MUSGRAVE Phoenix Rising

MAHLER Symphony No. 2

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The Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra, led by Artistic Director Kenneth Woods, will open this concert with Phoenix Rising by Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave. This single movement work was written in 1996-97 and fits the theme of our season, Rise Again, as the phoenix rises from the ashes with the promise of hope and rebirth. But there is also a more direct connection to Mahler. Musgrave studied at the University of Edinburgh with Hans Gál , the Austrian composer who attended Mahler’s rehearsals of the Vienna opera as a boy before fleeing the Nazis.

Mahler’s Second Symphony is simply one of the most powerful pieces of music ever created. Nearly 90 minutes long and scored for an enormous orchestra, choir, and soloists, it embraces the full breadth of human experience and emotion, from high tragedy to satire, from tender hope to the end of the world, and ends in Mahler’s vision of a post-Apocalyptic utopia in which all humanity shall rise again, without fear of judgement.

Re-creation of January 29, 1905 Concert in Vienna

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MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn), Selections
Lied des Verfolgten im Turm (Song of the Persecuted in the Tower)
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (St. Anthony of Padua’s Sermon to the Fish)
Trost im Unglück (Solace in Misfortune)
Rheinlegendchen (Little Rhine Legend)
Der Schildwache Nachtlied (The Sentinel’s Nightsong)
Der Tamboursg’sell (The Drummer Boy)
Revelge (Reveille)

MAHLER Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children)
Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n (Now will the Sun Rise Again Brightly)
Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen (Now I See why Such Dark Flames)
Wenn dein Mütterlein (When Your Darling Mother)
Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (I often Think That They Have Just Stepped Out)
In diesem Wetter (In this Storm)

MAHLER Rückert-lieder (Songs after Rückert)
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! (Don’t Look at Me When I’m Writing Songs)
Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (I breathed the Scent of Linden)
Um Mitternacht (At Midnight)
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (I Have Become Lost to the World)

GÁL Symphony No. 4 (U.S. premiere)

WAGNER Die Walküre, Act I (arranged for chamber orchestra by Francis Griffin)

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“I saw the world end.” Richard Wagner

Mahler saw Wagner conduct once, a performance of Lohengrin with the Vienna State Opera in 1876. At age 16, Mahler did not have the courage to approach Wagner despite seeing him backstage. Mahler adored the senior composer’s music, becoming a renowned Wagner conductor and programming Die Walküre numerous times throughout his career.

Austrian composer Hans Gál attended Mahler’s rehearsals in Vienna as a boy. He had a long and successful career; his second opera, Die heilige Ente (The Sacred Duck), was given it’s premiere by George Szell. In more recent times, Gál is all but forgotten. With the Nazi invasion of Mainz he was dismissed from his post and performance and publication of his works in Germany were prohibited. He fled to London but, in 1940 was eventually interned for five months as an “enemy alien.” He settled in Edinburgh where he taught at the University of Edinburgh from 1945 until retiring in 1960. In this role, he taught Thea Musgrave whose Phoenix Rising will be performed on Sunday.

Celebrate our final performance of the season with fantastic scores from some of your favorite films! Whether you love action, thrillers, fantasy, or romance—be prepared to swoon and cheer as the Longmont Symphony Orchestra takes you to the movies!

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STAR WARS
by John Williams

CINEMA PARADISO
by Ennio Morricone

007
Arranged by Calvin Custer

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
Composed by John Powell

THE TITANIC
Composed by James Horner

LORD OF THE RINGS
Composed by Howard Shore

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Intermission
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HARRY POTTER
by John Williams

SCENT OF A WOMAN—TANGO
by Carlos Gardel

SCHINDLER’S LIST
by John Williams

SPIDER-MAN
by Danny Elfman

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
by James Horner

LORD OF THE RINGS
by Hans Zimmer

Longmont Symphony Orchestra

FEATURING: Elliot Moore, Conductor

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6
TYLER HARRISON Symphony No. 3 (WORLD PREMIERE)

TICKET INFO:
This concert is part of the MainStage and Complete packages.
Single tickets: Adult $29, Senior $26, Student $6

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