What was on after the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Verdi's Rigoletto.
What will be on tomorrow's Colorado Spotlight:
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Music director Michael Butterman talks about Saturday’s concert. We hear music from last season.
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Butterman, conductor
recorded 3/24/12
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Littleton Symphony Orchestra
Emily Levin is the soloist on Friday’s concert. She has appeared in our Performance Studio.
Marcel Tournier: “Allegrement” (1st movement) from Sonatine, Op. 30 5:31
Franz Liszt (arr. Henriette Renie): The Nightingale
Emily Levin, harp
CPR Performance Studio: recorded 2/27/07 & 3/17/10
Produced by Martin Skavish
Boulder Bach Festival
They have a chamber concert Sunday, February 24. We hear music from earlier in the season.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Ezra Seltzer, cello
recorded 9/30/12
Denver Early Music Consort
Artistic Director Marjorie Bunday talks about their concerts next weekend. We sample their appearances in our Performance Studio.
Hildegard von Bingen: O ignis Spiritus Paracliti (O fire of the Spirit, the Comforter)
Denver Early Music Consort
Cyrissa Anderson, soprano
Marjorie Bunday, contralto
Margot Krimmel, harp
Eric Harbeson, singing bowls and bells
Johannes Ciconia: O felix templum & Gloria
Denver Early Music Consort
Cyrissa Anderson, Abigail Chapman, sopranos
Marjorie Bunday, contralto
Linda Lunbeck, recorder
Carla Sciaky, tenor viol
CPR Performance Studio: recorded 4/18/12 & 10/4/12
Produced by Martin Skavish
Newman Center Presents
Colorado Symphony performs Wednesday. We hear music from their last appearance in the series.
Charles Ives (arr. William Schuman): Variations on “America”
George Walker: Lyric for Strings (Lament)
Colorado Symphony
Scott O’Neil, conductor
recorded 9/25/12
Colorado Ballet
Artistic Director Gil Boggs and conductor Adam Flatt talk about “Ballet MasterWorks,” which opens Friday.
Igor Stravinsky: Excerpts from The Rite of Spring
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky, conductor
Sony 42433
Friends of Chamber Music
Claire Chase talks about the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) recital Tuesday. We sample her CD.
Kaija Saariaho: Terrestre
Claire Chase, flutes
International Contemporary Ensemble
Erik Carlson, violin
Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello
Nuiko Wadden, harp
Nathan Davis, percussion
New Focus 122
Playground Ensemble
Founding director Conrad Kehn talks about their “In Memoriam: Elliott Carter” concerts this week.
Elliott Carter: Three Poems of Robert Frost
Megan Buness, soprano
Alix Corboy, piano
recorded 2008
Elliott Carter: 90+
Heidi Brende-Leathwood, piano
recorded 2008
Veronika String Quartet
They have concerts next weekend. We hear them in our Performance Studio.
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Polka" from The Age of Gold, Op. 22
Veronika String Quartet
Veronika Afanassieva and Karine Garibova, violins
Ekaterina Dobrotvorskaia, viola
Mary Artmann, cello
CPR Performance Studio: recorded 9/21/10
Produced by Martin Skavish
