The Colorado Symphony Orchestra place Boettcher Concert Hall stamp Boulder, Colorado, 80305 here Colorado Symphony Orchestra Ms. Brizida Ahrnsbrak CU-Boulder Boulder, Colorado, 80309 Masterworks Series 2015-2016 The Colorado Symphony Orchestra ELGAR "ENIGMA VARIATIONS" MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 2 “RESURRECTION” This dazzling program showcases Colorado Symphony Principal Harp The Colorado Symphony performs Gustav Mahler's remarkable Symphony Courtney Hershey Bress performing virtuosic masterpieces from Debussy No. 2 "Resurrection," a five-movement symphony that takes listeners on and Ravel New York Philharmonic sta conductor Courtney Lewis leads a dark solemn, and sublime journey that meditates on the themes of Friday this program culminating in Sir Edward Elgar’s Variations on an Friday life, death, and rebirth. Original Theme. Mahler 10.23.15 Haydn 3.4.16 Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection" Symphony No. 60 in C major, “Il distratto” Hans Graf, conductor Andrew Litton, conductor Debussy Maureen Thomas, actor Andrew Litton, conductor Silver Ainomäe, cello Sarah Fox, soprano Dances Sacred and Profane Kelley O'Connor, mezzo Ravel Tchaikovsky Strauss Introduction and Allegro The Tempest, Fantasy-Overture, Op. 18 Don Quixote Elgar Mendelssohn Don Juan A Midsummer Night's Dream Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36, “Enigma Variations” Commemorating 400 years since the Principal Cello Silver Ainomäe Courtney Lewis, conductor Bard’s passing, the Colorado Symphony’s opens this all-Strauss program Courtney Hershey Bress, harp inaugural Shakespeare Festival weekend with Don Quixote, for a concert celebrates Felix Mendelssohn’s charming and experience That captures the 10.16.15 delightful A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Maureen 2.19.16 breadth of the composer's remarkable Thomas performs passages from the fantastic classic oeuvre. For Don Quixote, Ainomäe' Friday in a one-woman tour-de-force. Friday cello plays the titular role of the windmill-battling man of La Mancha. SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: STRAUSS CONDUCTED BY ANDREW LITTON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONY NO. 3 BÉLA FLECK: RETURN OF THE BANJO Colorado Symphony Music Director Andrew Litton conducts the orchestra Béla Fleck has been nominated in more categories than any other artist in through a program of Russian compositions that veer from soaring to subtle. Grammy® history. Acclaimed conductor Jose Luis Gomez leads Fleck in the The orchestra finishes with Rachmanino's Symphony No. 3, an regional premier of his second Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra, a piece inventive piece that juxtaposes beauty with grandeur. co-commissioned by the Colorado Symphony. Friday Kabalevsky Friday John Adams 11.20.15 Overture to Colas Breugnon, Op. 24 4.15.16 The Chairman Dances Prokofiev Jerey Kahane, conductor/piano Villa-Lobos Andrew Litton, conductor Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 Gabriel Kahane, vocals/guitar Chôros No. 6 Philippe Quint, violin Rachmanino Bernstein Béla Fleck Banjo Concerto Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 44 Fancy Free Kahane José Luis Gomez, conductor Stravinsky Béla Fleck, banjo Andrew Litton, conductor Crane Palimpsest Violin Concerto in D major Denis Kozhukhin, piano Symphony of Psalms Gershwin Concerto In F Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 CJerey Kahane leads the orchestra in Leonard Bernstein’s Fancy Free before Hector Berlioz's early Romantic joining with his son, Brooklyn-based 2.19.16 tour de force, Symphonie fantastique, headlines 11.6.15 composer and musician Gabriel Kahane, the evening, telling the bizarre story of an artist Friday Friday in Kahane’s Crane Palimpsest. The program in five movements. The program begins with a pair finishes as Jerey Kahane takes to the of inimitable Stravinsky pieces that eortlessly mesh piano for Gershwin’s Concerto in F. menace and beauty. BERLIOZ SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE JEFFREY & GABRIEL KAHANE ALL BEETHOVEN FEATURING SYMPHONY NO. 3 COPLAND CONDUCTED BY ANDREW LITTON The annual winter tribute to Beethoven opens with the little-played overture Colorado Symphony Music Director Andrew Litton leads this wonderfully to the 1801 ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus. Beethoven's classical roots diverse springtime program, featuring Kirill Gerstein performing Rachmani are at the heart of his Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major. no’s iconic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. For the finale, Litton Friday Beethoven's famed Symphony No. 3 was groundbreaking for its Fri day conducts the orchestra in Symphony No. 3, Aaron Copland’s musical range. last symphony. 1.29.16 Beethoven 5.13.16 Danielpour The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 Celestial Night Andrew Litton, conductor Rachmanino Members of New York City Ballet Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Andre de Ridder, conductor Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica" Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Copland Bryce Dessner Symphony No. 3 Rossen Milanov, conductor Résponse Lutoslawski Gershwin Andrew Staupe, piano Overture to Crazy for You Bartók Andrew Litton, conductor Rhapsody in Blue Violin Concerto No. 2 Kirill Gerstein, piano Who Cares? Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, This must-see concert features the Colorado Op. 95 "From the New World” Symphony performing the works of American master George Gershwin, accompanied by a Conducted by the versatile Andre de Ridder, quartet of dancers from the famed New York City 12.4.15 Colorado Symphony Concertmaster Yumi 4.29.16 Ballet on the sultry finale, Who Cares?. The orchestra Hwang- Williams performs Béla Bartók’s Violin Friday Friday and Litton will also perform Rhapsody in Blue as Concerto No. 2 before the orchestra takes on well as other highlights. Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9. GERSHWIN FEATURING NEW YORK CITY BALLET DVORÁK SYMPHONY NO. 9 "FROM THE NEW WORLD" .