In Monday’s (1/19) Denver Post, Ray Mark Rinaldi writes, “The Colorado Symphony has honed something of a split personality over the past decade, and the strategy has served the 102-year-old organization well…. The orchestra continues to produce annual subscription seasons programmed around the writings of classical composers … But the orchestra has, as many of its younger patrons know, also developed a sizable audience for alternative fare, regularly presenting concerts that employ its talented players to perform the trendy music of today…. That effort has, most notably, featured neo-folk singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov centerstage…. The strategy keeps the ensemble vital to multiple generations and allows it to seize a few special opportunities along the way. The most important of those, at the moment anyway, is a trip the orchestra will make to New York City later this month, and which it will celebrate in advance with a public concert Jan. 27 here in Denver. The Manhattan mini-tour starts on Jan. 30 and 31 with consecutive concerts supporting Isakov at Radio City Music Hall,” led by Resident Conductor Christopher Dragon. “Both are already sold out. It finishes with a one-night-only performance on Feb. 1 with classical superstar Itzhak Perlman at Carnegie Hall” led by Music Director Peter Oundjian.
