CPR Classical Night at Colorado Music Festival: Prokofiev, Copland, Rossini & Ravel

Conductor Gemma New returns to lead a varied program, beginning with Prokofiev’s cheerful “Classical” Symphony, which he referred to as “a symphony as Mozart or Haydn might have written it.” Ricardo Morales joins the Festival Orchestra to perform Copland’s Clarinet Concerto — penned during a four-month tour of Latin America, the pulsing rhythms of Brazil are woven throughout Copland’s trademark jazz and lyricism. Morales continues with one of music’s finest showcases for the clarinet, Rossini’s challenging Introduction, Theme, and Variations. The program concludes with Ravel’s beloved Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) suite, where we meet Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, Beauty and the Beast, and more.
Gemma New, conductor
Ricardo Morales, clarinet
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations
Ravel: Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose)