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Denver Chamber Orchestra Winter Concert

Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
Emilie Mayer – Overture in D minor
Johann Strauss II – Vienna Fanfare (for brass)

Ana Vashakmadze, conductor

The Denver Chamber Orchestra (DCO) presents their winter concert! Played on Valentine's day, DCO's program hopes to evoke feelings of love from the audience - reflecting the care they bring to their music making and craft. Please bring your loved ones to celebrate at this concert.

Our mission is to create a vibrant, college and community-based orchestra that delivers world-class performances, fosters excellence in musical education, and enriches the region's cultural landscape. By offering a diverse repertoire, ranging from classical to contemporary works, we seek to engage a wide and varied audience. The orchestra will serve as a platform for established musicians and emerging talent, providing opportunities for artistic growth, collaboration, and mentorship. Through these efforts, we aim to enhance the region’s cultural vitality and strengthen community connections through the power of music.

Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cinderella is presented with an English translation in an abridged 90-minute adaptation, with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess. Maestro Emmanuel Villaume leads a delightful cast, which includes mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Cinderella’s Prince Charming, soprano Jessica Pratt as her Fairy Godmother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri as her feuding guardians. The Grand Teton Music Festival presents this cinematic Encore revival from the Metropolitan’s 2021-22 Live in HD series.

Volumes have been written about the influential score of Tristan und Isolde. The music, composed by Wagner, is built on the idea of a great yearning, irresistible and self-perpetuating, that cannot be fulfilled in this life. The prelude sweeps the listener into an ecstatic yet tortuous world of longing, and the vocal parts are of unique stature.

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko is the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph). The Grand Teton Music Festival presents this live cinema transmission as part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Epic Horizons will close out our 75th concert season, featuring guest violinist Aubree Oliverson, who will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Oliverson is a young American violinist proving to be one of the most compelling artists of her generation. Praised for her evocative lyricism and joyful, genuine approach, Oliverson is acclaimed as a “masterful” soloist, with recent solo appearances including the Chamber Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall, the Utah Symphony, the Peace Orchestra Project, and the Ridgefield Symphony, featuring a pairing of the Barber and Esmail violin concertos.