In Tuesday’s (6/26) Denver Post, Ray Mark Rinaldi reports that Andrew Litton has been appointed artistic advisor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. “In that capacity, he will program the orchestra’s major concerts and conduct at least two programs during its regular season. His three-year contract starts Sept. 1. ‘The CSO is getting its own Peyton Manning,’ said CSO board chairman Jerry Kern [in a reference to the Denver Broncos’ quarterback]. ‘We believe, and the orchestra believes, they play better under his leadership.’ ” Rinaldi writes that Litton “serves as music director for the Bergen Philharmonic in Norway, and from 1994 to 2006 he was music director for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.” Unlike his CSO predecessors Jeffrey Kahane and Marin Alsop, writes Rinaldi, “Litton will not take the typical title of ‘music director’ here. His busy schedule will limit the amount of time he spends in Denver. Orchestras more typically hire ‘advisers’ on an interim basis, but Litton’s already-busy schedule prohibited him from making a stronger, or longer, commitment. The CSO, which is formally introducing him at a media event this morning, wants Litton to stick around but will keep its options open in case the arrangement lasts only through the current contract.”
Andrew Litton photo by Danny Turner
Posted June 26, 2012
