“Her blood and bone and breath are music. She is all music, from top to bottom and from inside out.” –Mike Greenberg, Incident Light
ALONDRA DE LA PARRA, CONDUCTOR
MADE IN AMERICA Sunday, August 2 Vibrant young conductor Alondra de la Parra conducts the CMF Chamber orchestra in a Made in America program that starts with just that - Joan Tower’s “Made in America” - and ends with classic American composer Aaron Copland’s beloved Appalachian Spring. Also on this program is Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla’s Otoño Porteño and Invierno Porteño (two of four pieces Piazzolla wrote evoking the seasons of Buenos Aires), and jazz-influenced music by two Mexican composers, Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 4, and Eugenio Toussaint’s Danzas de la Ciudad.
WU MAN,
JESSICA RIVERA,
Chinese Pipa
Soprano
Uplifting
WU MAN,
JESSICA RIVERA,
CHINESE PIPA
SOPRANO
Thursday, July 9 and Friday, July 10
Thursday, July 16 and Friday, July 17
East Meets West with Michael Christie, the CMF Festival Orchestra and Chinese Pipa virtuoso Wu Man performing the Colorado premiere of Tan Dun’s Pipa Concerto. Wu Man is a senior member of the Silk Road Ensemble that was founded by Yo-Yo Ma. This program also features the Colorado premiere of Behzad Ranjbaran’s Seven Passages from “Persian Trilogy,” and Dvor˘ ák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World.”
Acclaimed soprano Jessica Rivera will make a highly anticipated return to the Chautauqua Auditorium stage (Rivera played the lead role in CMF’s 2007 production of Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar) to join Michael Christie and the CMF Festival Orchestra in a continuation of CMF’s Mahler cycle with Symphony No. 4. Rivera, who has been hailed by the New York Times as a “vocally luminous young soprano,” will also sing in Samuel Barber’s glorious Knoxville, Summer of 1915.
WHIMSICAL SYMPHONY
SYMPHONIC LEGENDS
Sunday, July 12
Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31
The CMF Chamber Orchestra with conductor Michael Christie presents Whimsical Symphony, an evening of wonderfully playful music featuring Rossini’s “Il Signor Bruschino” Overture (the bow tapping is hilarious!), Mozart’s joyous Flute & Harp Concerto (can be heard on the soundtracks of four movies, including “The Joy Luck Club”), and Haydn’s Symphony No. 90, a piece that will surely get the last laugh!
An inspiring evening of music featuring Symphonic Legends with Michael Christie and the CMF Festival Orchestra. Sibelius takes us on a magical voyage following the escapades of Lemminkäinen, a character from a Finnish folktale, while Strauss’ magnificent Josephs Legende (The Legend of Joseph) and Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream round out the program.
FESTIVAL FINALE–
Thursday, August 6 and Friday, August 7
YULIA VAN DOREN, Soprano
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Michael Christie and the CMF Festival Orchestra and Chorus will be joined by acclaimed vocal soloists Yulia van Doren, Soprano; David Portillo, Tenor; and Ashraf Sewailam, Bass-baritone, to close the season with Haydn’s monumental oratorio The Creation to mark the 200 th anniversary of Haydn’s death. The Creation is often considered Haydn’s greatest work through its bold use of orchestral color, adventurous harmony, exceptional rhythmic and melodic inventiveness, and overall unity, with an almost operatic vividness and power. A CMF Finale concert not to be missed!
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