Tower, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 5; Tower, Made in America; Tower, Duets; Tower, Cello Concerto (World premiere commission)
Beethoven, Quintet for Piano and Winds; Beethoven, Septet
Weber, Oberon Overture; Kodály, Dances of Galánta; Beethoven, Violin Concerto
Weber, Oberon Overture; Kodály, Dances of Galánta; Beethoven, Violin Concerto
Carlos Simon, Elegy & Warmth of Other Suns; Beethoven, String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127
Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man; Price, String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor (Movement 2); Glazunov, Saxophone Concerto; Ibert, Concertino da Camera; Copland, Lincoln Portrait
Shaw, Schisma; Golijov, Tenebrae; Schubert, String Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden”
Thompson, World premiere commission; Beethoven, Symphony No. 3
Gabrieli, Canzon septimi toni à 8 (No. 2) arr. R.P. Block; Dvořák, Serenade for Wind Instruments; Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
Music Director Peter Oundjian opens the 2022 Festival season with special guests: Boulder’s own Takács Quartet. This Grammy Award-winning quartet joins the orchestra for John Adams’ Absolute Jest, which samples, twists, and builds upon Beethoven’s themes, in particular his late string quartets; Adams has referred to his Jest as “Beethoven that has been passed through a hall of mirrors.” Dvořák’s iconic Symphony No. 9, “From the New World,” was written in the “new world” of America but teeming with Bohemian folk influence as well. Composer Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers nods to a notebook entry written by Beethoven and explores “the unpredictable ways of fate” and the uncertainties of life.
Music Director Peter Oundjian opens the 2022 Festival season with special guests: Boulder’s own Takács Quartet. This Grammy Award-winning quartet joins the orchestra for John Adams’ Absolute Jest, which samples, twists, and builds upon Beethoven’s themes, in particular his late string quartets; Adams has referred to his Jest as “Beethoven that has been passed through a hall of mirrors.” Dvořák’s iconic Symphony No. 9, “From the New World,” was written in the “new world” of America but teeming with Bohemian folk influence as well. Composer Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers nods to a notebook entry written by Beethoven and explores “the unpredictable ways of fate” and the uncertainties of life.
Tickets just $10! Vaudeville-inspired musical storytellers Really Inventive Stuff uses comedy, props, and interaction to refresh beloved musical classics and enchant audiences of all ages. Their imaginative Tubby the Tuba follows “the adventures of a red polka-dot yo-yo, a dapper bullfrog puppet, and a small piece of ribbon” as Tubby discovers that dreams can come true. Later, Really Inventive Stuff’s “Orchestra-ologist” introduces the instruments “with wit and a wink” as the troupe reinvents Britten’s classic Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
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Meet the Festival Fellows: eight aspiring professional musicians who receive coaching and performance opportunities through the Festival and its guest artists.
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