Thursday March 26, 2009

Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Douglas Boyd, conductor; Jane Irwin, mezzo-soprano; Stuart Skelton, tenor
Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D major (Morning)
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) (1/30-31/09)
Charley talks with Denver Lyric Opera Guild President Carole Cruson about their competition finals concert Saturday, and with one of the contestants, Megan Marino.
Jake Heggie: “Don't say a word” from Dead Man Walking
Megan Marino, mezzo-soprano; Charles Dillard, piano
Denver Lyric Opera Guild Vocal Competition Finals (3/15/08)
Charley talks with CSO principal cellist Jurgen deLemos, who plays the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Littleton Symphony tomorrow. He plays some heroic cello solos from Rossini's William Tell Overture, Richard Strauss's Don Quixote and Ernest Bloch's Schelomo in the KVOD Performance Studio.