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Breckenridge Music Festival
The 2010 Breckenridge Music Festival
In it's 29th year, an incomparable series of experiences ranging from classical symphonic and intimate chamber to jazz, blues and rock'n'roll. The Festival brings to your doorstep the best musical programs, both classical and modern, available anywhere in the country.! Please see www.breckenridgemusicfestival.com or call 970-453-9142 for complete information.
2010 BMF Orchestra Summer Calendar
All concerts are held at the Riverwalk Center unless otherwise noted
July
July 1, Thursday
Blue River Series Concert: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band travels worldwide in their mission to nurture and perpetuate the art form of New Orleans Jazz.
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $32 adv/$37 Day of Show
Info: 970-547-3100
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $32 adv/$37 Day of Show
Info: 970-547-3100
July 9, Friday
Blue River Series Concert: The BoDeans
The BoDeans are a roots-rock’n’roll band from Milwaukee. Enjoying great popular success since they formed in 1983, they have scored hits with songs “Good Things” “Closer to Free” “Only Love”
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $27 adv/$30 Day of Show
Info: 970-547-3100
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $27 adv/$30 Day of Show
Info: 970-547-3100
July 16, Friday
Breckenridge Music Festival Concert: “Happy Birthday, Frédéric”
A party for all who love piano, celebrating Chopin’s 200th Anniversary.
Featuring Panayis Lyras, piano
Chopin - Ballade Op. 23, No. 1
Chopin - Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, “Heroic”
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $35/$30/$25/with college ID $10/18 & younger, all sections $7.00
Info: 970-547-3100
Featuring Panayis Lyras, piano
Chopin - Ballade Op. 23, No. 1
Chopin - Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, “Heroic”
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $35/$30/$25/with college ID $10/18 & younger, all sections $7.00
Info: 970-547-3100
July 20, Tuesday
Breckenridge Music Festival Concert: “The Schumanns – Husband & Wife”
Music for piano and strings from a couple at the heart of Romantic music. Featuring Panayis Lyras, piano with Kathryn Hatmaker and Nathan Olson, violin; Karl Pedersen, viola; Rebecca Gilmore and James Holland, cello.
Clara Schumann - Three Romances for Violin & Piano
Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17
Robert Schumann - Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $35/$30/$25/with college ID $10/18 & younger, all sections $7.00
Info: 970-547-3100
Clara Schumann - Three Romances for Violin & Piano
Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17
Robert Schumann - Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $35/$30/$25/with college ID $10/18 & younger, all sections $7.00
Info: 970-547-3100
July 22, Thursday
Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra Opening Concert: “Russian Festival”
Featuring the Festival Orchestra and Maestro Gerhardt Zimmermann
Glazunov - The Seasons: Autumn, Bacchanale
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto #1 in D Major
Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance of the Tumblers from The SnowMaiden
Tchaikovsky - Suite from Swan Lake
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $35/$30/$25/with college ID $10/18 & younger, all sections $7.00
Info: 970-547-3100
Glazunov - The Seasons: Autumn, Bacchanale
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto #1 in D Major
Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance of the Tumblers from The SnowMaiden
Tchaikovsky - Suite from Swan Lake
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $35/$30/$25/with college ID $10/18 & younger, all sections $7.00
Info: 970-547-3100
July 24, Saturday
Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra Concert: “Two Birthdays, and a Giant”
Three towering masterpieces: Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Schumann’s Piano Concerto Beethoven’s 4th Symphony. Featuring The Festival Orchestra under Maestro Gerhardt Zimmermann Featuring Pan Lyras, piano
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
July 25, Sunday
Blue River Series Concert: Cross Canadian Ragweed
Cross Canadian Ragweed are a southern alternative country rock'n'roll band. "They may be the last great Southern rock band still stomping the boards," says All Music Guide
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $23 adv/$27 day of show
Info: 547-3100
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $23 adv/$27 day of show
Info: 547-3100
July 27, Tuesday
Breckenridge Music Festival Concert “IF IT AIN’T BAROQUE, Don’t Mix It”
Featuring Festival instrumentalists
Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso for 2 Violins and Cello in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 11, RV565
Bach - Concerto for Violin in E Major, BWV 1042
Vivaldi - Concerto for Oboe and Violin in B-flat Major, RV548
Handel - Trio Sonata for Flute and Oboe in G Minor, Op. 2 HWV 387
Corelli - Concerto Grosso for 2 Violins and Cello, Op. 6, No. 4
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso for 2 Violins and Cello in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 11, RV565
Bach - Concerto for Violin in E Major, BWV 1042
Vivaldi - Concerto for Oboe and Violin in B-flat Major, RV548
Handel - Trio Sonata for Flute and Oboe in G Minor, Op. 2 HWV 387
Corelli - Concerto Grosso for 2 Violins and Cello, Op. 6, No. 4
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
July 28, Wednesday
Breckenridge Music Festival Cabaret Concert: “You Say You Want a Révolution?”
