Go shorty, it’s your birthday!
Presented by Ligature Creative
It’s Ludwig van Beethoven’s belated 250th birthday, and we’re reveling in his greatest hit, the Ninth Symphony! His “Ode to Joy” theme has inspired many artists since its debut including composer Diane Wittry. The celebration gets started with her festive Ode to Joy Fanfare, and the party doesn’t stop with Beethoven’s epic Choral Fantasy — Symphony No. 9 closes our season finale birthday bash!
And many mooore…
July 2022, we’ll be taking the celebration across the pond to Munich, Germany. An encore of this performance will be performed in collaboration with the chorus of our transatlantic sister orchestra, the Bavarian Philharmonic.
Wittry
Ode to Joy Fanfare
Beethoven
Choral Fantasy
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy”
Lawrence Golan
Music Director
Vibrant, inspired performances, imaginative programming and evocative command of different styles and composers are the hallmarks of American conductor Lawrence Golan. He has served as Music Director of the Denver…
Michael Todd Krueger
Music Director, Voices West
Christie Conover
Soprano
Soprano Christie Conover fuses a rich, warm sound, personal grace, and dramatic sincerity to create what has been called a standout performer. In the 2019-2020 season, Christie makes her role…
Jennifer DeDominici
Mezzo-Soprano
Jennifer DeDominici was a Denver Philharmonic soloist in Schubert Magnificat in 2017 and Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor in 2018 and is thrilled to be back! Some favorite opera…
Andrew Potter
Bass
Andrew Potter, bass has garnered increasing demand across the country for his larger‐than‐life stage presence and voice to match. Of his recent performance in L’elisir d’amore, Opera Today hailed, “With…
Andrew Cooperstock
Piano
Professor of Piano at the University of Colorado Boulder Andrew Cooperstock performs widely as soloist and chamber musician and has appeared throughout six continents and in most of the 50…