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COLORADO CHAMBER PLAYERS
with MASAKAZU ITO

“Destination: España”

We welcome Colorado Chamber Players with internationally acclaimed virtuoso guitarist Masakazu Ito in a program of Baroque and Early Classical music by Italian and Spanish composers: Boccherini, Vivaldi, Narváez, 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
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Program

Recercada Segunda sobre tenores Italianos – Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)
     Ensemble

E Minor trio sonata, Op. 1, No. 5 – Antonio Caldara (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 Narváez  (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
     IV. Grave assai – Fandango
     Ensemble

 

ANN MARIE MORGAN & FRIENDS

“Les voix humaines”

Marin Marais’ amazing piece “Les voix humaines” for bass viol and continuo serves as the inspiration for this program. The viola da gamba has historically been chosen when the sound of the human voice seeks to be represented. Abigail Nims also offers her voice and artistry in Bach’s Aria “Es ist Vollbracht” (St. John Passion) and in Handel’s cantata Lucrezia. 

 

The Performers
     Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano
     Ann Marie Morgan, viola da gamba
     William Simms, theorbo
     Louis Saxton, baroque cello
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Program

“Es ist vollbracht” from St. John Passion – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Suite in D Major (from Pieces de violes, Books 2 and 5) – Marin Marais (1656-1728)
     Prelude
     La Fromental
     Gigue
     Les voix humaines
     Chaconne

“O numi eterni” from Lucrezia – George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)