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Irish Chamber Orchestra On Nov. 6, the “razor-sharp, fully-seasoned” Irish Chamber Orchestra (Chicago Tribune) returns to Boulder by popular demand, conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy and featuring internationally renowned cellist István Várdai. “I’m very happy that, after 23 years, I’m returning to Boulder where I lived for six years between 1986 and 1992,” says Hungarian-born violinist and conductor Takács-Nagy, a founding member in 1975 of the Takács Quartet—in-residence at the CU Boulder College of Music—and now Principal Artistic Partner of the Irish Chamber Orchestra since January 2013. (Of the original Takács Quartet, violinist Károly Schranz and cellist András Fejér remain.) “I can hardly wait to be on stage in Boulder, and to meet with colleagues and friends,” continues Takács-Nagy. “I’m also very proud to perform with the ICO’s worldclass musicians and the gifted Hungarian cellist, Várdai.” Várdai, 30, has received prizes and awards at numerous international music competitions. He won the David Popper International Music Competition in Budapest three times, and was awarded top prizes at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuerman in Berlin and the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach, Austria. “His playing was commendable for its fluidity and virtuosity, distinguished by both a fleet-fingered lightness and a rich timbre,” wrote culture writer Vivien Schweitzer in The New York Times of Várdai's musicianship.

According to Takács-Nagy, “We’ll be performing a very exciting, energetic and colorful program in Boulder,” including Bach’s Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq. 172, and Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major—as well as Haydn’s Symphony No. 49 in F minor (“La passione”) and Bartók’s Divertimento for String Orchestra. “Hungarians are not only proud of Bartók, but also Haydn,” says Takács-Nagy. “They consider Haydn to be a little bit Hungarian, too! For much of his career, he was musician and composer for the Hungarian noble family, the Esterházys.” This tour is sponsored by Culture Ireland.

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Irish Chamber Orchestra, Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, 7:30 p.m. The “razor-sharp, fully-seasoned” Irish Chamber Orchestra (Chicago Tribune), returns to Boulder by popular demand, conducted by original Takács Quartet member Gábor Takács-Nagy and featuring internationally renowned cellist Istvan Várdai. Soweto Gospel Choir

Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, 7:30 p.m. South Africa’s 24-voice Soweto Gospel Choir—“Nothing less than an international treasure” (JazzTimes)—will bring light and spirit to your holiday season with classic Christmas songs and moving African gospel.

Diavolo

Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Equal parts Cirque de Soleil, brilliant choreography and “architecture in motion,” Diavolo turns death-defying dancers free in a super-sized playground of wheels, bowls and walls in a unique display of kinetic drama.

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Rising Stars of The Metropolitan Opera

Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 7:30 p.m. The Met has launched the careers of opera greats Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson and many others. Don’t miss this chance to hear the brightest new stars performing arias, duets and ensembles by the world’s greatest composers.

Indigo Girls with the CU Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, the platinum-selling duo Indigo Girls, enrich a stellar quarter-century career with a symphonic performance of their moving, melodic music, including such hits as "Closer to Fine" and "Land of Canaan."

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Friday, April 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Composer-pianist Ziegler and violinist St. John perform beloved tunes from tango maestro Astor Piazzolla’s famous 1987 Central Park concert and originals by Ziegler, who takes the tango to heights “undreamed of by Piazzolla.” (Chicago Tribune)

The Takács Quartet

The Grammy Award-winning chamber quartet has been moving audiences and selling out concerts for three decades at CU-Boulder. Their irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality has led The Guardian (London) to proclaim, “The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level.”

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Holiday Festival 2015

Dec. 4-6, 2015 A lively program of seasonal music and festive holiday decorations in Macky Auditorium inspire sold-out audiences and make the Holiday Festival a beloved annual tradition. Choirs, orchestra, ensembles and faculty soloists from the CU-Boulder College of Music invite you to share the joy and warmth of the season with your family and friends.

Dialogues of the Carmelites, Sung in English by Francis Poulenc March 11-13, 2016 Francis Poulenc’s dark, intense 1957 opera—based on the persecution of nuns at the convent at Campiegne during the French Revolution—fearlessly grapples with such timeless human emotions as fear, despair and faith. “As rich as a vintage port, the opera delivers a soft and melodic score that undulates with (dark) and complex themes … as tragically current as (they are) old.” (Metro Weekly) The Tender Land, Sung in English

by Aaron Copland April 21-24, 2016 Copland was inspired to write his only full-length opera by the Depression-era photographs of Walker Evans and James Agee’s "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men." This classic tale of small-town America evokes everything from "The Grapes of Wrath" to "Our Town" and "Oklahoma!" “Copland in his Americana mode.…(A)n affecting, honest and musically elegant work…bustling rhythmic intensity and pungent chromatic bite.” (The New York Times)

Fiddler on the Roof, Nov. 6-15, 2015

Music by Jerry Bock, Book by Joseph Stein, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Directed and choreographed by Gary John La Rosa, Roe Green Visiting Theatre Artist Drawing on the richly humorous and humane tales of Sholem Aleichem, this musical tells the story of a poor, Jewish dairyman, his wife and their five daughters in a Russian village at the turn of the century.

