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

Littleton Symphony Orchestra


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

Boulder Bach Festival


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

Denver Early Music Consort


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

Newman Center Presents


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

Colorado Ballet


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

Friends of Chamber Music


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

Playground Ensemble


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

Veronika String Quartet