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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)

VIENTOS Y CUERDAS

“Tristalegría!”

The inaugural program “Tristalegría!” from the ensemble Vientos y Cuerdas features both Spanish music and traditional tunes of the Sephardic diaspora from the Medieval to the early Baroque eras. Join us for a musical journey exploring diversely rich Spanish dances, soulful songs from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, and Judeo-Spanish tunes that tell stories of resilience, love, and the vibrant cultural memory of the exile of the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula. The vibrant and energetic works of Ortiz, Cabezón, de la Torre, and others will be interspersed with alluring, intimate, and improvisatory Sephardic tunes.

 

The Performers
     Jennifer Carpenter – recorders, bagpipe, and percussion
     Ann Marie Morgan – gambas and voice
     Keith Barnhart – plucked instruments and percussion

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Program

Alborada – Traditional Basque Tune
Recercada prima sobre “La Spagna” – Diego Ortiz (c. 1517 – c. 1570)
Alta “La Spagna,” – Francisco de la Torre (1460-1504)
    from Cancionero da palacio (c1475 – c1615)

 

Traditional Sephardic Tunes
     Nani, Nani
     Cuando El Rey Nimrod
     Avrix, my galanica

Cantigas de Santa Maria (1252) – Anonymous (13th century)
     Cantiga 42: A Virgen mui gloriosa
     Cantiga 100: Santa Maria Strela Da Dia
     Cantiga 123: De Santa Maria sinai quai, from Cantigas de Santa Maria (1252)

 

Pavana con su glosa – Antonio de Cabezón (1510-66)
Diferencias Tres sobre el canto “llana de la alta” –  Cabezón

Morena me llaman – Traditional Sephardic Tune
Fantasia sobre Morena me llaman – David Loeb (b. 1939)

 

El triste que nunca os vio – Francesco de Peñalosa (1470-1528)
Danza Alta – F. de la Torre
     both from Cancionero da palacio

 

Traditional Sephardic Tunes
     Adio querida
     Esta Montaña
     Rahelica baila

FERN ENSEMBLE

“Musical Conversations:
Trio Sonatas from 1610-1738”

Fern Ensemble explores conversations between musicians, instruments, nationalities, and chamber music traditions from the 17th and 18th centuries. It features one of Telemann’s beloved “Paris Quartets,” composed during his visit to Paris in 1737-1738. The piece is a beautiful realization of a French-styled dance suite through the lens of a German composer who was also well versed in the Italian musical style. This centerpiece will be paired with some lesser-known early baroque gems by Giovanni Pablo Cima, Tarquinio Merula, and J.S. Bach, plus a fascinatingly chromatic Trio Sonata by his son, C.P.E Bach.

 

The Performers
     Jennifer Diaz Spera
     Jeremy Druckman
     Sandra Miller
     Wesley Leffingwell

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Program

Trio Sonata No. 49 from Concerti Ecclesiastici (1610) – Giovanni Pablo Cima (1570-1622)         

Canzoni overo sonate concertante per cheisa e camera (1637) – Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665)
     Canzon la Strada à 3
     Ballo detto Gennara à 3
     Ballo detto Pollicio à 3

Sonata for Flute and Basso Continuo, BWV 1034 (1724) – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
     Adagio
     Allegro
     Andante
     Allegro

Trio Sonata in d minor H. 567 (1731) – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
     Allegretto
     Largo
     Allegro

“Paris” Quartet No. 4 in B minor, TWV 43:h2 (1738) – Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
     Prélude (Vivement, Flatteusement)
     Coulant
     Gai
     Vite
     Triste
     Menuet (Modéré)