BOULDER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, conductor

DAVID REQUIRO, cello

SARAH BIERHAUS, oboe

MAX SOTO, oboe

SHAW

Entr’acte

CUONG

Extra(ordinarily) Fancy

TCHAIKOVSKY

Variations on a Rococo Theme

MOZART

Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

Overview

In celebration of this beloved place we call home, we shine the spotlight on several of Boulder’s finest classical artists. Highlighting the lush sound of our string section, this showcase opens with Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s hauntingly beautiful Entr’acte, which evokes distant echoes of Haydn’s String Quartet No. 67 in F major.  Next, two of our own—oboists Sarah Bierhaus and Max Soto—take center stage for the cheeky, Baroque-inspired Extra(ordinarily) Fancy by Vietnamese-American composer Viet Cuong.  2008 Naumburg International Cello Competition winner and CU Boulder professor David Requiro joins the Boulder Phil for the first time to perform Tchaikovsky’s tribute to Mozart’s genius in his Rococo Variations. The performance ends in a blaze of contrapuntal glory in the Classical prodigy’s 41st and final Symphony: Mozart’s brilliant “Jupiter” Symphony.

Schedule

Sunday – February 11, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Doors open at 6:00 PM for The Best of Boulder Festival

Venue

Macky Auditorium – Boulder, CO

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Beyond the Performance

From Caroline Shaw’s notes on Entr’acte

“I love the way some music suddenly takes you to the other side of Alice’s looking glass, in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolor transition.” – Caroline Shaw

Viet Cuong on his concerto Extra(ordinarily) Fancy

“Though the pieces don’t share any musical material, I think of Extra(ordinarily) Fancy as a bigger and better sequel to the sextet. In addition to similarly exploring the melodic potential of various multiphonics, the concerto also works as a whimsical exploration of duality; while one oboist is focused on sounding ordinarily fancy, the other oboist is determined to prove the extra fancy virtues of multiphonics. After a short Vivaldi-esque introduction that establishes the main melodic ideas of the piece, the oboists go at it. They mock each other, squawk at each other, and even talk over each other. The orchestra observes and joins in as the oboists continually bicker back and forth, all culminating in a reconciliation where the once-hesitant oboist learns (and even enthusiastically performs) a few multiphonics alongside the other oboist.” – Viet Cuong

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