Start the weekend right with great music in a relaxed setting
Thanks for our thirteenth season!
Thank you to our enthusiastic audience and talented musicians for making our thirteenth season so spectacular. We already have Season Fourteen scheduled. You can click here to see our amazing line-up.
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Have a great summer, and we’ll see you next fall!
Our next concert…
Friday, October 10, 2025, 6:00 pm MDT
COLORADO CHAMBER PLAYERS
with MASAKAZU ITO
“Destination: España“
We welcome Colorado Chamber Players with virtuoso guitarist Masakazu Ito in a program of baroque and early classical music by Italian and Spanish composers: Boccherini, Vivaldi, Naervez, Caldara and Ortiz.
Spain held great allure for many composers in the 1700’s, and offered royal opportunities for Italian composers like Luigi Boccherini and Antonio Caldara. Boccherini, a gifted cellist, spent most of his creative life in Madrid in the royal court of the Infante Luis Antonio. Boccherini skillfully wove Spanish folk music like the fandango into his compositions. Earlier in the century, Venetian composer Antonio Caldara was the court composer at the court of Charles III in Barcelona.
For this concert, Ito will explore the haunting “Mille Regretz” of Luis de Narváez for solo guitar, and the ensemble will perform Diego Ortiz’ lively “Recercada Segunda.” You won’t want to miss this spectacular season opener!
The Performers
Masakazu Ito, guitar
Paul Primus and Barbara Hamilton, violins
Mary Cowell, viola
Sarah Biber, cello
Sybil Bradley, cello and castanets
Click on a name above to learn more about the performer.
Program
Recercada Segunda sobre tenores Italianos – Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)
Ensemble
E minor trio sonata, Op. 1, No. 5 – Antonio Caldera (1670-1736)
Grave
Vivace
Adagio
Vivace
Paul Primus, Barbara Hamilton, Sarah Biber
Sonata G6, for two celli – Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Allegro
Largo
Allegro moderato
Sarah Biber and Sybil Bradley
Concerto for guitar, 2 violins, cello, in D major, RV 93, (1730) – Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Allegro giusto
Largo
Allegro
Masakazu Ito
Paul Primus, Barbara Hamilton, Sarah Biber
Canción del Emperador sobre “Mille Regretz” de Josquin – Luis de Narvaez (fl. 1526–1549)
Masakazu Ito
Fantasia and Passacaglia – Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)
Masakazu Ito
From Quintet G.448 in D major for Guitar and Strings – Boccherini
Grave-Fandango
Ensemble
All concerts are at
Epiphany Lutheran Church, 790 South Corona Street, Denver, Colorado
All concerts are on Fridays at 6 pm at
Epiphany Lutheran Church, 790 South Corona Street, Denver, Colorado
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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.”