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Christopher Dragon, Associate Conductor leading the Colorado Symphony at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Summer 2016.
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Britten Performed by Augustin Hadelich
MASTERWORKS
NOV 4-5 FRI-SAT 7:30 Courtney Lewis, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin BARBER Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 BRITTEN Violin Concerto, Op. 15 BARBER Adagio for Strings ELGAR In the South, Op. 50
Ben Folds: Master Work with the Colorado Symphony For full concert details and descriptions please view online at coloradosymphony.org. Full 2016/17 Colorado Symphony brochure will be available March 1, 2016.
Shostakovich Performed by Silver Ainomäe
John Denver: A Rocky Mountain High Concert Celebration with the Colorado Symphony SEPT 10 SEPT 15
SPECIAL
SAT 7:30
El Latir de México
FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT
THU 7:00
Opening Weekend: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
MASTERWORKS
TRADITIONAL POPS
MASTERWORKS
SEPT 30-OCT 2 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 Teddy Abrams, conductor Morgan James, vocals Selections from Bernstein’s favorite musicals such as West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town
Kellogg's Concerto World Premiere Featuring Yumi Hwang-Williams
MASTERWORKS
OCT 28
OCT 29
HOLIDAY
Handel’s Messiah
HOLIDAY
Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along
HOLIDAY
Celtic Woman Home for Christmas: The Symphony Tour
FEATURE
Frosty & Frozen
HOLIDAY
A Night In Vienna
HOLIDAY
DEC 9-11 FRI 7:30 SAT 2:30 & 6:00 SUN 1:00 Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director
DEC 21 INSIDE THE SCORE
DEC 31 MASTERWORKS
TUE 7:30
WED 6:30 SAT 6:30
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute JAN 10 JAN 14
TRADITIONAL POPS
SAT 7:30
Symphonic Firsts Conducted by Mark Wigglesworth
TRADITIONAL POPS
FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT
TUE 7:30
A Night of Pops: Tribute to Leroy Anderson
FRI 7:30
Halloween Spooktacular
A Colorado Christmas
DEC 20
OCT 21-23 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director PUCCINI La Bohème Semi-staged production
Movie at the Symphony: Raiders of the Lost Ark
MASTERWORKS
DEC 2-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 David Danzmayr, conductor Stephen Hough, piano BEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 37 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
DEC 18 SUN 4:00 Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director
OCT 16 SUN 1:00 Christopher Dragon, conductor
La Bohème Conducted by Andrew Litton
FAMILY
SUN 1:00 Colorado Symphony Percussionists
DEC 16-17 FRI-SAT 7:30 Nicholas Kraemer, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director
OCT 14-15 FRI-SAT 7:30 Edwin Outwater, conductor Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 DANIEL KELLOGG Rising Phoenix JANÁČEK Sinfonietta
Inside Dvořák Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Drums of the World All Beethoven Featuring Symphony No. 7
SEPT 24 SAT 7:30 Second City Jeffrey Biegel, piano Program featuring the premiere of PDQ BACH’s "Concerto for VERY Grand Piano"
An Evening of Bernstein’s Best
MASTERWORKS
NOV 18-20 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 Peter Oundjian, conductor Silver Ainomäe, cello SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
NOV 27
SEPT 16-17 FRI-SAT 7:30 Andrew Litton, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
The Second City Guide to the Symphony
MASTERWORKS ✣
NOV 11-12 FRI-SAT 7:30 Ben Folds, piano BEN FOLDS Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
JAN 20-21 FRI-SAT 7:30 Mark Wigglesworth, conductor MOZART Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 16 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 1 in D major, D. 82 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 68
FAMILY
SAT 2:30
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MASTERWORKS
Inside Symphonic Beginnings JAN 22
INSIDE THE SCORE
SUN 1:00
Rachmaninoff Performed by Olga Kern
MASTERWORKS
FEB 3-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 Andrew Litton, conductor Olga Kern, piano RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, “Leningrad”
Byron Stripling What a Wonderful World: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong
HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!!
