Tag Archives: Kenneth Woods

Donors

Thank you! Colorado MahlerFest would not happen without the incredible support of all types of donors in our community. From the Foundations and Government Grants to $5 gifts from individuals, every contribution helps us present the high quality programming you have come to know from the festival. Click here if you would like to know […]

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MahlerVision

Check out our YouTube channel! We release videos from each festival and have a playlist of educational videos and lectures. Here is the video of Mahler’s Second Symphony from May, 21, 2023.  

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Welcome

Colorado MahlerFest News & ReviewsClick the pic to read all about itWhy Colorado MahlerFest MattersBlog by Joseph Horowitz “Introducing the Meistersinger Overture at a pre-concert talk, Woods highlighted a salient feature of Wagner’s inexhaustible opera: its celebration of cultural community. And this, finally, is what the Colorado Mahlerfest is about. As with last year’s memorable […]

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Archive-MF31

Archive Colorado MahlerFest XXXI Das Lied von der Erde Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105 May 14 – May 20, 2018 Note: Some links below will open a PDF file. Links with a * point to a page not found on the MahlerFest website. Main MahlerFest XXXI Complete Schedule The MahlerFest XXXI Orchestra MahlerFest […]

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MahlerFest XXXII

If you reach this page, please visit the newest version here! MahlerFest XXXII Wednesday, May 15 – Sunday, May 19, 2019 This year’s featured work: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major Please check back often to view our evolving plans! Chamber Concerts and recitals Symposium with leading Mahler scholars Open Rehearsals And more May 15 […]

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Brennen Guillory – tenor

Brennen Guillory (Tenor) Tenor and Festival Artist Brennen Guillory has become known for his powerful, dramatic voice, and thoughtful interpretations of both operatic and concert music. He has performed a number of operatic leads but it is in the concerting to the Northwest, he has appeared with companies on both coasts, performing Das Lied von […]

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Guest Profile – Ofer Ben-Amots

Ofer Ben-Amots was born in Haifa, Israel in 1955. He gave his first piano concert at age nine and at age sixteen was awarded first prize in the Chet Piano Competition. Later, following composition studies with Joseph Dorfman at Tel Aviv University, he was invited to study at the Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva, Switzerland. […]

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Archive-MF30

Archive Colorado MahlerFest XXX “Unfinished / Unheard” May 15 – May 21, 2017 Dedicated to the Memory of Stan Ruttenberg Note: Some links below will open a PDF file. Links with a * point to a page not found on the MahlerFest website.   Boulder Mayor and City Council Declare May 21, 2017 as Colorado MahlerFest Day […]

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Guest Profile – Donald Fraser

Donald Fraser British born, now a permanent US resident, British Academy Award winning Donald Fraser lives and works from his home outside of Chicago. Donald entered the Royal College of Music at age seventeen to study composing and conducting. His principal tutors were Sir Adrian Boult, Humphrey Searle and Alexander Goehr. He also studied with […]

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Guest Profile – Jerry Bruck

Jerry Bruck Since arriving in New York in 1961—as performances of Mahler’s music in America began to gain a foothold at last—Jerry Bruck has cemented a reputation as a recording engineer specializing in classical music. Along the way he worked at radio stations in St. Louis and New York as a broadcast engineer, and became […]

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Works Performed

Works Performed at the Colorado MahlerFest Original Works and Orchestrations by Gustav Mahler Year(s) of performance shown following title. Blumine 2006, 2019 (world premiere of new Critical Edition by Breitkopf & Härtel) Das himmlische Leben (The Heavenly Life) from Symphony No. 4 (arr. Woods) 2024 Das irdische Leben (The Earthly Life) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn […]

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Stan Ruttenberg

Stan Ruttenberg  March 12, 1926 – February 12, 2017 Longtime Boulder resident Stan Ruttenberg died Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Balfour Senior Living in Louisville. He was 90.. Stan was born on Mar 12, 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Edward Ruttenberg and Goldene (Moss) Ruttenberg, where the extended family was living after prior generations […]

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