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Season Opening Weekend
ODE TO JOY!
Lawrence Leighton Smith, Conductor
Colorado Springs Chorale, Donald P. Jenkins, Artistic Director
Rebecca Copley, Soprano
Marcia Ragonetti, Mezzo
Jeong-Kwon Kim, Tenor
Peter Tuff, Baritone
Brahms: Schicksalslied “Song of Destiny”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral”
Your destiny is a concert filled with beauty and joy as the Philharmonic and four outstanding soloists are joined by Donald P. Jenkins and the Colorado Springs Chorale.
Listen to a concert preview online with Lawrence Leighton Smith, Conductor and Donald P. Jenkins, Artistic Director, Colorado Springs Chorale. Gain meaningful insight into this epic masterpiece.
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Concert sponsored by:
Beloved Brahms Concerto
Lawrence Leighton Smith, Conductor
Norman Krieger, Piano
Bizet: Patrie!
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
“Unfinished”
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms' piano concerto makes great demands on the performer’s technique and this piece is a perfect balance between piano and orchestra.
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Symphonie Fantastique
Lawrence Leighton Smith, Conductor
Adams: Short Ride In A
Fast Machine
Respighi: Fountains Of Rome
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Orchestral opulence in tribute to love! Respighi's gorgeous paean to his beloved Rome followed by the ultimate Romantic work: Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz' dramatic and powerful tale of unrequited passion.
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Fire and Water
Thomas Wilson, Conductor
Judeth Shay Burns, Soprano
Copland: Suite From The
Tender Land
Mozart Concert Arias
Smetana: The Moldau
Stravinsky: Firebird
Join us for The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky, brimming with dramatic contrasts and unexpected beauty; Suite from The Tender Land by America’s most famous composer Aaron Copland, in which he recast the score of the ballet and has become a staple of the symphonic concert hall; Mozart Concert Arias displaying the wonderful unity, proportion and remarkable delicacy of melody that are the unmistakably Mozart featuring Judeth Shay Burns, soprano; and Smetana’s best-known work The Moldau—a breathtaking portrayal of the river with the same name.
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Thrilling Tchaikovsky
Lawrence Leighton Smith, Conductor
Miriam Fried, Violin
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea And
Prosperous Voyage
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
World-renowned violinist Miriam Fried performs Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Violin Concerto!
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of the most loved violin concertos ever written. Apart from delighting audiences since its first performance, it has also enchanted, enraptured and enraged violinists with its emotional, straight-to-the-heart music that often masks the need for a formidable technique. It is one of the giants of the violin repertoire that only the best-of-the-best can pull off.
Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is an overture based on two poems by the German writer Goethe from which the piece gets its title. While listening to this music it is interesting to keep in mind that Mendelssohn had never as much as set foot on a boat and therefore all the more re markable the composer is able to capture the atmosphere of rolling waves and salty sea breezes with striking clarity.
Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 has romantic rhythms in a masterpiece worthy of adulation. The symphony is a perfect example of Brahms's mastery of material, and variety of rhythms, and its nature is very romantic with a background of mountain, sky and singing winds and the finale is energetic and magnificent.
Concert in tribute to retiring Executive Director Susan S. Greene
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Sensuous Chopin
Lawrence Leighton Smith, Conductor
Yuja Wang, Piano
Wagner: Parsifal:
Charfreitagszauber
(Good Friday Spell)
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Acclaimed for recent performances with the New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony, 20 year-old piano prodigy Yuja Wang will amaze and astound.
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Glorious Salute to Spring
Lawrence Leighton Smith, Conductor
Michael Hanson, Violin
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian
Easter Overture
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1
Dvorák: Symphony No. 7
Concertmaster Michael Hanson performs one of the most technically challenging and incredibly brilliant works for the violin. Maestro Smith concludes our Classical Masterworks season with Dvorák's evocative Seventh Symphony.
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Programming may be subject to change.
