Name: Aspen conducting academy orchestra
Start: 2023-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Benedict Music Tent

Organization

Aspen Music Festival

Orchestra

The Aspen Festival Orchestra

Aspen conducting academy orchestra

Aspen

United States

Benedict Music Tent

Public

Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

Laterna Magica

Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, op. 98

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Bass

Tenor

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

See the conducting stars of tomorrow in these engaging concerts where student conductors rotate between conducting a movement of a work, or playing in the orchestra. Program Director and AMFS Music Director Robert Spano observes the work of his students at this weekly event.

Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is the perfect introduction to classical music. With some of the catchiest and most charming melodies ever written, Britten takes you on an epic musical tour that showcases each instrument. Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho took the title Laterna Magica from an autobiography by film director Ingmar Bergman. Just as the Laterna Magica machine creates the illusion of a moving image when its handle is turned faster and faster, different musical tempi impact our perception of musical material. As was his habit, Brahms spent the summers of 1884 and 1885 composing in a quiet town in the Austrian Alps. In spite of the season and beautiful surroundings, the symphony which emerged from the 52 year-old Brahms was his darkest. The Fourth Symphony’s serious mood caused Brahms concern about how it would be received. Joking, he wrote, “I’m really afraid that it tastes like the climate here. The cherries don’t ripen in these parts; you wouldn’t eat them!” Brahms needn’t have worried; from its first performance to the present, audiences have been devouring this magnificent opus.

English

Aspen conducting academy orchestra by Britten, Saariaho, Brahms, From (2023/2023), Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, United States

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues