‘Classically Jazz,’ Mahler’s Ninth and violinist Gil Shaham will end the season

By Peter Alexander

Gil Shaham

When you plan a summer festival, you want to end on a high note. And this year, Jean-Marie Zeitouni and the Colorado Music Festival (CMF) will end on three separate high notes that bring the 40th anniversary season to a grand conclusion, July 30–Aug. 4.

The first: former CMF first-clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan returns to Boulder to perform the Copland Clarinet Concerto on a program titled Classically Jazz, Sunday, July 30; the second: Zeitouni leads the Festival Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, last performed at CMF more than 20 years ago, Thursday, Aug. 3; and the third: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, performed by super-star soloist Gil Shaham, described by Zeitouni as “a wonderful man and musician,” Friday, Aug. 4.

“The idea for the last week is to do something for the orchestra — and [Mahler’s Ninth] is a piece that they’ve all been dying to play — and something for our patrons in the form of a major guest artist,” Zeitouni says. “One concert is more about the orchestra, and one is a gift to the audience.”

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Colorado Music Festival Final Week
All performances 7:30 p.m. in Chautauqua Auditorium

Boris Allakhverdyan

CMF Presents: Chamber Music
Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet, with members of the CMF Orchestra
Saturday, July 29

Classically Jazz
CMF Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor, with Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet
Sunday, July 30

Mahler’s Ninth
Festival Orchestra, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
Thursday, Aug. 3

Festival Finale
Festival Orchestra, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor, with Gil Shaham, violin
Friday, Aug. 4

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