Return to the Forbidden Planet, March 4-13, 2016 by Bob Carlton. Directed by Cecilia Pang In a galaxy far away, a shadowy planet beckons our courageous team of travelers. “Shake, Rattle, and Roll" as Captain Tempest guides us through a cavalcade of golden era rock ’n roll hits. The Current, April 15-17, 2016 “The Current” showcases the varied works of CU dance faculty and guest artists, including Faye Driscoll, a Bessie Award-winning choreographer and director who investigates new forms of theatrical experience. Driscoll is the recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2013 Creative Capital Performing Arts Award. Plus much more! http://www.colorado.edu/theatredance/events

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Holiday Festival “The CU-Boulder Holiday Festival is a beloved annual tradition,” says Gregory Gentry, Director of Choral Studies. “Once again, we’ll present the outstanding vocal and instrumental students and faculty of the College of Music.”

As artistic director of the event featuring seasonal music and festive holiday decorations at Macky Auditorium, Gentry says this year’s celebration will include familiar music, including holiday favorites by John Williams (“Home Alone”) and Christophe Beck (“Frozen”). “The audience will be invited to join the performers in singing carols, as well as the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from Handel’s ‘Messiah,’” he continues. “Everyone will delight in the music provided by the Holiday Festival Brass & Percussion, the CU Symphony Orchestra and combined choirs, the Holiday Festival Jazz Combo and the CU Women’s Chorus. “And for the children in our audience, we’ll welcome a very special guest.”

Inspiring sold-out audiences year after year, this lively program of holiday favorites is sure to spark the joy and warmth of the season. Join us! The Holiday Festival runs Dec. 4-6. Tickets are $15 and up. Holiday Festival revenues benefit the CU Music Scholarship Fund; no discounts are available for these performances.

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On Dec. 11, South Africa’s 24-voice Soweto Gospel Choir—“Nothing less than an international treasure” (JazzTimes)—will light up Macky Auditorium with a colorful, spirited performance of classic Christmas carols, moving African gospel and dance.

Beyond their distinctive music making, the Soweto Gospel Choir founded its own AIDS orphans foundation, Nkosi’s Haven Vukani (which means “Outreach”), to assist organizations that receive little or no funding. The choir also performs for a variety of charitable causes.

The tradition of Christmas was introduced to South Africa by missionaries around 1650, and remains an important holiday celebration among South Africans today. Indeed, Christianity is now entrenched in South African life with approximately 80 percent of the population following some variant of the religion—it’s a key aspect of family and community life, as is music, singing and dancing.

In a mix of traditional and contemporary music and dance, the Soweto Gospel Choir will present in Boulder a stunning affirmation of how South Africans celebrate, grieve, worship and tell stories. Song titles include “Hayo mathata,” “Ziyamaz’ umelusi,” “Calvary,” “Many Rivers” “Meadowlands” and “I Feel Good,” among several more songs and chants.

Since 2002, the Soweto Gospel Choir has demonstrated how all aspects of life can be expressed through song and dance. That year, their first album—“Voices of Heaven”—reached the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s World Music Chart. Numerous other international awards and honors quickly followed—including performances for birthday celebrations of their patron, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. They’ve also appeared on the “Today Show,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Late

The program concludes with a handful of favorite Christmas carols—from “Oh! Holy Night” and “The Little Drummer Boy” to “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”—in the group’s unique rendering of music and rhythms. Join us for a pre-concert lecture with Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Austin Okigbo. The lecture begins at 6:45 p.m. in Room 102 at Macky Auditorium; seating is limited, so please arrive early.

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Program String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 74

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

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Intermission String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67 I. Vivace II. Andante III. Agitato (Allegretto non troppo) IV. Poco Allegretto con Variazioni

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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

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By Marc Shulgold

String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 74 The story of Haydn’s later years is truly a tale of two musical cities: Vienna and London. And how very different they were at the end of the 18th century– one holding on to a crumbling, fading aristocracy, the other embracing a cultural viewpoint where artists, as well as royals, were celebrated. Imagine a Sunday afternoon musicale in the home of Baron von Swieten, a city official who invited the best and brightest of Vienna’s composers (including Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven) to read through “ancient” works by Bach and Handel, and to offer some new chamber pieces of their own. How terribly civilized! Yes, the city had theaters, small concert halls and opera houses – but most of the chamber music was heard by Vienna’s privileged few in private homes, out of the general public’s reach. Haydn had lived in a similarly sheltered world for 30 years, as resident composer in the palace of Hungary’s Esterházy family, where his music was performed by in-house players for an in-house audience. But when he was released from those duties in 1790, he was able to accept freelance offers. It didn’t take long for an enterprising violinist and impresario named Johann Salomon to lure Haydn to London, where a music-crazy audience was eager to greet the famous composer and his latest works. No more of those private concerts enjoyed by tiny gatherings. London had become a place for public music, and the public simply adored the visiting Viennese master. The biggest splash on Haydn’s first visit in 1791 came with the premiere of six symphonies, presented to great acclaim in an 800-seat theater. So hungry were the Londoners to hear music by the great man that concerts of some of his string quartets and piano trios were programmed in the same hall. For the first time, chamber music

