Classical music Gordon has discovered with some insights to make this genre accessible
Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 Second Movement in G Major: The piano speaks for Beethoven, while the orchestra pierces through to remind of the brevity and tragedies of life.
Performances for the 2019-2020 season by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra that Gordon recommends and will be attending. This year is the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, so plan on enjoying the numerous featured performances by the CSO of The Master’s music!
Suggestion: If you are unfamiliar with music for each program, download to your Apple Music (Spotify, Pandora or other service), and give each song several play-throughs before attending the CSO concert. The Colorado Symphony Orchestra at Boettcher Concert Hall in downtown Denver is a top-rate orchestra with a dynamic music director.
Rhapsody & Rhythm: The Gershwin Concert Experience
Featuring: Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F
September 28, 2019
All Beethoven: 250th Birthday Celebration
Featuring: Beethoven’s famous 5th Symphony
December 16, 2019
2020
Barber Piano Concerto performed by Olga Kern
Featuring: The simply fabulous Olga Kern!
January 10-12, 2020
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
Also Featuring: Copland’s Billy the Kid
January 24-26, 2020
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2
Featuring also: Debussy’s La Mer and Ravel’s La Valse
February 7-9, 2020
Strauss A Hero’s Life
Featuring also: Ravel’s Bolero
March 6-8, 2020
Saint Saen’s Carnival of the Animals
Featuring: Music for the Kiddos!
March 15, 2020
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Featuring also: Mozart’s Overture to Don Giovanni
April 3-5, 2020
Holst’s The Planets
Featuring also: Natasha Peremski performing Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2
April 17-19, 2020
Big Band Classics
Featuring: Jazz!
May 16, 2020
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Featuring also: Colorado Symphony Chorus
May 22-24, 2020