Pianist Michelle Cann + Symphonie Fantastique

Audiences raved about pianist Michelle Cann’s Festival debut in 2023 now Cann returns to Chautauqua to perform a world premiere piano concerto by esteemed composer Valerie Coleman. After intermission, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique sweeps the audience through love, obs......More

Audiences raved about pianist Michelle Cann’s Festival debut in 2023 now Cann returns to Chautauqua to perform a world premiere piano concerto by esteemed composer Valerie Coleman. After intermission, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique sweeps the audience through love, obsession, dreams, and the supernatural. This groundbreaking masterpiece remains one of classical music’s most exhilarating orchestral experiences.

Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States

Post-Concert Talk-Back

Immediately following the August 7 concert, you’re invited to a brief, interactive Q&A with Music Director Peter Oundjian and pianist Michelle Cann in Chautauqua Auditorium. Free to ticketholders. 

Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States

Season Finale: Mahler 3

Music Director Peter Oundjian continues his tradition of closing the Festival season with a massive Mahler symphony. Mahler referred to his sunny Third as “A Summer’s Midday Dream,” and was aware he was defying symphonic convention as he wrote it, saying, “But to write ......More

Music Director Peter Oundjian continues his tradition of closing the Festival season with a massive Mahler symphony. Mahler referred to his sunny Third as “A Summer’s Midday Dream,” and was aware he was defying symphonic convention as he wrote it, saying, “But to write a symphony means, to me, to construct a world with all the tools of the available technique.” GRAMMY Award-winning mezzo soprano Fleur Barron, St. Martin’s Festival Singers, and the Boulder Children’s Chorale join the Festival Orchestra to give this epic symphony its voice.

Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States