VAIL, Colo. -- Beautiful music is the hallmark of the coming week at Bravo! Vail as the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra concludes its residency with two exceptional concerts at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, and the Bravo! Vail Chamber Music Series continues to delight and gratify audiences under the direction of Bravo! Vail Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott. Bravo! Vail’s Free Concert Series and Little Listeners at the Library also continue with free performances at locations across the Vail Valley, including the Free Family Concert with the National Repertory Orchestra at the Ford Amphitheater on Sunday, July 14. In addition, the internationally acclaimed men’s vocal ensemble Cantus returns to Vail for six performances featuring repertoire ranging from plain chant and early Polyphony, to masterpieces for male voices, to folk songs from around the world.
Following their first spectacular weekend of concerts, The Philadelphia Orchestra led by Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin will complete its residency as they highlight the music of Mozart, Mahler and Verdi. On Friday, July 12, Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki joins The Philadelphia Orchestra in performance of Mozart’s stormy Piano Concerto No. 20. This concert program also features Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 whose fourth movement uses the text The Heavenly Life from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Knaben_Wunderhorn) and features the young American soprano Susanna Phillips.
The Philadelphia Orchestra concludes its Bravo! Vail residency on Saturday, July 13 with Verdi’s Requiem – a masterpiece that offers “the drama of opera and the thrill of wonderful symphonic writing combined with stellar, virtuosic solo moments.” Of Verdi’s Requiem, the great German composer Brahms wrote, “Only a genius could have written such a work.” Joining The Philadelphia Orchestra are Angela Meade, soprano; Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano; John Mac Master, tenor; and John Relyea, bass-baritone, as well as the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus, led by director Duain Wolfe. Colorado Public Radio will also broadcast the concert statewide beginning at 6 p.m. Come hear why Verdi’s Requiem is recognized as featuring one of the greatest moments for soprano in all of the classical music literature this weekend.
Bravo! Vail’s acclaimed Chamber Music Series continues with three concerts in the coming week under the direction of Anne-Marie McDermott. McDermott, who has an illustrious career as a chamber musician, concert pianist and recording artist, has assembled the world’s foremost collaborative musicians to perform with her all summer long across the Vail Valley. On Monday, July 15, McDermott and the Calder Quartet perform Mozart Piano Concertos from the early 1780s, presented in the composer’s sanctioned renditions for string quartet. Recently recorded for Bridge Records, the CD of McDermott/Calder Mozart Concertos will be released for the first time to the public at the concert.
Tickets for all Bravo! Vail concerts are now on sale at bravovail.org or by calling 877.812.5700.
The Philadelphia Orchestra RESIDENCY CONTINUES at Bravo! Vail
Mozart’s Piano Concerto and Mahler’s 4th
Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki makes his local and Philadelphia Orchestra debut in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20. Concluding the program is Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, with its final movement that depicts a child's vision of Heaven.
Where: Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, 530 S Frontage Rd. E, Vail, CO 81657
When: 6 p.m. Friday, July 12, 2013
Cost: Tickets range from $27 to $110. Lawn tickets for children 12 and under are $5.
Verdi’s Requiem
Reviewing Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s performance with The Philadelphia Orchestra of Verdi’s Requiem last fall at Carnegie Hall, critic James Oestreich wrote in The New York Times that “he embraced Verdi’s theatricality fully, from the recurring Dies Irae thunder, powerfully hurled, to the bass’s murmur, ‘mors stupebit’ (‘death shall stand amazed’).”
Where: Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, 530 S Frontage Rd. E, Vail, CO 81657
When: 6 p.m. Saturday, July 13, 2013
Cost: Tickets range from $27 to $115. Lawn tickets for children 12 and under are $5.
*This performance will be broadcast live on Colorado Public Radio
BRAVO! vAIL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES INCLUDES:
Mozart’s Concertos for Piano and String Quartet
Mozart Piano Concertos from the early 1780s are presented in the composer’s sanctioned renditions for string quartet. Bravo! Vail is happy to announce that the new McDermott/Calder Mozart Concertos recording for Bridge Records will be released for the first time to the public at the concert. Artists include pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and the Calder Quartet. Featured works include Mozart’s Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414; Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415; and Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major, K. 449.
Where: Vail Mountain School Concert Hall, 3000 Booth Falls Rd., Vail, CO 81657
When: 6 p.m. Monday, July 15, 2013
Cost: Tickets $29.
Bohemian Works by Janáček and Dvořák
Rare Czech masterpieces are brought forth in their full glory in this folk inspired program of string, piano, solo vocal, choral music and songs from the Bohemian homeland. Artists include pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, violist Paul Neubauer, Cantus, and the Calder Quartet. Featured works include Dvořák’s Moravian Duets for Chorus and Piano Op. 32, for high and low voice, with piano Op. 43; Bouquet of Slavonic Songs for chorus and piano; and Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 87, as well as Janáček’s String Quartet, No. 2, Intimate Letters.
Where: Vail Mountain School Concert Hall, 3000 Booth Falls Rd., Vail, CO 81657
When: 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Cost: Tickets $29.
Slavic Dances and Rhymes
Lyrical lines, surprising “dumkas” (Slavic epic ballads), fiery scherzos and the symphonic sized sounds of this amazing chamber music will surprise and delight. Artists include pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, violist Paul Neubauer, Cantus, and the Calder Quartet. Featured works include Dvořák’s The Fiddler from Choral Songs for Male Voices, B. 66, and Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97, as well as Janáček’s Selections from Ríkadla for Chorus, Piano and Viola.
Where: Vail Mountain School Concert Hall, 3000 Booth Falls Rd., Vail, CO 81657
When: 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Cost: Tickets $29.
