2026-2027 Masterworks Concert Series – Spring Concert – Denver
Masterworks Concert Series
Spring Concert
Denver Performance
Join the Evergreen Chamber Orchestra for a thrilling afternoon of dramatic contrast, vivid rhythm, and symphonic innovation as we shake off the winter chill. The program opens with a special performance showcasing a brand-new work from local composer Bob Bassett as all Masterworks Concerts have done during our 45th season. Commissioned specifically for ECO, this piece promises to capture the ensemble’s unique spirit and deliver an engaging start to our musical journey this afternoon.
Next, we journey to the sultry streets of Argentina with Astor Piazzolla’s mesmerizing The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas). Featuring the brilliant artistry of local virtuosos Lydia Sviatlovskaya on violin and Evan Orman on cello, this masterpiece reimagines the traditional four-season cycle through the lens of nuevo tango. Originally written for Piazzolla’s own quintet, this orchestral arrangement pulses with seductive syncopations, gritty street rhythms, and brilliant flashes of technical fireworks. Keep your ears open for clever, tongue-in-cheek musical quotes from Antonio Vivaldi’s famous baroque Four Seasons hidden throughout the passionate, tango-infused score.
ECO’s Spring Concert concludes with Robert Schumann’s revolutionary Symphony No. 4 in D Minor. Dissatisfied with standard symphonic structures, Schumann originally wrote this piece in 1841 as a “Symphonic Fantasy,” explicitly directing that all four movements be played straight through without pause. Bound together by shared thematic threads that morph and evolve as the music progresses, the symphony journeys from a dark, brooding introduction into an exhilarating, triumphant finale of unbridled joy.
Program:
Bob Bassett
Inexplicable
Astor Piazzolla
The Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires (Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas)
I. Verano Porteño (Buenos Aires Summer)
II. Otoño Porteño (Buenos Aires Autumn)
III. Invierno Porteño (Buenos Aires Winter)
IV. Primavera Porteña (Buenos Aires Spring)
Lydia Sviatlovskaya – Violin
Evan Orman – Cello
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120
I. Ziemlich langsam — Lebhaft (Quite slow — Lively)
II. Romanze: Ziemlich langsam (Romance: Quite slow)
III. Scherzo: Lebhaft (Lively)
IV. Langsam — Lebhaft (Slow — Lively)
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