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January 2001
Quarterly
Volume IX, Issue 3
A RECORDER PLAYER'S
DREAM COME TRUE!
This is the season for the recorder in Colorado. Five
recorder superstars will be concertizing and conducting workshops this winter. First, on Tuesday January 30
the Flanders Recorder Quartet, with Bart Spanhove, Han
Tol, Paul van Loey and Joris van Goethem, presents "Die
Kunst der Fuge (Five centuries of musical fascination)," with
music of Isaac, Cabezon, Merula, Bach, Castello, Frescobaldi
and Swerts. The concert is a joint effort of Early Music Colorado,
the Denver Chapter of the American Recorder Society and
Augustana Lutheran Church. Tickets are $15/Adults, $10/Seniors,
$5/Students. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave.,
Denver. Info: 303-313-9568. In conjunction with this concert, the Denver
ARS sponsors a recorder workshop on Monday January 29 with the members of the quartet. There will be the unique opportunity to get THREE different classes in one evening. Paul van Loey will discuss modern music and work
with the players, Han Tol will do the same for early music and Bart Spanhove will
use his book as a starting point for discussing and working on certain techniques.
Recorder players of all levels are welcome. The tuition is: $10. Augustana Lutheran
Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave., Denver, from 6:30 till 9:30 pm. Info: 303-791-7402.
The Flanders Recorder Quartet travels to Colorado Springs on Wednesday January 31, where they
will perform together with counter tenor Steve Dugardin in a concert entitled "English Consort Music and
Songs". This concert is sponsored by Colorado College. It is open and free to the public. January 31,
7:30 pm at Colorado College, in Packard Hall, located on the SW corner of Cache la
Poudre and Cascade Ave.
On Tuesday, March 20, the Denver Bach Society presents Bach, music for Recorder and
Harpsichord, performed by Marion Verbruggen, recorder, and Arthur Haas, harpsichord. Marion
comes from the Netherlands for this concert and is a star in the specialized world of Baroque
recorder. Arthur Haas has concertized many times in Colorado, at the University of Colorado as well
as with the Boulder Bach Festival. St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver. Tickets: $15, $13.
Info: 303-831-7115. Marion Verbruggen offers a recorder master class for interested players and auditors on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 pm: Dagwell Hall, St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver.
$10 at the door. Call the cathedral office, 303-831-7115 x17, if you would like to audition.
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President’s Message
Early Music Colorado Quarterly is the journal of Early Music Colorado,
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organization that promotes appreciation, performance, and awareness of
early music in the Rocky Mountain area.
EMC Board of Directors
Rebecca Beshore..........................................................................President
Robert Knepel........................................................................Vice President
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Spring Issue is
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Table of contents
A Recorder Player’s Dream Come True................................1
President’s Message ............................................................ 2
Early Music Colorado Fall Festival.....................................3
EMC Received SCFD Grant..................................................3
Ceský Krumlov: Frozen History Thawing Quickly
by Edward McCue.............................................4
“I LISTED FOR A PRIVATE AND A DRUMMER I BECAME "
Early Female Military Drummers in Reality and Song
by Peggy Sexton.....................................................6
Early Music Calendar.............................................................7
At the close of a productive year, even though EMC operates on a fiscal year
that does not coincide with the calendar year, I have evaluated the success
of the organization from different angles, i.e., monetarily, organizational, and
programming. Early Music Colorado had its best year yet, more than doubling its operating expense, albeit stressful, without form or plan much of the
year, and foundering at times. These obstacles became stimuli for various
members to become proactive, to 'take the ball and run with it'. Not that there
was not teetering in the process, it was often like walking on eggshells.
After examining the accomplishments of the performance season, I feel compelled to thank the members of Early Music Colorado's board who: called
upon the community for help in housing artists; wrote grant applications and
sometimes at the last minute; drove back and forth from Denver's
International Airport at ungodly hours; made beautiful newsletters and programs; engaged in tough negotiations with artists and their representatives;
spent days putting data on computer book-keeping systems; spent many
hours in the heat pouring soft drinks for the Cherry Creek Arts Festival; spent
hours cataloguing items for the silent auction; spent immeasurable time on
computer and e-mail; spent hours making and repairing costumes; and spent
countless hours in preparation for performance. This does not even count the
hours spent in driving from here to there. You know who you are, but the
membership needs to know the types of things involved with running an
organization, and just what these volunteers have done to make it what it is.
The organization is only as strong as its volunteers, and that is what made
Early Music Colorado so resilient this year (these folks may be too exhausted to do a repeat performance next year, so we may need help!).
Programming blossomed this year, with the birth of the Greeley
Early Music Concert Series, which, although small, has great possibilities, especially with three of our board members belonging to that
community. The baroque opera, Dido & Aeneas, done in collaboration with Augustana Arts and Ballet Arts Theatre, is an excellent
example of working together to create a work of art. It was a great
success, and we hope baroque opera will be an annual occurrence.
