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elcome to my second season as Music Director of the Colorado Symphony! We are so excited about the new line-up of programs, star performers, variety and quality of concerts next season. I have invited some of my oldest and closest friends to come and play with us. They also happen to be some of the greatest performers in the world today! Yefim Bronfman, Pinchas Zukerman, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Anne Akiko Meyers and Gil Shaham are coming, and we’ll see welcome returns by keyboard geniuses Olga Kern, Natasha Paremski, Jeffrey Biegel and William Wolfram. I am thrilled to be conducting some of the greatest music ever written: Beethoven's 9th, Tchaikovsky's 5th, Rachmaninoff's 2nd and Mahler's 5th symphonies.

MASTERWORKS SOLOISTS Jeffrey Biegel Gil Shaham Olga Kern Pinchas Zukerman Jeffrey Kahane Simone Dinnerstein Bil Jackson William Wolfram Anne Akiko Meyers Natasha Paremski Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

There will be plenty of vocal fireworks too, including a semi-staged performance of Puccini's dramatic Tosca and a season closing blast through Walton’s epic Belshazzar’s Feast (I won a Grammy® for a recording of this one!). This season we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of our world-famous chorus with a special tribute concert in October, and they will also have their customary high profile throughout the season.

On the Pops side, we have a scintillating lineup. Highlights include Bobby McFerrin singing and conducting Gershwin, Everything’s Coming Up Broadway!, Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore and a screening of the movie West Side Story accompanied live by the Colorado Symphony! We are reprising the hugely popular Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con concert, and the orchestra will play along in a celebration of Warner Bros. famous Animaniacs cartoons. Musically speaking, there’s nothing our incredible orchestra can’t do.

Please join us for the 2014/15 season where you will be thrilled by the sheer brilliance and virtuosity of Colorado's flagship performing arts institution—the Colorado Symphony! Come let us uplift your souls and fill your hearts with the greatest music ever written.

Victor Wooten Yefim Bronfman

FEATURED COLORADO SYMPHONY MUSICIANS Silver Ainomäe Yumi Hwang-Williams Brook Ferguson Peter Cooper William Hill

Andrew Litton Music Director

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Announcing the Colorado Symphony 2014/15 season!

The Colorado Symphony’s 2014/15 season includes performances by the world’s greatest soloists, with works from a richly diverse spectrum of symphonic music. Under the guidance of Music Director Andrew Litton, program content this season varies in style, scope and sound, and all share one very important element: your Colorado Symphony, the eighty men and women who represent the apex of excellence in live music.

The Colorado Symphony Chorus Celebrates 30 Years This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Colorado Symphony Chorus, an all-volunteer body widely regarded as the one of the finest choral ensembles in the country. On October 18, experience the 30th Anniversary Chorus Gala, a one-night-only celebration of the chorus’ vocal mastery as well as the vision of director Duain Wolfe. You’ll also enjoy the Chorus next season with a sublime performance of Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, and Puccini’s Tosca, one of the greatest operas, conducted by Andrew Litton.

Colorado Symphony Musicians Front and Center Your Colorado Symphony boasts some of the finest performers in the country. Throughout the 2014/15 season, our resident musicians take solo turns that showcase their artistry. Silver Ainomäe makes his solo Masterworks debut with a performance of Dvorák’s beautiful Cello Concerto in B minor, Concertmaster Yumi Hwang-Williams and Principal Flute Brook Ferguson join guest pianist Simone Dinnerstein on Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major and Principal Oboe, Peter Cooper, returns to the solo spotlight on Down the River of Time by American composer Eric Ewazen. And the Colorado Symphony performs the world premiere of Principal Timpanist and composer William Hill’s The Raven, a symphonic tribute to Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece.

We look forward to seeing you at Boettcher Concert Hall in 2014/15.

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Masterworks PINCHAS ZUKERMAN

MasterworksPackage A Shaham Plays Brahms

OCTOBER 3-5 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Andrew Litton conductor Gil Shaham violin Cindy McTee Timepiece Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Mahler’s The Titan

NOVEMBER 1-2 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Marin Alsop conductor Karina Canellakis guest conductor John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major

Natasha Paremski Plays Brahms APRIL 11-12 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Douglas Boyd conductor Natasha Paremski piano Webern Fünf Sätze, Op. 5 (Five Movements) for String Orchestra Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht. Op. 4 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Victor Wooten’s Concerto for Electric Bass MAY 9-10 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Scott O’Neil conductor Victor Wooten electric bass Wonderbound Terrance Carroll narrator Pat Metheny/O’Neil First Circle Pat Metheny/O’Neil Minuano Joseph Schwatner New Morning for the World Conni Ellisor/Wooten Concerto for Electric Bass

