Happy Hour Tuesdays July 11/18/25 Concerts craft brewed with classical music, rock, pop, jazz and fusion. 7/11: TwotoTango onpiano ChristopherO’Riley+ PabloZiegler Two brilliant contemporary pianists share the stage in a program featuring two-piano arrangements of tango music. 7/18: Timeforthree SteveHackman,conductor Part of the new generation of classically trained musicians this trio mixes it up — 90s hip-hop, grunge, and bluegrass — with pop and classic standards. 7/25: clasicalapalooza SteveHackman,conductor Don’t miss the world premiere of Steve Hackman’s newest music mash-up — Lady Gaga, Adele, Beyonce, Daft Punk, Beck, Mumford and Sons and more with the CMF Orchestra! Come early To these pre-concert mixers! Featuring free samples from local Boulder restaurants, breweries, cofee shops, and more. 6/29: OpeningNight olgakern,piano Shostakovich: Festive Overture, op. 96 Prokofev: Piano Concerto No.1, op. 10 in D-fat major Rachmaninof: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op. 43, Rachmaninof: Symphony No.2, op. 27 in E minor 7/6: redviolin– NewWorld–Bernstein ; CristianMăcelaru, Conductor;ElinaVähälä, violin Bernstein: On the Town —Three dance episodes Corigliano: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (The Red Violin) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, op. 95 in E minor (From the New World) 7/13: BEETHOVEN’SNINTH MichelleDeYoung,Mary Wilson,JasonBaldwin, KeithMiller Betsy Jolas: A Little Summer Suite (North American premiere) Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a wayfarer) Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, op. 125 in D minor (Choral) 7/20: Frenchmini-fest Benedettolupo,piano Debussy: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Ravel: Piano Concerto in D (for the left hand) Debussy: Ibéria Ravel: La Valse 7/27: thePlanets World Premiere: Julian Wachner, Click! Commission Scriabin: Le Poème de l’extase (Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No. 3) Holst: The Planets, op. 32 (with visual footage) 8/3: mahler’sninth Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major thursdays Fresh Fridays July 14/21/28 A concert experience — remixed. Start at 6:30 pm with an hour-long concert featuring some of the world’s greatest music, and still have time for a post-concert dinner and drinks — the night is still young! 7/14: Beethoven’sNinth MaryWilson,Michelle DeYoung,JasonBaldwin, KeithMiller Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, op. 125 in D minor 7/21: Frenchmini-fest Benedettolupo,piano Debussy: Ibéria Ravel: Piano concerto in D (for the left hand) Ravel: La Valse 7/28: Holst:thePlanets Sit back and soar through the universe with featured visual animation from NASA. saturday + sunday @ Chautauqua July 1/8/22/29 7/1: olgakern,Piano recital Olga Kern loves Boulder, and we love her! Join us for the return of this electrifying Van Cliburn competition-winning pianist when she returns to the historic Chautuaqua auditorium. 7/8: ChamberMusic Schubert: String Quartet No. 12, D. 703 in C minor, “Quartettsatz” Schubert: Cello Quintet, D. 956 in C major 7/22: Frenchmini-fest BenedettoLupo,piano Debussy: a selection of solo piano music Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 7/29: chambermusic borisallakhverdyan, clarinet+Membersof theCMFOrchestra Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, op. 115 in B minor Tchaikovsky: (arr. Takemitsu): Autumn Song Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452 in E-fat major July 2/16/23/30 7/2: magnificentMozart GioraBernstein,conductor Mozart: Symphony No. 35, K. 385 in D major, (Haffner) Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor Bach: Concerto for Two Violins’ BWV 1043 Mozart: Symphony No. 38, K. 504 in D major (Prague) 7/16: stewartgoodyear, piano Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis Shostakovich: Concerto No.1 in C minor for Piano, Trumpet and Strings Britten: Young Apollo, op.16 Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 strings 7/23: Frenchmini-fest Fauré’sFrenchSoiree BenedettoLupo,piano Fauré: Selections from Masques et bergamasques Dukas: Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra Saint-Saëns: Romance, op. 36 Fauré: Ballade, op. 19 Chaminade: Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, op. 107 in D major Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Ofenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld (excerpts) 7/30: classicallyjazz borisallakhverdyan, clarinet Weill: Suite from Three Penny Opera Copland: Clarinet Concerto Joplin: Two Ragtimes: The Entertainer, arr. Schuller and Maple Leaf Rag, arr. Schuller Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Gershwin: Lullaby for Strings Milhaud: La création du monde Season finale 8/4 Gil Shaham, violin Beethoven: Violin Concerto, op. 61 in D major Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, op. 92 in A major Young People’s COncert July 8 @ 10AM Kids $5 /Adults $10 musictakesflight ScottTerrell, conductor Children ages 4+ will fnd their groove to orchestral music. More fun after the show on the great lawn with costumed characters, hands-on instruments, creative face painting and more.