JUST FOR SUBSCRIBERS 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, , Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, 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 some of the greatest music ever written: Beethoven's 9th, Tchaikovsky's 5th, Rachmaninoff's 2nd and Mahler's 5th symphonies.

There will be plenty of vocal fireworks too, including a semi-staged performance of Puccini's dramatic 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 MASTERWORKS SOLOISTS October, and they will also have their customary high profile throughout the season. Jeffrey Biegel On the Pops side, we have a scintillating lineup. Highlights include Bobby McFerrin Gil Shaham singing and conducting Gershwin, Everything’s Coming Up Broadway!, Gilbert & Olga Kern Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore and a screening of the movie West Side Story accompanied Pinchas Zukerman live by the Colorado Symphony! We are reprising the hugely popular Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con concert, and the will play along in a celebration of Simone Dinnerstein Warner Bros. famous Animaniacs cartoons. Musically speaking, there’s nothing our incredible orchestra can’t do. Bil Jackson William Wolfram Please join us for the 2014/15 season where you will be thrilled by the sheer brilliance Anne Akiko Meyers and virtuosity of Colorado's flagship performing arts institution—the Colorado Natasha Paremski Symphony! Come let us uplift your souls and fill your hearts with the greatest music Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg ever written. Victor Wooten

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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 fi nest 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 conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, and Puccini’s Tosca, one of the greatest , conducted by Andrew Litton.

Colorado Symphony Musicians Front and Center Your Colorado Symphony boasts some of the fi nest 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 Allan Poe’s masterpiece.

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

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Natasha Paremski Plays Brahms MasterworksPackage A APRIL 11-12 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Douglas Boyd conductor Shaham Plays Brahms Natasha Paremski piano OCTOBER 3-5 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Webern Fünf Sätze, Op. 5 (Five Movements) for String Orchestra Andrew Litton conductor Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht. Op. 4 Gil Shaham violin Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Cindy McTee Timepiece Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Victor Wooten’s Concerto for Electric Bass Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 MAY 9-10 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Scott O’Neil conductor Mahler’s The Titan Victor Wooten electric bass NOVEMBER 1-2 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Wonderbound conductor Terrance Carroll narrator Karina Canellakis guest conductor Pat Metheny/O’Neil First Circle John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Pat Metheny/O’Neil Minuano Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-fl at major, K. 543 Joseph Schwatner New Morning for the World Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major 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 Add these on NOW with Silver Ainomäe cello your subscriber discount! Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 See your renewal form for pricing Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Spotlight Going Baroque: Bach’s Brandenburg Concerts Concerto No. 5 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 JANUARY 16-17 X FRI-SAT 7:30 SEPTEMBER 18-19 X THU-FRI 7:30 Mark Wigglesworth conductor Andrew Litton conductor Simone Dinnerstein piano Jeff rey Biegel piano Yumi Hwang-Williams violin Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Brook Ferguson fl u t e Beethoven Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral” Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-fl at major, “Romantic” Puccini’s Tosca Colorado Symphony Chorus 30th Anniversary Gala OCTOBER 18 X SAT 7:30 FEBRUARY 13-15 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Duain Wolfe conductor/director Andrew Litton conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus Takesha Meshe Kizart Tosca Nathan Berg baritone Carl Tanner Cavaradossi Gabriel Preisser Angelotti & Jailer Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Cameron Carpenter in Concert Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis director JANUARY 10 X SAT 7:30 Semi-staged production Organist Cameron Carpenter, the extravagantly talented smasher of Puccini Tosca cultural and classical music taboos, stops in Denver on his international tour, launching March 2014. This masterful evening will include World Premiere: William Hill’s The Raven Cameron Carpenter and the Colorado Symphony performing Poulenc’s MARCH 27-28 X FRI-SAT 7:30 Concerto for Organ in G minor and Barber’s Toccatta Festiva, in addition David Lockington conductor to a fi rst half of works for solo organ. Come experience his one of a Peter Cooper oboe kind touring organ with its emotional magnitude, its sonic range and its Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director coloristic drama. Eric Ewazen Down a River of Time Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919) William Hill The Raven

