Join other OLLI members at 1PM on April 14th to hear the Colorado Symphony conducted by Music Director Peter Oundjian with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, the women of the Colorado Symphony Chorus, and the Colorado Children's Chorale perform Mahler's monumental Symphony #3. Describing his aspirations for writing symphonies, Mahler wrote: "One is, so to speak, only an instrument, played on by the universe. The symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything!” No Mahler symphony gives us a greater sense of this cosmic scale than the Third. This great hymn to nature is massive in scale requiring a colossal orchestra and set in six movements in sequence from the earthly and mundane to the sublime and heavenly. This is an epic piece of music and will prove to be a soul-stirring performance.
OLLI members will receive a group discount price of $30.80 a ticket.
If you want to learn more about this piece, Mahler, and other composers and artists in Austria from 1888 to 1938, sign up for the 8-week OLLI course, Austrian Art and Music: 1888 - 1938 that will be given on Thursday afternoons.
If you are interested in attending the April 14th performance, please go to the OLLI at DU website to register.
If you have any questions please contact Susan Lauscher (susan_lauscher@yahoo.com) by no later than March 15th.
Registration deadline March 22, 2024