Silver Ainomäe Plays Dvorák

NOVEMBER 21-23 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Andrew Litton conductor Silver Ainomäe cello Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Going Baroque: Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 JANUARY 16-17 X FRI-SAT 7:30

Mark Wigglesworth conductor Simone Dinnerstein piano Yumi Hwang-Williams violin Brook Ferguson flute Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, “Romantic”

Puccini’s Tosca

FEBRUARY 13-15 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Andrew Litton conductor Takesha Meshe Kizart Tosca Carl Tanner Cavaradossi Gabriel Preisser Angelotti & Jailer Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis director Semi-staged production

Puccini Tosca

World Premiere: William Hill’s The Raven MARCH 27-28 X FRI-SAT 7:30

David Lockington conductor Peter Cooper oboe Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Eric Ewazen Down a River of Time Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919) William Hill The Raven

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Spotlight Concerts

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Beethoven Symphony No. 9 SEPTEMBER 18-19 X THU-FRI 7:30

Andrew Litton conductor Jeffrey Biegel piano Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Beethoven Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

Colorado Symphony Chorus 30th Anniversary Gala OCTOBER 18 X SAT 7:30

Duain Wolfe conductor/director Colorado Symphony Chorus Nathan Berg baritone

Cameron Carpenter in Concert JANUARY 10 X SAT 7:30

Organist Cameron Carpenter, the extravagantly talented smasher of cultural and classical music taboos, stops in Denver on his international tour, launching March 2014. This masterful evening will include Cameron Carpenter and the Colorado Symphony performing Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ in G minor and Barber’s Toccatta Festiva, in addition to a first half of works for solo organ. Come experience his one of a kind touring organ with its emotional magnitude, its sonic range and its coloristic drama.

ANNE AKIKO MEYERS

YEFIM BRONFMAN

MasterworksPackage B Olga Kern Plays Rachmaninoff OCTOBER 10-11 X FRI-SAT 7:30

James Judd conductor Olga Kern piano Mahler Symphony No. 1: Blumine Haydn Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Mozart’s Requiem with Pinchas Zukerman NOVEMBER 7-9 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Pinchas Zukerman conductor/violin Arianna Zukerman soprano Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Isaiah Bell tenor Kyle Ketelson baritone Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Mozart Adagio, Violin and Orchestra, K. 261 Mozart Rondo, Violin & Orchestra, K. 373 Mozart Exsultate jubilate, K. 165 Mozart Requiem, K. 626

All Beethoven

BROOK FERGUSON PRINCIPAL FLUTE

TAKESHA MESHE KIZART

GIL SHAHAM

Symphonic Firsts and Yumi Hwang-Williams APRIL 17-18 X FRI-SAT 7:30

Cristian Macelaru conductor Yumi Hwang-Williams violin Haydn Symphony No. 1 in D major Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Mahler’s Symphony No. 5

APRIL 30-MAY 1 & 3 X THU-FRI 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Andrew Litton conductor Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg violin Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

Bronfman Plays Beethoven

MAY 22-24 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Andrew Litton conductor Yefim Bronfman piano Alan Opie baritone Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Vaughan Williams Overture to The Wasps Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Walton Belshazzar’s Feast

DECEMBER 5-7 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Jun Märkl conductor Jeffrey Kahane, piano Beethoven Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor” Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

the American Festival

American Festival Part I

FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 1 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Andrew Litton conductor Bil Jackson clarinet William Wolfram piano Kevin Puts Two Mountain Scenes Kevin Puts Clarinet Concerto Bernstein The Age of Anxiety, Symphony No. 2

American Festival Part II

MARCH 13-15 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Andrew Litton conductor Anne Akiko Meyers violin Gershwin Cuban Overture, “Rhumba” Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Albert RiverRun

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From Bernstein, Gershwin and Barber to more contemporary voices, the American Festival will showcase masters who have created, perfected and expanded the American idiom in symphonic music. Including many Pulitzer Prize winners, the composers featured in this mini-series represent the diversity and innovation that define the American character.

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Pops, Geek, Family & Holiday SCOTT O’NEIL

PopsPackage Everything’s Coming Up Broadway!

