Past Concerts
Presented by the Fort Collins Symphony
This page lists recent concerts presented by the Fort Collins Symphony.
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America Awakens
Presented virtually: April 30th – May 2nd
Featuring Guests Artists Amy Maples, Patricia Goble, John Carlo Pierce, and Wes Kenney
- Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring, complete chamber orchestra version
- Adolphus Hailstork, Church Street Serenade
- Aaron Copland, Arr. Murry Sidlin, The Tend Land Suite
Celtic Fantasy: From the Emerald Lands of Mist and Myth
Presented virtually: March 12-14, 2020
- Arthur Duff, Irish Suite for Strings
- Jay Unger, Ashokan Farewell
- Gaelic Storm, An Irish Party in Third Class
- Jennifer Margaret Barker, Suilean a’Chloinne
- Joan Trimble, Suite for Strings
- Victor Herbert, Yesterthoughts and Punchinello
- Gwyneth Walker, The Light of Three Mornings
Love Notes: Music that Embodies the Rich Emotions of Romance
Presented virtually: February 12-14, 2020
Featuring guest artists Tiffany Blake, Nicole Asel, John Lindsey, and John Seesholtz
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Novelletten
- Mahler, Adagietto from Symphony no. 5
- Sibelius, Romanze in C
- Brahms, Liebeslieder Waltzer
Youth Education Series (YES)
Presented virtually to Larimer County Schools
- Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
- Copland, Hoe-Down
- Mussorgsky, Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks from Pictures at an Exhibition
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee
- Gregory Smith, Shave and a Haircut
- Stravinsky, Infernal Dance from Firebird
- Gregory Smith, The Animated Orchestra
- Rossini, William Tell Overture
Sounds of the Season
Presented Virtually: December 6, 12, 13, and 19
- Sleigh Ride, Leroy Anderson
- O Tannenbaum, from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
- A Midwinter Fantasy, Gustav Holst, arr. Morgan Denney
- Skating, from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
- The Skater’s Waltz, by Emile Waldteufel
- Troika, from Lt. Kijé Suite by Prokofiev
- Carol of the Bells
- Trepa: Russian Dance, from “The Nutcracker”
- Umoja (Unity): The First Day of Kwanza, by Valerie Coleman
- Medieval Carol, arr. MOrgan Denney
- In Dulci Jubilo
- Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
- My Dreidel, S.E. Goldfarb
- Mi Yimalel (Who Can Retell), arr. Bussick
- Greensleeves
- The Christmas Song, arr. Skelly
- Let it Snow, Styne
- Little Drummer Boy, arr. Graf
- Fa-La-La: A Christmas Sing Along, arr. Gary Fry
The Winds of Change
Presented live at the Lincoln Center: October 2-3, 2020
Featuring guest artist Igor Pikayzen
- Louise Farrenc, Overture no. 2
- Beethoven, Violin Concerto
- Beethoven, Symphony no. 2
Heroes and Legends: a Festive Evening of Favorite Movie Music
Presented live at the Holiday Twin Drive-In: August 22, 2020, and at the Gardens on Spring Creek: August 23, 2020
- Wonder Woman, by Rupert Gregson-Williams
- Forest Gump, by Alan Silvestri
- Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, by Hanz Zimmer
- Cinema Paradiso, by Ennio Morricone
- Suite from Hamilton, by Lin-Manuel Miranda, arr. Jerry Brubaker
- March from 1941, by John Williams
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, by Hans Zimmer
- Titanic, by James Horner
- Dance of the Hours, by Ponchielli
- Night on Bald Mountain, by Mussorgsky
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by James Newton Howard
- 007: Through the Years, arr. Stephen Bulla
- Over the Rainbow, by Harold Arlen
Silver Linings
in rehearsal with
the Fort Collins Symphony
Presented live at the Lincoln Center: March 7, 2020
Featuring guest conductor Taras Krysa and guest artist Norman Menzales
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Coriolan Overture
- Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Carl Reinecke, Flute Concerto in D major
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 36 in C Major, “Linz”
Gold Standard
with the Fort Collins Symphony
Presented live at the Lincoln Center: February 1, 2020
Featuring guest artist Boris Allakhverdyan
- Benjamin Britten, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
- Alexey Shor, Verdiana
- Béla Kovács, Sholem Alekhem, rov Feidman!
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C Minor
Pure Gems
Presented live at the Lincoln Center: November 2, 2019
Featuring guest artist Sara Davis Buechner
- Carl Maria von Weber, Overture to Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn
- Clara Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor
- Robert Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor
- Johannes Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn
