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The Masterworks Series The Masterworks concerts turn the spotlight on some of the finest performers in the world. From Debussy to Dvorák, and Stravinsky to Tchaikovsky, all your beloved classics can be found in the ... Masterworks Series. 01 � Oct. 16 Elgar "Enigma Variations" This dazzling program showcases Courtney Lewis, conductor Colorado Symphony Principal Harp Courtney Hershey Bress, harp Courtney Hershey Bress performing virtuosic masterpieces from Debussy and Concerts Haydn - Symphony No. 60 in C major, “Il distratto” Ravel. staff Debussy - Dances Sacred and Profane conductor Courtney Lewis leads this program culminating in Sir Edward Elgar’s Ravel - Introduction and Allegro Variations on an Original Theme. Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36, 2015 - 2016 “Enigma Variations”

02 � Oct.23 Strauss Conducted by Principal Cello Silver Ainomäe opens this Andrew Litton, conductor all-Strauss program with Don Quixote, for Silver Ainomäe, cello a concert experience that captures the breadth of the composer's remarkable Strauss - Don Quixote oeuvre. For Don Quixote, Ainomäe's cello All Concerts: Strauss - Don Juan plays the titular role of the windmill-battling man of La Mancha. Boettcher Concert Hall Strauss - Suite from Der Rosenkavalier 7:30 PM

03 � Nov. 6 07 � Feb. 19 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3 Colorado Symphony Music Director Mahler Symphony No. 2 The Colorado Symphony performs Andrew Litton, conductor Andrew Litton conducts the “Resurrection” Gustav Mahler's remarkable Symphony Denis Kozhukhin, through a program of Russian compositions Andrew Litton, conductor No. 2 "Resurrection," a five-movement that veer from soaring to subtle. The Sarah Fox, soprano symphony that takes listeners on a dark, Kabalevsky - Overture to Colas Breugnon, Op. 24 orchestra finishes with Rachmaninoff's Kelley O'Connor, mezzo solemn, and sublime journey that Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 Symphony No. 3, an inventive piece that meditates on the themes of life, death, juxtaposes beauty with grandeur. Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection" and rebirth. Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 44

04 � Nov. 20 08 � Mar. 4 Shakespeare Festival: Commemorating 400 years since the Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Hector Berlioz's early Romantic tour de Bard’s passing, the Colorado Symphony’s force, Symphonie fantastique, headlines A Midsummer Night's Dream Andrew Litton, conductor inaugural Shakespeare Festival weekend the evening, telling the bizarre story of an Hans Graf, conductor Philippe Quint, violin celebrates Felix Mendelssohn’s charming artist in five movements. The program Maureen Thomas, actor and delightful A Midsummer Night’s Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms begins with a pair of inimitable Stravinsky Tchaikovsky - The Tempest, Fantasy-Overture, Op. 18 Dream as Maureen Thomas performs pieces that effortlessly mesh menace and Stravinsky - Violin Concerto in D major passages from the fantastic classic in a beauty. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 one-woman tour-de-force.

05 � Dec. 4 09 � Apr. 1 All Beethoven ft. Symphony No. 3 The annual winter tribute to Beethoven Béla Fleck: Return of the Banjo Béla Fleck has been nominated in more Rossen Milanov, conductor opens with the little-played overture to José Luis Gomez, conductor categories than any other artist in Andrew Staupe, piano the 1801 ballet, The Creatures of Béla Fleck, banjo Grammy® history. Acclaimed conductor Jose Luis Gomez leads Fleck Beethoven - The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Prometheus. Beethoven's classical roots John Adams - The Chairman Dances in the regional premier of his second Op. 43 are at the heart of his Piano Concerto Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra, a Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, No. 1 in C major. Beethoven's famed Villa-Lobos - Chôros No. 6 piece co-commissioned by the Op. 15 Symphony No. 3 was groundbreaking for its musical range. Béla Fleck - Banjo Concerto Colorado Symphony. Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica"

06 � Jan. 29 10 � Apr. 15 Jeffrey & leads the orchestra in This must-see concert features the All Gershwin ft. Ballet ’s Fancy Free before Colorado Symphony performing the Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/piano Andrew Litton, conductor joining with his son, -based works of American master George Gabriel Kahane, vocals/guitar Members of composer and musician Gabriel Gershwin, accompanied by a quartet Bernstein - Fancy Free Kahane, in Kahane’s Crane Palimpsest. Gershwin - Overture to Crazy for You of dancers from the famed New York The program finishes as Jeffrey Kahane City Ballet on the sultry finale, Who Kahane - Crane Palimpsest Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue takes to the piano for Gershwin’s Cares?. The orchestra and Litton will Gershwin - Concerto In F Concerto in F. Gershwin - Who Cares? also perform Rhapsody in Blue as well as other highlights.

All Concerts: 11 � Apr. 29 Copland Conducted by Colorado Symphony Music Director Boettcher Concert Hall Andrew Litton Andrew Litton leads this wonderfully Andrew Litton, conductor diverse springtime program, featuring Kirill Gerstein, piano Kirill Gerstein performing Rachmaninoff’s i 7:30 PM conic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Danielpour - Celestial Night For the finale, Litton conducts the Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, orchestra in Symphony No. 3, Aaron Op. 43 Copland’s last symphony. Copland - Symphony No. 3

12 � May 13 The Colorado Symphony 2015/16 Season presents Dvorák Symphony No. 9 Conducted by the versatile Andre de Ridder, "From the New World" Colorado Symphony Concertmaster Yumi a wealth of world-class artistry performed by the Andre de Ridder, conductor Hwang- Williams performs Béla Bartók’s Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin Violin Concerto No. 2 before the orchestra critically acclaimed orchestra, the region’s only takes on Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9. Bryce Dessner - Résponse Lutoslawski full-time professional orchestra. Bartók - Violin Concerto No. 2 Dvorák - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"