Start the weekend right with great music in a relaxed setting

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…

 

Center: Rebecca Robinson; clockwise from upper-left: Barbara Hamilton, Paul Primus, Peter Schimpf, Sarah Biber

 

 

COLORADO
CHAMBER PLAYERS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15
6:00 PM MST

“Bach and Barbie”

Barbara Strozzi was one of the most prolific composers of secular vocal music in 17th century Venice.  A genius ahead of her time, Strozzi wrote music and poetry with highly adventurous harmonies. And—amazingly—she published music under her own name.  Strozzi was a pupil of Francesco Cavalli and Claudio Montiverdi. Plan to join us for this delightful concert where Colorado Chamber Players will celebrate the music of Strozzi and her contemporaries, along with music of another genius, J.S. Bach, in an intimate short program.

 

The Performers
     Rebecca Robinson, voice
     Paul Primus and Barbara Hamilton, Baroque violins
     Sarah Biber, Baroque cello
     Peter Schimpf, theorbo / lute

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Program

Trio Sonata for flute, violin and continuo, in G major, BWV 1038 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Arr. for two violins and continuo by Paul Primus
       I.  Largo
      II. Vivace
     III. Adagio

 

“I Baci” (“Kisses”) for voice, violin, and continuo – Barbara Strozzi (1619-1671)

 

Toccata 3, for solo theorbo, from Libro Primo D’Intavolatura di Chitarrone, (1604) – Giovanni Girolamo Kasperger (1580-1651)
     Andante
     Adagio
     Allegro assai

 

Prelude from Cello Suite #1 for solo cello, BWV 1007 – J.S. Bach

 

Aria “Bekennen will ich seinen Namen” (“I Shall Acknowledge His Name”) for voice, two violins, and continuo, Cantata BWV 200  – J.S. Bach

 

“Pur ti miro” (“I gaze at you”), from L’incoronazione di Poppea – Claudio Montiverdi (1567-1643)
Arr. for two violins and continuo by Paul Primus

 

Two songs for voice, two violins, and continuo – Strozzi
     “Costumi di Grande” (“Costumes of the Great”)
     “La Vendetta” (“Revenge”) from op. 2

And then…

 

SÉMPLICE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 6:00 PM MST

“A Baroque Valentine”

Sémplice returns with a heart-felt Valentine’s Day concert. It’s a love letter that will include Baroque and Renaissance music celebrating the amorous in its many forms. The Valentine text says, “We always play music that we as musicians have fallen in love with, so we hope these selections will stir your hearts as well! With love, Sémplice.”

 

The Performers
     Miriam Rosenblum, recorders
     Carla Sciaky, baroque violin
     Ben Cohen, lute and harpsichord 
     Sarah Biber, baroque cello and bass viol

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

What people are saying

 

  • “The epitome of Baroque!”

 

  • “This is the most completely civilized way to start a weekend! It’s a short break from the frantic busyness of life to just sit, sip a little wine, and listen to great music.”

 

  • “I love the format and the time of the concerts – the perfect way to unwind after a busy work week”

 

  • “Just right for a Friday evening wind-down. I sit in a lovely and calm place with a nice glass of wine and listen to beautiful and live music that I do not hear anywhere else, which makes me forget about the world for a little while.”

 

  • “It’s the perfect way to start a weekend! We get beautiful music, and there’s plenty of time for dinner afterwards.”