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

 

SÉMPLICE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 6:00 PM MST

 

“Lovebirds”
A Valentine’s Day Offering

 

Sémplice returns to Happy Hour with a heart-felt concert of Baroque and Renaissance music (and a touch of folk) celebrating the amorous in all its forms—with a special focus on lovebirds! Think music about love, music about birds, music by Byrd (William, the composer), music by Bach (why Bach?—come to this concert and find out!)…and much more. And as always, there will be entertaining stories about the composers, the instruments, and the cultural context in which the music was created.

 

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

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We have reached maximum capacity for this concert. In-person ticket sales are now closed and there will be no tickets available for sale at the door. However, streaming access will be available for purchase until noon of concert day.

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Program

 

“Jug of Punch” – traditional

 

Two pieces by William Byrd – William Byrd (1540-1623)
     In Nomine a 4, VdGS No. 1, T 393
     Fantasia a 4, VdGS No. 2

 

Andante from Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Andante from Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 – J.S. Bach

Allegro from Trio Sonata in D minor, H 569 – C.P.E. Bach (1714-1788)

 

“Flow My Tears” – John Dowland (1563-1626)

Robin Galliard – Dowland

 

“When Daphne from Fair Phoebus Did Fly” – Anonymous (16th century)

 

Throughout the program—excerpts from “The Bird Fancyer’s Delight” (published by John Walsh, 1717)

 


Next

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!


And to conclude our season

 

 


Click here to see a schedule of our complete season.

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

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.”