stravinsky's Fireworks, and Gandolfi's In the Garden of Cosmic Speculation.

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

Petrushka

Carolyn Kuan
, conductor
Apr. 28, 2012
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Haydn's Military, Barber's Essay No. 2, and Stravinsky's Petrushka line up for an evening of irony with marching, dancing, and straw men.