Featuring festival vocalists Ilana Dorfman, soprano; Andrea Jaber, mezzo soprano; David Moffit, tenor and Daniel Boye, baritone
Songs from “Les Misérables” The Tony Award-winning score of London’s West End’s longest-running musical: I Dreamed a Dream, Master of the House, Castle on a Cloud, At the End of the Day, Who am I?, A Little Fall of Rain, Do You Hear The People Sing?, Stars, On My Own, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, Bring Him Home, And More!!!
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Songs from “Les Misérables” The Tony Award-winning score of London’s West End’s longest-running musical: I Dreamed a Dream, Master of the House, Castle on a Cloud, At the End of the Day, Who am I?, A Little Fall of Rain, Do You Hear The People Sing?, Stars, On My Own, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, Bring Him Home, And More!!!
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
July 29, Thursday
BMF & NRO Joint Concert
Gerhardt Zimmermann, Conductor
Theofanides - Rainbow Body
R. Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel
Carl Topilow, Conductor
Mahler – Symphony No. 3, 1st Movement
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Theofanides - Rainbow Body
R. Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel
Carl Topilow, Conductor
Mahler – Symphony No. 3, 1st Movement
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
July 31, Saturday
Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra Concert: A NIGHT OF GRAND(ER) OPERA--OR--“Duets, Trios - No Solos Please. Quartets are OK.”
Featuring the Festival Orchestra under Maestro Zimmermann and Festival vocalists
Mozart - The Magic Flute
Gounod - Romeo and Juliet
Verdi – Rigoletto
Rossini - La Gazza Ladra
Bizet - The Pearl Fishers
Puccini - Madame Butterfly
Mascagni - Cavaleria Rusticana
Bernstein – Candide
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Mozart - The Magic Flute
Gounod - Romeo and Juliet
Verdi – Rigoletto
Rossini - La Gazza Ladra
Bizet - The Pearl Fishers
Puccini - Madame Butterfly
Mascagni - Cavaleria Rusticana
Bernstein – Candide
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
August
August 3, Tuesday
Breckenridge Music Festival Concert: “Romance Parisienne”
Featuring Festival vocalists and instrumentalists
Saint-Saëns - Tarantella for Flute, Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Debussy - Deux Romances: “Romance” et “Les Cloches”
Faure - “Toujours”
Faure - “Les Berceaux”
Delibes – “Les Filles de Cadix”
Faure – “Notre Amour”
Chausson - Piano Quartet in A, Op.30
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Saint-Saëns - Tarantella for Flute, Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Debussy - Deux Romances: “Romance” et “Les Cloches”
Faure - “Toujours”
Faure - “Les Berceaux”
Delibes – “Les Filles de Cadix”
Faure – “Notre Amour”
Chausson - Piano Quartet in A, Op.30
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
August 5, Thursday
Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra Concert: “Rogers & Hammerstein: A Salute”
Featuring the full Festival Orchestra under Maestro Zimmermann and Festival vocalists
Songs from "State Fair" "The King & I” "Carousel" "South Pacific" "The Sound Of Music" and "Oklahoma!"
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Songs from "State Fair" "The King & I” "Carousel" "South Pacific" "The Sound Of Music" and "Oklahoma!"
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
August 7, Saturday
Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra Concert: “Czech It Out!”
