Fort Collins Symphony: Love Notes

The virtual webcast will start at 7:00 p.m. MST on Friday, February 12th, and will be streamed on YouTube. If you miss any portion of the show or wish to watch it again, it will be available for viewing until 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 14th.

The Fort Collins Symphony presents Love Notes, a virtual streaming concert. The performance features four 19th Century composers whose Classical/Romantic crossover music yielded compositions with incredible emotional breadth. This rich array of works for string orchestra and voice highlights the spectrum of affection from the bright hues of ethereal joy to dark shades of turbulence–and everything in between.

Austro-Hungarian pianist Gustav Mahler wrote compositions with astonishing emotional effectiveness. The Adagietto, from the fourth movement of his Symphony No. 5, demonstrates both anguish and ecstasy in this love letter to his wife, Alma.

British composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s Noveletten for string orchestra ranges from light and lyrical to wistful and hopeful.

German composer Johannes Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes are a loosely bound wreath of songs. The imagery is lilting, lively, expressive, and pastoral with texts touching on birds, stars, the moon, and nature. Given the name, which translates to “Love Songs,” it also encompasses matters of the heart, both happy and sad. Guest artists are Tenor John Lindsey & Mezzo Soprano Nicole Asel.

Finally, Finish composer Jean Sibelius’ 1903 Romance, is a charming miniature work. As the name implies, this little crowd-pleaser depicts a tender quality through the use of lyrical melody lines.

One ticket is required per household. Sales for the webcast will end at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 14th.