String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67 No creative person likes being criticized, be they painter, poet, chef or composer. But when it comes to dealing with critics, Brahms was his own worst enemy. Early on in his career, he began a quest to follow Beethoven’s Symphonies with one of his own (the young man, after all, was dubbed The Next Beethoven). Brahms would spend decades of agonizing trial and error before he came up with the First Symphony. A similar struggle ensued when he tackled the string quartet – destroying some 20 or so attempts, since, in his view, he kept failing to measure up with You-Know-Who. Ever the brutal self-critic, Brahms didn’t try to hide the frustrations C-2

Franz Joseph Haydn was being presented to ticket-buyers. That visit must have made quite an impression on the composer (who also pocketed some nice profits), because once back home in Vienna, Haydn gladly set to work fulfilling Salomon’s invitation for a return engagement in 1794-95. That meant writing more symphonies (another half-dozen) and six new string quartets. The composer had learned what the Brits liked, and he was happy to give it to them. Back home, and with the cheers of the Londoners still in his ears, he set out on a new approach in writing the three quartets of Opus 71 and the three of Opus 74 (Haydn had intended the six to be released together, but a publisher had other ideas). The composer knew that, in order to quiet his rambunctious and excited listeners, he needed to kick off each quartet with an attention-grabber – in the case of Opus 74, No. 1, employing two richly harmonized chords that would normally be used to end a piece. From there, the themes are clear and catchy, so that concert-hall newcomers wouldn’t get lost. For the more experienced music lovers, he provided plenty of subtle touches to be absorbed and admired. The steady stream of musical twists and turns must have thrilled them back then, and remind us today how Haydn never ran out of ideas. Think of it – each of his 104 symphonies offers new thoughts and terrific tunes, as do each of his 80 or so string quartets. Melodies seem to arrive effortlessly in this C-Major Quartet, which delivers numerous passages of sheer brilliance among the pages of endlessly charming, often deliciously witty music. And, as we hear in the drones of the spritely finale of Opus 74, No. 1, Haydn’s lovable folksiness and irrepressible danceablity are always just around the corner.

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of this sunny music. Quite a contrast to the intensity of the two Opus 51 quartets. Compared to the endless revising and fussing over those two, progress on Opus 67 went smoothly and relatively quickly. We hear a delightful polka-like hunting tune in the opening Vivace and a catchy little gavotte used as the theme of the concluding Poco Allegro con Variazioni– though that music would become more complex and difficult to follow as the movement unfolded (you may notice that the double-time seventh of the eight variations recalls the hunting theme from the opening Vivace). In between is the exquisitely serene Andante and a Scherzo-like Agitato that gives the viola plenty of time in the spotlight. Brahms had every reason to be proud.

The Takács Quartet Recognized as one of the world’s great ensembles, the Takács Quartet plays with a unique blend of drama, warmth and humor, combining four distinct musical personalities to bring fresh insights to the string quartet repertoire. The Takács became the first string quartet to win the Wigmore Hall Medal on May 10, 2014. The medal, inaugurated in 2007, recognizes major international artists who have a strong association with the hall. In 2012, Gramophone announced that the Takács was the only string quartet to be inducted into its first Hall of Fame. The ensemble also won the 2011 Award for Chamber Music and Song presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society in London. Since 1988, the quartet has also made 16 recordings of works by Beethoven, Bartók, Borodin, Brahms, Chausson, Dvořák, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Smetana for the Decca label. The ensemble’s

recording of the six Bartók string quartets received the 1998 Gramophone Award for chamber music. The ensemble’s other Decca recordings include Dvořák’s String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51 and Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 with pianist Andreas Haefliger; Schubert’s Quartet in G Major and Notturno Piano Trio with Mr. Haefliger; the three Brahms string quartets and Piano Quintet in F minor with pianist András Schiff; and Mozart’s String Quintets, K515 and 516 with Gyorgy Pauk, viola. The members of the Takács Quartet are Christoffersen Faculty Fellows at the University of Colorado Boulder, where the quartet has helped to develop a string program with a special emphasis on chamber music. The quartet’s commitment to teaching is enhanced by summer residencies at the Aspen Music Festival and at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara. They are also Visiting Fellows at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. takacsquartet.com

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6367 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder 303-449-0011 www.carpetone.com Monday-Friday 9:30am-6pm; Saturday 9:30am-5pm; Sunday 11am-4pm

FREE PARKING: Available on all four sides in the Village at Arapahoe & Canyon

STORE HOURS: Mon – Fri: 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Saturday: 8:00 am – 7:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

PUBLIC TRANSIT: RTD stops on Folsom, Arapahoe, & Canyon

VISIT US: 2525 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder, CO 80302 GIVE US A RING: (303) 443-1822 OR CHECK US OUT ONLINE: WWW.MCGUCKIN.COM