SEPTEMBER 27 X SAT 7:30

Scott O’Neil conductor Susan Egan, Doug LaBrecque, Debbie Gravitte vocalists Denver Gay Men’s Chorus Denver Women’s Chorus

The Rocky Mountain Arts Association in collaboration with the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus and the Denver Women’s Chorus will join forces with the incomparable musicians of the Colorado Symphony to bring an evening of Broadway magic, drama and humor from some of the greatest showstoppers of the American Musical Theater. Come hear over 200 voices and excite and entertain, bringing the best of Broadway to the opening of the Colorado Symphony Pops Series.

Dancing and Romancing: The Golden Age of Hollywood OCTOBER 25 X SAT 7:30

An Evening of Romance with Jim Brickman FEBRUARY 21 X SAT 7:30

Scott O’Neil conductor

Two-time Grammy® nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Jim Brickman is America’s piano sensation. Experience the romantic sounds of this hit-maker’s pop-style instrumentals and star-studded vocal collaborations.

Symphony at the Movies: West Side Story MARCH 7-8 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Scott O’Neil conductor

Experience Leonard Bernstein’s musical masterpiece and electrifying score live, while the re-mastered film is shown in high definition with original vocals and dialogue.

Bobby McFerrin Sings and Conducts Gershwin MAY 16 X SAT 7:30

The matchless vocal improviser with a breathtaking range hits Boettcher Concert Hall with his fresh interpretations of George and Ira Gershwin’s music.

Scott O’Neil conductor

Broadway and Hollywood combine for a romantic and entertaining evening of song and dance with two veterans of the Broadway stage: Joan Hess and Kirby Ward. Inspired by the likes of Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly and Eleanor Powell, this evening will put a song in your heart and have you dancing in the aisles!

Animaniacs LIVE

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SEPTEMBER 26 X FRI 7:30

A Colorado Christmas

Scott O’Neil conductor

Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis director

Animaniacs, a mix of old-fashioned wit, slapstick, pop culture and music, fueled the animation renaissance of the late 1990s, with iconic voices, characters, an original score for every cartoon and an Emmy® Award-winning theme song.

DECEMBER 19 X FRI 7:30

The warm sounds of the holidays fill the hall during this annual Christmas spectacular featuring the Colorado Children’s Chorale.

Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore

A Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con v2.0 NOVEMBER 15 X SAT 7:30

JANUARY 24-25 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Scott O’Neil conductor

Otherwise know as The Lass who Loved a Sailor, Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera opened in 1878 and was the one of the longest-running musical theater pieces. Get ready to laugh out loud!

BAM! POW! CRASH! The Colorado Symphony’s Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con returns with an upgrade to v2.0. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the concert hall. This performance will explore new works from your favorite movies, television shows, and video games. Whether you’re a hero or a villain, this concert is sure to bring out your inner geek.

Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke associate director New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players

Cirque Musica

JANUARY 30 X FRI 7:30

Cirque Musica takes audiences on a musical journey to a land of dazzling beauty, mystery and suspense. The show blends the grace and thrills of the world’s greatest circus performers with stunning symphonic music from classical, pops and popular repertoire.

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Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton FEBRUARY 6-7 X FRI 7:30 X SAT 2:30

This brand new symphonic event features Danny Elfman’s famous film scores brought to life on stage by the orchestra, enhanced by visuals of Tim Burton’s original film sketches, drawings and story boards on the big screen.

WEST SIDE STORY

BOBBY MCFERRIN

COMIC CON

FamilyPackage Halloween Spooktacular!

OCTOBER 26 X SUN 1:00

CIRQUE MUSICA

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A family tradition of the not-too-scary sort! Dress up for our Halloween festivities and witness the zany Colorado Symphony musicians in their Halloween best.

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Drums of the World NOVEMBER 30 X SUN 1:00

Colorado Symphony Percussionists

Take a trip around the world with our world-class percussionists making beats with drums and exotic instruments that will surprise you.

A Colorado Christmas DECEMBER 20 X SAT 2:30

Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis director

The warm sounds of the holidays fill the hall during this annual Christmas spectacular featuring the Colorado Children’s Chorale.

Cirque Musica

JANUARY 31 X SAT 2:30

Cirque Musica takes audiences on a musical journey to a land of dazzling beauty, mystery and suspense. The show blends the grace and thrills of the world’s greatest circus performers with stunning symphonic music from classical, pops and popular repertoire.

The Animated Orchestra FEBRUARY 8 X SUN 1:00

Wes Kenney conductor Denver Young Artists Orchestra

The Colorado Symphony and the Denver Young Artists Orchestra come to life in a program featuring composer Gregory Smith’s newest work, The Animated Orchestra. This exciting piece features a narrator and engages the audience in a playful cartoon storyline. This program will also highlight the extraordinary talent of the DYAO and will delight audiences of all ages.

