Colorado Music Festival: Holst’s The Planets

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Music Director Peter Oundjian helms one of music’s grandest spectacles: Holst’s The Planets. From the hammering “Mars, the Bringer of War” to the ethereal “Neptune, the Mystic,” this seven-planet suite lures the heavens into Chautauqua Auditorium. Electrifying pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii performs Rachmaninoff’s dreamy Second Piano Concerto. This monumental program begins with the world premiere by Leigha Amick, a composer who aims “to spark intellectual curiosity and express human experience.” Peter Oundjian, conductor Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano Leigha Amick: O Beautiful Unity (world premiere) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 Holst: The Planets

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