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Breckenridge Music Festival
The 2008 Breckenridge Music Festival is in it's 27th year, the primary production is the 10 week summer music festival at the Riverwalk Center presenting both classical and contemporary concerts. In the heart of Breckenridge, the Riverwalk Center is a beautiful location to see these perfoming artists! Please see www.breckenridgemusicfestival.com or call 970-453-9142 for complete information.
SUNDAY, JULY 13, 7:00 PM
CHAMPAGNE CONCERT – In Private Home
SERIES A
Brahms Sonata No. 1 for Violin
Dring Trio for Flue, Oboe & Piano
Brahms Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano
SUNDAY, JULY 13, 7:00 PM
CHAMPAGNE CONCERT – In Private Home
SERIES B
Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia
Ravel Duo
Ridout Ferdinand for Narrator & Violin
Dvorak String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 51
TUESDAY, JULY 15, 7:30PM
BMF CHAMBER CONCERT
LOCATION: TBD
Featuring Pan Lyras, Piano
Sponsored by Anne Stonington
Mozart Sonata For Piano in B-Flat
Major, K. 570
Mozart Piano Quartet in g minor, K. 478
INTERMISSION
Dvorák Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 87
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 7:30PM
BMF ORCHESTRA SEASON OPENING CONCERT
Featuring Panayis Lyras, Piano
Sponsored by Anne Stonington
Suppe Poet and the Peasant Overture
Grieg Concerto for Piano
INTERMISSION
Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A Major
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
SATURDAY, JULY 19, 7:30PM
BMF ORCHESTRA CONCERT
“THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS”
E.T., Darth Vader, Superman and John Wayne
E.T. - Flying Theme
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Raiders March
Schindler's List - Theme
The Cowboys - Overture
Star Wars - Suite
INTERMISSION
The Patriot - Main Theme
Harry Potter Suite -
Home Alone - Somewhere In My Memory
Far and Away Theme
Superman – Suite
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SUNDAY, JULY 20, 7:00 PM
CHAMPAGNE CONCERT – In Private Home
SERIES B
Brahms Sonata No. 1 for Violin
Dring Trio for Flue, Oboe & Piano
Brahms Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano
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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 7:30PM
BMF CHAMBER CONCERT
LOCATION: TBD
Varese Octandre
Thuille Sextet for Woodwind Quintet
and Piano
INTERMISSION
Schubert 'Trout' Quintet
___WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 7:30PM
BMF/NRO JOINT CONCERT
Sponsored by Jack and Pat Thomas
Kodály Suite: Hary
Featuring Carl Topilow, Conducting
INTERMISSION
Messiaen The Forgotten Offerings
Respighi Pines of Rome
Featuring Gerhardt Zimmermann, Conducting
SATURDAY, JULY 26, 7:30PM
BMF ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Featuring Michael Linville, Piano
Sponsored by Sandra and Richard Toye
Liadov 8 Russian Folk Songs, Op. 58
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 for Piano
INTERMISSION
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
SUNDAY, JULY 27, 7:00 PM
CHAMPAGNE CONCERT – In Private Home
SERIES A
Mozart Oboe Quartet
Sperger Duo for Viola and Bass
Smetana String Quartet in e minor
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 7:30PM
BMF CHAMBER CONCERT
LOCATION: TBD
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
INTERMISSION
Tchaikovsky Souvenier Di Florence
(For String Sextet)
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 7:30PM
BMF CONCERT
“SWINGING AT THE SUMMIT”
Featuring Michael Linville, Conducting
Bernstein Fancy Free
Simmons The Peanut Vendor
Brown/Freed Temptation
Noble Cherokee
Duke April in Paris
Rodgers Manhattan
Feyne Jersey Bounce
Arr. Mercer Song of India
Bernstein Fancy Free
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 7:30PM
BMF ORCHESTRA CONCERT
“SLAVIC FEST”
Featuring Nathan Olson, Violin
Sponsored by Jack and Pat Thomas
Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 1
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
INTERMISSION
Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 1
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
INTERMISSION
Dvorák Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22
Tchaikovsky Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 7:00PM
CHAMPAGNE CONCERT – In Private Home
