Program Notes: Amadeus Live

MOVIES AT THE SYMPHONY 2023/24

AMADEUS LIVE WITH YOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY

SARAH HICKS, conductor

COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS, MARY LOUISE BURKE, director

Friday, October 20, 2023 at 7:30pm

Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 7:30pm

Boettcher Concert Hall

AMADEUS

F. MURRAY ABRAHAM

TOM HULCE

ELIZABETH BERRIDGE

SIMON CALLOW

ROY DOTRICE

CHRISTINE EBERSOLE

JEFFREY JONES

CHARLES KAY

THE SAUL ZAENTZ COMPANY presents

MOVIES AT THE SYMPHONY 2023/24

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIROSLAV

ONDŘÍČEK

FILM SCORE RECORDING CONDUCTED AND SUPERVISED BY NEVILLE MARRINER

PRODCUTION DESIGN BY PATRIZIA VON BRANDENSTEIN

CHOREOGRAPHER

TWYLA THARP

SCREENPLAY AND ORIGINAL STAGE PLAY BY PETER SHAFFER

PRODUCED BY SAUL ZAENTZ

DIRECTED BY MILOŠ FORMAN

CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS INCLUDING A 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

FIRST TIME TO THE SYMPHONY? SEE PAGE 7 OF THIS PROGRAM FOR FAQ’S TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE GREAT!

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SARAH HICKS, conductor

Sarah Hicks’s versatile and vibrant musicianship has secured her place as an in-demand conductor across an array of genres, and as an educator, arranger, Emmy-winning producer, writer and speaker committed to creating connections through music. Her career has seen collaborations with diverse artists, from Hilary Hahn and Dmitiri Hvorostovsky to Rufus Wainwright, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson; during the summer of 2011 she toured with Sting as conductor of his Symphonicities Tour. Her passion for cross-genre partnerships led to a 2019 album with rap artist Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra, with whom she holds a titled position; in 2021 she collaborated with gamer DrLupo for an innovative live-play project for Intel Gaming.

A specialist in film music and the film in concert genre, she has premiered “Pixar in Concert” and “Coco in Concert”; her live concert recording of “A Celebration of the Music of Coco at the Hollywood Bowl” can be seen on Disney+ and her work on “Little Mermaid Live” was broadcast on ABC. Since 2019, she has acted as consultant for Disney Concerts in developing live-tofilm products. Her concerts with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra of film music, “The Morricone Duel” was released as an album and worldwide broadcast in 2018 and has garnered over 150 million views on YouTube.

A highly sought-after guest conductor, Ms. Hicks has worked extensively both in the States and abroad. Notable ensembles include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Grant Park Music Festival, Toronto Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, RTÉ (Dublin) Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, WDR Köln, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and Tokyo Philharmonic, among many others.

Ms. Hicks is a frequent guest lecturer and panelist and was on faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music from 2000 to 2005 and Staff Conductor until 2012. Her presentation, “The Art of Conducting”, has illustrated collaborative leadership to numerous organizations, civic groups and corporations. Since September of 2020 she has been the principal host of This is Minnesota Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra’s live broadcast and digital series; in 2022 she won a regional Emmy as producer and conductor of a concert with Cloud Cult. Her interest in mental health and music led to the production of a concert titled “Music and the Mind”, and her commitment to open conversation about mental health continues through her blog, YouTube series and other online advocacy. She is currently developing a music and wellness digital series in partnership with the Mayo Clinic for the Minnesota Orchestra.

Sarah Hicks was born in Tokyo, Japan and raised in Honolulu, HI. Trained on both the piano and the viola, she was a prizewinning pianist by her early teens. She received her BA magna cum laude from Harvard University in composition and holds an Artists’ Diploma in conducting from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with the late renowned pedagogue Otto-Werner Mueller. In her spare time, Ms. Hicks enjoys running, hiking, her Papillon, cooking (and eating) with her husband, traveling and blogging.

Two Titans: Mozart & Mahler

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COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS

The 2023/24 Colorado Symphony concert season marks the 40th season of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe at the request of Gaetano Delogu, then the Music Director of the Symphony, the chorus has grown into a nationally respected ensemble. This outstanding chorus of volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances each year, to repeated critical acclaim.

The Chorus has performed at noted music festivals in the Rocky Mountain region, including the Colorado Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival, and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, where it has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony, under conductors Alan Gilbert, Hans Graf, Jaap van Zweden, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Fabio Luisi. For over twenty five years, the Chorus was featured at the world-renowned Aspen Music Festival, performing many great masterworks under the baton of conductors Lawrence Foster, James Levine, Murry Sidlin, Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman, and Robert Spano.

Among the eight recordings the Colorado Symphony Chorus has made is a NAXOS release of Roy Harris’s Symphony No. 4. The Chorus is also featured on a Hyperion release of the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Stephen Hough’s Missa Mirabilis. Most recently, the Colorado Symphony and Chorus released a world-premiere recording of William Hill’s The Raven.

In 2009, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the chorus, Duain Wolfe conducted the chorus on a three-country, two-week concert tour of Europe, presenting the Verdi Requiem in Budapest, Vienna, Litomysl and Prague; in 2016 the chorus returned to Europe for concerts in Paris, Strasbourg and Munich featuring the Fauré Requiem. In the summer of 2022, the Chorus toured Austria, performing to great acclaim in Vienna, Graz and Salzburg.

