Schedule
Northwestern University
Sydney Lee D.M.A. Cello Recital
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1
Nicholas Koo, conductor
Peter and the Wolf
Nicholas Koo, Conductor
Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center
Festival Mozaic Orchestra
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San Luis Obispo Movement Arts Collective
Ryan Lawrence, choreographer & narrator
Minnesota Orchestra
Cover Conductor
Subscription Series Concert
Thomas Sondergård, music director and conductor
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Chen, The Five Elements
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Kirill Gerstein, piano)
Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra
Hilary Hahn & The Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Concerto Workshop & Masterclass
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Kyle Dickson, Micah Gleason, Nicholas Koo - conductors
Minnesota Orchestra & Troupe Vertigo
Cirque Fairytales with the Minnesota Orchestra
Nicholas Koo, conductor
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Visually stunning acrobatics and vivid music combine in a visual and musical extravaganza featuring the Minnesota Orchestra and Troupe Vertigo, a Los Angeles-based circus-dance-theater group that dazzles audiences across the country with its powerfully choreographed performances. The whole family will be entertained by this mind-blowing, magical event!
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Ravel, Suite from Mother Goose
Prokofiev, Selections from Cinderella
Mendelssohn, Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tchaikovsky, Selections from Swan Lake
https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/live/troupe-vertigo-cirque-fairytales/
Minnesota Orchestra & Troupe Vertigo
Cirque Fairytales with the Minnesota Orchestra
Nicholas Koo, conductor
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Visually stunning acrobatics and vivid music combine in a visual and musical extravaganza featuring the Minnesota Orchestra and Troupe Vertigo, a Los Angeles-based circus-dance-theater group that dazzles audiences across the country with its powerfully choreographed performances. The whole family will be entertained by this mind-blowing, magical event!
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Ravel, Suite from Mother Goose
Prokofiev, Selections from Cinderella
Mendelssohn, Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tchaikovsky, Selections from Swan Lake
https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/live/troupe-vertigo-cirque-fairytales/
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Cover Conductor
Subscription Series Concert
Conner Gray Covington, conductor
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Haydn, Symphony No. 88
Quinn Mason, Trombone Concerto (Utah Symphony Commission, Premiere. Mark Davidson, Trombone)
Strauss, Don Juan
Barber, Symphony No. 1
Minnesota Orchestra
Cover Conductor
Subscription Series Concert
Fabien Gabel, conductor
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Lyadov, The Enchanted Lake
Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian” (Bertrand Chamayou, piano)
Korngold, The Sea Hawk Suite
Tchaikovsky, The Tempest Fantasy-Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Score-Calling and Videoshoot
Subscription Concert
James Gaffigan, conductor
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Barber, The School for Scandal Overture
Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F
Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Revueltas, Sensemayá
Minnesota Orchestra
Cover Conductor
Subscription Series Concert
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
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Jolas, A Little Summer Suite
MacMillan, Trombone Concerto (Jörgen van Rijen, trombone)
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Score-Calling and Videoshoot
Subscription Concert
Riccardo Muti, conductor
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Glass, Triumph of the Octagon
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 “Italian"
Strauss, Aus Italien
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Score-Calling and Videoshoot
Subscription Concert
Riccardo Muti, conductor
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Liadov, The Enchanted Lake
Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite
Brahms, Symphony No. 2
Peninsula Music Festival: Transforming Finale
Fung, Prayer
Mahler, Symphony No. 5
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Rune Bergmann, conductor
Nicholas Koo, assistant conductor
Peninsula Music Festival: French Feelings
Boulanger, D’un matin de printemps (A Spring Morning)
Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane For a Dead Princess)
Debussy, La Mer
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JoAnn Faletta, guest conductor
Senja Rummukainen, cello
Nicholas Koo, assistant conductor
Peninsula Music Festival: A Night in Stockholm
Stenhammar, Excelsior! Symphonic Overture, op. 13
Alfven, Swedish Rhapsody, No. 1, “Midsommarvaka”
Peterson-Berger, Sommarsang (Summer Song)
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
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Rune Bergmann, conductor
Anna Fedorova, piano
Nicholas Koo, assistant conductor
Peninsula Music Festival: Finlandia
Rautavaara, Cantus Arcticus: Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
Rautavaara, Cello Concerto No. 2, “Towards the Horizon”
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 in D Major
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Rune Bergmann, conductor
Senja Rummukainen, cello
Nicholas Koo, assistant conductor
Peninsula Music Festival: Master Mozart
