Colorado Public Radio to Broadcast Bravo! Vail Concerts

VAIL, Colo. - July 3, 2013 - PRLog -- Bravo! Vail today announced a new partnership with Colorado Public Radio (CPR) to broadcast six concerts from the 2013 festival, which will reach listeners statewide on weekend evenings throughout the summer. For the first time, CPR will broadcast concerts performed by Bravo! Vail’s three resident orchestras, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, as well as chamber music by Bravo! Vail Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott, the Calder Quartet, the all-male choral ensemble Cantus, the Jasper String Quartet, and other guests. As a result of the partnership, Coloradans across the state will be able to listen to live and recorded performances by these great orchestras and ensembles, bringing Bravo! Vail performances into the lives of thousands of new listeners and making the festival a truly statewide celebration. To learn more visit bravovail.org.

“Bravo! Vail’s Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott and I are thrilled to announce this new partnership with Colorado Public Radio,” said Jim Palermo, executive director, Bravo! Vail. “This is the first-ever series of its kind for Bravo! Vail, and we are delighted to spread the news about the artistic riches of our magnificent festival across the state. Not only will Coloradans hear world-renowned performances by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic on the airwaves, they’ll also hear the sounds of some of the most cherished chamber music performers and masterpieces all summer long.”

Highlights of the broadcasts from Bravo! Vail include the live broadcast performance of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Verdi’s Requiem on Saturday, July 13, conducted by their music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Joining The Philadelphia Orchestra on-stage for this one-time-only performance is the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus, led by director Duain Wolf. Music lovers across Colorado will want to tune in on Sunday, July 21 to experience the New York Philharmonic featuring concertmaster Glenn Dicterow as violin soloist for Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Dicterow will play his last season as concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic in 2013-14, ending what will be a 34-year tenure.

Chamber music will also take center stage with three CPR broadcasts from Bravo! Vail’s chamber music series showcasing Anne-Marie McDermott together with members of The Philadelphia Orchestra, Calder Quartet, the all-male choral ensemble Cantus, and the Jasper String Quartet. CPR’s Charley Samson will host the broadcasts, which promise to fill the airwaves with the excitement of live performances.

“This exciting new series furthers Bravo! Vail's mission of enriching people's lives through the power of music,” continued Palermo. “We produce the finest performances by the greatest artists, fostering music education and promoting a life-long appreciation of the arts. Now, Bravo! Vail is also connecting to people from across the state who can easily share these transcendent experiences.”

Colorado Public Radio: Bravo! Vail Broadcast Schedule:

DVOŘÁK'S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
Tune-in: Saturday, July 6 at 7 p.m.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BORODIN: Prince Igor Overture
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World, Op. 95
Dvořák’s “American” symphony is a favorite worldwide and known for its inspired melodies, including one that became the spiritual “Goin’ Home.” Garrick Ohlsson, famous for winning the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in 1970, performs Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2. (Recorded at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater on June 30.)

VERDI’S REQUIEM *Live Broadcast
Tune-in: Saturday, July 13 at 6 p.m.
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Angela Meade, soprano
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
John Mac Master, tenor
John Relyea, bass-baritone
Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director
VERDI: Messa de 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’).” (Broadcast live from the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater.)

DVOŘÁK WORKS FOR WINDS, STRINGS AND PIANO
Tune-in: Saturday, July 20 at 7 p.m.
Artists: Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra; and Calder Quartet
Dvořák: Serenade for Wind Instruments, Cello and Double-Bass in D minor, Op. 44, B. 77
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B.155
(Recorded at the Chamber Music Series on July 11 at the Vail Mountain School.)

SCHEHERAZADE *Live Broadcast
Tune-in: Sunday, July 21 at 6 p.m.
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Glenn Dicterow, violin
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso
LISZT: Totentanz
Rimsky- Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Music Director Alan Gilbert and New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow lead us through Rimsky-Korsakov’s musical retelling of 1,001 Arabian Nights, Scheherazade. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns in Liszt’s Totentanz, based on the Gregorian chant Dies Irae, or “Day of Wrath.” (Broadcast live from the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater.)

BOHEMIAN WORKS BY JANÁČEK AND DVOŘÁK
Tune-in: Saturday, July 27 at 7 p.m.
Artists: Cantus; Calder Quartet; Paul Neubauer, viola; and Anne- Marie McDermott, piano
Dvořák: Moravian Duets for Chorus and Piano, Op. 32, for high and low voice, with piano, and Op. 43, Bouquet of Slavonic Songs for chorus and piano
Janáček: String Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters
Dvořák: Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 87
(Recorded at the Chamber Music Series on July 16 at the Vail Mountain School.)

MOZART AND MESSIAEN’S QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME *Live Broadcast
Tune-in: Thursday, August 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Artists: Jasper String Quartet; Anne- Marie McDermott, piano; and Steven Williamson, clarinet
Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
(Broadcast live from the Silver Oak and Twomey Series at the Donovan Pavilion.)

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