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Symphonic Firsts and Yumi Hwang-Williams MasterworksPackage B APRIL 17-18 X FRI-SAT 7:30 Cristian Macelaru conductor Olga Kern Plays Rachmaninoff Yumi Hwang-Williams violin OCTOBER 10-11 X FRI-SAT 7:30 Haydn Symphony No. 1 in D major James Judd conductor Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 Olga Kern piano Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Mahler Symphony No. 1: Blumine Haydn Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 APRIL 30-MAY 1 & 3 X THU-FRI 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton conductor Mozart’s Requiem with Pinchas Zukerman Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg violin NOVEMBER 7-9 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 Pinchas Zukerman conductor/violin Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor Arianna Zukerman soprano Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Bronfman Plays Beethoven Isaiah Bell MAY 22-24 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Kyle Ketelson baritone Andrew Litton conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Yefim Bronfman piano Mozart Adagio, Violin and Orchestra, K. 261 Alan Opie baritone Mozart Rondo, Violin & Orchestra, K. 373 Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Mozart Exsultate jubilate, K. 165 Vaughan Williams Overture to The Wasps Mozart Requiem, K. 626 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Walton Belshazzar’s Feast All Beethoven DECEMBER 5-7 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Jun Märkl conductor Jeffrey Kahane, piano Beethoven Overture to , Op. 72 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor” Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 American Festival Part I the FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 1 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 American Andrew Litton conductor Bil Jackson clarinet William Wolfram piano Festival Kevin Puts Two Mountain Scenes From Bernstein, Gershwin and Kevin Puts Clarinet Concerto Barber to more contemporary Bernstein The Age of Anxiety, Symphony No. 2 voices, the American Festival American Festival Part II will showcase masters who have created, perfected and MARCH 13-15 X FRI-SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton conductor expanded the American idiom Anne Akiko Meyers violin in symphonic music. Including Gershwin Cuban Overture, “Rhumba” KEVIN PUTS many Pulitzer Prize winners, Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 the composers featured in this Albert RiverRun mini-series represent the diversity and innovation that define the American character.

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An Evening of Romance with Jim Brickman PopsPackage FEBRUARY 21 X SAT 7:30 Scott O’Neil conductor Everything’s Coming Up Broadway! Two-time Grammy® nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Jim SEPTEMBER 27 X SAT 7:30 Brickman is America’s piano sensation. Experience the romantic sounds of this Scott O’Neil conductor Susan Egan, Doug LaBrecque, Debbie Gravitte vocalists hit-maker’s pop-style instrumentals and star-studded vocal collaborations. Denver Gay Men’s Chorus Denver Women’s Chorus Symphony at the Movies: West Side Story The Rocky Mountain Arts Association in collaboration with the MARCH 7-8 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Denver Gay Men’s Chorus and the Denver Women’s Chorus will join Scott O’Neil conductor forces with the incomparable musicians of the Colorado Symphony to Experience Leonard Bernstein’s musical masterpiece and electrifying bring an evening of Broadway magic, drama and humor from some of score live, while the re-mastered film is shown in high definition with the greatest showstoppers of the American Musical Theater. Come hear original vocals and dialogue. over 200 voices and excite and entertain, bringing the best of Broadway to the opening of the Colorado Symphony Pops Series. Bobby McFerrin Sings and Conducts Gershwin MAY 16 X SAT 7:30 Dancing and Romancing: The Golden Age The matchless vocal improviser with a breathtaking range hits of Hollywood Boettcher Concert Hall with his fresh interpretations of George and Ira OCTOBER 25 X SAT 7:30 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: Geek Add these on NOW with Joan Hess and Kirby Ward. Inspired by the likes of Fred Astaire, Concerts your subscriber discount! Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly and Eleanor Powell, this evening will put a See your renewal form for pricing song in your heart and have you dancing in the aisles! Animaniacs LIVE SEPTEMBER 26 X FRI 7:30 A Colorado Christmas Scott O’Neil conductor DECEMBER 19 X FRI 7:30 Animaniacs, a mix of old-fashioned wit, slapstick, pop culture and Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director music, fueled the animation renaissance of the late 1990s, with iconic Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis director voices, characters, an original score for every cartoon and an Emmy® The warm sounds of the holidays fill the hall during this annual Award-winning theme song. Christmas spectacular featuring the Colorado Children’s Chorale. A Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con v2.0 Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore NOVEMBER 15 X SAT 7:30 JANUARY 24-25 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Scott O’Neil conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke associate director BAM! POW! CRASH! The Colorado Symphony’s Symphonic Tribute New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players to Comic Con returns with an upgrade to v2.0. Just when you thought Otherwise know as The Lass who Loved a Sailor, Gilbert & Sullivan’s it was safe to go back in the concert hall. This performance will explore comic opened in 1878 and was the one of the longest-running new works from your favorite movies, television shows, and video musical theater pieces. Get ready to laugh out loud! games. Whether you’re a hero or a villain, this concert is sure to bring out your inner geek. Cirque Musica JANUARY 30 X FRI 7:30 Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton Cirque Musica takes audiences on a musical journey to a land of FEBRUARY 6-7 X FRI 7:30 X SAT 2:30 dazzling beauty, mystery and suspense. The show blends the grace This brand new symphonic event features Danny Elfman’s famous and thrills of the world’s greatest circus performers with stunning film scores brought to life on stage by the orchestra, enhanced by symphonic music from classical, pops and popular repertoire. visuals of Tim Burton’s original film sketches, drawings and story boards on the big screen.

