Program - The Nightmare Before Christmas - Halloween Spooktacular!

2019/20 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR:

MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY

2019/20

DISNEY IN CONCERT: TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS PERFORMED BY YOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Friday, November 1, 2019 at 7:30pm Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 7:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall ACT I Overture Intro THIS IS HALLOWEEN Post Party JACK’S LAMENT Sally’s Lament Wandering Jack (Part I) Wandering Jack (Part II) WHAT’S THIS? Sally’s Potion Jack Returns TOWN MEETING SONG Bedtime Stories Experiments20 Sally Escapes

ACT II Jingle Bells Bunny MAKING CHRISTMAS Nabbed OOGIE BOOGIE’S SONG Here Comes Santa Claus Big Send Off SALLY’S SONG Jack’s Big Moment Christmas Storm POOR JACK Jack to the Rescue Back to Business FINALE Reprise End Credits – Please stay seated for the credits & enjoy!

Butterfly JACK’S OBSESSION Work in Progress KIDNAP THE SANDY CLAWS — INTERMISSION— Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Music by Danny Elfman © 1993 Buena Vista Music Company Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. All Rights Reserved CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR 16 MINUTES WITH A 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION Friday’s Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to Bank of America Saturday’s Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to U.S. Engineering and Laura and Michael Briger PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY SOUNDINGS

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MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY BIOGRAPHY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, resident conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is in his fifth season with the Colorado Symphony. For three years he previously 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 debut performance at the Sydney Opera House with Josh 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 the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre, the San Diego 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 Arts Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at the 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 Järvi at the Järvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival, and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.

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

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FAMILY

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2019/20 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR:

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR! COLORADO SYMPHONY BERTIE BAIGENT, conductor Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 2:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall

JOHN WILLIAMS

“Imperial March” from Star Wars

HUMPERDINCK

Prelude from Hansel and Gretel

MUSSORGSKY

Night on a Bare Mountain

SAINT-SAENS

Danse Macabre

JOHN WILLIAMS

Jurassic Park Theme

RAVEL from Mother Goose

“Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête” “Le Jardin Féerique” JOHN WILLIAMS

“ Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION FIRST TIME TO THE SYMPHONY? SEE PAGE 8 OF THIS PROGRAM FOR FAQ’S TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE GREAT!

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Saturday’s Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to Frontier Fire Protection 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.

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