Concerts

“In these days of unfavorable economic conditions, it’s a delight to have you back to listen and absorb music at its best. Classical music has a uniquely special place in all of history when it comes to enduring socioeconomic challenges, whether political, environmental, medical, or financial. The current global recession is no exception, and I know that we can find solace and peace by bathing ourselves in pure music.

All music is rooted in emotional expression. Indeed, the human voice could be considered the first instrument to have produced the beautiful sounds comprising what we call folk music. This season we are celebrating the impact of folk music on the history of classical music: Every concert will feature pieces that originated from folk tunes of various types. The season begins in October with a celebration of the modern and the ancient; continues through the festive months of November and December; comes full circle in April, when we reprise the old and the new with works by Mozart and Prokofiev as well as one by a lesser-known composer, Bahman Saless; and concludes in May with a concert devoted to a composer who, again and again, has saved the human spirit in hard times: Ludwig van Beethoven.

Our cast of performers is as fantastic as ever. Inbal Segev, our fabulous guest cellist in October, is followed in November by the violin-piano duo known as Opus Two. Our December concert features Boulder’s beloved soprano Bonnie Draina and BCO’s principal flutist Cobus Du Toit, who offer an array of great holiday-spirited music. In the New Year we join forces with Boulder’s own Jerome Fleg, who performs a rarely heard gem, the Concerto for Clarinet and Strings by Finzi, and follow up with two star-studded concerts, one featuring a thrilling performance by Lindsay Deutch on violin and the other presenting three of Boulder’s finest musicians in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto: Annamaria Karacson, Charles Lee, and Larry Graham. We end the season with a happy bang: Beethoven’s Eighth!

Happy listening!"

- Bahman Saless, Music Director