VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS – Masterworks
May 9 & 10 at 7:30 p.m.
May 11 at 2:30 p.m.
Violin virtuoso Scott Yoo plays and conducts classic all-time favorites of the Baroque period from Bach to Vivaldi. This program features all four violin concertos from The Four Seasons and Bach’s ceaselessly delightful Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.
Tickets: $15-$69.50

ORFF CARMINA BURANA – Masterworks
May 16 & 17 at 7:30 p.m.
May 18 at 2:30 p.m.
Carmina burana, a 13^th century manuscript taken from a Benedictine Abbey, remains one of the most popular works for chorus and orchestra with the text comprised of 24 medieval, secular Latin poems about life’s struggles and pleasures.
Tickets: $15-$69.50

RANDY NEWMAN – CSO Presents HealthONE Pops
May 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Legendary singer / songwriter joins the CSO for an evening of his motion picture and pop classics including “Short People,” “You Can Leave Your Hat On,” “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” and more!
Tickets: $15-$69.50
 
THE MUSIC OF ABBEY ROAD – CSO Presents HealthONE Pops
May 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Jeans ‘n Classics returns to the CSO with the complete Abbey Road plus other Beatles classics including “Penny Lane,” “A Day in the Life” and more!
Tickets: $15-$69.50

SHOWCASE OF AMERICAN COMPOSERS III – Masterworks
May 30 & 31 at 7:30 p.m.
In celebration of our country’s rich musical heritage, the CSO presents Showcase of American Composers, demonstrating the vast range of styles and types of American clasical music. Jeffrey Kahane leads the orchestra in Bernstein’s delightful Overture to Candide and Chichester Psalms. At the suggestion of composer John Corigliano, highly acclaimed Natasha Paremski performs Corigliano’s virtuosic and theatrical Piano Concerto. The program closes with the one of the most quintessential American works, Copland’s Symphony No. 3.
Tickets: $15-$69.50

MARVIN HAMLISCH – THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK – CSO Presents HealthONE Pops
Jun 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Award-winning composer, pianist and CSO favorite Marvin Hamlisch leads the CSO in The Cole Porter Songbook, including “Night and Day,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and more!
Tickets $15-$69.50

BERNSTEIN, CORIGLIANO, KANCHELI
Jun 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Back by popular demand, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra gives an encore performance of Giya Kancheli’s Styx. On April 4-5, 2008, the CSO, Principal Viola Basil Vendryes, Music Director Jeffrey Kahane and the CSO Chorus gave the United States premiere of Kancheli’s Styx to an overwhelming response. Also on the program, the CSO Chorus will perform Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms conducted by Chorus Director Duain Wolfe, immediate past chairman of Chorus America. At the suggestion of John Corigliano, rising star Natasha Paremski performs Corigliano’s virtuosic and theatrical Piano Concerto. To open the program the CSO performs Bernstein’s beloved Overture to Candide.
♦ CSO Premiere Performance
Tickets: $15-$69.50

FOR TICKETS:

Ticket prices range from $15-$69.50 and are available at the CSO Box Office located at Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, or through Ticketmaster outlets. Box office hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and afternoons and evenings of the performance.  Tickets can also be purchased through the CSO by telephone at (303) MAESTRO│(303) 623-7876 Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and online at www.coloradosymphony.org. To purchase tickets through Ticketmaster, call (303) 357-ARTS or visit www.ticketmaster.com.  All performances are held in Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14^th and Curtis.