Start the weekend right with great music in a relaxed setting
Celebrate our Fifteenth Anniversary with us!
Our 2026/27 season is our fifteenth, and we’re partying all year! We have invited many of the artists who have shaped our series through the last decade-and-a-half to celebrate it with us through nine spectacular concerts in a season-long party. Together we’re exploring why so many of us have come to love these Happy Hour Chamber Concerts. 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 our upcoming concerts.
Our next concert…
September 18, 2026
ANN MARIE MORGAN
AND FRIENDS
“Contrasts”
Ann Marie Morgan has been delighting Happy Hour audiences since our second season. This year she teams up with MinTze Wu and David Crowe for a debute of this newly-formed trio.
Opening with Faure’s beloved Pavan and ending with the fiery Marais variations on the Folia (both pieces arranged for their instruments) provides excellent “trio bookends” to solos and duos featured throughout the program. In addition to contrasts in the number of performers playing in a given piece, the variety of instrumental sounds and musical styles, along with the huge pitch range (low bass to high violin) will be a feast for the ears and hearts.
The Performers
MinTze Wu, violin
Ann Marie Morgan, viola da gamba
David Crowe, bass
You can click on the name of an artist to learn more about the musician.
Tickets will go on sale around August 17.
The Program
Pavan, Op. 50 – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Two pieces by Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1659/60)
6th Ricercar
Duo for two celli
Sonata for unaccompanied viola da gamba, selections – Georg Friedrich Telemann (1681-1767)
Vivace
Andante
Vivace
Partita – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Irish Jigs, traditional
Aria 1, Goldberg Variations – J.S. Bach
Tiptoe from Harm – Ann Marie Morgan (b.1960)
“Couplets de folies” from Pièces de Violes, 2me livre (1701) – Marin Marais (1656-1728)
And then…
October 30, 2026
SPANISH CONSORT
“Más Allá de Hispania”
We welcome Jon Wassermann back to Happy Hour; this year he is joined by musicians from his group, Spanish Consort, with a lively program exploring musical riches from Hispania. In the antiquated world, the warning non plus ultra—“There’s nothing more beyond” —marked the edge of the known world at the Pillars of Hercules in the Gibraltar Strait. By the time Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas, the phrase had changed to plus ultra—“There’s more beyond.” It’s with this in mind that Spanish Consort presents Más Allá de Hispania—“Beyond Hispania.” This concert will explore the rich collections of forgotten and underrepresented Spanish music that existed or survived outside of the Spanish Peninsula.
The Performers
Jon Wasserman (Director, Baroque Guitar/Charango, Baritone)
featuring Historical Percussion, Traverso, and Baroque Cello
Tickets will go on sale around September 28.
All concerts are at
Epiphany Lutheran Church
790 S. Corona in Denver
near Washington Park
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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.”