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2002 - 2003 Season Calendar
Chamber Music Speaks
Fables: Tunji and the Giant
Saturday, September 28, 2002 - Boettcher Concert Hall 11am
Sunday, September 29, 2002 - Boulder Public Library 4pm
Family concert for children ages 4-12
The Colorado Chamber Players kick off the 2002-03 season with two FREE FAMILY CONCERTS! These concerts are great for families with children ages 4-12. Acclaimed composer David Mullikin’s narrated musical fable Tunji and the Giant is based on a traditional African folk-tale, and prominently features the clarinet. Tunji, a young boy, cultivates a friendship with the Giant Pamamadou based on a mutual love of music. Audience members may participate by playing African percussion instruments during the story. The program will start with the effervescent Quintet for Clarinet and Strings by Mozart.
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Letters: Voices of Robert, Clara and Johannes
Friday, November 15, 2002 - Longmont Senior Center 2:30pm
Saturday, November 16, 2002 - King Events Center Recital Hall, Auraria Campus 2:30pm
Patrick Mason, baritone
Were Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms more than lifelong friends? As Robert Schumann descended into madness, why did Clara stay away from him for more than two years? These burning questions have challenged music lovers for over 150 years. The Chamber Players uncovers the complex relationships between Clara, Robert and Johannes, as we intersperse readings of their letters with performances of their masterpieces.
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PROGRAM for both concerts
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| Lieder for Baritone and Piano |
Robert Schumann |
| Piano Trio, op. 17 |
Clara Schumann |
| INTERMISSION |
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| Clarinet Quintet in B minor, opus 115 |
Johannes Brahms
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Nature Speaks
Saturday, December 7, 2002 - Children’s Museum Theatre 1:30pm
Sunday, December 9, 2002 - King Events Center Recital Hall, Auraria Campus 7:30pm
Young Chamber Players with musicians of the DYAO
Adam Flatt, guest conductor
Saturday, May 10, 2003 - Children’s Museum Theatre 1:30pm
Monday, May 12, 2003 - King Events Center Recital Hall, Auraria Campus 7:30pm
Musical Poetry: Young Chamber Players II
Lynne Abbey-Lee, harp
Now in its third season, the Young Chamber Players program joins the most accomplished young talent from the Denver Young Artists Orchestra with artists from the Chamber Players in side-by-side performances. The sprightly Trout Quintet and the magnificent Octet of Franz Schubert will be performed. Adam Flatt, Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Symphony, conducts the 13-player version of Copland’s American masterwork, Appalachian Spring.
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PROGRAM #1: The Great Outdoors with Adam Flatt, guest conductor
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| String Quartet op. 74 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, op. 40 |
Johannes Brahms |
| Quintet for Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass and Piano The Trout |
Franz Schubert |
| INTERMISSION |
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| String Quintet in G minor, K.516 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Appalachian Spring Suite, for 13 Players |
Aaron Copland |
PROGRAM #2: Musical Poetry with Lynne Abbey Lee, guest harp
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| Octet for Winds and String |
Franz Schubert |
| Introduction and Allegro for Solo Harp, Strings, and Winds |
Maurice Ravel |
| Quintet for Piano and Strings |
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Storytelling: Little Red Riding Hood and Red Dogs and Pink Skies: A Musical Celebration of Gauguin
Sunday, February 9, 2003 - Shwayder Theatre/Mizel Center for Arts and Culture at the JCC 4pm
Bruce Adolphe, composer/narrator
Red Dogs and Pink Skies: A Musical Celebration of Paul Gauguin, was inspired by Gauguin's paintings and his Tahitian journal Noa Noa. Bruce Adolphe's musical homage colorfully evokes the painter's world. The piece tells the story of Gauguin's artistic journey in music, and will be narrated by Adolphe himself. Red Dogs was commissioned in conjunction with the Gauguin exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and was premiered in the spring of 2002.
Little Red Riding Hood is a favorite tale around the world. Adolphe’s version is humorously set to music, and each character has a catchy, identifiable tune. A new ending involving the Heimlich maneuver will amuse audiences, especially wolf fans.
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| Little Red Riding Hood, for Strings, Clarinet, Piano and Narrator |
Bruce Adolphe |
| INTERMISSION |
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Red Dog and Pink Skies: A Musical Celebration of Paul Gauguin, for Violin, Cello, Bass, Flute,
Clarinet, Percussion and Narrator |
Bruce Adolphe
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Vignettes: New York Scenes
Sunday, March 30, 2003 - Shwayder Theatre/Mizel Center for Arts and Culture at the JCC 7pm
Music of Kernis, Schoenfield, Druckman and others
New York has produced and influenced numerous composers in the 20th century. Six composers who lived and worked in New York are represented on this program. Bloch’s haunting Suite Modale and Bernstein’s Dream With Me hearken back to the middle of the century. Jacob Druckman’s jagged Dark Wind was one of his last works. Sheila Silver’s lyrical Six Préludes for solo piano bring the New Yorker to Paris. Paul Schoenfield’s Slovakian Children’s Songs explore the crossover style. Aaron Jay Kernis, a Pulitzer prize winner, creates Italian drama in the narratated work The Four Seasons of Futuristic Cuisine. A memorable menu of New York vignettes!
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| Suite Modale for Flute and Strings (1959) |
Ernest Bloch |
| Slovakian Children’s Songs, for Flute and Piano (1992) |
Paul Schoenfield |
| Dark Wind, for Violin and Cello (1994) |
Jacob Druckman |
| Dream With Me, for Voice, Cello and Piano |
Leonard Bernstein |
| INTERMISSION |
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| Six Préludes Pour Piano, d’après poèmes de Baudelaire (1991) |
Sheila Silver |
| The Four Seasons of Futuristic Cuisine, for Piano Trio and Narrator (1991) |
Aaron Jay Kernis
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