Featuring The Festival Orchestra under Maestro Gerhardt Zimmermann
Mozart - Symphony #38, “Prague”
Dvorak - American Suite
Janacek - Lachian Dances
Smetana - Dances from The Bartered Bride
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-310
Mozart - Symphony #38, “Prague”
Dvorak - American Suite
Janacek - Lachian Dances
Smetana - Dances from The Bartered Bride
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-310
August 10, Tuesday
Breckenridge Music Festival Concert: Robin Sutherland “An Evening of Brahms”
Featuring Robin Sutherland, piano with Nathan Olson, violin and James Holland, cello
Intermezzo in B-flat Minor, Op. 117 #2
Romance in F Major, Op. 118 #5
Intermezzo in A Minor, Op. 76 #7
Two Ballades, Op. 10 #2
Sonata #1 in G Major for Piano & Violin, Op. 78
Piano Trio #2 in C Major, Op. 87
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Intermezzo in B-flat Minor, Op. 117 #2
Romance in F Major, Op. 118 #5
Intermezzo in A Minor, Op. 76 #7
Two Ballades, Op. 10 #2
Sonata #1 in G Major for Piano & Violin, Op. 78
Piano Trio #2 in C Major, Op. 87
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
August 11, Wednesday
Breckenridge Music Festival Brass Concert: “Brass à la Breck”
Featuring the Festival Orchestra Brass
Hanson - Fanfare for Mountains & Plains
Byrd/Allen - Earl of Oxford’s March
Bach/Allen - Little Fugue in G Minor
Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances
Strauss - Fanfare Stadt Wien
Woud - The Call; Brass Presented
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Hanson - Fanfare for Mountains & Plains
Byrd/Allen - Earl of Oxford’s March
Bach/Allen - Little Fugue in G Minor
Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances
Strauss - Fanfare Stadt Wien
Woud - The Call; Brass Presented
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
August 13, Friday
Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra Concert: “A Perfect Match”
Featuring The Festival Orchestra under Maestro Gerhardt Zimmermann
Mozart - Overture to Marriage of Figaro
Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major
Mozart - Piano Concerto in B-flat, K. 450
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Mozart - Overture to Marriage of Figaro
Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major
Mozart - Piano Concerto in B-flat, K. 450
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
August 14, Saturday
Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra Concert: “Swinging at the Summit”
Featuring Michael Linville, Guest Conductor
Opus One, Frenesi, A Foggy Day, Tuxedo Junction, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Sing Sing Sing, East St. Louis Toodle-Oo, I Got Rhythm, Peel Me a Grape, Just One of Those Things, Tenderly,
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Opus One, Frenesi, A Foggy Day, Tuxedo Junction, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Sing Sing Sing, East St. Louis Toodle-Oo, I Got Rhythm, Peel Me a Grape, Just One of Those Things, Tenderly,
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
August 15, Sunday
Blue River Series Concert: Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn, singer-songwriter, pianist, acoustic and electric guitarist, is often described as one of the most personal, most introspective lyricists of his generation.
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $30 adv/$35 day of show
Info : 970-547-3100
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $30 adv/$35 day of show
Info : 970-547-3100
August 17, Tuesday
Breckenridge Music Festival Concert: “Blow, Gabriel, Blow!”
Featuring the Winds and Brass of the Festival Orchestra
Barber - Summer Music
Nielsen - Woodwind Quintet
Ewald - Symphony for Brass
Koetsier - Brass Quintet
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Barber - Summer Music
Nielsen - Woodwind Quintet
Ewald - Symphony for Brass
Koetsier - Brass Quintet
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
August 19, Thursday
Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra Concert: “South of the Border”
Featuring the Festival Orchestra under Maestro Zimmermann
Surinach - Ritmo Jondo
Benjamin Gutierrez - Pavana for Strings
Falla - Suite No. 1 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Sarasate - Navarra for two Solo Violins and Orchestra
Golijov - Last Round
Ginastera - Estancia; Four Dances
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Surinach - Ritmo Jondo
Benjamin Gutierrez - Pavana for Strings
Falla - Suite No. 1 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Sarasate - Navarra for two Solo Violins and Orchestra
Golijov - Last Round
Ginastera - Estancia; Four Dances
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
August 20, Friday
Breckenridge Music Festival Grand Finale Orchestra Showcase
Hanson - Serenade for Flute and Harp
Khachaturian - Piano concerto in D-flat Major
Ewazen - Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Khachaturian - Piano concerto in D-flat Major
Ewazen - Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Where: Riverwalk Center
Time: 7:30 pm
Cost: $34/$29/$24
Info: 970-547-3100
Please note:
Schedule and Repertoire are subject to change.
