Experience live cinema as it would have looked and sounded in the 1920s! Conductor Thomas Wilson will lead the Colorado Springs Philharmonic in a fascinating historical rendition of cinema and movie watching from a bygone era. Accompanied live by the orchestra, thefilms will be projected on a giant screen hanging above the Pikes Peak Center stage.

The Philharmonic Pops Double Feature, showing The Idle Class and The Kid, will tell two tales filled with humor and touching stories as only Charlie Chaplin could spin them. The Idle Class is a story of the “Little Tramp” who heads to a resort for warm weather and golf. While there, a neglected wife mistakes Chaplin for her husband. In The Kid, Chaplin’s Tramp finds and cares for an abandoned baby. As the child gets older, he becomes the Tramp’s partner in crime, scamming people in order to survive. Eventually, the welfare service attempts to take the boy away, resulting in a desperate search and the boy’s emotional return.

Jackie Coogan’s story is legendary. As the first real child star, he earned between three and four million dollars, which was taken and squandered by his parents. Coogan sued his parents in 1938 (at age 23) and received $126,000 of the remaining funds. Many years later, Coogan returned to the small screen as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family television series.

The Chaplin film weekend is sponsored in part by the H. Chase Stone Trust, Colorado Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, the Deluxe Corporation, The Gazette, and CEAVCO; with additional support from the Kirkpatrick Family Fund, P. Bruce and Virginia C. Benson Foundation, T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, and Target.

Upcoming Concerts

Live Cinema Weekend!

Philharmonic Pops:
Chaplin’s The Kid and The Idle Class
Live cinema! Charlie Chaplin in full-screen motion pictures, brought to life by the Philharmonic performing Chaplin’s original score. Saturday, Mar. 6, 2010, 8:00 pm

Philharmonic Kids Event:
Chaplin’s The Kid
Saturday, Mar. 7, 2010, 2:30 pm; lobby activities start at 1:30 pm. Tickets $22/$9 children.

Charlie Chaplin Live Cinema Weekend Philharmonic Pops Double Feature:
The Idle Class and The Kid
Saturday, Mar. 6, 2010, 8 pm, Tickets from $16/$12 students

Philharmonic Kids Event:
The Kid
Sunday, Mar. 7, 2010, 2:30 pm (Lobby activities at 1:30 pm) Tickets $22/$9 children Tickets and information csphilharmonic.org Pikes Peak Center Box Office 719-520-SHOW (7469)

Vanguard Performances:
The Red Violin
John Corigliano won an Oscar for his fiery score to The Red Violin. Hear it live, along with major works by Philip Glass, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Alberto Ginastera. 8:00 pm, Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010

El Pomar Masterworks Series:
Chopin in Love
Chopin’s most tender piano concerto with Beethoven’s buoyant 8th Symphony.

Saturday, Apr. 10, 2010, 8:00 pm and Sunday, Apr. 11, 2010, 2:30 pm

All Colorado Springs Philharmonic concerts are performed at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, 190 South Cascade Avenue.

Tickets from $16/$12 students unless noted; 520-SHOW (7469), Pikes Peak Center Box Office, csphilharmonic.org, or at the door.