Boulder Philharmonic: The Firebird & Frequent Flyers
Name:
Boulder Philharmonic: The Firebird & Frequent Flyers
Date:
April 30, 2022
Time:
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM MDT
Event Description:
Michael Butterman, conductor
Charles Wetherbee, violin
Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance
MASON BATES Undistant
HE ZHANHAO/CHEN GANG The Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919)
Springtime’s promise of rebirth and renewal animates this program. The Boulder Phil welcomes back our friends at Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance® for an only-in-Boulder collaboration that also features our Concertmaster Charles Wetherbee as violin soloist in The Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto, based on a Chinese legend involving, among other things, the idea of rebirth. Other dimensions of that same theme are explored in two orchestral showpieces: Rimsky-Korsakov’s dramatic Russian Easter Overture, and Stravinsky’s much-loved suite from The Firebird ballet. Opening the program, we have a new work by Mason Bates titled Undistant that reflects on our recent experience of “cocooning” during the pandemic isolation and the thrill of reconnecting with one another yet again.
Charles Wetherbee, violin
Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance
MASON BATES Undistant
HE ZHANHAO/CHEN GANG The Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919)
Springtime’s promise of rebirth and renewal animates this program. The Boulder Phil welcomes back our friends at Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance® for an only-in-Boulder collaboration that also features our Concertmaster Charles Wetherbee as violin soloist in The Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto, based on a Chinese legend involving, among other things, the idea of rebirth. Other dimensions of that same theme are explored in two orchestral showpieces: Rimsky-Korsakov’s dramatic Russian Easter Overture, and Stravinsky’s much-loved suite from The Firebird ballet. Opening the program, we have a new work by Mason Bates titled Undistant that reflects on our recent experience of “cocooning” during the pandemic isolation and the thrill of reconnecting with one another yet again.