Movie at the Symphony: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
TRADITIONAL POPS
APR 27
Colorado Symphony Ball APR 29
Peter and the Wolf
MAY 5 & 7 FRI 7:30 SUN 1:00 Cristian Macelaru, conductor Nicholas Phan, Evangelist Hadleigh Adams, Jesus Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director J.S. BACH St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
FAMILY
FEB 12 SUN 1:00 Denver Young Artists Orchestra MASTERWORKS ✣
FEB 17-18 FRI-SAT 7:30 Andre deRidder, conductor Nadia Sirota, viola NICO MUHLY Viola Concerto
Christopher Dragon and Jeffrey Kahane in Concert
MASTERWORKS
Time For Three MAR 11
MASTERWORKS
Dianne Reeves in Concert
TRADITIONAL POPS
SAT 7:30
Mahler Symphony No. 3 Conducted by Andrew Litton
MAHLER
Symphony No. 3 in D minor
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TRADITIONAL POPS
MASTERWORKS
MAR 17-18 FRI-SAT 7:30 Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin TCHAIKOVSKY Marche Slave, Op. 31 PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Inside Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 MAR 19
INSIDE THE SCORE
SUN 1:00
Symphonic Tribute To Comic Con: The Tetralogy
GEEK
MAR 24-25 FRI-SAT 7:30 Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director
The Music of Michael Jackson APR 1
APR 2
TRADITIONAL POPS
SAT 7:30
A Symphonic Beauty and the Beast
FAMILY
SUN 1:00
Mozart Performed by Jason Shafer
APR 7-9 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 Jaime Martin, conductor Jason Shafer, clarinet DUKAS La Péri, Poème dansé MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, Op. 35
✣ Full program repertoire to be announced
MASTERWORKS
MAY 19-21 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director
SAT 7:30
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
FUNDRAISER
SAT 6:00
Bach St. Matthew Passion
MAY 13
MAR 3-5 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 Christopher Dragon, conductor Jeffrey Kahane, piano Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director BRAHMS Nänie for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 82 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
GEEK
THU 7:30
FEB 11 SAT 7:30 Byron Stripling, trumpet/ vocals
deRidder Conducts
MASTERWORKS
APR 21-22 FRI-SAT 7:30 Kevin John Edusei, conductor Gabriel Preisser, narrator J. STRAUSS JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 HK GRUBER Frankenstein!! BRAHMS/orch. SCHOENBERG Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
MASTERWORKS
WITH THE COLORADO SYMPHONY JUL 24 SUN 7:30 PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre Tickets at AXS.com
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MASTERWORKS 8 PACKAGE A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY
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Opening Weekend: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
An Evening of Bernstein’s Best
SEPT 16-17 FRI-SAT 7:30
SEPT 30-OCT 1 FRI-SAT 7:30
Kellogg's Concerto World Premiere Featuring Yumi Hwang-Williams
La Bohème Conducted by Andrew Litton
OCT 14-15 FRI-SAT 7:30
Shostakovich Performed by Silver Ainomäe
Britten Performed by Augustin Hadelich
NOV 18-19 FRI-SAT 7:30
NOV 4-5
Symphonic Firsts Conducted by Mark Wigglesworth
FRI-SAT 7:30
OCT 21-22 FRI-SAT 7:30
Ben Folds: Master Work with the Colorado Symphony
JAN 20-21 FRI-SAT 7:30
NOV 12
deRidder Conducts
SAT 7:30 (SAT package only)
OCT 2
SUN 1:00
La Bohème Conducted by Andrew Litton OCT 23
SUN 1:00
Shostakovich Performed by Silver Ainomäe NOV 20
SUN 1:00
All Beethoven Featuring Symphony No. 7 DEC 4
SUN 1:00
Christopher Dragon and Jeffrey Kahane in Concert SUN 1:00
Mozart Performed by Jason Shafer
All Beethoven Featuring Symphony No. 7 DEC 2-3
Christopher Dragon and Jeffrey Kahane in Concert
Rachmaninoff Performed by Olga Kern
MAR 3-4
FEB 3-4
Mozart Performed by Jason Shafer
FRI-SAT 7:30
An Evening of Bernstein’s Best
MAR 5
FEB 17-18 FRI-SAT 7:30
FRI-SAT 7:30
MASTERWORKS SUNDAY PACKAGE
FRI-SAT 7:30
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
APR 7-8
MAR 17-18 FRI-SAT 7:30
Mahler Symphony No. 3 Conducted by Andrew Litton
HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!!
MAY 19-20 FRI-SAT 7:30
FRI-SAT 7:30
APR 9
SUN 1:00
Bach St. Matthew Passion MAY 7
SUN 1:00
Mahler Symphony No. 3 Conducted by Andrew Litton MAY 21
SUN 1:00
APR 21-22 FRI-SAT 7:30
Bach St. Matthew Passion MAY 5 FRI 7:30 (FRI package only)
INSIDE THE SCORE PACKAGE Inside Dvořák Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" OCT 16
SUN 1:00
Inside Symphonic Firsts JAN 22
SUN 1:00
Inside Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 MAR 19 SUN 1:00
POPS PACKAGE
FAMILY PACKAGE
The Second City Guide to the Symphony
Halloween Spooktacular
SEPT 24
OCT 29
SAT 7:30
SAT 2:30
A Colorado Christmas
Drums of the World
DEC 9
NOV 27
FRI 7:30
SUN 1:00
A Night of Pops: Tribute to Leroy Anderson
A Colorado Christmas
JAN 14
DEC 10
SAT 7:30
Byron Stripling What a Wonderful World: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong FEB 11
SAT 7:30
Time For Three MAR 11
SAT 2:30
Peter and the Wolf FEB 12 SUN 1:00 A Symphonic Beauty and the Beast APR 2 SUN 1:00
SAT 7:30
The Music of Michael Jackson APR 1
SAT 7:30
Dianne Reeves in Concert MAY 13
SAT 7:30
GEEK PACKAGE
SPECIALS & FEATURES
HOLIDAY SERIES
Movie at the Symphony: Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Denver: A Rocky Mountain High Concert Celebration with the Colorado Symphony
A Colorado Christmas
SEPT 10
Handel’s Messiah
OCT 28
FRI 7:30
Symphonic Tribute To Comic Con: The Tetralogy MAR 24 FRI 7:30 Movie at the Symphony: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial APR 27
THU 7:30
SAT 7:30
DEC 9-11
FRI 7:30 • SAT 2:30 & 6:00 • SUN 1:00
Ben Folds: Master Work with the Colorado Symphony
DEC 16-17 FRI-SAT 7:30
NOV 11-12
Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along
FRI-SAT 7:30
Celtic Woman Home for Christmas: The Symphony Tour
DEC 18
DEC 20
Frosty & Frozen
TUE 7:30
DEC 21
SUN 4:00 WED 6:30
A Night In Vienna DEC 31
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