“Aurora, Colorado Variations” – A Symphonic Celebration of Home (Part 2)
May 17, 2025 - May 18, 2025
Our season closes with a concert of music celebrating and honoring our homes.
This concert features two pieces written for the Aurora Symphony, including a musical depiction of our city and a touching musical memorial in response to the July 20th theater shooting.
Aaron Copland’s music from Rodeo and Appalachian Spring helped create the “American Sound” you hear in cowboy movies and commercials.
Like Copland’s music, Marquez’s Danzon No 2. helped define the sounds of Mexican classical music, and Sibelius’s Finlandia celebrated the composer’s pride in his homeland of Finland.
The Cascadian Concerto by Eric Ewazen celebrates the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest and features the Aurora Symphony’s own Aurora Borealis woodwind quintet as soloists.
Repertoire
Aurora, Colorado Variations – by American composer (and former ASO bassist) Joseph Scardetta
Duration: 7 min
Radium and Sky – by American composer (and former ASO conductor) Geoffrey Pope
Duration: 4 min
Finlandia – by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius
Duration: 8 min
“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo – by American composer Aaron Copland
Duration: 4 min
Variations on a Shaker Tune: “Simple Gifts” – by American composer Aaron Copland
Duration: 4 min
Danzón No. 2 – by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez
Duration: 10 min
Cascadian Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Orchestra – by American composer Eric Ewazen
Duration: 25 min with short breaks
Hoe-Down from Aaron Copland’s “Rodeo”
Jean Sibelius’s Finlandia
Cascadian Concerto by Eric Ewazen
Dates & Location
Saturday, May 17, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 18, 2025 @ 4:00 PM
Gateway High School
1300 S Sable Blvd, Aurora, CO 80012
Enjoy a free Pre-Concert talk with Maestro Jeremy Cuebas 30 minutes before each performance.
Featured Artists
Jeremy Cuebas, Conductor
