Colorado Music Festival 2017 CONCERT SEASON JUNE 29 - AUGUST 4 AT CHAUTAUQUA IN BOULDER Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Music Director SEASON SPONSORS Chris & Barbara Christofersen THURS. JUNE 29 - OPENING NIGHT SAT. JULY 1 - CMF PRESENTS SUN. JULY 2 - MAGNIFICENT MOZART OLGA KERN, PIANO PIANIST OLGA KERN GIORA BERNSTEIN, CONDUCTOR Shostakovich: Festive Overture, op. 96 Olga Kern loves Boulder, and Boulder Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 (Hafner) Prokoiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D-lat major, op. 10 loves Olga Kern! This electrifying Van Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor Rachmaninof: Rhapsody on a Theme of Cliburn competition-winning pianist Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Week One Paganini, op. 43 returns for an intimate and unforget- Mozart: Symphony No. 38, K. 504 Rachmaninof: Symphony No.2 in E minor, op. 27 table recital. in D major (Prague) THURS. JULY 6 SAT. JULY 8 - 10AM SAT. JULY 8 - 7:30PM RED VIOLIN - NEW WORLD - BERNSTEIN YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT CMF PRESENTS: CHAMBER MUSIC CRISTIAN MĂCELARU, CONDUCTOR ELINA VÄHÄLÄ, VIOLIN Introduce young children (ages 4+) Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 Bernstein: On the Town, Three dance episodes to the excitement of live orchestral "Quartettsatz" Corigliano: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, music with a program that engages Schubert: Cello Quintet in C major, D. 956 Week Two “The Red Violin” audience members young and old! Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World” TUES. JULY 11 THURS. JULY 13 - BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SUN. JULY 16 HAPPY HOUR @CHAUTAUQUA MARY WILSON, SOPRANO; STEWART GOODYEAR, PIANO CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, PIANO; MICHELLE DE YOUNG, MEZZO-SOPRANO; PABLO ZIEGLER, PIANO JASON BALDWIN, TENOR; Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis KEITH MILLER, BASS-BARITONE; Shostakovich: Concerto No.1 in C minor for Join us for Happy Hour CMF CHORUS Piano, Trumpet and Strings Week Three @Chautauqua! Enjoy complimentary Betsy Jolas: A Little Summer Suite Britten: Young Apollo, op. 16 food and drink samples from lo- (North American premiere) Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 Strings cal restaurants before the concert, Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen “Symphony Sampler” - a fresh approach to Friday plus Two to Tango with Christopher (Songs of a wayfarer) Nights! It's a concert experience - reimagined. Start at O'Riley, Pablo Ziegler and members Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, op. 125 in D minor 6:30pm with a short, hour-long concert featuring some of the CMF Orchestra. FRI. JULY 14 - BEETHOVEN'S NINTH of the world’s greatest music, and still have time for post- 6:30PM "SYMPHONY SAMPLER" concert dinner and drinks - the night is still young! TUES. JULY 18 THURS. JULY 20 SAT. JULY 22 - FRENCH MINI-FESTIVAL HAPPY HOUR @CHAUTAUQUA FRENCH MINI-FESTIVAL CMF PRESENTS STEVE HACKMAN, CONDUCTOR BENEDETTO LUPO, PIANO PIANIST BENEDETTO LUPO TIME FOR THREE Debussy: A selection of solo piano music Join us for Happy Hour @Chautauqua! Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 Enjoy complimentary food and drink Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Week Four samples from local restaurants before the Ravel: Piano concerto in D major (for the Left Hand) concert, plus music by Time for Three and Debussy: Iberia the CMF Orchestra. Ravel: La Valse FRI. JULY 21- FRENCH MINI-FESTIVAL 6:30PM "SYMPHONY SAMPLER" SUN. JULY 23 - FRENCH MINI-FESTIVAL TUES. JULY 25 THURS. JULY 27 - THE PLANETS FAURÉ’S FRENCH SOIREE HAPPY HOUR @CHAUTAUQUA BENEDETTO LUPO, PIANO STEVE HACKMAN, CONDUCTOR Julian Wachner: Click! Commission Fauré: Selections from Masques et bergamasques CLASICALAPALOOZA (World Premiere) Dukas: Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase, op.54 Week Five Saint-Saëns: Romance, op. 36 Join us for Happy Hour @Chautauqua! “Poem of Ecstasy” Fauré: Ballade, op. 19 Enjoy complimentary food and drink Holst: The Planets, op. 32 Chaminade: Concertino for Flute and samples from local restaurants before the featuring choreographed, visual animation Orchestra in D major, op. 107 concert, plus a music-mash-up by Steve Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capricioso Hackman and the CMF Orchestra like you FRI. JULY 28 - THE PLANETS Ofenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld (excerpts) have never heard before! 6:30PM "SYMPHONY SAMPLER" SAT. JULY 29 SUN. JULY 30 - CLASSICALLY JAZZ THURS. AUG 3 - MAHLER'S NINTH CMF PRESENTS: CHAMBER MUSIC BORIS ALLAKHVERDYAN, CLARINET BORIS ALLAKHVERDYAN, CLARINET Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major MEMBERS OF THE CMF ORCHESTRA Weill: Suite from Three Penny Opera Copland: Clarinet Concerto Week Six Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115 Joplin: Two Ragtimes: Tchaikovsky (arr. Takemitsu): Autumn Song The Entertainer, Maple Leaf Rag Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-lat major, Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Rifs K. 452 Gershwin: Lullaby for Strings Milhaud: Creation of the World FRI. AUG 4 - FESTIVAL FINALE - VIOLINIST GIL SHAHAM - ONE NIGHT ONLY! coloradomusicfestival.org Subscribe & Save! Violin Concerto: TBD | Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Programs & guest artists subject to change. .