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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, 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. 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 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 Jeffrey Kahane Tribute to Comic Con concert, and the orchestra 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 Yefim Bronfman FEATURED COLORADO Andrew Litton Music Director SYMPHONY MUSICIANS Silver Ainomäe Yumi Hwang-Williams Brook Ferguson Peter Cooper William Hill We are holding your seat through April 15! You also receive exclusive benefi ts: • SAVE UP TO 30% Substantial savings on every concert in your subscription package • GREAT SEATS Pre-sale access to the seats you want for the entire 2014/15 season • NO EXCHANGE FEES No service charges on ticket exchanges • 20% SUBSCRIBER DISCOUNT on concerts added on to your package (some exclusions apply) • NO PROCESSING FEE if you renew by March 21 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 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 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 Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece. We look forward to seeing you at Boettcher Concert Hall in 2014/15. coloradosymphony.org 1 Masterworks PINCHAS ZUKERMAN 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 Marin Alsop 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 2 BROOK FERGUSON ANNE AKIKO MEYERS YEFIM BRONFMAN PRINCIPAL FLUTE TAKESHA MESHE KIZART GIL SHAHAM 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 tenor 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 Fidelio, Op. 72 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op.