Program - On the Beautiful Blue Danube

MASTERWORKS • 2016/2017 Colorado Symphony 2016/17 Season Presenting Sponsor:

ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE COLORADO SYMPHONY KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI, conductor GABRIEL PREISSER, chansonnier Friday, April 21, 2017, at 7:30pm Saturday, April 22, 2017, at 7:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall

J. STRAUSS

On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314

HK GRUBER

Frankenstein!! – INTERMISSION –

BRAHMS/orch. SCHOENBERG Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 Allegro Intermezzo: Allegro, ma non troppo Andante con moto Rondo alla zingarese: Presto

SOUNDINGS 2016/2017 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 1

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Program - On the Beautiful Blue Danube

Published on Apr 13, 2017

Colorado Symphony

APRIL 21 – 22 | Old meets new with this orchestral triathalon of Austrian-influenced pieces—lead by world-renowned conductor Kevin John Edusei—shedding light on the development of Austrian cultural identity through music. We begin the program with Johann Strauss, whose waltzes are as patriotic to Austrians as John Philip Sousa is to Americans. "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" is arguably the most famous, not to mention a perfect example of the natural beauty to be celebrating on Earth Day. In contrast, narrator and vocalist Gabriel Preisser will lead you through H.K. Gruber's "Frankenstein!!"—a contemporary, dark comedy touching all areas of culture from Viennese cabaret and classical music to folk and pop. Concluding the program is Austrian-born composer Arnold Schoenberg's orchestral arrangement of Brahms' moving and expressive Piano Quartet—a timeless piece written and arranged over 75 years apart.

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