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From Mozart to Muppets, Colorado Symphony announces full 2021-22 schedule

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by Kyle Cooke • Published on
The Colorado Symphony announced the 2021-22 schedule on June 14
The Colorado Symphony performs at Boettcher Concert Hall
Photo: Colorado Symphony/Jedediah Liddell
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DENVER — After over a year of pandemic-related shutdowns and adaptations, the Colorado Symphony will perform live, indoor concerts at Denver’s Boettcher Concert Hall. On August 9, the symphony announced its full schedule for the 2021-22 season. The season includes performances from Denver legend Dianne Reeves and Leslie Odom Jr. of Hamilton fame.

You can find the calendar here.

“Now, as we emerge from 18 months of health and safety restrictions, we are elated to present a return season that showcases the virtuosity, skill, and musicianship of Colorado’s only full-time professional orchestra,” Colorado Symphony CEO Jerome H. Kern said in a news release earlier this summer. “This season will have been worth the wait, and we can’t wait to welcome patrons back into our home this fall.”

The first show of the symphony’s 2021-22 season is scheduled for September 17, when Grammy-winning pianist Emanuel Ax will perform Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

[Related: Indoor concerts are music to the ears of the Colorado Symphony]

Below is the schedule for the 2021-22 "Classics Season" at Boettcher Concert Hall:

  • September 17-19, 2021: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with Emanuel Ax  
  • October 1-3, 2021: Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From The New World” 
  • October 15-17, 2021: Brahms Symphony No. 1 conducted By Christopher Dragon
  • November 5-7, 2021: Beethoven Symphony No. 7 
  • November 19-21, 2021: Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 with Natasha Paremski 
  • December 3-5, 2021: Elgar Enigma Variations 
  • January 7-9, 2022: Marin Alsop Conducts 
  • January 21-23, 2022: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 
  • February 11-13, 2022: Berlioz Symphonie fantastique conducted by Douglas Boyd 
  • February 25-27, 2022: Beethoven Symphony No. 5 
  • March 11-13, 2022: Respighi Pines of Rome 
  • March 25-27, 2022: Holst The Planets conducted by Peter Oundjian 
  • April 8-10, 2022: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 
  • April 16, 2022: Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” 
  • April 29 – May 1, 2022: Schumann Piano Concerto with Ingrid Fliter 
  • May 13-15, 2022: Mahler Symphony No. 5 
  • May 27-29, 2022: Beethoven 9 with Colorado Symphony & Chorus

 

Information on individual tickets, which go on sale September 1, can be found here.

While the symphony has not performed in Boettcher Concert Hall in a long time, the musicians have stayed busy during the pandemic with virtual concerts, smaller shows at outdoor venues like the Denver Zoo and Denver Botanic Gardens, and 18 performances at Red Rocks.

“While the past 15 months have been remarkably difficult for so many including performing arts organizations around the world, I’m incredibly proud that when the need was most dire the Colorado Symphony rose to the occasion, providing virtual and physically distanced live performances throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Anthony Pierce, the symphony’s chief artistic officer.

Earlier this year, Rocky Mountain PBS spoke with Paul Naslund, a trombonist and 30-year veteran of the Colorado Symphony. He remembered telling audiences in the spring of 2020 to just “sit tight,” expecting—like many people at the time—for the pandemic to be over in a few months.

Of course, that didn’t happen. But Naslund never lost his optimism, using the time to connect more with his family and, of course, practice some music.

“The long-term future of the orchestra, the long-term future of all music around Denver has a lot of promise,” he said at the time. “I think a lot of people are going to bounce back once we can all get back inside.”

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