SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 2008: 7:00 p.m. at the Broadmoor Community Church

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 2008: 3:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church

McChesney: Ring of Fire; with Guest Artists: The Pikes Peak Ringers (Notes)
Rossini: An Italian Girl in Algiers Overture (Notes)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (Notes)
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We begin our season ablaze! It’s Beethoven’s hottest symphony with Kevin McChesney’s Ring of Fire. The Seventh Symphony of Beethoven is the most driving, intense, and daring music he ever wrote. Couple that with McChesney’s innovative music, returning by popular demand. The Chamber Orchestra and Pikes Peak Ringers gave the first performances of Ring of Fire to packed halls and the made the world premier recording. This is a "must see."

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008: 7:00 p.m. at the Broadmoor Community Church

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2008: 3:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church

Boyce: Symphony No. 7 in F Major (Notes)
Purcell: Sonata in D Major for Trumpet and Strings; with Guest Artist: David Zuercher, trumpet (Notes)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major; with Guest Artist Kelly Zuercher, piano (Notes)
Telemann: Concerto Grosso in D Major, TWV54:D3; Oboes: Nancy Brown and Carla Scott, Tumpets: David Zuercher, William Flitter, Dan Bell
Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, "La Notte"
Alejandro Viera, bassoon (Notes)
Respighi:Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite III (Notes)
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This is the most tuneful concert of the year. Two talented couples join us: David and Kelly Zuercher, Alex and Azi Viera. The elegance and grace of Vivaldi, Telemann, and Purcell bring us music that sounds as though it were plucked from heaven. Essential to these concerts is a rare opportunity to hear Mozart’s final piano concerto and Respighi’s brilliantly orchestrated Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite I.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2009: 7:00 p.m. at the Broadmoor Community Church

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2009: 3:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church

Copland: Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson; with Guest Artist Judith Shay Burns, soprano (Notes)
Copland: Music for Movies (Notes)
Menotti: The Boy Who Grew Too Fast
with the Colorado Springs Conservatory, Charles Schnetzer, Linda Weise, Mark Arnest (Notes)
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The Colorado Springs Conservatory has some of the most talented students and faculty in our community. Together, we have presented four of Menotti’s quirky, fun operas. The Boy Who Grew Too Fast is both riotously funny and inspiring—a delight for children of all ages. Add to that Copland’s Music for Movies and Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson sung by Judeth Shay Burns and you have a concert event that you can’t miss.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009: 7:00 p.m. at the Broadmoor Community Church

SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009: 3:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church

Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 with Guest Artist: Kensuke Ota, 2007 Winner, Amateur Pianists International (Notes)
Schubert: Oveture in D Major D. 590, "In the Italian Style" (Notes)
Arnest: Towards the Garden, celebrating the Chamber Orchestra's 25th Anniversary (Notes)
Haydn: Symphony No. 70 in D Major (Notes)
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Colorado Springs hosts one of the finest competitions for amateur pianists in the world. Don’t let the word “amateur” fool you; these are emerging artists of the highest caliber, and you get to hear them first. Kensuke Ota is the 2007 winner of Amateur Pianists International, performing Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto. The concert also features a world premier by local composer and arts writer Mark Arnest, inspired by our Garden of the Gods. With additional masterworks by Haydn and Clementi, you can’t go wrong!

SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009: 7:00 p.m. at the Broadmoor Community Church

SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2009: 3:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church

Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95 (Notes)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 with Guest Artist: Desiree Cedeno-Suarez, violin (Notes)
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine (Notes)
Faure: Requiem with Guest Artists Colorado Springs Children's Chorale , and Jim Sena, baritone (Notes)
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The Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale is our special guest in a rare performance of Faure’s timeless and haunting Requiem. Emerging soloist Desiree Cedeno-Suarez, recently named a Shivers Foundation artist, tackles Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. If we began our season on fire, we end with joy and inspiration. This is music for all time—a good beginning for the next 25 years.