Colorado Springs Philharmonic brings bold Reformation

February 18, 2012 8:38 AM

PRESS RELEASE

DETAILS

WHEN: Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 8:00 PM (Doors open 6:30 PM)

WHERE: Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., 719-520-7469

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Press release: February 6, 2012. For immediate release.

Reformation and 2012-13 season unveiled

Former assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Julian Kuerti

conducts the Colorado Springs Philharmonic in a presentation of works

by Mozart, Prokoﬁev, and Mendelssohn. Concertmaster Michael Hanson

will play the violin solo. Frequently featured as a soloist with the

Philharmonic, Hanson is an accomplished soloist and educator, and has

appeared with orchestras throughout the west. In addition, a special

presentation will be made unveiling the 2012-13 concert season.

The concert will open with Mozart’s Serenade for Orchestra No. 9, which

gets its nickname, “Posthorn,” from the ancestor of the cornet, a valveless brass instrument used to signal the

arrival and departure of mail deliverers.

Following Posthorn will be Prokoﬁev’s Spanish-inﬂuenced Violin Concerto No. 2, with the violin solo played by

concertmaster Michael Hanson. The concerto premiered in Madrid in 1935. The Spanish liked the premiere of

the concerto so much that they sent a delegation of musicians to thank Prokoﬁev afterwards. This is no

wonder: the concerto has some of Prokoﬁev’s most lyrical and beautiful melodies.

The ﬁnal work, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, was composed for the 300

anniversary celebration of the

presentation of the Augsburg Confession, an important document in the Protestant Reformation. The writing

took longer than expected and was delayed when he caught measles from his sister. It was ﬁnished too late to

be included in the celebration. The fourth movement is based on Martin Luther’s chorale A Mighty Fortress Is Our

God, which is played by the entire orchestra at the end of the coda.

Reformation is sponsored by El Pomar Foundation and Al and Leigh Buettner.

Reformation and 2012-13 season unveiled

Former assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Julian Kuerti conducts the Colorado Springs Philharmonic in a presentation of works by Mozart, Prokoﬁev, and Mendelssohn. Concertmaster Michael Hanson will play the violin solo. Frequently featured as a soloist with the Philharmonic, Hanson is an accomplished soloist and educator, and has appeared with orchestras throughout the west. In addition, a special presentation will be made unveiling the 2012-13 concert season.

The concert will open with Mozart’s Serenade for Orchestra No. 9, which gets its nickname, “Posthorn,” from the ancestor of the cornet, a valveless brass instrument used to signal the arrival and departure of mail deliverers.

Following Posthorn will be Prokoﬁev’s Spanish-inﬂuenced Violin Concerto No. 2, with the violin solo played by concertmaster Michael Hanson. The concerto premiered in Madrid in 1935. The Spanish liked the premiere of the concerto so much that they sent a delegation of musicians to thank Prokoﬁev afterwards. This is no wonder: the concerto has some of Prokoﬁev’s most lyrical and beautiful melodies.

The ﬁnal work, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, was composed for the 300th anniversary celebration of the presentation of the Augsburg Confession, an important document in the Protestant Reformation. The writing took longer than expected and was delayed when he caught measles from his sister. It was ﬁnished too late to be included in the celebration. The fourth movement is based on Martin Luther’s chorale A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, which is played by the entire orchestra at the end of the coda.

Reformation is sponsored by El Pomar Foundation and Al and Leigh Buettner.