Encountering Nature
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ON THE PROGRAM
Michael Stern, conductor
Yoann Combémorel, conductor
Eliane Menzel, violin
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Serge Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 "Titan"
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
“Encountering Nature” turns our American Adventures season toward wide skies and untamed landscapes, exploring how composers translate the natural world into sound. Copland’s Quiet City opens in hushed stillness, its solitary trumpet and English horn unfolding a spare, haunting dialogue that evokes empty streets at dusk and the quiet vastness beyond them. Intimate and searching, it captures the feeling of standing alone beneath an open sky. Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan,” expands that perspective to monumental scale, moving from pastoral dawn to storm-tossed intensity and, ultimately, blazing affirmation. Rustic dances, birdsong-like figures, and sweeping climaxes create a journey through nature’s serenity and power.
Featured Photo by John Fielder
Michael Stern, conductor
Yoann Combémorel, conductor
Eliane Menzel, violin
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Serge Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 "Titan"
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
“Encountering Nature” turns our American Adventures season toward wide skies and untamed landscapes, exploring how composers translate the natural world into sound. Copland’s Quiet City opens in hushed stillness, its solitary trumpet and English horn unfolding a spare, haunting dialogue that evokes empty streets at dusk and the quiet vastness beyond them. Intimate and searching, it captures the feeling of standing alone beneath an open sky. Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan,” expands that perspective to monumental scale, moving from pastoral dawn to storm-tossed intensity and, ultimately, blazing affirmation. Rustic dances, birdsong-like figures, and sweeping climaxes create a journey through nature’s serenity and power.
Featured Photo by John Fielder
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Where is it happening?
Riverwalk Center, 150 W Adams Ave,Breckenridge, Colorado, United States
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Host or PublisherNational Repertory Orchestra
