2014 Aspen Music Festival Broadcast Concert Schedule

Aspen Public Radio is the voice of the Aspen Music Festival & School. We are proud to continue our partnership with the AMFS and bring you these live concerts & operas during the 2014 season.

Friday July 4th - 4pm to 5pm

The annual free Fourth of July celebration brings the AMFS band to the Tent stage with stirring patriotic favorites.  A beloved tradition.

J. S. SMITH/SOUSA: The Star-Spangled Banner
JOHN WILLIAMS/JAMES CURNOW: The Cowboys
JAMES HOSAY: And the Multitude With One Voice Spoke
RANDOL BASS: A New Birth of Freedom
GOULD/LANG: American Salute
SOUSA: Riders for the Flag
RICHARD SAUCEDO: American Barndance
LOWDEN: Armed Forces Salute
BERLIN/JAMES KESSLER: God Bless America
WILLSON/ANDERSON/JAY BOCOOK: "Seventy Six Trombones" from The Music Man
SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Monday July 14th - 7pm to 10:30pm

ASPEN OPERA THEATER PERFORMS TCHAIKOVSKY'S EUGENE ONEGIN

Tchaikovsky’s soaring music combines with the loves and losses of Pushkin's powerful story to create a drama of Russian intensity. (Sung in English.)
 

Saturday August 16th - 7pm to 10:30pm

ASPEN OPERA THEATER PERFORMS BIZET'S CARMEN

The seductive gypsy Carmen lives by her own rules and leaves broken hearts strewn throughout seville. The spicy drama and singable melodies make this an opera for falling in love with opera.
 

Sunday August 17th - 4pm to 6pm

ASPEN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
ARVO PÄRT: Fratres    
MUSORGSKY: Monologue and Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov    
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral"    
 
FEATURED CONDUCTOR & ARTISTS
 Eric Owens, bass-baritone
 Robert Spano, conductor
 Carolyn Sproule, mezzo-soprano
 Susanna Phillips, soprano
 Vinson Cole, tenor
 Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus
 Duain Wolfe, chorus director