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Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Built as the Pikes Peak region’s first true symphony hall, the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts is the home and primary venue of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic.
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Parking at the Pikes Peak Center
Streetside parking is available surrounding the Pikes Peak Center. Secure covered parking is also available in the parking structure located on the south side of the Center on Sahwatch Street. The parking garage opens 90 minutes prior to each performance and closes 90 minutes after the conclusion of the performance. The fee is $5 per car.
April 2020
May 2020
Aretha: Queen of Soul
BECOMING HEROES FESTIVAL
A festival from March 28 to May 17, 2020
As long as we’ve had a tale to tell, heroes have been part of the story. They emerge out of unlikely situations. They protect others despite the risk and expect nothing in return. We celebrate their selflessness, their service, their sacrifice. And in that celebration, we become part of the story.
Heroes challenge us to realize our own potential for greatness. They provide a source of creativity, inspiration, and vision. While we bask in their glory, we better understand ourselves as individuals, as a community, as a nation, and as global citizens. Reassessment is an inevitable part of that process. Sometimes heroes grow stronger. At other times they disappoint, become diminished or disappear. But in their place new ones arise, new narratives emerge.
Over the course of this special eight-week festival, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, along with twenty other cultural and community organizations, explores how heroes become heroes. Because we all have our heroes and our own stories to tell.
Come. Share. Celebrate.
Be part of something bigger.
War Requiem
BECOMING HEROES FESTIVAL
A festival from March 28 to May 17, 2020
As long as we’ve had a tale to tell, heroes have been part of the story. They emerge out of unlikely situations. They protect others despite the risk and expect nothing in return. We celebrate their selflessness, their service, their sacrifice. And in that celebration, we become part of the story.
Heroes challenge us to realize our own potential for greatness. They provide a source of creativity, inspiration, and vision. While we bask in their glory, we better understand ourselves as individuals, as a community, as a nation, and as global citizens. Reassessment is an inevitable part of that process. Sometimes heroes grow stronger. At other times they disappoint, become diminished or disappear. But in their place new ones arise, new narratives emerge.
Over the course of this special eight-week festival, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, along with twenty other cultural and community organizations, explores how heroes become heroes. Because we all have our heroes and our own stories to tell.
Benjamin Britten War Requiem
Becoming Heroes ends with its capstone, a once-in-a-generation performance of Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece, written in 1962 to re-consecrate Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed in the Battle of Brittain of 1940.
A staunch pacifist, Benjamin Britten formed his War Requiem as a clarion call, decrying ‘war and the pity of war.’ Texts by the First World War soldier-poet Wilfred Owen give an arresting variation on the Latin Requiem Mass.
Joined by the Colorado Springs Chorale, the Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale, and three vocal soloists, Maestro Josep Caballé-Domenech leads the Colorado Springs Philharmonic in this immense reminder of the horror and futility of armed conflict.
Come. Share. Celebrate.
Be part of something bigger.
September 2020
Season Opener with Joyce Yang
Josep Caballé-Domenech conductor
Joyce Yang piano
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt Tolentanz
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, “Organ Symphony”
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The swashbuckling Philharmonic goes to the movies with Stephen Spielberg’s classic starring Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, singlehandedly taking on the Nazi scourge. The entire film is shown above the stage, with John Williams’ thrilling musical score.
October 2020
Audience Mix Tape: West Side Story
Back by wild audience demand, the Philharmonic musicians come with an armload of hit tunes and crowd-pleasing favorites. But nothing gets played until YOU – the audience – choose the music to be performed. Your reward? The evening concludes with Leonard Bernstein’s outrageous score from West Side Story, which swept Broadway and the Oscars.
The Ring
Josep Caballé-Domenech conductor
Shubert Symphony No. 5
Wagner (arr. Viegler) The Ring an orchestral adventure
November 2020
The Music of Elton John
Elton John needs no introduction. Who else could rule the airwaves for generations without slowing down? The Philharmonic and frontman Michael Cavanaugh weave his chart-topping songs into a full evening
dedicated to the ‘Rocket Man’ himself.
The Nutcracker
Add a little dash of magic to the holiday season with an incredible adventure into a wonderful world of delights. Perfect for young audiences and the young at heart, Oklahoma City Ballet is back for Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker as all your favorite characters come to life over Thanksgiving weekend.
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Christmas Symphony
Celebrate the spirit of the season with Christmas favorites and holiday classics at this treasured concert including Ave Maria, highlights from The Nutcracker and Carl Davis’ The Nativity Story.
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January 2021
Don Quixote
Josep Caballé-Domenech conductor
Jan Vogler cello
Gerard Danzas de Don Quixote (Dances of Don Quixote)
R. Strauss Don Quixote
On The Town
Three sailors on 24-hour shore-leave in New York City. What could go wrong? From the city’s high culture, to its lowbrow street smarts, to the innocent adventurousness of three sailors and the women they meet, Leonard Bernstein’s 1944 On the Town is a comedic and romantic romp for the generations.
February 2021
Cinderella
Josep Caballé-Domenech conductor
Kevin Zhu violin
Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev Cinderella symphonic selections from the ballet
March 2021
Mariachi Los Camperos
Multi-Grammy Award winners Mariachi Los Camperos have toured the world with big brass, guitars, strings, vocals, and their unmistakable ‘Grito’ – that joyous yell so distinctive of Mexico itself. They join forces with our beloved Philharmonic for traditional songs and storytelling.
JCD 10th Anniversary
Celebrating a decade at the helm, Maestro Josep Caballé-Domenech has assembled a Gala evening as a love letter to the musicians and patrons of Colorado Springs. It all starts with a shimmering Gala concert with Josep’s dearest friends – cellist Jan Vogler and composer Enric Palomar – and concludes with George Gershwin’s beloved Porgy and Bess. After the concert, the concert hall is transformed for an after-hours party with food, champagne, and dancing.
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April 2021
JoAnn Falletta: Appalachian Spring
JoAnn Falletta conductor
featuring the Colorado Springs Philharmonic French Horns
John Corigliano Phantasmorgia
Schumann Konzertstück for Four Horns
Copland Appalachian Spring
Roberto Sierra Fandangos
May 2021
Revolutionary
Josep Caballé-Domenech conductor
Adrian Anantawan violin
Beethoven Fidelio Overture
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”
Ray Charles: Motown and Beyond
Friends called him “Brother Ray” and the world calls him Genius. The Pops grand finale features master entertainer Ellis Hall in a special tribute to Ray Charles and the many sounds of Motown that define the soul of American music.
Beethoven at 250 Festival
Once in a lifetime opportunity to see all nine symphonies. A musical jubilee for Beethoven’s 250th. Over five successive nights, the Philharmonic will perform all nine symphonies. You’ll hear – and understand – Beethoven as never before, as the concerts build to their climax: the towering Ninth Symphony.
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