Our thirteenth season is underway!

We are excited to bring you a stellar line-up of concerts for our thirteenth season. Scroll down below to see our next up-coming events, and you can click here to look at the entire season line-up. Be sure to subscribe to our mailing list (click here) if you’re not already on it. That way you will have all the latest news about upcoming concerts.

 

 

Our next concert…

 

 

SEICENTO BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 6:00 PM MDT

 

“Matriarchs of Baroque Music”

 

Happy Hour is delighted to welcome a consort of Seicento Baroque Ensemble musicians to present a concert of chamber music by women composers of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The program will include music by Maddalena Casulana (1544-1590), Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729), and Anna Bon (1738-after 1769). Despite extraordinary odds, these women were prolific composers of music that has survived, even though their output was mostly excluded from performances for hundreds of years following their deaths. Be sure to join us and enjoy the wonder of this music!

 

The Performers
     Gabrielle Razafinjatovo, mezzo-soprano
     Carol Codrescu, baroque flute
     Jerimiah Otto, harpsichord
     Joe Gailey, theorbo, lute
     Coreen Duffy, Artistic Director

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Program

Amor per qual cagion – Maddalena Casulana (c.1544 – c.1590)
Harpsichord / theorbo intabulation
     Jerimiah Otto, harpsichord
     Joe Gailey, theorbo
 
Chi brama in amore – Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
     Gabrielle Razafinjatovo, mezzo-soprano
     Jerimiah Otto, harpsichord
 
Il Primo Libro de Madrigali, XXIII. L’Affetto humano – Strozzi 
Harpsichord / theorbo intabulation
     Jerimiah Otto, harpsichord
     Joe Gailey, theorbo
 
Sei Sonate per I’ll Cembalo, Op. 2, No. 2 in B Flat Major – Anna Bon (1738 – after 1769)
     I. Allegro non molto
     II. Andante
     III. Allegro
     Jerimiah Otto, harpsichord
 
Sei Sonate per il Flauto traversiere, Op. 1, No. 4 in D Major –  Bon
     I. Allegro moderato
     II. Andante
     III. Allegro assai 
     Carol Codrescu, baroque flute
     Jerimiah Otto, harpsichord
 
Pièces de Clavecin, Livre II, Chaconne in D Major (1707) – Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
      Jerimiah Otto, harpsichord
 
Aria from Vuò cercando – Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660 – c.1710)
     Gabrielle Razafinjatovo, mezzo-soprano
     Jerimiah Otto, harpsichord

And to conclude our season…

 

 

Composed during Bach’s time as court composer for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen in 1720, the Six Solos for violin single-handedly established the instrument’s technical and musical capabilities. The size and scope of these pieces was unprecedented for the time, and over three hundred years later they remain a pinnacle of accomplishment for any violinist.

Violinist Jubal Fulks has been performing these works on the street in Colorado mountain towns, collecting stories from chance interactions as people encounter this magnificent historical music outside of the concert hall. He is also writing about the importance of this music and its connection to humanity, as well as philosophical aspects of playing music conceived in such a different time and place. The concerts will be divided into two parts: “The Sonatas” and “The Partitas,” which will allow for an immersive journey through these musical works of art.

 

Tickets will go on sale around March 17.

Click here to see a schedule of our complete season.

We hope we’ll see you at one of our concerts!