Name: Fourth of July Spectacular
Start: 2026-07-04T19:00:00
Location: Riverwalk Center

Carl Topilow

National Repertory Orchestra

The NRO returns to Keystone, its former home base from 1987–1992, for an outdoor community concert series held in the Quaking Aspen Amphitheater and River Run Village. We are thrilled to be back in this scenic mountain setting, reconnecting with the community through vibrant performances in Keystone’s most beautiful venues.

Keystone Encore

River Run Village

Quaking Aspen Amphitheater

“Encountering Nature” turns our American Adventures season toward wide skies and untamed landscapes, exploring how composers translate the natural world into sound. Copland’s Quiet City opens in hushed stillness, its solitary trumpet and English horn unfolding a spare, haunting dialogue that evokes empty streets at dusk and the quiet vastness beyond them. Intimate and searching, it captures the feeling of standing alone beneath an open sky. Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan,” expands that perspective to monumental scale, moving from pastoral dawn to storm-tossed intensity and, ultimately, blazing affirmation. Rustic dances, birdsong-like figures, and sweeping climaxes create a journey through nature’s serenity and power.

Encountering Nature

Riverwalk Center

This year’s Fourth of July Spectacular commemorates our nation’s 250th and Colorado’s 150th anniversaries with A Star-Spangled 250, led by the one conductor uniquely suited to bring the scale, spirit, and celebration of this moment to life—Carl Topilow.

Fourth of July Spectacular

Liberty Fanfare

The Star-Spangled Banner

1812 Overture

Olympic Spirit

Theme from Jurassic Park

Trumpet’s on Parade

Hang on Sloopy

Stars and Stripes Forever

Theme from Magnificent 7

American Salute

“Sway” from Tenderly

Caravan

Cannons of Freedom

Armed Forces Salute

A George M. Cohan Overture

Music from Bonanza

Sandpaper Ballet