SERIES A
Kosma/Prevert/Mercer Autumn Leaves
Louiguy/Piaf La Vie en Rose
Auric/Larue Moulin Rouge
Cole Porter I Love Paris
Legrand/Mercer Once Upon a Summertime
Legrand/Alan & The Windmills of Your Mind
Marilyn Bergman
Debussy Clair de Lune
Beach/Trenet I wish You Love
Bolling Suite for Flue & Jazz Trio
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 7:00 PM
CHAMPAGNE CONCERT – In Private Home
SERIES B
Mozart Oboe Quartet
Sperger Duo for Viola and Bass
Smetana String Quartet in e minor
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 7:30PM
BMF CHAMBER CONCERT
“BAROQUE BASH”
Johann Pezel Turmmusic in B-Flat Major for Two Trumpets & Three Trombones
Johann Heinichen Trio Sonata In G for Flute, Oboe, Cello
and Harpsichord
Bach Cantata No. 51 for Soprano
Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, BWV 51
INTERMISSION
Albrechtsberger Concerto for Alto Trombone, Trombone, Two Violins Bass and Harpsichord
Bach Flute Sonata
Telemann Concerto in B for Two Flutes
and Two Oboes
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 7:30PM
BMF CONCERT
BRASS NIGHT
Mouret/Eberhart Suite Des Symphonies
Warlock/Crees Capriol Suite
Traditional Amazing Grace
Warlock/Crees Two Cod Pieces
"Beethoven's Binge"
"The Old Codger"
INTERMISSION
Orff/Snedecor Carmina Burana
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 7:30PM
BMF ORCHESTRA CONCERT
“LOVE IN VIENNA”
Featuring BMF Vocalists
Schubert Symphony No. 8 ' Unfinished'
INTERMISSION
Lehar Selections from 'The Merry Widow'
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 7:30PM
BMF CONCERT
“PORGY AND BESS AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE”
Featuring BMF Vocalists and Select Front Range Choruses
Sponsored by Hans and Mary Jane Wurster
Gershwin Overture to 'Strike up The Band'
Joplin Overture to 'Treemonisha'
Bernstein 3 Selections from 'On the Town'
INTERMISSION
Gershwin Selections from 'Porgy and Bess'
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 7:00PM
CHAMPAGNE CONCERT – In Private Home
SERIES A
Croffari Variations on a Theme of Grieg
Arnold Quintet for Winds
Barber Adagio
Luis Blanes Exacordos
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 7:00 PM
CHAMPAGNE CONCERT – In Private Home
SERIES B
Kosma/Prevert/Mercer Autumn Leaves
Louiguy/Piaf La Vie en Rose
Auric/Larue Moulin Rouge
Cole Porter I Love Paris
Legrand/Mercer Once Upon a Summertime
Legrand/Alan & The Windmills of Your Mind
Marilyn Bergman
Debussy Clair de Lune
Beach/Trenet I wish You Love
Bolling Suite for Flue & Jazz Trio
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12. 7:30PM
BMF CHAMBER CONCERT
LOCATION:TBD
Schubert Wind Octet, D 72
INTERMISSION
Brahms Serenade No. 1
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 7:30PM
BMF CABARET CONCERT
“CABARET NIGHT”
Featuring Songs from the “Amazing Shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber”
Performed by Guest Vocalists and the BMF Jazz Trio
Sponsored by Rick and Pam Oshlo
Featured Songs:
All I Ask Of You
Music of the Night
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Think Of Me and Angel of Music from Phantom of the Opera
Close Every Door
Song of a King and Any Dream
Will Do From Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
I Don't Know How to Love Him and Everything's Alright From Jesus Christ Superstar
Memory from Cats
Don't Cry for Me Argentina, I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You and You Must Love Me from Evita
With One Look From Sunset Boulevard
Love Changes Everything from Aspects of Love
Tell Me on a Sunday and Unexpected Song
From Song & Dance
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 7:30PM
BMF ORCHESTRA CONCERT
“AMERICAN DANCES”
Corigliano Gazebo Dances
Adams Chairmen Dances
Mizesko A Little Dance Suite
INTERMISSION
Barber Knoxville Summer Of 1915
Featuring Jacque Culpepper, Soprano
Bernstein Selections from 'West Side Story'
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 7:30PM
ORCHESTRA FINALE SHOWCASE
Ravel Tombeau De Couperin
Saint-Saens Morceau De Concert
Featuring Darcy Hamlin, Horn
Nielsen Concerto for Flute
Featuring Helen Blackburn, Flute
INTERMISSION
Ravel Intro and Allegro for Harp
and Orchestra
Featuring Megan Stout, Harp
Rossini William Tell Overture
Please note:
Schedule and Repertoire are subject to change.
Schedule and Repertoire are subject to change.