JEFFERSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 60 YEARS OF BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

The pieces to be performed will include Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Four Last Songs and Der Rosenkavelier from Strauss and Tristan und Isolde, Wagner's piece that inspired Herrmann Bernard's haunting theme for the movie Vertigo.

Under the leadership of Music Director and Conductor Dr. William Morse since 1999, the JSO is made up of nearly 100 volunteer musicians from the community, and some of them play professionally for the Colorado Symphony as well. In 2011, the organization was recognized as Westword's Best Community Orchestra.

If you'd like to familiarize yourself with all of the music offered by the JSO this season, the Denver Public Library has most of the pieces available on CD:

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner

Four Last Songs and Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss

Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 by Benjamin Britten

The Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi

Messiah by George Frideric Handel

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks by Richard Strauss

Symphony NO. 3, Op. 78, C Minor by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

Huapango by José Pablo Moncayo

Mediodía en el llano by Antonio Estévez Aponte

Margariteña by Inocente Carreño