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Thursday, May 16,2013
Leaving on a high note
MahlerFest bids farewell to departing CU professor Julie Simson
“Der Abschied” is ideal for Simson’s MahlerFest farewell because the text literally describes the parting of two friends. It is, Olson says, “the most colorful, beautiful, intimate piece of music ever written. Period.”
Thursday, May 9,2013
Beethoven explained
Boulder Chamber Orchestra’s Saless describes composer’s link to Napoleon
Tired of weird spring weather? Bahmann Saless is doing something about it. The conductor of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra has programmed Beethoven’s Third Symphony and Fifth Piano Concerto, two popular avatars of the composer’s heroic style, for its upcoming concert.
Thursday, April 25,2013
Influenced by the master
Beethoven's legacy runs through Takács Quartet program
Even though there’s not a single piece by Beethoven on the next program of CU’s Takács Quartet (at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 and at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 29 Keith Saunders in Grusin Music Hall), the quartet’s first violinist sees him everywhere he looks.
Thursday, April 11,2013
A taste of the world’s music at CU
West African, mariachi ensembles perform on campus
If you are a fan of West African Highlife, that most infectious of world music styles, you could travel to Accra, Lagos or Yaounde. Or you could walk over to Grusin Music Hall on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.
Thursday, March 21,2013
Leadership via committee
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra ditched the conductor for a more wholesome approach
To an outsider, rehearsals of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra may seem like chaos — but members insist it’s focused chaos.
Thursday, March 14,2013
Verdi's grand, operatic ending
Italian composer went out with a bang with 'Falstaff,' playing at Macky
Verdi’s Falstaff is one of the great stories of opera. No, not the plot, although it is delectable in its own right. I mean the story about the opera.
Thursday, February 28,2013
The passions of Bach
Boulder Bach Festival focuses on composer’s religious works
Bach’s St. John Passion is a dramatic musical work that tells the story of Jesus’ betrayal and crucifixion. From other perspectives, it is a great work of art, a powerful religious experience and a Lutheran devotional event. And it forms the centerpiece of this year’s Boulder Bach Festival.
Thursday, February 21,2013
Poetry and music combine
Boulder Philharmonic taps Maya Angelou's writing for performance
Assembling a work of art is like putting together a puzzle: Sometimes it’s a struggle to make the pieces fit, and sometimes they just fall into place.
Thursday, January 31,2013
Scotland sojourn: Pro Musica Colorado retraces Mendelssohn’s misty journey
“This evening in the deep twilight we went to the palace where Queen Mary lived and loved,” he wrote in a letter home that also included a musical sketch. “The adjacent chapel has lost its roof; grass and ivy grow thickly within; and on the broken altar Mary was crowned Queen of Scotland.
Thursday, January 10,2013
Violinist Sarah Chang is back where it all started
Former child prodigy Sarah Chang first performed with Boulder Philharmonic at age 8
Sarah Chang is happy to be back in Boulder.
