Music Director Josep Caballé-Domenech and the Philharmonic return to the stage with a musical celebration that spans the range of human experience to welcome audiences back for the first Masterworks performance of 2022. Legendary for its fiery technical difficulty and adored for its romantic melodies, “Rach 3” is a monumental close to the Comeback Celebration […]
As winter’s end approaches, there comes the inevitable desire for the first bloom of Spring. Schumann’s First Symphony expresses this longing with an orchestral awakening. Opening with an unforgettable brass fanfare that harkens the beginning of Spring, this work is jubilant and celebratory, lyrical and triumphant, breathing and pulsing with the joyous anticipation of Spring. […]
Virtuosity and romance. What a pair! Kevin Zhu performing Paganini’s fiery first concerto coupled with Prokofiev’s magical Cinderella told in its entirety through selected excerpts from the ballet. It was 2018. The 55th International Paganini Competition in Genoa, Italy. 17-year-old Kevin Zhu took the stage to perform Niccolo Paganini's first violin concerto. It was stunning. […]
Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony is a musical postcard capturing Mediterranean sunshine, monumental art and architecture, and the beauty of the countryside. He referred to the work as “Blue Sky in A major,” and created an orchestral landscape where audiences can imagine their own characters and stories – a travelogue of Italy, from your seat at the […]
The finale to the Philharmonic’s Comeback Season will be a memorable event! JoAnn Falletta leads the Philharmonic in a program that is both timeless and current. The program includes Mozart’s “Haffner” Symphony, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and new voices – featuring Korean artist Ji Su Jung on marimba and a resounding conclusion to our comeback year […]
Edward Elgar came from humble beginnings at a time when the world was changing. He rose to become one of England's most revered composers. His mysterious "Enigma" hides its secret inside a treasure box of musical variations including the world-famous "Nimrod." Special guest pianist Jorge Luis Prats joins forces with the maestro and musicians of […]
We lend an ear to two Russian greats, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, in two unforgettable performances. Prokofiev's most emotional work is his Symphony No. 7, which is followed by Shostakovich who brings the evening to a boisterous finale. Special guest violinist, Alexander Sitkovetsky joins for a memorable performance of Violin Concerto No. 1 in […]
Local favorite cellist Jan Vogler rejoins Josep Caballé-Domenech and the Philharmonic to "play" the knight himself, Don Quixote de la Mancha, with a theme as noble and graceful as Cervantes dreamed him to be. His loyal servant Sancho Panza is played by violist Matthew Lipman. Join us for Pre-Concert talks, beginning one hour before performance time.
This exciting and varied evening offers up the American master Charles Ives' sonic ode, followed by Robert Schumann's marvelously scored showpiece for four french horns. We conclude with Antonin Dvořák's Symphony No. 8, resplendent in folk melodies and pastoral scenes reminiscent of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony. Join us for Colorado Springs Philharmonic Pre-Concert talks. Go behind […]
Brahms scored his Schicksaslied (Song of Destiny) as a man haunted by fate and longing for divine connection. Philharmonic cellist Leah Hansen takes on Paul Moravec's "Montserrat" concerto. Beethoven's Egmont, the complete incidental music for Goethe's play of the same name, is performed here with soprano and narrator to tell the complete heroic tale of […]
The Philharmonic's principal oboe Noah Kay takes center stage in Strauss' Oboe Concerto, among the composer's final and most elegiac works. This is followed by Richard Wagner's "The Ring Without Words," which condenses his four-opera "Ring of the Nibelung" into a singular outpouring of emotion and excitement. Join us for Colorado Springs Philharmonic Pre-Concert talks. […]
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