CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF THE SPRINGS
2019-20 CONCERT SEASON
2019-20 CONCERT SEASON
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Organ Spectacular
“Once Upon a Castle” 
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Sunday, September 15, 2019, 2:30pm
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 420 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Pre-concert talk with Donald Zimmerman, D.M.A., Music Director, Immanuel Lutheran Church, begins 45 minutes prior to the performance Joseph Rheinberger Organ Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 177 Carol Wilson, organ Francis Poulenc Organ Concerto in G Minor Simon Jacobs, organ Michael Daugherty Once Upon a Castle Dr. Joseph Galema, organ The Chamber Orchestra’s 2019-2020 season opens with an exotic trip through Germany and France, ending at the mysterious Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California--home of Charles Foster Kane of Citizen Kane fame. Simon Jacobs, the new Music Director at Grace Episcopal Church, makes his solo debut with the Chamber Orchestra while longtime friends Carol Wilson and Dr. Joseph Galema return for a powerful and diverse program. The local premiere of Michael Daugherty’s Once Upon a Castle rounds out the program with a mind-boggling tour of Hearst Castle’s Neptune Pool and opulent parties in the Xanadu style, with a nod to Citizen Kane’s famous “Rosebud.” |
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Singing and Soaring
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Saturday, October 12, 2019, 7pm
BROADMOOR COMMUNITY CHURCH 315 Lake Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Sunday, October 13, 2019, 2:30pm FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 16 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Pre-concert talk with Donald Jenkins begins 45 minutes prior to the performances Randall Thompson Ye Shall Have a Song (from The Peaceable Kingdom) Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble Randall Thompson Frostiana Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Timothy Hsu, violin Marc-Antoine Charpentier Te Deum Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble--Colorado’s finest chamber choir--joins the Chamber Orchestra for an incredible program celebrating the poetry of Robert Frost and sounding the trumpets in Charpentier’s brilliant Te Deum. Timothy Hsu, Concertmaster of the Pueblo Symphony and Artist-in-Residence at Colorado State University-Pueblo, sings from the highest altitudes in Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending. This will be one of the best collaborative performances all season. |
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Bluegrass Beginnings
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Sunday, November 24, 2019, 2:30pm
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 420 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Pre-concert lecture with composer George Lewis 45 minutes prior to the performance Jessie Montgomery Starburst George Lewis Lonnie and Lonie (2019), a Double Concerto for Trumpet and Piano (World Premiere) Susan Grace, piano; Glen Whitehead, trumpet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K.338 Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo in G Minor from the Octet, op. 20 Michael Torke Sky: A Bluegrass Concerto (Regional Premiere) Tessa Lark, violin The Chamber Orchestra has joined with orchestras across the country to commission a new Bluegrass Concerto from one of America’s most prominent composers, Michael Torke, for the incandescent violinist Tessa Lark. In addition to diverse music from Mendelssohn, Mozart and a newcomer to the Chamber Orchestra, Jessie Montgomery, the orchestra presents another world premiere featuring Susan Grace and Glen Whitehead--a brand new concerto for trumpet and piano by George Lewis. This will be a fun, adventurous weekend. |
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Emergence
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Saturday, January 18, 2020, 7pm
BROADMOOR COMMUNITY CHURCH 315 Lake Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Sunday, January 19, 2020, 2:30pm FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 16 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 re-concert talk with Anthony Tan, Ph.D. Professor, Visual and Performing Arts, UCCS, 45 minutes prior to the performances Emmanuel Séjourné Concerto for Marimba and Strings Justin Douté, percussion, Emerging Soloist Competition Winner Richard Harvey Concerto Antico for Guitar & Small Orchestra Colin McAllister, guitar Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 101 in D Major “The Clock” To celebrate our 2019-2020 season, the Chamber Orchestra has launched a new competition for emerging soloists. Young musicians through recent college graduates will compete for an opportunity to solo with the orchestra here in beautiful Colorado Springs, giving us the opportunity to meet one of the music world’s emerging artists. Adding firepower to a spectacular weekend is UCCS’s Colin McAlister, playing a charming and exciting guitar concerto by Richard Harvey that will be a thrill to new listeners, while the Chamber Orchestra rounds out the program in more familiar territory--Haydn’s humorous and quirky “Clock” Symphony. |
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Baroque Tangents
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Saturday, March 7, 2020, 7pm
BROADMOOR COMMUNITY CHURCH 315 Lake Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Sunday, March 8, 2020, 2:30pm FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 16 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Pre-concert talk with Jennifer Carpenter, Musicologist and Performer, 45 minutes prior to the performances Georg Philipp Telemann Ouverture in D TWV55:D18 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 Johan Helmich Roman Violin Concerto in D Minor Elisa Wicks, violin Frank Martin Petite Symphonie Concertante Zahari Metchkov, piano; Simon Jacobs, harpsichord The Chamber Orchestra’s resident expert in Baroque music, Elisa Wicks, lets her talent shine in a Baroque concert with a twist. Bach and Telemann provide more familiar fare, while Elisa brings us a stunning and overlooked violin concerto by Johan Helmich Roman. Frank Martin’s Baroque-inspired Petite Symphonie Concertante bridges musical ideas across centuries to end the concert on an exciting high note. |
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Triumph of the Spirit
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Saturday, April 18, 2020, 7pm
BROADMOOR COMMUNITY CHURCH 315 Lake Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Sunday, April 19, 2020, 2:30pm FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 16 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Pre-concert lecture with Tania Cronin 45 minutes prior to the performances Louise Farrenc Overture No. 2 in E-flat Major, op.24 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77 Jacob Klock, violin Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 52a (Sinfonia) Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, op. 72b The 2019-2020 seasons ends in triumph with four stunning Romantic works. Audience favorite Jacob Klock brings his astonishingly diverse talents--even his fiddling!--to an uniquely exciting performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto, while Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony ends the orchestra’s tour of his symphony cycle. Under the surface is a second theme--strong women--with the astonishing music of overlooked composer Louise Farrenc and Beethoven’s exciting tale of Leonore, who risked everything to free her husband. It’s a triumphant finale to an exceptional season. |
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