2016-17 Season Overview
For our 2016-17 season, the Boulder Phil will highlight musical pairings—artists coming together to create moving and memorable experiences. We’re celebrating one of our favorite pairings, 10 years with Music Director Michael Butterman leading our talented Phil musicians! The season holds much to discover. Enjoy the dynamic duo of pianists, Anderson & Roe. Internationally-renowned violinist Edward Dusinberre and violist Geraldine Walther of Takács Quartet. Husband-and-wife team Jennifer Frautschi, violin, and Eric Ruske, horn. Concertmaster Charles Wetherbee and guitarist Nicolò Spera. The return of Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance, soaring above the orchestra. All of this, plus a featured performance at the Kennedy Center, a pair of world premieres, the Nutcracker Ballet, "A Wicked Good Christmas" with Broadway star Dee Roscioli, ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, and so much more!
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The Nutcracker Ballet
Friday, November 25, 2016 - 2 PM at Macky
Friday, November 25, 2016 - 7 PM at Macky
Sunday, November 27, 2016 - 2 PM at Macky
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Boulder Ballet
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Op. 71 
A Wicked Good Christmas
Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 7:30 PM at Macky
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Scott O’Neil, conductor
Dee Roscioli, vocalist
Fairview High School Festival Choir
Brahms & His World
Saturday, January 14, 2017 - 7:30 PM at Macky
Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 2 PM at Pinnacle PAC
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Butterman, Music Director
BRAHMS Tragic Overture 
SMYTH Concerto for Violin and Horn
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Eric Ruske, horn
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Saturday, February 4, 2017 - 7:30 PM at Macky
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Gary Lewis, principal guest conductor
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Nature & Music
Saturday, March 25, 2017 - 7:30 PM at Macky
Kick-off for our March 28 concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC - part of the SHIFT Festival
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Butterman, Music Director
LIAS All the Songs that Nature Sings
World Premiere commemorating the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service with choreographed visuals
MIDKIFF Mandolin Concerto, From the Blue Ridge
Jeff Midkiff, mandolin
HEITZEG Ghosts of the Grasslands
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
with Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance
Season Finale: The Pines of Rome
Saturday, April 22, 2017 - 7:30 PM at Macky
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Butterman, Music Director
STRAVINSKY Monumentum pro Gesualdo
BERIO Four Original Versions of Boccherini’s Return of the Nightwatch from Madrid
GOSS Invisible Cities: Double concerto for violin, guitar, strings and percussion (World Premiere)
Charles Wetherbee, violin
Nicolò Spera, guitar
VERDI Overture to Nabucco
PUCCINI The Chrysanthemums
RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome
