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Chautauqua Auditorium

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Name:
Chautauqua Auditorium
Phone:
303 440-7666
Address:
900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
Description:

All CMF concerts are held in the beautiful Chautauqua Auditorium located in historic Chautauqua Park.

Parking in Chautauqua Park is limited. CMF encourages the use of the free shuttle. Parking is allowed on both sides of Baseline Road in the evenings during June, July and August. Parking for the disabled is available in the parking lot south of the Academic Hall.

BASIC DIRECTIONS WITHIN CHAUTAUQUA PARK:
From main road (Kinnikinic) to:
Auditorium: Take fourth left after the large green area onto Primrose Drive. Go to the end where there is a parking area. The Auditorium is right in front of you. It is the large tan barn-like building.
Dining Hall: Left just after the large green area onto Clematis.
Community House: Take third left after the large green area onto Morning Glory Drive. It will be the 4th building on the left (stucco and stone).

Upcoming Events At This Venue

June 23, 2012

Ages 4 & up, fun for the whole family! | Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder-Saturday, June 23 & Monday, June 25, 10am | Tickets just $8 / $7 for groups of ten or more

This semi-staged concert for families features 23 excerpts of Mozart’s music, including themes from his operas The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and The Magic Flute, as well as other examples of his most important and engaging works.  Introduce the young people in your life to one of the greatest composers in the history of music.  After each concert, join us on the lawn for a Music Fair where we will meet costumed characters, try the instrument petting zoo, enjoy face painting, balloon tying, snacks and more!

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Date: June 23, 2012 10:00 am
Cost: $7-$8

June 24, 2012

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Michael Christie, Music Director
Simone Dinnerstein, Piano

Dukas: Fanfare from “La Péri”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian” (RM)

Date: June 24, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

June 25, 2012

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Ages 4 & up, fun for the whole family! | Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder-Saturday, June 23 & Monday, June 25, 10am | Tickets just $8 / $7 for groups of ten or more

This semi-staged concert for families features 23 excerpts of Mozart’s music, including themes from his operas The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and The Magic Flute, as well as other examples of his most important and engaging works.  Introduce the young people in your life to one of the greatest composers in the history of music.  After each concert, join us on the lawn for a Music Fair where we will meet costumed characters, try the instrument petting zoo, enjoy face painting, balloon tying, snacks and more!

tickets

Date: June 25, 2012 10:00 am
Cost: $7-$8

June 28, 2012

Brundibar

Hans Krása: Brundibar* – Featuring Ela Weissberger, Holocaust survivor and one of the original cast members
Schreker: Intermezzo Op. 8 (US Premiere)
Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites

Brundibar is a children’s opera written by Czech composer Hans Krasa in 1938 and smuggled into Terezin (Theresienstadt), a concentration camp in northwest Czechoslavakia, when he was interred there.  The opera was performed at Terezin more than fifty times, as part of a Nazi propaganda effort to reduce suspicions about the facility.  Several days after the last performance, the composer and most of the children were sent to their deaths at Auschwitz.

Colorado Music Festival will collaborate with the University of Colorado Opera Program to present a semi-staged production featuring students in the Opera Program as well as a children’s chorus. Ela Weissberger, a Holocaust survivor who, as a young child, performed the role of The Cat while in Terezin, will travel to Colorado to be a part of this production. During her stay in Boulder, Ms. Weissberger will share her life story and participate in several events for our community.

*This program is part of the Rediscovered Masters, a series of performances celebrating Jewish composers and their music, with an emphasis on music composed before, during, and immediately after World War II. The music of many Jewish composers was suppressed during the Holocaust period, and a great deal of their work was subsequently forgotten. Music Director Michael Christie is committed to resurrecting this lost treasure and celebrating these artists’ rightful places in musical history.

Date: June 28, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

June 29, 2012

Brundibar

Hans Krása: Brundibar* – Featuring Ela Weissberger, Holocaust survivor and one of the original cast members
Schreker: Intermezzo Op. 8 (US Premiere)
Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites

Brundibar is a children’s opera written by Czech composer Hans Krasa in 1938 and smuggled into Terezin (Theresienstadt), a concentration camp in northwest Czechoslavakia, when he was interred there.  The opera was performed at Terezin more than fifty times, as part of a Nazi propaganda effort to reduce suspicions about the facility.  Several days after the last performance, the composer and most of the children were sent to their deaths at Auschwitz.