Magic Circle Mime Co. Presents Peter & The Wolf MARCH 22 X SUN 1:00

COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS

Messiah

DECEMBER 13-14 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director

The Colorado Symphony and Colorado Symphony Chorus take Handel’s masterpiece to new heights. One of the most revered oratorios of all time, Messiah is a musical holiday staple.

Holiday Brass at Montview DECEMBER 14 X SUN 5:00

Colorado Symphony Brass At Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church

Celebrate the brilliance and power of the Colorado Symphony Brass in a resounding program of seasonal favorites.

A Colorado Christmas

DECEMBER 19-21 X FRI 7:30 X SAT 2:30 & 6:00 X SUN 1:00

Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis director

The warm sounds of the holidays fill the hall during this annual Christmas spectacular featuring the Colorado Children’s Chorale.

Too Hot to Handel

DECEMBER 27-28 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00

Leslie Stifelman conductor Too Hot to Handel Chorus, Mary Louise Burke associate director

Don’t miss this jazz, gospel and R&B-infused remix of Handel’s Messiah, now in its 17th season at Boettcher Concert Hall. This fun and funky performance features the Too Hot To Handel Chorus and world-class soloists.

A Night in Vienna

DECEMBER 31 X WED 6:30

This annual musical tradition sends audiences off to their New Year’s celebration in style, with the most well-known, festive and heartwarming classical waltzes and marches ever written.

The Prokofiev classic becomes an exciting theatrical and musical experience in this fifty-minute production. The narration is replaced by movement and the concert hall becomes the scene of action as the conductor’s assistant (Peter) tries to capture a vicious wolf that threatens orchestra and audience alike. With the help of the musicians, good triumphs over evil and the concert ends in victorious celebration.

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SEPTEMBER 2014 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 9

SEPT 18-19 | THU-FRI 7:30

OCTOBER 2014

SPOTLIGHT

Andrew Litton, conductor Jeffrey Biegel, piano Colorado Symphony Chorus: Duain Wolfe, director

ANIMANIACS LIVE

SEPT 26 | FRI 7:30

EVERYTHING’S COMING UP BROADWAY!

Scott O’Neil, conductor Denver Gay Men’s Chorus Denver Women’s Chorus

NOVEMBER 2014 MASTERWORKS

Andrew Litton, conductor Gil Shaham, violin

OLGA KERN PLAYS RACHMANINOFF

GEEK

OCT 10-11 | FRI-SAT 7:30

POPS

MASTERWORKS

INSIDE BEETHOVEN’S 5TH SYMPHONY INSIDE THE SCORE

COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS 30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

SPOTLIGHT

POPS

Scott O’Neil, conductor

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Marin Alsop, conductor

Scott O’Neil, conductor GEEK

SILVER AINOMÄE PLAYS DVORÁK

NOV 21-23 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

MASTERWORKS

Andrew Litton, conductor Silver Ainomäe, cello

OCT 25 | SAT 7:30

COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS

AN EVENING WITH PINCHAS ZUKERMAN I NSIDE THE SCORE

NOV 14 | FRI 7:30

Scott O’Neil, conductor

DANCING AND ROMANCING: THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD

OCT 31 | FRI 7:30

MASTERWORKS

Pinchas Zukerman, conductor/ violin Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

NOV 15 | SAT 7:30

Duain Wolfe, conductor/director Colorado Symphony Chorus

INSIDE MAHLER

MOZART’S REQUIEM WITH PINCHAS ZUKERMAN

A SYMPHONIC TRIBUTE TO COMIC CON v2.0

OCT 18 | SAT 7:30

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR!

MASTERWORKS

NOV 7-9 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

OCT 17 | FRI 7:30

OCT 26 | SUN 1:00

MAHLER’S THE TITAN

NOV 1-2 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Marin Alsop, conductor Karina Canellakis, guest conductor

James Judd, conductor Olga Kern, piano

Scott O’Neil, conductor

SEPT 27 | SAT 7:30

SHAHAM PLAYS BRAHMS

OCT 3-5 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

PHOTO: PAUL BROKERING

Season at a Glance

FAMILY

DRUMS OF THE WORLD

NOV 30 | SUN 1:00

Colorado Symphony Percussionists INSIDE THE SCORE

FAMILY

DECEMBER 2014

JANUARY 2015

ALL BEETHOVEN

MASTERWORKS

DEC 5-7 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Jun Märkl, conductor Jeffrey Kahane, piano

