by Brianna Suazo | Mar 1, 2022
Friday, July 1
Doors: 6:00 PM
Concert: 6:30 PM
Chautauqua Auditorium
Tickets: $25.00 – $75.00 ($22.00 – $72.00 Concert Member)*
Conductor:
Peter Oundjian
Guest Artists:
Takács Quartet
Music Director Peter Oundjian opens the 2022 Festival season with special guests: Boulder’s own Takács Quartet. This Grammy Award-winning quartet joins the orchestra for John Adams’ Absolute Jest, which samples, twists, and builds upon Beethoven’s themes, in particular his late string quartets; Adams has referred to his Jest as “Beethoven that has been passed through a hall of mirrors.” Dvořák’s iconic Symphony No. 9, “From the New World,” was written in the “new world” of America but teeming with Bohemian folk influence as well. Composer Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers nods to a notebook entry written by Beethoven and explores “the unpredictable ways of fate” and the uncertainties of life.
Program:
Carlos Simon, Fate Now Conquers (2020)
John Adams, Absolute Jest (2012)
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Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (“From the New World”)
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by Brianna Suazo | Mar 1, 2022
Tuesday, July 12
Doors: 7:00 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM
Chautauqua Auditorium
Tickets: $25.00 – $65.00 ($22.00 – $62.00 Concert Member)*
Guest Artists:
Attacca Quartet
“I like to think of [Attacca Quartet] as collectors of joy,” says their cellist, Andrew Yee. New York’s Grammy Award-winning Attacca (pronounced ah-TAK-ah) Quartet “believes in and celebrates” music of the 20th and 21st centuries; in this performance, which bridges the Robert Mann Chamber Music Series and our week celebrating the Music of Today, the Quartet brings raucous and funky music from contemporary greats Caroline Shaw (who is “like a fifth member of our quartet,” says Yee), Gabriella Smith (whose Carrot Revolution was commissioned by composer John Adams for the Quartet), Philip Glass, L.A. producer and DJ Flying Lotus, and more.
Program:
John Adams, selections from John’s Book of Alleged Dances
Flying Lotus, Clock Catcher; Remind U; Pilgrim Side Eye
Anne Müller, Drifting Circles
Louis Cole, Real Life
Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 3, “Mishima”
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Caroline Shaw, The Evergreen
Gabriella Smith, Carrot Revolution
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by Brianna Suazo | Mar 1, 2022
Thursday, August 4
Doors: 7:00 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM
Chautauqua Auditorium
Tickets: $25.00 – $75.00 ($22.00 – $72.00 Concert Member)*
Conductor:
Peter Oundjian
Guest Artists:
Wang Jie, composer
Anthony McGill, clarinet
The New York Times has praised clarinetist Anthony McGill for “his trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character”; McGill’s musical charisma is a perfect match for Weber’s First Clarinet Concerto, which showcases the full range of the instrument. After intermission enjoy another gem for clarinet, the brief Rhapsody by Debussy — then listen for Debussy’s influence on an absolute icon: Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, a dramatic fairytale featuring a heroic prince, an evil sorcerer, and a powerful fire spirit. This fresh and thrilling concert opens with a world premiere commission by rising star composer Wang Jie.
Program:
Wang Jie, Flying On the Scaly Backs of Our Mountains (world premiere commission)
Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73
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Claude Debussy, Première Rhapsodie for clarinet and orchestra
Igor Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (1919)
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by Brianna Suazo | Mar 1, 2022
Friday, July 8
Doors: 6:00 PM
Concert: 6:30 PM
Chautauqua Auditorium
Tickets: $25.00 – $75.00 ($22.00 – $72.00 Concert Members)*
Conductor:
Peter Oundjian
Guest Artist:
Jan Lisiecki, piano
After an engaging overture by Vaughan Williams, Music Director Peter Oundjian continues a cycle of all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos, each performed by the award-winning Jan Lisiecki. Beethoven wrote his Second Piano Concerto to showcase his talents as a budding young pianist; the Fourth was composed by a more mature Beethoven, one exploring his inventive side—for instance, through his radical and unprecedented idea of beginning the concerto with solo piano.
Program:
Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Wasps Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58
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by Brianna Suazo | Mar 1, 2022
Friday, July 15
Doors: 7:00 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM
Chautauqua Auditorium
Tickets: $25.00 – $75.00 ($22.00 – $72.00 Concert Member)*
Guest Artists:
Timo Andres, piano
Tessa Lark, violin
Timothy McAllister, saxophone
Members of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra
Now in its second year, Kaleidoscope brings back and builds upon the theatrical elements that audiences loved: lighting, cinematography, a hint of stage magic, and an atmosphere like no other concert. Kaleidoscope is infused with bold musical color and moments of surprise, pairing energetic (and accessible) contemporary music with mesmerizing soloists. This captivating performance centers around composer-in-residence and co-curator John Adams’ own Road Movies, which shifts through empty desert landscapes and “not unfamiliar roads.” Come experience something unique.
Program:
David Skidmore, Ritual Music
Stacy Garrop, Reborn in flames (from Phoenix Rising)
Osvaldo Golijov, Last Round
Valerie Coleman, Red Clay & Mississippi Delta for Wind Quintet
Timo Andres, Honest Labor
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Roshanne Etezady, Recurring Dreams: For violin, cello, alto sax, and piano
John Corigliano, STOMP
Philip Glass, Etude No. 6
John Adams, Road Movies
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