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September 2007
October 2007 René Knetsch & AnnaMaria Karacson, Violins Medusa, a stunning new work by James Wallace, is being produced in collaboration by David Taylor DanceTheatre and the Colorado Chamber Players. This tragic Greek myth tells the story of Medusa, a beautiful young girl, caught in the wrath of Athena, after being discovered having an affair with Poseidon. Athena transforms Medusa into the snake haired creature that turns anyone to stone who catches her gaze. It features the haunting and powerful music of Caplet, Shostakovich, and Schulhoff, performed live by the String Quartet and Harpist Lynne Abbey-Lee of the Colorado Chamber Players. The program will also feature The Storm", a dracula pas deux, "Araignee" a duet of dueling black widow spiders by Gary Abbot, Bats and Spirits from David Taylor's "Rainforest", and a new work by Amy Anderson to Camille Saint-Saens “Danse Macabre”. Don't miss this frightfully exciting show full of spooky Halloween surprises. Masque of the Red Death:
Paul Primus & David Waldman, Violins French composer Andrè Caplet's elegantly chilling "Conte Fantastique" ("Fantastic Story") brings us to the very brink of Halloween! The work is based, as are many of Caplet's compositions, on the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. Caplet portrays "The Masque of November 2007 Monday November 19th, 7:30 p.m. Onofrio Piano Recital Hall, Denver. Paul Primus, Violin America has proven to be a fertile and creative land for composers. A nearly 70-year span covers the great talent writing and exploring music in the USA. Works of four living American composers will greet the adventuresome listener to the intimate Recital Hall at Onofrio Piano. Performed on the great 9 foot Bosendorfer Piano, which resides on the stage at Onofrio, by Nanette Shannon, Paul Primus, Barbara Hamilton-Primus, and Paul Nagem. Is there truly an American style of writing music? Listeners will have a chance to express their opinions at the end of the program. January 2008 Friday January 18th, 2008, 7:30 p.m St. John’s Cathedral, Denver Andrew Cooperstock, Piano The Colorado Chamber Players perform Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. This work, one of Messiaen’s masterpieces, is scored for violin, clarinet, cello and piano, and had its premiere in a prison camp where Messiaen and three other musicians were interned after the French Army capitulated to Nazi Germany in June 1940. The piece is full of religious mysticism, and is one of the most powerful works of the 20th century. February 2008 Sunday February 17th, 2008, 6 p.m. Paul Primus & David Waldman, Violins Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart turns 252 in January 2008, and the CCP celebrates his belated birthday in February with an effervescent program of string music. The Highlands Garden Café provides an Austrian meal after a joyous Mozart Celebration, featuring the C major Viola Quintet K. 515 and the “Dissonant” Quartet K.465. Einstein’s Mozart:Two Geniuses Wednesday February 20th, 2008, 7:30 p.m. One performance with Kate Light, Poet The CCP and poet Kate Light team up again for one performance of “Einstein’s Mozart: Two Geniuses” at Colorado College. “Einstein’s Mozart” integrates two of Mozart's great string works with Kate Light's original poetry and prose. The narration draws listeners into ordinary and extraordinary moments of these two exceptional men, while the music --separating the texts into discrete segments -- casts its own magic. Einstein was an accomplished amateur violinist, and often played chamber music to relax his mind while working through a difficult physics problem. The CCP performs two of Einstein’s beloved Mozart works: the C major Viola Quintet K. 515 and the “Dissonant” Quartet K.465. March 2008 March 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2008 Paul Primus & David Waldman, Violin "Sweet Songs of Butterflies" is a 45-minute classical and jazz concert with music imitating and depicting butterflies, invertebrates and insects. Slides of butterflies, poetry and narration will enhance the concert experience. The concert is designed for children ages 4 to 10, accompanied by their teachers, parents or guardians. The 6 musicians of the Colorado Chamber Players will include 2 violins, clarinet, double bass, piano and percussion. Concerts are presented at the Butterfly Pavilion in spring 2008 to coincide with the study of insects and life cycles of insects in Colorado schools. Scholarships for admission and transportation assistance are available for qualifying schools. La Belle Epoche: Musique de France Saturday March 29th, 2008, 2:30 p.m. Foothills Art Center, Golden Andrew Cooperstock, Piano Come visit the glittering Paris salons, 1878–1914! In the late 1800s Paris once again became an intellectual and artistic center in the Western world. The CCP performs music heard in salons of La Belle Epoche: Debussy, Ravel, Chausson and Lili Boulanger. Legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt will read poems by Mallarmé and Verlaine. This concert will be in conjunction with Alliance Française and the Denver Art Museum’s "Inspiring Impressionism", with works by impressionist painters, opening February 23rd, 2008. La Belle Epoche: Musique de France Sunday March 30th, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Alliance Française de Denver Andrew Cooperstock, Piano Lili Boulanger: Nocturne and Cortege, for Violin and Piano (1914) Ernest Chausson: Chansons Perpétuelle, for Soprano, String Quartet and Piano (1898) Claude Debussy: String Quartet in g minor, op. 10 (1893) César Franck: Piano Quintet in f minor (1878) April 2008 Friday, April 17, 2008 7:30 p.m. McNeal Auditorium Fort Collins High School 3400 Lambkin Way Fort Collins, CO Geraldine Walther , Katrina Wreede,guest artist Matthew Dane, Barbara Hamilton, Lora Stevens, Erika Eckert, Julie Keller, Suzanne Temple , Sally Fodor ,Laura McDermott, Juliet White Smith, James Przygocki And others The program will include Viola music of: Dale, Prokofiev, Harbison, Kimber, Benjamin, Wreede & Maria Newman and will feature Guest Artists Geraldine Walther (Takács Quartet) and Katrina Wreede (formerly of the Turtle Island String Quartet). May 2008 May 3rd, begin at 8:00. 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, 2008. All performances begin at 6:30. Paul Primus & David Waldman, Violin Born in the cafés of Buenos Aires in the late 1800’s, Argentine tango is full of haunting melodies, Argentine rhythms, and intense emotion. Argentine tango music is as old as jazz music, with as much variety. The CCP is joined by Tango Colorado dancers, presenting elegant milongas, habaneras and tangos of a forgotten era such as Adiós Nonino, Por Una Cabeza and Milonga del ángel. Experience music and dance of Piazzolla, Gardel, Pugleise and Villoldo, as made famous by Rudolf Valentino and by the gauchos (cowboys) of Buenos Aires. “…..the essential part of the Argentine Tango is the awesome power of stillness”. |
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