CPR Classical LIVE: Our 2015-16 Concert Broadcast Schedule

By Colorado Public Radio Staff
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Photo: 2015-16 live broadcast collage CPR Classical
Clockwise from top left: Conductor Andrew Litton; cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han; violinist Yumi Hwang-Williams; conductor Michael Butterman; violinist Leila Josefowicz and violinist Anne Akiko-Meyers.

Here's CPR Classical LIVE, our 2015-16 concert broadcast schedule featuring performances from the Colorado Symphony, Boulder Philharmonic, Aspen Music Festival Winter Recital Series, Friends of Chamber Music and Opera Colorado.

We'll bring you live concerts and stories from musicians like violinists Anne Akiko-Meyers and Leila Josefowicz, the Jerusalem Quartet, cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han.

Follow CPR Classical on Twitter and Facebook for photos and updates from the concerts this summer.

Upcoming 2015-16 concert broadcasts:

Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Opera Colorado

Lori Laitman: "The Scarlet Letter" (World Premiere)

Ari Pelto, conductor

Friday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Colorado Symphony

Bryce Dessner: "Response Lutoslawski" 
Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"

Andre de Ridder, conductor
Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin

Previous broadcasts:

Sunday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m.
Boulder Philharmonic

Ravel: "Mother Goose" Suite
Korine Fujiwara: "The Storyteller"
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

Gabriela Montero, piano
Charles Wetherbee, violin
Michael Butterman, conductor

Friday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Colorado Symphony

Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 

Alessio Bax, piano
Andrew Litton, conductor

Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m.
Friends of Chamber Music
Recorded Oct. 7, 2015

Haydn: Opus 77, No. 1
Dvorak: Quartet, Opus 96, "American"

Jerusalem Quartet

Sunday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. 
Friends of Chamber Music

Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole  
Messiaen: Theme and Variations
Robert Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in A minor
Erkki-Sven Tuur: "Conversio"
John Adams: "Road Movies"

Leila Josefowicz, violin
John Novacek, piano

Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.
Opera Colorado
Recorded Nov. 7, 2015

Verdi: "Aida"

Aida: Alexandra Lobianco
Radames: Carl Tanner
Amneris: Catherine Martin
Amonasro: Marco Nistico
Ari Pelto, conductor

Friday, Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Colorado Symphony

Handel: "Messiah"

Colorado Symphony Chorus  
Duain Wolfe, conductor
Mary Wilson, soprano
Corrie Stallings, mezzo
Derek Chester, tenor
Andrew Garland, bass 

Friday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. 
Colorado Symphony

Sibelius: Romance in C major for Strings
Sibelius: "Finlandia"
Sibelius: "Valse Triste" from "Kuolema"
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky/Ravel: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

Claude Sim, violin
Jayce Ogren, conductor

Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. 
Friends of Chamber Music

Schubert: Impromptus for Piano
Debussy: Masques
Debussy: Images, Set 2
Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux, Op. 33, selections, Nos. 1, 3, 6, 7 & 8
Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux, Op. 39, selections, Nos. 2, 5, 7, 8, & 9
Debussy: L’isle joyeuse

Steven Osborne, piano

Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m.
Aspen Music Festival
Recorded Feb. 2, 2016

Richard Strauss: Cello Sonata in F major
Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor
Mendelssohn: Song Without Words for Cello and Piano
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor

David Finckel, cello
Wu Han, piano

Wednesday, March 23 at 7 p.m.
Boulder Philharmonic
Recorded Feb. 12, 2016

Missy Mazzoli: "Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)"
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
Tchaikovsky: "Mozartiana"
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 

Anne Akiko-Meyers, violin
Michael Butterman, conductor

Friday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Colorado Symphony

Bernstein: "Fancy Free"
Gabriel Kahane: "Crane Palimpsest"
Gershwin: Concerto in F

Jeffrey Kahane, piano and conductor
Gabriel Kahane, vocals and guitar

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