MahlerFest: Mahler and Musgrave

"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. 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."

THEA MUSGRAVE: Phoenix Rising
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2

With Kenneth Woods, conductor; April Fredrick, soprano; Stacey Rishoi, mezzo-soprano; Boulder Chorale and the MahlerFest Orchestra.