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Eurotrip
June 3, 2016 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Food trucks + top works of European classical music! It’s the final installment of the 2015-16 season of the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. More than just music, the DPO combines high quality music concerts with fun activities before and after the performance to create a one-of-a-kind musical evening experience.
Tickets are $10 – $20, and kids 12 and under are free. Tickets available soon.
Travel across the pond on a musical tour of the European continent (with a layover in China). First stop — France! Enjoy César Franck’s ever-popular Symphony in D Minor and George Gershwin’s lyrical jazz number An American in Paris. Sail down the Vltava River through the meadows of Bohemia with Czech composer Bedrich Smetana’s Die Moldau. Waltz into Vienna with Johann Strauss, Jr.’s On the Beautiful Blue Danube and Fritz Kreisler’s Liebesleid. Our trip ends in Eastern Europe with the Hungarian folksong Czárdás by Vittorio Monti.
Lawrence Golan, conductor and violin
Lu Qiming: Ode to the Red Flag
Franck: Symphony in D Minor
Gershwin, arr. Whitney: An American in Paris Suite
Smetana: Die Moldau
Strauss Jr.: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Kreisler, arr. McAlister: Liebesleid, featuring Lawrence Golan, Violin
Monti: Czardas, featuring Lawrence Golan, Violin
The Activities:
Food Truck Tailgate, 5:30–7:15pm
Starting at 5:30pm. Enjoy a delicious European meal from Fire Truck Crepes, Pierogies Factory and Ba-NOM-a-NOM food trucks. Pair your meal with a local brew from Ursula Brewing.
Cheers!, starting at 5:30pm
Clink a glass of craft beer from Ursula Brewery! Sorry kids, this More than Music event is 21+ only. $5.
Coffee Station, starting at 6:15pm
Our friends at Purple Door Coffee will be brewing java for you to enjoy.
Pre-Concert Chat, 6:30pm
Join us for informal pre-concert chat sessions about the music you’ll be hearing hosted by DPO associate conductor S. Mordecai Fuhrman. What should you listen for? What is the music’s historic and cultural context? We’ll give you insights into the music and music-makers you’ll be listening to. Pre-concert chats are free to all ticket holders starting at 6:30pm on all concert nights.
Reception, immediately following concert
Say hello! Join us in the lobby after the concert for refreshments, meet the soloists, buy a t-shirt — and have fun!
More info: http://denverphilharmonic.org/upcoming-concert-june-3-2016/
