Masterworks

Filled with engaging works created by the biggest names in music composition, the El Pomar Foundation Masterworks series brings the best soloists and music to audiences.

Sponsored by El Pomar Foundation.

Masterworks
Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

Titan

Josep Caballé-Domenech
, conductor
Sep. 17, 2011Sep. 18, 2011
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Don't miss the debut of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic's new music director, Josep Caballé-Domenech! The season opens with Mahler's huge First Symphony and Tchaikovsky's famous Piano Concerto No. 1. 

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

Brahms & Sibelius

Carl St. Clair
, conductor
Oct. 22, 2011Oct. 23, 2011
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Virtuoso Mayuko Kamio joins the Philharmonic for one of the greatest violin concerti ever written, while Brahms' last symphony brightens the night.

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

Greater Russia

Daniel Hege
, conductor
Nov. 12, 2011Nov. 13, 2011
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Hungarian composer Kodály's Dances of Galánta open for Julie Albers' mastery of Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1, ending with Tchaikovsky's intense Fourth Symphony.

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven & Bernstein

Thomas Wilson
, conductor
Jan. 28, 2012Jan. 29, 2012
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Three bad boys of classical music team up! Berlioz opens, followed by Bernstein's First Symphony, Jeremiah, and Beethoven's humorous Second Symphony.

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

Reformation

Julian Kuerti
, conductor
Feb. 18, 2012Feb. 19, 2012
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Bold reformation marks the music of Mendelssohn's Fifth Symphony and Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2. Philharmonic Concertmaster Michael Hanson makes a solo appearance for the Spanish-flavored Concerto.

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

Rachmaninoff

Josep Caballé-Domenech
, conductor
Apr. 14, 2012Apr. 15, 2012
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Maestro Caballé-Domenech opens with Walton's turbulent First Symphony and closes with the concerto that secured Rachmaninoff's greatness.

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

Resurrection

Josep Caballé-Domenech
, conductor
May. 19, 2012May. 20, 2012
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Maestro Caballé-Domenech closes his first season with the Philharmonic with Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, a work that created "a world of its own."