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

HOLIDAY

DEC 13-14 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

HOLIDAY BRASS AT MONTVIEW

HOLIDAY

DEC 14 | SUN 5:00

FEBRUARY 2015

CAMERON CARPENTER IN CONCERT

SPOTLIGHT

JAN 10 | SAT 7:30

GOING BAROQUE: BACH’S BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5

MASTERWORKS

HOLIDAY

DEC 19-21 | FRI 7:30 SAT 2:30 & SAT 6:00 | SUN 1:00

Mark Wigglesworth, conductor Simone Dinnerstein, piano Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin Brook Ferguson, flute

TOO HOT TO HANDEL

PUCCINI’S TOSCA

POPS

Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players

JANUARY 30-31 | FRI 7:30 | SAT 2:30

POPS

FEB 21 | SAT 7:30

Scott O’Neil, conductor

AMERICAN FESTIVAL PART I

MASTERWORKS

FEB 28-MAR 1 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

MARCH 2015

APRIL 2015

AMERICAN FESTIVAL PART I

MASTERWORKS

FEB 28-MAR 1 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor Bil Jackson, clarinet William Wolfram, piano

POPS

NATASHA PAREMSKI PLAYS BRAHMS

APR 11-12 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

MASTERWORKS

SYMPHONIC FIRSTS AND YUMI HWANG-WILLIAMS

MASTERWORKS

AMERICAN FESTIVAL PART II

MASTERWORKS

THE NEW SCHOOL OF COMPOSITION

APR 24 | FRI 7:30

Andrew Litton, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

INSIDE THE SCORE

THE ART OF THE BAROQUE

MAY 15 | FRI 7:30

MASTERWORKS

INSIDE THE SCORE

Joseph Swenson, conductor/ violin

INSIDE THE SCORE

BOBBY MCFERRIN SINGS AND CONDUCTS GERSHWIN

Scott O’Neil, conductor

POPS

MAY 16 | SAT 7:30

FAMILY

BRONFMAN PLAYS BEETHOVEN

MAR 22 | SUN 1:00

WORLD PREMIERE: WILLIAM HILL’S THE RAVEN

VICTOR WOOTEN’S CONCERTO FOR ELECTRIC BASS

Scott O’Neil, conductor Victor Wooten, electric bass Wonderbound

Scott O’Neil, conductor

MAGIC CIRCLE MIME CO. PRESENTS PETER & THE WOLF

MASTERWORKS

MAY 9-10 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin

MAR 13-15 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 5

APRIL 30 - MAY 1 & 3 | THU-FRI 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

APR 17-18 | FRI-SAT 7:30

MAR 7-8 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

Andrew Litton, conductor Bil Jackson, clarinet William Wolfram, piano

MAY 2015

Douglas Boyd, conductor Natasha Paremski, piano

SYMPHONY AT THE MOVIES: WEST SIDE STORY

MAR 20-21 | FRI 7:30 | SAT 2:30

INSIDE THE SCORE

AN EVENING OF ROMANCE WITH JIM BRICKMAN

CAMERON CARPENTER

SO PERCUSSION

THE ART OF THE DANCE: TANGO

Pablo Zeigler, piano

HOLIDAY

DEC 31 | WED 6:30

Andrew Litton, conductor Takesha Meshe Kizart, Tosca Carl Tanner, Cavaradossi Gabriel Preisser, Angelotti & Jailer Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis, director

FEB 20 | FRI 7:30

Leslie Stifelman, conductor Too Hot to Handel Chorus; Mary Louise Burke, associate director

A NIGHT IN VIENNA

MASTERWORKS

Semi-staged production POPS

HOLIDAY

DEC 27-28 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

FAMILY

FEB 13-15 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

CIRQUE MUSICA

Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis, director

FEB 6-7 | FRI 7:30 | SAT 2:30 FEB 8 | SUN 1:00

JAN 24-25 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

A COLORADO CHRISTMAS

GEEK

THE ANIMATED ORCHESTRA

JAN 16-17 | FRI-SAT 7:30

GILBERT & SULLIVAN: H.M.S. PINAFORE

Colorado Symphony Brass Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church

DANNY ELFMAN’S MUSIC FROM THE FILMS OF TIM BURTON

MAY 22-24 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00

MASTERWORKS

Andrew Litton, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Alan Opie, baritone

MASTERWORKS

MAR 27-28 | FRI-SAT 7:30

David Lockington, conductor Peter Cooper, oboe Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director CRISTIAN MACELARU

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