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Joshua Bell + Mussorgsky’s Pictures

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 7:00 PM Showtime: 7:30 PM Artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor Joshua Bell, violin In his first appearances as 2023 artist-in-residence, the one and only Joshua Bell performs Bruch’s First Violin Concerto. The great 19th century violinist Joseph Joachim, to whom the composer dedicated this masterpiece, considered this concerto to be “the richest, most seductive” of […]

$18 – $80

Joshua Bell + Mussorgsky’s Pictures

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 6:00 PM Concert: 6:30 PM Artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor Joshua Bell, violin In his first appearances as 2023 artist-in-residence, the one and only Joshua Bell performs Bruch’s Violin Concerto. The great 19th century violinist Joseph Joachim, to whom the composer dedicated this masterpiece, considered this concerto to be “the richest, most seductive” of all […]

$18 – $80

Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf + Goodnight Moon

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 10:00 AM Concert: 10:30 AM Artists: Kalena Bovell, conductor Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson, soprano Janae Burris, narrator What do you get when you mix a boy, a duck, a cat, a wolf — and an orchestra? You get Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev’s beloved symphonic fairytale that uses the playful story of a wolf on the […]

$10

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 & Symphony No. 3

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 7:00 PM Concert: 7:30 PM Artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor Nicolai Lugansky, piano   Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto is famous for being one of the most fiendishly difficult pieces ever composed for the instrument. Pianist Nicolai Lugansky, one of the preeminent Rachmaninoff interpreters of our time, performs here as part of his global tour celebrating […]

$18 – $75

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 & Symphony No. 3

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 6:00 PM Concert: 6:30 PM Artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor Nicolai Lugansky, piano   Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto is famous for being one of the most fiendishly difficult pieces ever composed for the instrument. Pianist Nicolai Lugansky, one of the preeminent Rachmaninoff interpreters of our time, performs here as part of his global tour celebrating […]

$18 – $75

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 4 & Symphonic Dances

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 6:00 PM Concert: 6:30 PM Artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor Nicolai Lugansky, piano In our second program celebrating the music Rachmaninoff wrote while living in America, the Orchestra performs his final composition: Symphonic Dances, a three-movement suite featuring a frantic dance, a restless waltz, and a final flourish of triumph. Lauded Rachmaninoff interpreter Nicolai Lugansky […]

$18 – $75

JACK Quartet: New York Stories

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 7:00 PM Concert: 7:30 PM Artists: The 2023 Robert Mann Chamber Series opens with the esteemed JACK Quartet. Hailed by The New York Times as “our leading new-music foursome,” the JACK Quartet maintains an unwavering commitment to giving voice to underheard composers. In the quartet’s New York Stories program, “Two masters of New York's […]

$18 – $65

John Corigliano: Living Legend

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 7:00 PM Concert: 7:30 PM Artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Timothy McAllister, saxophone John Corigliano, composer The Festival is honored to welcome none other than Pulitzer Prize-winning John Corigliano as 2023 composer-in-residence. Conducted by Music Director Peter Oundjian, this retrospective program examines three stages of Corigliano’s vast career, beginning with his pastoral […]

$18 – $75

JFK: The Last Speech – World Premiere

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 6:00 PM Concert: 6:30 PM Artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano  Eric Owens, narrator Adolphus Hailstork, composer   “Our national strength matters,” said President John F. Kennedy, “but the spirit which informs and controls our strength matters just as much.” This line and others appear in the libretto of the world premiere symphony, JFK: […]

$18 – $75

Michael Christie Conducts Tchaikovsky 4

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 7:00 PM Concert: 7:30 PM Artists: Michael Christie, conductor and Music Director Emeritus Michelle Cann, piano “Fate, that fatal force” is the driving theme of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, with one of the most brilliant and virtuosic finales in all of music; Music Director Emeritus Michael Christie returns to conduct this mighty symphony. 2022 Sphinx Medal […]

$18 – $75

Michael Christie Conducts Tchaikovsky 4

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 6:00 PM Concert: 6:30 PM Artists: Michael Christie, conductor and Music Director Emeritus Michelle Cann, piano   “Fate, that fatal force” is the driving theme of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, with one of the most brilliant and virtuosic finales in all of music; Music Director Emeritus Michael Christie returns to conduct this mighty symphony. 2022 Sphinx […]

$18 – $75

All Mozart: “Linz” & Violin Concerto No. 3

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 6:00 PM Concert: 6:30 PM Artists: François López-Ferrer, conductor Grace Park, violin   This concert was created with Mozart fans in mind! Guest conductor François López-Ferrer begins with the delightful overture to Mozart’s tongue-in-cheek opera Impresario, followed by his ornate and impressive Third Violin Concerto, performed here by the “fresh, different and exhilarating” (San […]

$18 – $75

Brahms, Britten & Poulenc

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 7:00 PM Concert: 7:30 PM Artists:  Members of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra The Robert Mann Chamber Music Series continues by highlighting musicians from the Festival’s own ranks. Britten’s Phantasy Quartet begins with a march and proceeds with lively pastoral charm. Poulenc is a composer known for his aesthetic of irrepressible good humor; he […]

$18 – $65

Brahms 2 + Shostakovich

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 7:00 PM Concert: 7:30 PM Artists: Eun Sun Kim, conductor Johannes Moser, cello   Despite the distant threat of rain – “the necessary shadow,” as the composer called it – Brahms’ Second Symphony is a sunny and idyllic work beloved for its rambunctious joy and its balance with that hint of cloud. Eun Sun […]

$18 – $75

Brahms 2 + Shostakovich

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 6:00 PM Concert: 6:30 PM Artists: Eun Sun Kim, conductor Johannes Moser, cello   Despite the distant threat of rain – “the necessary shadow,” as the composer called it – Brahms’ Second Symphony is a sunny and idyllic work beloved for its rambunctious joy and its balance with that hint of cloud. Eun Sun […]

$18 – $75

Schumann’s Piano Concerto

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 6:00 PM Concert: 6:30 PM Artists: Hannu Lintu, conductor Lise de la Salle, piano Internationally renowned guest conductor Hannu Lintu joins the Festival for a program beginning with the “concerto for birds and orchestra” Cantus Arcticus by Lintu’s countryman, Finland’s Einojuhani Rautavaara. One of Schumann’s most enduring works is his Piano Concerto, which creates […]

$18 – $75

Beethoven, Debussy & Dvorák

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 7:00 PM Concert: 7:30 PM Artists:  Colorado Music Festival Orchestra Members   The final concert of the 2023 Robert Mann Chamber Music Series highlights the Festival’s own musicians. Though it was composed on the early side of his career, Beethoven’s energetic String Trio in C Minor gives a decisive glimpse into the intensity of […]

$18 – $65

Joshua Bell + Debussy’s La Mer

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 7:00 PM Concert: 7:30 PM Artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor Joshua Bell, violin  In the first evening of a two-part preview performance, 2023 Artist-in-Residence Joshua Bell performs selections from Elements, an unparalleled work for violin and orchestra in five movements, each written by a different acclaimed composer. In this concert, Bell performs the first three […]

$18 – $80

Joshua Bell + Mahler 1

Chautauqua Auditorium 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doors: 6:00 PM Concert: 6:30 PM Artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor Joshua Bell, violin Music Director Peter Oundjian and the Festival are pulling out all the stops for an unforgettable season finale. In the second evening of a two-part preview performance, 2023 Artist-in-Residence Joshua Bell performs selections from Elements, an unparalleled work for violin and orchestra […]

$18 – $80

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