Overview

Duain Wolfe, conductor
Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

The Bard of Avon inspired some of the world’s greatest music for the stage and concert hall. Duain Wolfe leads the Colorado Symphony and Chorus in a musical exploration of Shakespeare’s most captivating lines and characters as portrayed in the music of Vaughan Williams, Verdi, Berlioz, and other composers who were caught up in the power of his “music of the spheres.”

FRY Shakespeare Fanfare
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2 - Mvmt. 1
FRY To Dream Again
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music
VERDI Macbeth: Witches Chorus ACT III
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Over Hill, Over Dale
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream: No. 3
HARRISON I Know a Bank
DEAK Prolougue to the Rustics' Play
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream: Finale
FRY If we shadows have offended
VERDI Macbeth: Patria oppressa
QUILTER Blow, blow thou winter wind
RUTTER Blow, blow thou winter wind
JANS Chimes at Midnight
WALTON Henry V: Agincourt Song