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Halloween Spooktacular! Add these on NOW with your subscriber discount! OCTOBER 26 SUN 1:00 X See your renewal form for pricing 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. Renew by AprilHandel’s 15! DECEMBER 13-14 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 Drums of the World Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director The Colorado Symphony and Colorado Symphony Chorus take NOVEMBER 30 X SUN 1:00 Colorado Symphony Percussionists Handel’s masterpiece to new heights. One of the most revered oratorios Take a trip around the world with our world-class percussionists of all time, Messiah is a musical holiday staple. making beats with drums and exotic instruments that will surprise you. Holiday Brass at Montview A Colorado Christmas DECEMBER 14 X SUN 5:00 Colorado Symphony Brass DECEMBER 20 X SAT 2:30 At Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis director Celebrate the brilliance and power of the Colorado Symphony Brass in The warm sounds of the holidays fill the hall during this annual a resounding program of seasonal favorites. Christmas spectacular featuring the Colorado Children’s Chorale. A Colorado Christmas Cirque Musica DECEMBER 19-21 X FRI 7:30 X SAT 2:30 & 6:00 X SUN 1:00 Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe director JANUARY 31 X SAT 2:30 Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis director Cirque Musica takes audiences on a musical journey to a land of The warm sounds of the holidays fill the hall during this annual dazzling beauty, mystery and suspense. The show blends the grace Christmas spectacular featuring the Colorado Children’s Chorale. and thrills of the world’s greatest circus performers with stunning symphonic music from classical, pops and popular repertoire. Too Hot to Handel DECEMBER 27-28 X SAT 7:30 X SUN 1:00 The Animated Orchestra Leslie Stifelman conductor FEBRUARY 8 X SUN 1:00 Too Hot to Handel Chorus, Mary Louise Burke associate director Wes Kenney conductor Denver Young Artists Orchestra 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 The Colorado Symphony and the Denver Young Artists Orchestra and funky performance features the Too Hot To Handel Chorus and come to life in a program featuring composer Gregory Smith’s newest world-class soloists. 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 A Night in Vienna delight audiences of all ages. DECEMBER 31 X WED 6:30 This annual musical tradition sends audiences off to their New Magic Circle Mime Co. Presents Peter & The Wolf Year’s celebration in style, with the most well-known, festive and heartwarming classical waltzes and marches ever written. MARCH 22 X SUN 1:00 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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BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 9 SPOTLIGHT SHAHAM PLAYS BRAHMS MASTERWORKS MAHLER’S THE TITAN MASTERWORKS SEPT 18-19 | THU-FRI 7:30 OCT 3-5 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 NOV 1-2 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor Andrew Litton, conductor Marin Alsop, conductor Jeffrey Biegel, piano Gil Shaham, violin Karina Canellakis, guest conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus: Duain Wolfe, director OLGA KERN PLAYS RACHMANINOFF MASTERWORKS MOZART’S REQUIEM WITH MASTERWORKS ANIMANIACS LIVE GEEK OCT 10-11 | FRI-SAT 7:30 PINCHAS ZUKERMAN SEPT 26 | FRI 7:30 James Judd, conductor NOV 7-9 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Scott O’Neil, conductor Olga Kern, piano Pinchas Zukerman, conductor/ violin Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director EVERYTHING’S COMING UP BROADWAY! POPS INSIDE BEETHOVEN’S 5TH SYMPHONY INSIDE THE SCORE SEPT 27 | SAT 7:30 OCT 17 | FRI 7:30 AN EVENING WITH PINCHAS ZUKERMAN INSIDE THE SCORE Scott O’Neil, conductor NOV 14 | FRI 7:30 Denver Gay Men’s Chorus COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS SPOTLIGHT Scott O’Neil, conductor Denver Women’s Chorus 30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA OCT 18 | SAT 7:30 A SYMPHONIC TRIBUTE TO COMIC CON v2.0 GEEK Duain Wolfe, conductor/director NOV 15 | SAT 7:30 Colorado Symphony Chorus Scott O’Neil, conductor

DANCING AND ROMANCING: THE GOLDEN POPS SILVER AINOMÄE PLAYS DVORÁK MASTERWORKS AGE OF HOLLYWOOD NOV 21-23 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 OCT 25 | SAT 7:30 Andrew Litton, conductor Scott O’Neil, conductor Silver Ainomäe, cello

