MahlerFest 38*
Defiance, Protest, Resistance, & Remembrance
May 14-18, 2025

More masterclasses, social events, and other activities to be announced.

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Donor Event | Pre-Season Recital and Cocktail Party: Roots of Resistance
Saturday, May 10, 7 PM
Academy University Hill

Tallā Rouge (Lauren Spaulding and Aria Cheregosha, violas) with special guest Sophia Szokolay, violin performing works by Béla Bartók, Kian Ravaei, inti figgis-vizueta and more!

Opening Night: Death Takes a Vacation
Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 PM
Mountain View United Methodist Church

ULLMANN | Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder Die Tod-Verweigerung (The Emperor of Atlantis or Death Goes on Strike

Colorado MahlerFest Chamber Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, Conductor
Ryan Hugh Ross, Kaiser Überal
Andrew Konopak, Der Lautsprecher
Gustav Andreassen, Der Tod
Brennen Guillory, Harlekin/Ein Soldat
Alice Del Simone,  Bubikopf
Hannah Benson, Der Trommler

Songs of Protest and Resistance
Thursday, May 15, 3 PM
Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library

MAHLER | “Revelge” (Reveille)
SAWYERS | Songs of Loss and Regret
MAHLER | “Der Tamboursg’sell” (The Drummer Boy)
MAHLER | “Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen” (Where the Fair Trumpets Sound)
SCHUBERT | “Kriegers Ahnung” (Warrior’s Foreboding)
SHOSTAKOVICH |  “Réponse des Cosaques Zaporogues au Sultan de Constantinople”
(Response of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to the Sultan of Constantinople) from Symphony No. 14
MAHLER | “Lob des hohen Verstandes” (Praise of Lofty Intellect)
Spirituals and protest songs TBD

Gustav Andreassen, Hannah Benson, Alice Del Simone, Brennen Guillory, Andrew Konopak, Ryan Hugh Ross, vocalists
Jennifer Hayghe, piano

Guided Hike
Friday, May 16, 10:30 AM

Hike led by Boulder-based naturalist Suzanne Michot and Symposium Speaker Jeremy Barham.

Chamber Music: Determination and Defiance
Friday, May 16, 7 PM
Roots Music Project

SCHULHOFF | String Sextet
SHOSTAKOVICH | String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
JONES/BUTTERFIELD DUO | Original Compositions

Suzanne Casey, Zachary DePue, Alan Snow, and Sophia Szokolay, violin
Aria Cheregosha and Lauren Spaulding, viola
Parry Karp and Kenneth Woods, cello
Jones/Butterfield Duo

Photo by Mark Bobb

Return to Liederland: Mahler, Metal, & Metaphysics
Friday, May 16, 9 PM
Roots Music Project

Including excerpts from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6, and Das Lied von der Erde

Kennneth Woods, guitar
Sam Woods, guitar
Michael Karcher-Young, percussion
Jesse Jones, mandolin and guitar
Craig Butterfield, bass

MahlerFest 38 Symposium
Saturday, May 17, Time TBD
Academy Mapleton Hill

Photo by Mark Bobb

Speakers at the symposium and other events throughout the festival will include Jeremy Barham, Marilyn McCoy, Ryan Hugh Ross, Dave Maass, and others. More information coming soon.

Celebrating Peace
Saturday, May 17, 7:30 PM
Macky Auditorium

MAHLER | Totenfeier
PRITCHARD | Seven Halts on the Somme, Concerto for Trumpet and Strings
KORNGOLD | Symphony in F-sharp, Op. 40

MahlerFest Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, Conductor
Daniel Kelly, trumpet

Leah Claiborne

Resistance
Sunday, May 18, 3:30 PM
Stan Ruttenberg Memorial Concert
Macky Auditorium

MARTINU | Memorial to Lidice
STILL | Dismal Swamp
MAHLER | Symphony No. 6 in A-minor

MahlerFest Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, conductor
Leah Claiborne, piano

*All details subject to change