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Christina Naughton & Michelle Naughton, pianos
Nicholas Koo, assistant conductor
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Mozart, Symphony No. 1 in Eb Major
Mozart, Concerto for Two Pianos, K. 365
Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C Major “Jupiter”
Peninsula Music Festival: Baroque and Bruckner
Bologne, Symphony No. 2 in D Major
J.S. Bach, Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor
Bruckner, Symphony No. 6 in A Major
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Rune Bergmann, conductor
Dennis Kim, violin
Eric Olson, oboe
Nicholas Koo, assistant conductor
Peninsula Music Festival: Norwegian Romance
Svendsen, Norsk kunstnerkarneval, op. 14 (Norwegian Artists Carnival)
Svendsen, Romance for Violin and Orchestra
Halvorsen, Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Halvorsen, Bojarenes inntogsmarsch (Entry March of the Boyars)
Grieg, Selections from Peer Gynt
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Rune Bergmann, conductor
Dennis Kim, violin
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
Nicholas Koo, assistant conductor
Peninsula Music Festival: A Gentle Breeze from Fyn
Karen Smuda Emerging Conductor Feature
Nielsen, Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 1
Nielsen, Helios Overture
Nicholas Koo, conductor
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Nielsen, Symphony No. 5
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Peninsula Music Festival: American Dream
Boyer, Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Copland, Suite From Appalachian Spring
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Rune Bergmann, conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Nicholas Koo, assistant conductor
Peninsula Music Festival
Nicholas Koo, 2023 Karen Smuda Emerging Conductor
August 1 - 19, 2023
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Rune Bergmann, Music Director
Victor Yampolsky, Conductor Laureate
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Score-Calling and Videoshoot
Subscription Concert
Riccardo Muti, conductor
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Johann Strauss II, Overture to Indigo and the Forth Thieves
Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 9 “Great”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Score-Calling and Videoshoot
Subscription Concert
Jakub Hrůŝa, conductor
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Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 9
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Cover Conductor & Preconcert “Prelude” Host
Subscription Classics Series Concert
Andrew Litton, conductor
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Bernstein, Fancy Free: Three Dance Episodes
Daugherty, Harp Concerto (Courtney Kershey Bress, Harp)
Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Act II
Watchhouse with the Colorado Symphony
Conductor
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In their return to Denver, Watchhouse, formerly Mandolin Orange, joins the Colorado Symphony for an evening of music that will revive the soul. Watchhouse’s music radiates a mysterious warmth —with songs feeling like whispered secrets, and for this one night only performance, showcase an entire orchestra beside them creating a new depth and masterful layering. The North Carolina duo, singer-songwriter Andrew Marlin and multi-instrumentalist Emily Frantz, have honed this lamp glow intimacy for years and are thrilled to bring this special evening to life.
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Featured Artists:
Watchhouse
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Koo, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orcherstra
Score-Calling and Videoshoot
Subscription Concert
Hilary Hahn, violin
Mikko Franck, conductor
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Rautavaara, Deux Sérénades
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Cover Conductor & Preconcert “Prelude” Host
Subscription Classics Series Concert
Peter Oundjian, conductor
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Weber, Overture to Oberon
Ravel, Sheherazade (Karina Gauvin, soprano)
Brahms, Ein Deutches Requiem (Karina Gauvin, soprano & Joshua Hopkins, baritone)
Northwestern University
Olga Kossovich D.M.A. Violin Recital
Prokofiev Violin Sonata no. 1
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Brahms Violin Concerto
Nicholas Koo, conductor
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Cover Conductor & Preconcert “Prelude” Host
Subscription Classics Series Concert
Teddy Abrams, conductor
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Perkinson, Worship: A Concert Overture
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” (Steward Goodyear, piano)
Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Intergalactic Symphony Spectacular
Nicholas Koo, conductor
Subscription Family Concert
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
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Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question
Richard Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra
Johann Strauss II, On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Gustav Holst, The Planets “Jupiter”
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, movement I
John Williams, Close Encounters from the Third Kind
John Williams, E.T. Adventures on Earth
John Williams, Star Wars Orchestral Suite
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Score-Calling and Videoshoot
Subscription Concert
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
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Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5