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR! FAMILY DRUMS OF THE WORLD FAMILY OCT 26 | SUN 1:00 NOV 30 | SUN 1:00 Colorado Symphony Percussionists INSIDE MAHLER INSIDE THE SCORE OCT 31 | FRI 7:30 Marin Alsop, conductor COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS

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ALL BEETHOVEN MASTERWORKS CAMERON CARPENTER IN CONCERT SPOTLIGHT DANNY ELFMAN’S MUSIC FROM GEEK DEC 5-7 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 JAN 10 | SAT 7:30 THE FILMS OF TIM BURTON Jun Märkl, conductor FEB 6-7 | FRI 7:30 | SAT 2:30 Jeffrey Kahane, piano GOING BAROQUE: BACH’S MASTERWORKS BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5 THE ANIMATED ORCHESTRA FAMILY HANDEL’S MESSIAH HOLIDAY JAN 16-17 | FRI-SAT 7:30 FEB 8 | SUN 1:00 DEC 13-14 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Mark Wigglesworth, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Simone Dinnerstein, piano PUCCINI’S TOSCA MASTERWORKS Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin FEB 13-15 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 HOLIDAY BRASS AT MONTVIEW HOLIDAY Brook Ferguson, flute Andrew Litton, conductor DEC 14 | SUN 5:00 Takesha Meshe Kizart, Tosca Colorado Symphony Brass GILBERT & SULLIVAN: H.M.S. PINAFORE POPS Carl Tanner, Cavaradossi Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church JAN 24-25 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Gabriel Preisser, Angelotti & Jailer Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director A COLORADO CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis, director DEC 19-21 | FRI 7:30 Semi-staged production SAT 2:30 & SAT 6:00 | SUN 1:00 CIRQUE MUSICA POPS Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director JANUARY 30-31 | FRI 7:30 | SAT 2:30 THE ART OF THE DANCE: TANGO INSIDE THE SCORE Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis, director FEB 20 | FRI 7:30 Pablo Zeigler, piano TOO HOT TO HANDEL HOLIDAY DEC 27-28 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 AN EVENING OF ROMANCE POPS Leslie Stifelman, conductor WITH JIM BRICKMAN Too Hot to Handel Chorus; Mary Louise Burke, associate director FEB 21 | SAT 7:30 Scott O’Neil, conductor A NIGHT IN VIENNA HOLIDAY DEC 31 | WED 6:30 AMERICAN FESTIVAL PART I MASTERWORKS FEB 28-MAR 1 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor Bil Jackson, clarinet William Wolfram, piano CAMERON CARPENTER

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AMERICAN FESTIVAL PART I MASTERWORKS NATASHA PAREMSKI PLAYS BRAHMS MASTERWORKS MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 5 MASTERWORKS FEB 28-MAR 1 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 APR 11-12 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 APRIL 30 - MAY 1 & 3 | THU-FRI 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor Douglas Boyd, conductor Andrew Litton, conductor Bil Jackson, clarinet Natasha Paremski, piano Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin William Wolfram, piano SYMPHONIC FIRSTS AND MASTERWORKS VICTOR WOOTEN’S CONCERTO MASTERWORKS SYMPHONY AT THE MOVIES: POPS YUMI HWANG-WILLIAMS FOR ELECTRIC BASS WEST SIDE STORY APR 17-18 | FRI-SAT 7:30 MAY 9-10 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 MAR 7-8 | SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Cristian Macelaru, conductor Scott O’Neil, conductor Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin Victor Wooten, electric bass AMERICAN FESTIVAL PART II MASTERWORKS Wonderbound MAR 13-15 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 THE NEW SCHOOL OF COMPOSITION INSIDE THE SCORE Andrew Litton, conductor APR 24 | FRI 7:30 THE ART OF THE BAROQUE INSIDE THE SCORE Anne Akiko Meyers, violin Scott O’Neil, conductor MAY 15 | FRI 7:30 Joseph Swenson, conductor/ violin SO PERCUSSION INSIDE THE SCORE MAR 20-21 | FRI 7:30 | SAT 2:30 BOBBY MCFERRIN SINGS POPS Scott O’Neil, conductor AND CONDUCTS GERSHWIN MAY 16 | SAT 7:30 MAGIC CIRCLE MIME CO. FAMILY PRESENTS PETER & THE WOLF BRONFMAN PLAYS BEETHOVEN MASTERWORKS MAR 22 | SUN 1:00 MAY 22-24 | FRI-SAT 7:30 | SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor WORLD PREMIERE: MASTERWORKS Yefim Bronfman, piano WILLIAM HILL’S THE RAVEN Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director MAR 27-28 | FRI-SAT 7:30 Alan Opie, baritone David Lockington, conductor Peter Cooper, oboe Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

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