One of the things I love about summer is catching lots of fantastic live music. There are so many great concerts...I couldn't possibly go to everything on my wish list. Below are the musical events on my itinerary so far. And in between, I'll be getting work done (promise!).
Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Alisa Weilerstein, Dvorák - Cello Concerto, June 10
Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Beyond the Score, Dvorák - Symphony No. 9, June 11
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, World Premiere by Patrick Zimmerli, Light, Color, Line, Symbol: Meditations on Architecture for Orchestra and Three Video Projectors, conducted by Scott Yoo, June 16
Opera Theatre of St. Louis, John Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles, conducted by Michael Christie, June 19
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Chamber Symphony with Jeremy Denk, piano, Beethoven - Piano Cto. No. 1, June 26
Colorado Music Festival, Michael Christie - music director, (I'm setting up a tent in Chautauqua Park...kidding!)
- Young People's Concert, June 28
- Punch Brothers with Chris Thile, June 30
- Jazz & The Orchestra, July 2
- Brooklyn Rider, July 7
- East Meets West with Wu Man, Chinese Pipa, July 9
- Lura, July 14
- Jessica Rivera, soprano and Mahler Sym. No. 4, July 16
- Prokofiev Piano Cto. No. 3 with Jie Chen and Peter & The Wolf w/film, July 19
Grieg Piano Cto. in a minor with Jon Nakamatsu and Peer Gynt, July 21
- Rachmaninoff Piano Ct. No. 2 with Natasha Paremski and Symphonic Dances, July 23
- Symphonic Legends with Mendelssohn, Sibelius and R. Strauss, July 30
- Piazzolla, Marquez, Copland's Appalachian Spring, Alondra de la Parra, conductor, August 2
- La Clave Secreta, August 4
- Haydn The Creation, August 7
Festival Mozaic, Scott Yoo - music director, San Luis Obispo, CA
- Festival Chamber Players with Scott Yoo, violin and Bion Tsang, cello, July 24
- Notable Encounter at Hearst Castle, Festival Chamber Players, July 25
- Grand Finale Concert, July 26
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, World Premiere Mandolin Concerto with Chris Thile, September 17
Chautauqua Concert Series, Boulder, David Wilcox, September 19