The Colorado Chamber Players returns to our first LIVE performance in over a year.  Join us for an intimate house concert, with music by 17th and 18th century composers.  We would love to welcome you if you are vaccinated. Thanks for your cooperation- this is a small space with only 40 seats.  Plan to show proof of vaccination at the door, and bring a light jacket.  The concert will be part indoors, part outdoors.

7 pm check in, wine and light appetizers

7:30 concert, about 65 minutes with brief intermission

8:45 dessert

Program:

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729): G minor trio sonata, arr. For two violas d’amore, gamba and archlute
 

Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704): Sonata duodecima, arr. For viola d’amore, gamba and archlute
 

Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1623) : Domine, arr. For 2 violas d’amore, gamba and archlute
 

Heinrich Biber (1644-1704): Partita IV from the Harmonia Artificiosa, for scordatura violin, scordatura viola, gamba and archlute
 

Joseph de Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges, 1749-1750):  Sonata for harp and violin, arr. By Paul Primus

Performers:

Dan Urbanowicz, baroque violin and viola d’amore

Barbara Hamilton, baroque viola and viola d’amore

Sarah Biber, viola da gamba

Peter Schimpf, archlute

Paul Primus, violin

Lily Primus, harp

Named one of the top five chamber groups in Colorado by the Denver Post, the Colorado Chamber Players celebrates its 27th Season in 2020-2021. The CCP’s  28th Season will be presented in both a live and virtual format.

The ensemble has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Chamber Music America Residency Awards (2000 and 2008). The CCP has received awards from the Argosy Foundation, Denver Mayor's Fund, Colorado Creative Industries, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Energize Colorado, Xcel Energy Foundation, and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

The CCP has a core of string quartet, double bass, piano, harp, clarinet and flute.  Favorite guest artists have included cellists Lynn Harrell and David Geber, clarinetist Derek Bermel, guitarist Sharon Isbin, violists Jesse Levine, Patricia McCarty and Roger Tapping, and pianist Jeffrey Kahane. 

Critic Marc Shulgold wrote of a performance with Lynn Harrell in 2018 (from thescen3.org):

"From the hushed opening chords, growing majestically out of silence, the ensemble played as if with a single voice, the two cellos and then two violins soaring exquisitely through the First Movement’s unforgettable theme. The gorgeous Adagio unfolded with a wisely chosen tempo – not too fast, but just slow enough to maintain momentum and keep our focus on the subtly emerging melody. The final two movements bubbled with confidence, each of the numerous transitions managed with solid control. No surprise that the audience, clearly engaged in Schubert’s heavenly music, barely made a peep during the performance."