Colorado Music Festival will collaborate with the University of Colorado Opera Program to present a semi-staged production featuring students in the Opera Program as well as a children’s chorus. Ela Weissberger, a Holocaust survivor who, as a young child, performed the role of The Cat while in Terezin, will travel to Colorado to be a part of this production. During her stay in Boulder, Ms. Weissberger will share her life story and participate in several events for our community.

*This program is part of the Rediscovered Masters, a series of performances celebrating Jewish composers and their music, with an emphasis on music composed before, during, and immediately after World War II. The music of many Jewish composers was suppressed during the Holocaust period, and a great deal of their work was subsequently forgotten. Music Director Michael Christie is committed to resurrecting this lost treasure and celebrating these artists’ rightful places in musical history.

Date: June 29, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 1, 2012

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SUNDAY, JULY 1 - Patriotism & Pops
Lawrence Golan, Conductor

A fun-filled family night featuring patriotic and pops favorites! —Tickets start at just $5!

Date: July 1, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $5.00-$20.00

July 3, 2012

ONE NIGHT ONLY – Tuesday, July 3 at Chautauqua Auditorium! We are proud to present the world-renowned, internationally-acclaimed Brubeck Brothers Quartet — an exciting jazz group featuring two members of one of America’s most accomplished musical families, Daniel Brubeck (drums,) and Chris Brubeck (bass & trombone.) Guitarist Mike DeMicco, and pianist Chuck Lamb, complete this dynamic quartet. CMF Concert goers are familiar with Chris Brubeck and his compositions “Travels in Time for Three” performed at the Festival in 2010 as well as “Ansel Adams: America” performed last summer by the CMF Orchestra.

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet’s debut Koch recording, Intuition, impressed the national jazz media and spent several weeks in the top ten radio charts while earning enthusiastic reviews from JazzTimes, Downbeat, Boston Globe and many other respected publications. Although the quartet’s style is rooted in “straight-ahead” jazz, their concerts reveal an inherent ability to explore and play odd time signatures while naturally integrating the influences of funk, blues and world music.

The group’s creativity, technique and improvisation can be heard in their uncompromising music, which reflects their dedication to melody, rhythm, culture and the spontaneous spirit of jazz.

Date: July 3, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 5, 2012

Disney+in+Concert

Disney In Concert: Magical Music from the Movies will transport the young and young-at-heart on a musical journey featuring songs from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lion King and more. Conducted by Michael Christie and featuring four guest soloists, this enchanted evening brings favorite Disney stories to life through memorable melodies, film clips, animation cels and original storyboard art. Don’t miss this opportunity to share in the magic of Disney and discover anew why these timeless motion picture scores continue to enchant audiences of all ages.

Date: July 5, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 6, 2012

Disney+in+Concert

Disney In Concert: Magical Music from the Movies will transport the young and young-at-heart on a musical journey featuring songs from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lion King and more. Conducted by Michael Christie and featuring four guest soloists, this enchanted evening brings favorite Disney stories to life through memorable melodies, film clips, animation cels and original storyboard art. Don’t miss this opportunity to share in the magic of Disney and discover anew why these timeless motion picture scores continue to enchant audiences of all ages.

Date: July 6, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 8, 2012

Chorus
SUNDAY, JULY 8 - MAGNIFICENT MOZART MINI-FESTIVAL - “Figaro & Requiem”
with Guest Soloists and the CMF Festival Chorus

Marriage of Figaro, Overture & Act 2 Finale Listen
Requiem in D minor, K.626 Listen

Date: July 8, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 12, 2012

Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 25
Symphony No. 38 in D major, “Prague”

Date: July 12, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 13, 2012

Mozart

Horn Concerto Nos. 1 & 3
Symphony No. 41 in C major, “Jupiter”

Date: July 13, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 15, 2012

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Ages 15-95 | amateur, pre-professional, and professional musicians | Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder | Sun, July 15 | 4-6pm

Join CMF Music Director Michael Christie on stage at Chautauqua Auditorium for an informal rehearsal/performance of Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony. Music will be available through the online IMSLP for easy access. Dust off your instrument, join in the fun, and invite your family and friends to listen! FREE

Community Play-In

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Date: July 15, 2012 4:00 pm
Cost: FREE

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SUNDAY, JULY 15 - MAGNIFICENT MOZART MINI-FESTIVAL ”Mozart & Salieri”

F. Murray Abraham, Narrator

Date: July 15, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 17, 2012

Time+for+Three

Back by popular demand – the ground-breaking, category-shattering trio transcends traditional classification, with elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own. The members – Zach De Pue,violin; Nick Kendall, violin; and Ranaan Meyer, double bass – carry a passion for improvisation, composing and arranging, all prime elements of the ensemble’s music. This classically trained “garage band” has been a huge hit with CMF audiences, packing Chautauqua Auditorium two years in a row. Get your tickets early for this one, they are sure to go fast!!

