Violinist Angelo Xiang Yu returns to Denver for Tchaikovsky’s colorful Violin Concerto — a piece initially considered so difficult that the premiere was delayed after Tchaikovsky’s first two soloists declined the invitation. The program begins with Verdi’s Overture to La forza del destino, while Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto for Orchestra concludes the evening with an instrumental panoply that will leave you spellbound.
October 3-4, the Denver Young Artists Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, and El Sistema Colorado hosted the first-ever Denver Music Education Convening.Thirty-nine organizations, including Denver Public Schools, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, SCFD, universities, and numerous non-profit organizations, met with the goal of increasing equity, diversity, and inclusivity for youth music education.
Wonderbound presents Sarah Tallman’s Son of Man to Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite and Garrett Ammon’s Serenade for Strings to the music of Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, played live by a string ensemble from the Colorado Symphony. Revel in the wit and irreverent beauty of this sumptuous evening of dance and live music!