Program - A Night in Vienna 2021

2021/22 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR:

HOLIDAY 2021/22 A NIGHT IN VIENNA CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Friday, December 31, 2021 at 6:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall

STRAUSS, JR.

"Unter Donner und Blitz" Polka

LEHAR

"Gold and Silver" Waltz

STRAUSS, JR.

"Tik-Tak" Polka

J. STRAUSS

"Feuerfest!" Polka

ANDERSON

“The Typewriter”

STRAUSS, JR.

“Emperor Waltz” — INTERMISSION —

SUPPE

Overture from Light Cavalry

J. STRAUSS

“Sphärenklänge” Waltz

ANDERSON

"The Waltzing Cat"

STRAUSS, JR. & J. STRAUSS

“Pizzicato Polka”

STRAUSS

“The Blue Danube” Waltz

STRAUSS

“Radetzky March” CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 25 MINUTES WITH A 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

FIRST TIME TO THE SYMPHONY? SEE PAGE 8 OF THIS PROGRAM FOR FAQ’S TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE GREAT! PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY SOUNDINGS

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PROGRAM I

DON’T MISS THESE UPCOMING EVENTS!

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 JAN 21-23 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✣ SUN 1:00 Peter Oundjian, conductor Steven Banks, saxophone MOZART The Marriage of Figaro Overture, K. 492 JOHN ADAMS Saxophone Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique conducted by Douglas Boyd FEB 11-13 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✣ SUN 1:00 Douglas Boyd, conductor Brook Ferguson, flute MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides, Op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave” MOZART Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG

HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is the Music Director of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra and Resident Conductor of the Colorado Symphony. He joined the Colorado Symphony in the 2015/2016 Season as Associate Conductor – a position he held for four years. For three years prior, Dragon held the position of Assistant Conductor with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, which gave him the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch.

Dragon works regularly in Australia and has guest conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. His 2015/16 debut performance at the Sydney Opera House with John Pyke and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was released on album by ABC Music and won an ARIA the following year. Dragon’s international guest conducting includes Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre, Omaha Symphony, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

He has also conducted at numerous festivals including the Breckenridge and Bangalow Music Festivals, with both resulting in immediate re-invitations. At the beginning of 2016, Dragon conducted Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony as part of the Perth International Art Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Dragon began his conducting studies in 2011 and was a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program in Australia under the guidance of course director Christopher Seaman. He has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Leonid Grin, Paavo and Neeme Jarvi at the Jarvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.

SOUNDINGS

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PROGRAM III

Face masks and proof of vaccination required

Welcome Back We are looking forward to seeing you at Boettcher Concert Hall this season!

COVID-19 Protocols To protect audiences and the community from illness and to slow the transmission of COVID-19, the Colorado Symphony joins the resident companies of the Denver Performing Arts Complex — Colorado Ballet, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and Opera Colorado — in requiring both proof of full vaccination and face masks to attend indoor public performances starting October 1, 2021. Please see Coloradosymphony.org for full details.

Please see Coloradosymphony.org for full details.