50th Anniversary Concert Season
September • October • November • January • February • March • April |
| September 2007
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Join us for our 50th Anniversary Season Opening Gala
A Celebration of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra's past 50 years, and a look at the future with Music Director, Michael Butterman.
Live music • Special Guests • Silent and Live Auction
Dinner, hors d'ouerves, and Libations
A chance to celebrate with new and old friends of the Phil! |
September 23, 2007
Opening Gala
The Stadium Club
CU Folsom Field
5:30
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| October 2007 |
October 7, 2007
Boulder Philharmonic Free Family Concert
Boulder Public Library
4:00 -5:00 pm
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Family Concert
On Sunday, October 7th, 2007, at the Boulder Public Library’s Canyon Theater (1000 Canyon Blvd.), the Boulder Philharmonic’s Classroom Concerts Woodwind Quintet will take the stage. Program TBA. This concert is designed for families to experience a live and up-close performance programmed especially for children. Families will learn together about music and the instruments of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra's woodwind section.
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| We are pleased to announce the Presenting Sponsor of the Season: Robert and Sydney Anderson |
Respighi: Botticelli Triptych 16'
Strauss: Tod und Verklärung 24'
Mussorgsky/Allen: Pictures at an Exhibition 29'
Art-inspired music and music-inspired art. Respighi's Botticelli Triptych provides a sonic impression of three works by the Renaissance master. Artist Nyla Witmore then takes the stage to provide a real-time visual interpretation of Strauss's Tod und Verklärung. After intermission, we will present the *world premier performace of a colorful new orchestration of Mussorgsky's well-loved Pictures at an Exhibition by Boulder's own Michael Allen. |
October 13, 2007
Visual Fusion
Macky Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Michael Butterman, conductor
Nyla Witmore
Open Studios artist
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| November 2007 |
November 3, 2007
Re-Creative Fusion
Macky Auditorium 7:30 pm
Michael Butterman, conductor
Marcus Roberts Trio
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Gonzalez: 50th Anniversary commissioned work 8'
Gershwin: Concerto in F 31'
Brahms: Haydn Variations 17'
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses 20'
We open with the world premiere of a work by Luis González commissioned to celebrate the BPO's 50th anniversary. Then we explore how music itself can inspire music. Marcus Roberts, perhaps the pre-eminent jazz pianist on the scence today, and his trio have re-imagined Gershwin's Concerto in F in a way that will leave you breathless. Brahms and Hindemith used the music of their forebears as points of departure for their own brilliant orchestral showpieces. |
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker 120'
Friday Nov 23rd at 4pm • Saturday Nov 24th at 2pm and 7pm
Sunday Nov 25th at 2pm
America's favorite ballet is again brought to life by Boulder Ballet and the Boulder Philharmonic. Featuring a cast of over 80 dancers, full scenery, costumes, and special effects, in addition to the live orchestra. Ana Claire and Peter Davison's classical choreography is infused with theatrical magic, circus arts and a rare sense of humor. You won't want to miss the adorable mice, toy soldiers, dreamy snow scene and wondrous trip to the land of sweets for Clara and her Nutcracker. Start the holidays with this annual spectacular.
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November 23-25, 2007
The Nutcracker
Macky Auditorium
Richard Oldberg, conductor
Boulder Ballet
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| January 2008 |
January 27, 2008
Alien Encounter Family Concert
Macky Auditorium, 3:00 pm
Michael Butterman, conductor
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Music of Mozart, Dvorak
Mendolssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov
Borodin, Vaugnan Williams, Elgar, Williams
Schnoodle, a friendly alien from the planet Schnarp! visits Macky. They are forming an orchestra on his home planet and he wants to join, but has no idea what an orchestra is all about. He travels to Boulder because he heard that the Boulder Philharmonic is the best orchestra in the universe. During the concert he learns about the audience, conductor, composers and tries this hand at playing instruments from the four families.
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| February 2008 |
Classical Mystery Tour, A Tribute to the Beatles 90'
Imagine the Beatles playing in concert with a symphony orchestra. What would that have sounded like? Find out for yourself when Classical Mystery Tour performs live in concert with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. You will experience the sounds of the original parts that the Beatles and their producer George Martin used in the actual studio recordings!
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February 2, 2008
Classical Mystery Tour
A Tribute to the Beatles
Macky Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Michael Butterman, conductor
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February 16, 2008
Cinematic Fusion
Macky Auditorium, 7:30
Michael Butterman, conductor
Judith Ingolfsson, violin
Marcia Ragonetti, vocalist
Ars Nova Singers
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Korngold: Violin Concerto with Judith Ingolfsson 24'
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Cantata with Ars Nova Singers 36'
Defying expectations, we feature a work for film by a concert hall composer and a concert work by a composer most often associated with film scores. We welcome Judith Ingolfsson to perform Korngold's dramatic and tuneful violin concerto. Prokofiev's brilliant score for Alexander Nevsky comes to life in a performance featuring vocalist Marcia Ragonetti and the Ars Nova Singers while we screen portions of Eisenstein's seminal film in collaboration with the Boulder International Film Festival.
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| March 2008 |
Glass: Company for String Orchestra 13'
Pärt: Fratres for String Orchestra & Percussion 10'
Pärt: Lamentate 10'
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances 36'
Music and movement come together in fascinating ways in Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet's interpretations of modern masterpieces by Arto Pärt. Then the full Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra takes the stage for Rachmoninoff's orchestral tour-de-force, the Symphonic Dances.
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March 22, 2008
Choreographic Fusion
Macky Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Michael Butterman, conductor
Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet Company
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| April 2008 |
April 26, 2008
Shakespearean Fusion
Macky Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Michael Butterman, conductor with St. Martin's Chamber Choir and actors from the Shakespeare Festival
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Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict Overture 8'
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Suite 20'
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music with
St. Martin's Chamber Choir 11'
Walton: Henry V 16'
No single individual has inspired more music than William Shakespeare. Actors from the Colorado Shakespeare Festival join us to deepen our experience of music by mendelssohn and Walton. We'll also present Vaughan Williams's rarely heard masterpiece, the Serenade to Music (with text from Merchant of Venice) featuring the St. Martin's Chamber Choir.
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