by Brianna Suazo | Jun 29, 2021
Doors: 6:45 PM
Conductor:
Peter Oundjian
Guest Artist:
Augustin Hadelich, violin Artist-in-Residence
Delight in Beethoven’s only violin concerto, a vivacious and melodic treasure that Music Director Peter Oundjian calls “the pinnacle of all violin concertos.” This masterpiece requires as skilled a musician as the Grammy-winning Augustin Hadelich, an artist of “scarcely believable commitment” (New York Times); this concert is Hadelich’s second program as the Festival’s 2021 artist-in-residence. Bartók once said of his fellow composer that “all Kodály’s composing activity is rooted only in Hungarian soil” — hear a fine example of Kodály’s flair for folk in his Dances of Galánta. Weber’s overture to his opera Oberon adds drama to this program from its very first horn solo.
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Program:
Carl Maria von Weber, Oberon Overture
Zoltán Kodály, Dances of Galánta
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
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by Brianna Suazo | Jun 29, 2021
Door Time: 6:45 PM
Guest Artists:
Colorado Music Festival Orchestra strings, and percussion
Christopher Taylor, piano
Ji Su Jung, marimba
“I get excited every time I think about it,” says Music Director Peter Oundjian about this playful, exploratory Kaleidoscope event. “I just want to sit in that audience!” Stuffed from start to finish with bold musical color and moments of surprise, Kaleidoscope pairs energetic (and accessible) contemporary music with mesmerizing soloists on piano, marimba, and percussion — and throws in a hint of stage magic. Leave your expectations at the door.
Program:
Nebojsa Zivkovic, Trio per Uno (1995/1990)
Nico Muhly, Big Time for String Quartet and Percussion (2012)
Peter Klatzow, Concert Marimba Etudes (2013)
Derek Bermel, Turning (1995)
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Keith Jarrett, The Köln Concert (Part IIC) (1975)
Leigh Howard Stevens, Rhythmic Caprice (1989)
William Bolcom, Piano Quintet No. 2 (2011)
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by Brianna Suazo | Jun 29, 2021
Door Time: 6:45 PM
Conductor:
Peter Oundjian
Guest Artist:
Ji Su Jung, marimba
This Beethoven-infused program opens with a world premiere commissioned by the Festival and composed by the “striking and resourceful” Hannah Lash (New York Times); her new Forestallings is directly inspired by Beethoven’s Second Symphony. Continuing our look at Beethoven through another lens, we also experience Music Director Peter Oundjian’s own string orchestra arrangement of Beethoven’s groundbreaking String Quartet Op. 131; after hearing this deeply moving quartet, Schubert remarked, “After this, what is left for us to write?” Also on this evening’s program is Kevin Puts’ Marimba Concerto — marimba virtuoso Ji Su Jung returns to perform this lyrical work full of nods to Mozart.
This performance will be delivered both in person and virtually. Each in-person ticket purchase also grants access to the virtual performance. If you would prefer to attend the virtual concert only, see the full list of virtual concerts or purchase a Virtual Concerts package here.
Program:
Hannah Lash, Forestallings (World premiere commission) (2019-2020)
Kevin Puts, Concerto for Marimba
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Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 (orch. Peter Oundjian)
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by Brianna Suazo | Jun 29, 2021
Door Time: 6:45 PM
Guest Artists:
Juilliard String Quartet
The Robert Mann Chamber Music Series continues with a performance by the Juilliard String Quartet, of which Mann was the founding first violinist, and which The Boston Globe has called “the most important American quartet in history.” The ensemble performs two major works by French composers: Ravel’s only string quartet, a lively masterpiece and one of the composer’s first successes, as well as Dutilleux’s “Ainsi la Nuit,” a modern classic commissioned for the Juilliard Quartet. The program concludes with Dvořák’s popular “American” Quartet, influenced by folk tunes, spirituals, and even bird songs that Dvořák encountered in New York City and in the Czech community of Spillville, Iowa.
Program:
Maurice Ravel, String Quartet in F Major
Henri Dutilleux, “Ainsi la Nuit” (Thus the Night) (1976)
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Antonín Dvořák, String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American”
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by Brianna Suazo | Jun 29, 2021
Door Time: 6:45 PM
Conductor:
David Danzmayr
Guest Artist:
Stewart Goodyear, piano
“It is as though one lay in springtime among the blossoming flowers, and joy and sorrow filled one’s soul in turn,” said Clara Schumann upon hearing the beginning of Brahms’ Fourth Symphony. Guest conductor David Danzmayr leads this transcendent symphony as well as Saint-Saëns’ dazzlingly energetic Second Piano Concerto, performed here by one of the best pianists of his generation, Stewart Goodyear. The program opens with Jessie Montgomery’s Strum, which the Washington Post declared to be “turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life.”
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Program:
Jessie Montgomery, Strum (2006; revised 2012)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
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Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
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