Date: July 17, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$42

July 19, 2012

Carolyn+Kuan

Beyond the Score Explores Holst’s The Planets
Carolyn Kuan, Conductor
Join us for an enthralling exploration of this work through a stunning visual and musical presentation. After intermission, enjoy a complete performance of The Planets by the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. Gustav Holst was a child of the late 19th-century British Empire, and his orchestral work The Planets was written during the disastrous first two years of World War I, when that empire faced its greatest threat. The music reflects the composer’s sense of longing to find values that were deeper, older and more universal. Holst is famous as a pioneer of the so-called English musical renaissance, but in this suite he looks far beyond the island of Britain and finds inspiration in the ancient cultures of Greece and India, in the myths and fancies of astrology and theosophy, and in the revolutionary musical discoveries of Debussy and Stravinsky.

Date: July 19, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 20, 2012

Carolyn+Kuan

Beyond the Score Explores Holst’s The Planets
Carolyn Kuan, Conductor
Join us for an enthralling exploration of this work through a stunning visual and musical presentation. After intermission, enjoy a complete performance of The Planets by the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. Gustav Holst was a child of the late 19th-century British Empire, and his orchestral work The Planets was written during the disastrous first two years of World War I, when that empire faced its greatest threat. The music reflects the composer’s sense of longing to find values that were deeper, older and more universal. Holst is famous as a pioneer of the so-called English musical renaissance, but in this suite he looks far beyond the island of Britain and finds inspiration in the ancient cultures of Greece and India, in the myths and fancies of astrology and theosophy, and in the revolutionary musical discoveries of Debussy and Stravinsky.

Date: July 20, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 22, 2012

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SUNDAY, JULY 22 - Rediscovered Masters

Shostakovich: “Hamlet” Suite, Op.32
Weinberg: Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 75
Haydn: Symphony No. 73 in D major ‘The Hunt’

 

Weinberg Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 75 (North American Premiere) July 22

Mieczyslaw Weinberg (December 1919–February 1996), was born in Warsaw into a musical family and began piano studies at the Warsaw Conservatory at the age of twelve.  At the start of World War II his parents and sister perished in the Trawniki concentration camp; Weinberg fled not to the West but east to the Soviet Union. There he met Dmitry Shostakovich and the pair became close friends, ultimately living near one another and sharing ideas on a daily basis. Weinberg was arrested and imprisoned in February 1953, and Shostakovich attempted to intercede on his behalf.  Weinberg was saved by Stalin’s death the following month, and he was officially rehabilitated shortly afterwards. He left a large body of work that included twenty-two symphonies and seventeen string quartets; he has been hailed “the third great Soviet composer, along with Prokofiev and Shostakovich.”

Date: July 22, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 26, 2012

Michael+Christie
Maestro Michael Christie continues the Festival’s Mahler cycle with one of his most powerful symphonies. With optimism and darkness, harmony and dissonance, his grand Seventh Symphony travels through an eerie nightfall into the exuberant starkness of daylight.

Date: July 26, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 27, 2012

Michael+Christie
Maestro Michael Christie continues the Festival’s Mahler cycle with one of his most powerful symphonies. With optimism and darkness, harmony and dissonance, his grand Seventh Symphony travels through an eerie nightfall into the exuberant starkness of daylight.

Date: July 27, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 29, 2012

Bach
SUNDAY, JULY 29 -Brandenburgs – Old & New

Bach: Brandenburg Ctos Nos. 1, 3 & 6
Hartke: A Brandenburg Autumn
Theofanidis: Muse
Kernis: Concerto with Echoes

Date: July 29, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

July 31, 2012

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Since its inception, La Clave Secreta has been at the forefront of Latin music, thinking outside the “music box” and beyond the prescribed formulas of the mainstream market. They are not salsa and certainly not just timba but a whole lot more, a mix of cultures and flavors with a message for serious listeners and rabid dancers alike. Today it reflects a more mature side of music and fronted by some of the genre’s most talented professionals it bears its own fingerprint…its own secret “clave.”

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Date: July 31, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$42

August 2, 2012

CMF+Orchestra
Kellogg: World Premiere commissioned by CLICK!
Greenberg: Symphony No. 5
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Date: August 2, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

August 3, 2012

CMF+Orchestra
Kellogg: World Premiere commissioned by CLICK!
Greenberg: Symphony No. 5
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Date: August 3, 2012 7:30 pm
Cost: $12-$49

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