MARY LOUISE BURKE, principal associate director, Colorado Symphony Chorus

Mary Louise Burke is in her 30th season as Principal Associate Director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. In addition to assisting Chorus Director Duain Wolfe, she also prepares the chorus for various Colorado Symphony pops concerts and special projects, including Too Hot to Handel In the summer of 2022, she conducted the Symphony chorus on their concert tour of Austria. She has worked as the Associate Director of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, participating in hundreds of concerts and dozens of the Chorale’s regional, national and international tours. She was also Vocal Director of the Children’s Chorale, where she provided specialized vocal coaching and opera preparation. With an expertise in vocal technique, Burke frequently conducts seminars in vocal and choral techniques for area church and community choirs. She is the Vocal Advisor at Montview Presbyterian Church and has taught classes in Find Your Authentic Voice at the University of Denver. She has a Doctorate in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado.

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COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS

Duain Wolfe, Founding Director and Conductor

Mary Louise Burke, Principal Associate Director and Conductor

Taylor Martin, Associate Director and Conductor

Jared Joseph, Conducting Intern

Hsiao-Ling Lin and ShaoChun Tsai, pianists

Eric Israelson, Chorus Manager/Librarian

Barbara Porter, Associate Chorus Manager

SOPRANO

Andrews, Lottie

Ascani, Lori

Atchison, René

Black, Kimberly

Blum, Jude

Bowen, Alex

Brauchli, Margot

Burns, Jeremy

Burr, Emily

Causey, Denelda

Coberly, Ruth

Coberly, Sarah

Collins, Elizabeth

Collins, Suzanne

Collums, Angie

Cote, Kerry

Dakkouri, Claudia

Day, April

Dobreff, Mary

Eck, Emily

Emerich, Kate

Ewert, Gracie

Galante, Leontine

Garbus, Kacie

Gaskill, Andria

Gile, Jenifer

Gill, Lori

Graber, Susan

Grace, Maura

Harston, Rachel

Headrick, Alaina

Hittle, Erin

Irigoyen, Alicia

Jones, Kaitlyn

Jorden, Cameron

Kennedy, Lauren

Kermgard, Lindsey

Kinnischtzke, Meghan

Kraft, Lisa

Kushnir, Marina

Lang, Leanne

Linder, Dana

Look, Cathy

Machusko, Rebecca

Mattingly, Isabella

Maupin, Anne

Montigne, Erin

Moraskie, Wendy

O’Nan, Jeannette

Pagan, Selyne

Peterson, Jodie

Pflug, Kim

Porter, Barbara

Rae, Donneve

Ropa, Lori

Sladovnik, Roberta

Stegink, Nicole

Tate, Judy

Timme, Sydney

Von Roedern, Susan

Walker, Marcia

Wall, Alison

Wise, Rebecca

Worley, Taylor

Wuertz, Karen

Young, Cara

Zisler, Joan

Adams, Priscilla

Arthur, Liz

Berganza, Brenda

Braud, Charlotte

Chatfield, Cass

Clauson, Clair

Conrad, Jayne

Cox, Martha

Darone, Janie

Davies, Debbie

Deck, Barbara

Dobson, Kezia

Dutcher, Valerie

Fairchild, Raleigh

Friedman, Anna

Gayley, Sharon

Golden, Daniela

Groom, Gabriella

Guittar, Pat

Haller, Emily

Haxton, Sheri

Hoopes, Kaia

Hoskins, Hansi

Isaac, Olivia

Jackson, Brandy

Janasko, Ellen

Jarest, Michelle

Kaminske, Christine

Kim, Annette

Kolstad, Annie

LeBaron, Andrea

Levy, Juliet

London, Carole

Long, Tinsley

Maltzahn, Joanna McWaters, Susan

Nordenholz, Kristen

Nyholm, Christine

Owens, Sheri

Parsons, Jill

Pringle, Jennifer

Rehme, Leanne

Rudolph, Kathi

Scarselli, Elizabeth

Schnell, Wendy

Stevenson, Melanie

Thaler, Deanna

Thayer, Mary

Trubetskoy, Kimberly

Virtue, Pat

Wandel, Benita

Worthington, Evin

York, Beth

TENOR

Babcock, Gary

Bowman, Ryan

Carlson, James

Davies, Dusty

Dinkel, Jack

Fuehrer, Roger

Gale, John

Gordon, Frank

Guittar, Forrest

Hodel, David

Ibrahim, Sami

Johnson, Trey

Jordan, Curt

Kolm, Kenneth

Milligan, Tom

Moraskie, Richard

Muesing, Garvis

Nicholas, Timothy

Rangel, Miguel

Richardson, Tyler

Roach, Eugene

Rosen, David

Ruth, Ronald

Seamans, Andrew

Sims, Jerry

Stohlmann, Phillip

Thompson, Hannis

Witherspoon, Max

Zimmerman, Kenneth

BASS

Adams, John

Carlton, Grant

Friedlander, Robert

Glauner, Dave

Gray, Matthew

Griffin, Tim

Grossman, Chris

Hammerberg, Nicholas

Hesse, Douglas

Highbaugh, David

Hume, Donald

Hunt, Leonard

Israelson, Eric

Jackson, Terry

Jirak, Thomas

Johnson, Matthew

Jones, John

Joseph, Jared

Lingenfelter, Paul

Lund-Brown, Sean

McDaniel, Jakson

Mehta, Nalin

Molberg, Matthew

Morrison, Greg

Nuccio, Gene

Phillips, John

Pilcher, Ben

Potter, Tom

Pullen, Jacob

Quarles, Kenneth

Richards, Joshua

Scoville, Adam

Skillings, Russell

Smedberg, Matthew

Steele, Matt

Struthers, David

Swanson, Wil

Virtue, Tom

West, Mike Jeff Zax