We perform at two locations*:
First Christian Church 16 E. Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903;
Broadmoor Community Church at 315 Lake Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80906
*Special events may be held at other locations.
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Season Premiere, The American Scene: October 8 & 9, 2011
Kurt Weill Down in the Valley
Eric Ewazen Violin Concerto
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
The Chamber Orchestra launches its 28th season in the Appalachian hills. Originally composed for a 1948 radio program, Kurt Weill’s “Down in the Valley” is an all-American tale of tragic young love, while Copland’s Appalachian Spring is the quintessential depiction of life in early America. Rising American composer Eric Ewazen’s Violin Concerto rounds out the program with its local premiere by outstanding violinist Jeri Jorgensen.
Lyricism and Timeless Beauty: November 19 & 20, 2011
Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”
Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major
Vincenzo Bellini Oboe Concerto in E-Flat Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K550
A program spanning nearly 150 years of the most beautiful music ever written is the Chamber Orchestra’s last full-scale offering of 2011. Following the Chamber Orchestra’s stunning performance of Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony in November, 2010, the haunting Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus is a must-hear. Outstanding wind soloists Michael Yopp and Guy Dutra-Silviera bring their refined lyricism to a program rounded out by the Mozart’s elegant Symphony No. 40 in G Minor.
Meet the Orchestra!: January 7, 2012
Following the Chamber Orchestra’s local premiere of Jumpin’ Jazz, the Chamber Orchestra presents a classic “meet the orchestra” concert with a twist: The orchestra will perform in the fellowship hall at First Christian Church and audience members are welcome to move around, get close to their favorite instruments, and observe firsthand the technical and musical skills of our musicians. Music of Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi, and other favorites offer a friendly welcome to the first-time orchestral listener or the seasoned fan.
Midsummer in Midwinter: February 4 & 5, 2012
Felix Mendelssohn Music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Intermezzo, Nocturne, and Scherzo
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 36
Celebrated cellist Barbara Thiem of the Colorado State University faculty joins the Chamber Orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. Let the cold winter melt away with Mendelssohn’s inspired music for Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Beethoven’s Second Symphony, which caused a heated uproar with his Viennese critics.
Unanswered Questions: March 3 & 4, 2012
Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1 for Piano and Strings
Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 7
Charles Ives The Unanswered Question
Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Great enigmas from the orchestral repertoire come together in a diverse and fascinating program. Bloch’s evocative Concerto Grosso No. 1 appears neo-Baroque in its title and form, yet contains some of his most haunting musical imagery, while Ives’ The Unanswered Question plunges us into his deepest contemplations. Clara Schumann’s underperformed piano concerto is brought to us by favorite local piano artist Susan Grace. The program closes with Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella Suite” from his later neo-Classical period in which he cast aside all of the modernist drama and visual imagery that defined his career and set out to compose pure music in the tradition of Mozart.
Season Finale, Voice of the Romantic: May 5 & 6, 2012
Camille Saint-Saëns La Muse et le Poète
Jacob Klock, violin
Frideric Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, op. 22
Angelina Gadeliya, piano
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C Major, op. 61
Inspired by the American and French revolutions and starting with Beethoven, the Romantic Era is the defining age of orchestral music. Chopin and Schumann, both brilliant pianists, embodied the new spirit of human expression, while Saint-Saëns carried the Romantic torch into the twentieth century with his Muse and Poet. Schumann’s inspiring Second Symphony brings our 28th season to a close in pure joy.
