Colorado Music Festival: Holst’s The Planets & A World Premiere

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