Author: David Sckolnik
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Philharmonic brings musical flavor of Spain to Pikes Peak Center
This weekend, Colorado Springs Philharmonic music director Josep Caballé-Domench, a native of Barcelona, will welcome guitarist Pablo Villegas, a native of La Rioja, Spain. This is not the first time the 37-year-old guest soloist has been under the baton of the 41-year-old maestro. “I know him well,” said Villegas. “I had the pleasure to work…
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Springs Philharmonic deliver ‘Sea to Shining Sea’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs Philharmonic gets back to business this weekend with “Sea to Shining Sea.” Only business is not quite as usual. Colorado College assistant professor Idris Goodwin is guest narrator for a program touted…
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Unique musical offerings offer distinct styles of expression
Just in time for the music lover in your family, here are reviews of three new compact discs from musicians who have played a big part in the local music scene over the past year. While performed by classical artists, it’s hard to imagine three more distinct styles of expression. “Got a Little Rhythm” Amy…
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Love is in the air in Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Moonlight’
Romance surrounds Jennifer DeDominici. For a decade, there has been an ongoing love affair between the award-winning mezzo-soprano and the music lovers of the Pikes Peak region. And after a local concert in which she performed, she met her future husband – Colorado Springs businessman Mark Bittle. While her defining role for local audiences will…
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Caballé-Domenech goes rogue with Bruckner
Anton Bruckner is perhaps the oddest member of the fraternity of great composers. The Austrian lived from 1824-1896 and displayed little of the flamboyance expected of an artist during what was known as the “Romantic Era.” He was shy, withdrawn and a committed Catholic who worshipped the controversial opera composer Richard Wagner as much as…
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Faculty recital to offer devilish entertainment at CC
Jeremy Van Hoy, the bass trombonist for the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and the band director at Colorado College, gets to do his thing Sunday afternoon in Packard Hall – and he’s all excited. “L’histoire du soldat,” a 1918 anti-war music-theatre piece by Igor Stravinsky, is his major offering. Don’t let the avant-garde wrapping scare you…
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‘Wicked Divas’ looks with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic looks to satisfy everyone
“Wicked Divas” with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Pikes Peak Center. $21-$63; 520-7469; pikespeakcenter.com It’s a good thing that this season’s Pops lineup is the best it has been in recent memory. If you haven’t noticed, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic has double- downed – adding Friday night concerts to its…
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Strings and Serpents: ‘Let go and let it just cover you’
Andy Milne is a highly regarded jazz pianist and composer. But that’s not a description that really suits the 45-year-old Canadian-American. “Maybe 10 years ago I started to recognize that not all ideas fit into nice little boxes or fit into the box that you want to spend your energy on,” he explained. “I just…
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Soloist, conductor and orchestra shine at Pikes Peak Center
There’s no chance of serving up a masterpiece unless the finest ingredients are available And it was a “masterpiece” of a performance offered to an almost filled hall. It all begins with an inspired recipe- in this case a brilliant bit of programming. A delightful appetizer was followed by a powerful reflection of a contentious…
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Pianist Shaham coming to Springs to play Brahms
Before she would talk career or family, pianist Orli Shaham had to share her excitement about coming to Colorado Springs to play Johannes Brahms’ “1st Piano Concerto.” “Anytime I get to play that piece I feel like the luckiest person on the planet,” she said. Shaham will perform two Pikes Peak Center concerts with the…