Program - The Music of Queen - Carnival of the Animals

ALTERNATIVE

2019/20

2019/20 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR:

WINDBORNE’S THE MUSIC OF QUEEN WITH YOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY MARTIN HERMAN, conductor MiG AYESA, vocalist DAN CLEMENS, bass and background vocals POWELL RANDOLPH, drums and background vocals GEORGE CINTRON, guitar and background vocals JUSTIN AVERY, piano and background vocals

Friday, March 13, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 7:20 p.m.

Boettcher Concert Hall

Selections to be announced from stage.

CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 10 MINUTES. WITH A 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION.

FIRST TIME TO THE SYMPHONY? SEE PAGE 8 OF THE PROGRAM BOOK FOR FAQ’S TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE GREAT!

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ALTERNATIVE BIOGRAPHIES MARTIN HERMAN, conductor Martin Herman has appeared as guest conductor with symphony orchestras in North America, Europe, Australia, and Canada. His most recent engagements include the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra with Windborne’s Music of the Rolling Stones and Music of the Eagles. He recently guest-conducted Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal and continues as music director and arranger for Classical Mystery Tour in recent performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the Sydney Opera House, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Florida Orchestra. Martin also served as music director and conductor with Downtown Opera in Long Beach, California, conducting premieres of new operas in the U.S. and the Czech Republic.

In the fall of 2009, he was conductor and music director at LaMaMa Theatre in New York City where he led performances of his one-act opera, The Doctor, based on Chekhov short stories.

He has served as assistant conductor with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and conductor of the Berkeley Young Musicians Program Orchestra and U.C. Berkeley Summer Orchestra. Additionally, Mr. Herman has conducted several orchestra crossover projects in Amsterdam and Berlin. Mr. Herman studied conducting and composition at Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California, Berkeley and spent two years in Paris, France on a Fulbright Grant and U.C. Berkeley Ladd Prix de Paris where he worked as conductor and composer with the “New American Music in Europe” and “American Music Week” festivals.

He has received recognition for his work in the promotion of international cultural exchange from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York City.

MiG AYESA, vocalist MiG started his career in Australia in Buddy. He was then chosen to join the London cast including a Royal Variety Performance for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. MiG’s other West End credits include We Will Rock You, Rent, Thriller Live, and Seasons of Larson. His Broadway credits include Burn the Floor and Rock of Ages, which he also joined on the 1st US National Tour and in the Philippines. Back in Australia, his credits include Grease, Cinderella, Aladdin, West Side Story, Rent, Fame, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, and a UK and Australian Tour of The Music of Queen: Rock and Symphonic Spectacular. He reprised the role of Galileo for the 10th Anniversary World Arena Tour of We Will Rock You and as one of the Tenors of Rock at their resident headline show in Las Vegas and on the high seas. MiG also sailed with Rock Rhapsody, as well as headlining his own one man show MiG Rocks the Boat. In the Philippines, MiG played Robert Kincaid in the first international production of The Bridges of Madison County and starred with Lea Salonga and Tanya Manalang for the major concert event Curtains Up, as well as his own concert celebrating Shangri-la’s 25th Anniversary, and most recently originated the role of Jamie Crimson in the World Premiere Production of All Out of Love. MiG starred as Joe King in the TV series The Ferals. His other TV credits include Fil It Up, Mission: Top Secret, Hits And Memories, The Midday Show, IMT, Carols in the Domain, It’s About Time, Carols By Candlelight, People’s Choice Awards, Vidiot, Good Morning Australia, and Hey Hey It’s Saturday as well as various commercials including a global campaign for Ray-Ban. MiG’s film credits include Queen Of The Damned and Subterano. A finalist in the global hit TV show Rockstar: Inxs, MiG released his self-titled debut album, through Decca/Universal and was an original cast member of Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise. As well as releasing his second album More Than Ever, MiG has also penned theme songs for various TV shows as well as writing "Fill My Cup" for FWD, along with his own fund raising awareness campaign for the victims of Philippine floods with United As One. PROGRAM II

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FAMILY

2019/20 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR:

2019/20

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS

Presenting Sponsor:

PERFORMED BY YOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY BERTIE BAIGENT, conductor IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DENVER ZOO

Concert Sponsor:

Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 2:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall MOZART

The Magic Flute: Overture

MANCINI

Baby Elephant Walk

SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals

Intro & Royal March of the Lion

Hens and Roosters

Wild Donkeys—Fleet Animals Tortoises Elephants Kangaroos Aquarium

People with Long Ears

Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods Aviary Pianists Fossils

The Swan Finale VERDI

Triumphal March from Aida

BIZET

“Habanera” from Carmen

CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 50 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION.

Sunday's Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to Trautman & Shreve PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY SOUNDINGS

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PHOTO: BEN DURRANT

BERTIE BAIGENT, assistant conductor Bertie Baigent is rapidly building an international reputation as an exciting and dynamic conductor-composer. He is Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Symphony, Music Director of Waterperry Opera Festival and Principal Guest Conductor of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra; other groups he has worked with include the Dallas Symphony, the WDR Sinfonieorchester, and the Gürzenich-Orchester. Bertie has assisted conductors including Sir Mark Elder, Edward Gardner, and Jac van Steen, and has participated in masterclasses with Martyn Brabbins, Pierre-André Valade, and as part of the Dirigentenforum in Germany. Winner of the Royal Academy of Music’s Sir Henry Wood Scholarship and Ernest Read Prize in 2017, Bertie was the youngest semi-finalist in the London Symphony Orchestra Donatella Flick Conducting Competition 2018, and in 2017 participated in the Deutscher Dirigentenpreis. He is a Lies Askonas Fellow with Askonas Holt. ​Also at home in the world of opera, recent engagements have included The Magic Flute at Waterperry Opera Festival, Partenope for Hampstead Garden Opera, and work with Helios Opera and OperaUpClose. New music is particularly important to Bertie, with collaborations including those with the London Sinfonietta, the Phaedra Ensemble, the Royal Academy Contemporary Ensemble, and 4|12 Collective. Bertie’s compositions have been widely performed by artists such as the Aurora Orchestra, the Britten Sinfonia, the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, and the viol consort Fretwork, and have been heard in venues such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Royal Festival Hall. He has been awarded prizes and commissions by organizations including the Royal Philharmonic Society, the BBC, the National Centre for Early Music, and the Royal College of Organists. His works have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, and other European radio stations, and are published by Stainer & Bell. Bertie is a prize-winning Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, and trained as a cellist and pianist before focusing on conducting and composition. He read music at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a double first in 2016, and subsequently completed his master’s at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with distinction and DipRAM in 2018.

FIRST TIME TO THE SYMPHONY? SEE PAGE 8 OF THE PROGRAM BOOK FOR FAQ’S TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE GREAT!

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