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Brett Mitchell, conductor
Amber Wagner, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo
Issachah Savage, tenor
Aleksey Bogdanov, baritone
Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

VERDI Messa da requiem

Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the world-renowned Colorado Symphony Chorus with Music Director Brett Mitchell, along with the chorus’ founder and director Duain Wolfe, for a renewal of Verdi’s monumental Requiem. The chorus first performed this legendary work during their debut on October 25, 1984 at Boettcher Concert Hall. Nearly 35 years to the day, they breathe new life into Verdi’s compassionate projection of essential human emotions — piety, agitation, and hope. A personal, reverent, and poignant tribute to Italian novelist Alessandro Manzoni, Verdi’s transcendent Requiem remains one of the most cherished choral works of all time.

Conducted by Robert Lyall
Directed by Keturah Stickann

Cast

Carmen  Jennifer Johnson Cano
Don Jose  Rafael Davila
Escamillo  Zachary Nelson
Micaela  Sarah Jane McMahon 
El Remendado  Tyrone Chambers, II

Creative Team

Chorus Master  Carol Rausch
Scenic Designer  Steven C. Kemp*
Lighting Designer  Don Darnutzer
Production Manager  Sarah McCall
Costumer  Julie Winn
Wig and Makeup Designer  Linda Guillot
Technical Director  Keith Christopher
Stage Manager  Emily Barber
1st Assistant  SM Amanda Seal
2nd Assistant  SM India Mack
Assistant LD  Mandi Wood
Properties Master  Jonathon Uhlman
Scenic Painter  Nathan Arthur
Supertitles Prompter  Beth Rota

Conducted by Robert Lyall
Directed by Keturah Stickann

Cast

Carmen  Jennifer Johnson Cano
Don Jose  Rafael Davila
Escamillo  Zachary Nelson
Micaela  Sarah Jane McMahon 
El Remendado  Tyrone Chambers, II

Creative Team

Chorus Master  Carol Rausch
Scenic Designer  Steven C. Kemp*
Lighting Designer  Don Darnutzer
Production Manager  Sarah McCall
Costumer  Julie Winn
Wig and Makeup Designer  Linda Guillot
Technical Director  Keith Christopher
Stage Manager  Emily Barber
1st Assistant  SM Amanda Seal
2nd Assistant  SM India Mack
Assistant LD  Mandi Wood
Properties Master  Jonathon Uhlman
Scenic Painter  Nathan Arthur
Supertitles Prompter  Beth Rota

Pulitzer winner Paul Moravec’s A New Country (2018) celebrates the aspirations of immigrants to America, using poetry by Walt Whitman and Emma Lazarus among others. Mezzo Jennifer Johnson Cano is joined by the dynamic Longleash Piano Trio, Laura Gilbert, flute & Jonathan Bagg, viola in a program that includes American works for voice and piano, and Charles Ives’ Piano Trio, a musical portrait of his days at Yale.

Glinka
Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

Copland
“The Dodger” from Old American Songs

Gordon Getty
Shenandoah

Copland
“Golden Willow Tree” from Old American Songs

Britten
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell from The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Beethoven
Finale: Ode, “To Joy” from Symphony No. 9

Caroline SHAW : new work (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

BEETHOVEN : Symphony No. 9

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Xian Zhang conductor
Anita Hartig soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence tenor
Michael Sumuel bass
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon Artistic

Caroline SHAW : new work (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

BEETHOVEN : Symphony No. 9

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Xian Zhang conductor
Anita Hartig soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence tenor
Michael Sumuel bass
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon Artistic

Benjamin Britten

Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51

Gustav Mahler

Das Lied von der Erde

BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL

The Cleveland Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

IVES - “Decoration Day” from Holidays Symphony
BERNSTEIN - Jeremiah: Symphony No. 1
RACHMANINOFF - Symphonic Dances

Composed near the shores of New York’s Long Island Sound, Rachmaninoff’s final score features lush harmonies and originally included movements with names like “Twilight” and “Midnight.” It’s an ideal interlude for a splendid summer evening.

Schubert: Selected Lieder
Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte
Brahms: Gypsy Songs
Janáček: The Diary of One Who Disappeared

"Anything Goes" at this elegant tribute to the music and lyrics of Cole Porter. Led by Grammy award-winning conductor Bramwell Tovey, plan for a "De-Lovely" evening of witty urbanity and sophisticated charm.

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

BRAMWELL TOVEY, CONDUCTOR
NICOLE CABELL, SOPRANO
JENNIFER JOHNSON CANO, MEZZO SOPRANO
BEN BLISS, TENOR
ROD GILFRY, BARITONE

Program

Debussy
Excerpts from Children’s Corner

Debussy
La Plus que lente

Fauré
Allegro molto from Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor

Debussy
Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison

Ravel
The Enchanted Garden from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)

Ravel
L'Enfant et les sortilèges

Program

Debussy
Excerpts from Children’s Corner

Debussy
La Plus que lente

Fauré
Allegro molto from Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor

Debussy
Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison

Ravel
The Enchanted Garden from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)

Ravel
L'Enfant et les sortilèges

Program

Debussy
Excerpts from Children’s Corner

Debussy
La Plus que lente

Fauré
Allegro molto from Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor

Debussy
Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison

Ravel
The Enchanted Garden from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)

Ravel
L'Enfant et les sortilèges

LESHNOFF Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon (World Premiere & Commission)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

LESHNOFF Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon (World Premiere & Commission)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

LESHNOFF Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon (World Premiere & Commission)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

LESHNOFF Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon (World Premiere & Commission)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

FALLA Psyché for Voice, Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp 
RAVEL Shéhérazade for Voice, Flute, and Piano 
DEBUSSY Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp 
PROKOFIEV Sonata in D major for Violin and Piano, Op. 94a STRAVINSKY Petrushkafor Piano, Four Hands

Jennifer Johnson Cano, MEZZO-SOPRANO

Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung, PIANO

Nicolas Dautricourt, VIOLIN

Yura Lee, VIOLA

David Finckel, CELLO

Bridget Kibbey, HARP

Tara Helen O’Connor, FLUTE

Featuring Jennifer Johnson Cano, Caroline Worra, Maria Zifchak, Matthew DiBattista, David Cushing, and Michelle Trainor

With Jesse Darden, Kathryn Skemp, Chelsea Basler, Felicia Gavilanes, Vera Savage, Lynn Torgove and Omar Najmi

Conductor David Angus
Stage Director Anne Bogart
Movement Director Shura Baryshnikov