Colorado Music Festival: Beethoven 9 & Michael Abels' 'Amplify'
$25-$107 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
- Lauren Snouffer, soprano
- Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano
- Issachah Savage, tenor
- Benjamin C. Taylor, baritone
- St. Martin's Chamber Choir (Denver)
- Peter Oundjian, conductor
Michael Abels
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Amplify
Ludwig van Beethoven — Elegischer Gesang ("Elegiac Song") in E major, Op. 118
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Ludwig van Beethoven — Elegischer Gesang ("Elegiac Song") in E major, Op. 118
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Possibly the single most treasured symphony ever written—especially its beloved "Ode to Joy" —Beethoven's influential Ninth Symphony celebrates brotherhood, forgiveness, and the quest for peace. Music Director Peter Oundjian conducts this masterwork, which also welcomes to the Festival stage soprano Lauren Snouffer, mezzo-soprano Abigail Nims, tenor Issachah Savage, bass Benjamin Taylor, and St. Martin's Chamber Choir. Composer Michael Abels' Amplify, for which the Festival is part of the consortium, opens the program; on top of his Pulitzer Prize-winning compositions for opera, audiences may recognize Abels' work from film scores such as Get Out, Us, Chevalier, and more.