I cannot begin to thank that crew enough for the massive amount of
work done for that production. The regular concert series was
exceptional, featuring local, national, and international artists. I find
it hard to believe that a more qualified board exists anywhere. The
talent and creativity is endless. What a special gift it is to have these
incredible people involved with EMC. I am well aware of home and
job responsibilities, health and family needs. This is just to say
thank you for spending the amount of time you were able to, to
enhance the growth of EMC as it expands within the community,
and strives to further its mission.
Thank you all for making it happen.
Rebecca
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Early Music Colorado
Fall Festival
EMC Receives SCFD Grant
EMC held its eighth annual fall festival of early music on
Saturday, October 21, 2000, at Boulder Public Library. This is
an event that people look forward to all year, as it is representative of the best early music performed by musicians from
across the Front Range. Due to a sudden date change, some
groups were not able to perform; however, we welcomed
Kindred Spirits for the first time, as well as Ben Barron who
led the early dance sessions. Instrumental groups that performed included: Boulder Viol Consort, La Belle Musique,
Stonebridge Waytes (which also provided the music for the
period dancing), and Carol Codrescu, Diana Linger, & Jocelyn
Nelson. Vocal selections were provided by Vox Renatus and
Measure for Measure Renaissance Madrigal Singers.
Maroon Bells Morris Dancers shared their energy with us
again this year. One of the highlights is always the Young
People in Early Music, and there were a record 20 performers
this year! Sadly, due to a family death, Contrapposto was not
available to perform; however, Linda Lunbeck and Michael
Lightner gracefully filled in with Entre Nous.
Again, we must thank the Scientific and Cultural Facilities
District for granting $750.00 to Early Music Colorado that will
provide stipends for artists participating in the fall festival.
EMC is part of the Tier III sector of cultural organizations that
will receive more than $4.5 million in grants over the next
year. This is about one-half million more than last year.
Jefferson County had the most number of grants at 139, and
the City & County of Denver awarded the most funding at $1.2
million. Boulder's 53 organizations received $542,837.00.
Entre Nous to
the rescue
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Mozart Melody Dice Game was available, as were displays,
boutique, and a silent auction, the latter of which had some
interesting items for barter. The participants received a small
stipend for the first time this year, courtesy of the Scientific
and Cultural Facilities District.
Thank you to everyone: participants, volunteers, EMC Board
of Directors, and sponsors, who contributed the time, energy,
and talent that made such a successful event possible! Next
year's festival is planned for Saturday, October 27, 2001!
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For those that do not know, a penny sales tax for every $10
purchase in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson
and northern Douglas counties goes to support more than 300
organizations--from the smallest community groups to the
largest regional museums. Those pennies add up
to more than $30 million to support our cultural organizations.
Beginning in January, SCFD will have a seventh county in the
district: the City & County of Broomfield.
Did you know that every year, SCFD organizations:
A Offer more than 2 million free admissions annually
A Produce an economic impact of more than one half
billion dollars
AAttract almost 8 million visitors--2.3 million more than
the combined home games attendance of Denver's
five major sports teams
AHave more than 1.6 million contacts with area school
children through field trips and educational out
reach? (Source: 1997 Colorado Business
Committee for the Arts/Deloitte & Touche Economic
Impact)
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Ceský Krumlov: Frozen History Thawing Quickly
Edward McCue, an acoustics consultant with Kirkegaard & Associates in Boulder, has a particular
interest in the effect of the acoustical environment on composition and performance practice.
Southern Bohemia shares borders with both Germany and
Austria, but until the "Velvet Revolution" of 1989, it was difficult to approach this region from the west or south because
the Šumava Mountains formed a political and cultural barrier
that denied access to most foreigners and prevented the exit
of all but a few Czechoslovak nationals. This situation was the
final chapter of the expulsion of counter-revolutionaries (i.e.,
ethnic Germans and Austrian aristocrats) from the Czech
Lands after the Second World War.
In order to frustrate former citizens from reclaiming expropriated possessions, maps of the border areas were redrawn
with misleading physical features, electrified barbed-wire
fences and watch towers were thrown up along no-man's
lands cleared between the countries, and dog patrols roamed
the woods at night.
After all, the Czech Lands had suffered domination by
German-speakers for centuries, and the Third Reich's dismemberment of Bohemia and Moravia from the fledgling
Czechoslovakia was the ultimate act of aggression. In spite of
the lack of many personal freedoms and Soviet intervention
during the Socialist era that followed, Czech musical life flourished once again, albeit under the watchful eye of the State.
Music has always been the most exportable aspect of Czech
culture. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,
Bohemia, the "conservatory of Europe," filled that continent
with virtuosi, and the Moravian Brethren helped to establish
choral and orchestral traditions in America. Even today The
Moldau (i.e., Vltava in Czech) by Bedrich Smetana (18241884) maintains a top position among compositions requested for programming by supporters of American symphony
orchestras.
Smetana's tone poem depicts the rapids and ramparts along
the river Vltava as it makes it way from the Šumava
Mountains towards Prague. It is likely that the Southern
Bohemian town of Ceský Krumlov helped inspire its composition as it lies nestled within a double bend in the Vltava below
the walls of the impressive Krumlov Castle.
Krumlov Castle, the country's largest except for Prague
Castle, has been extensively modified over the centuries;
By Edward McCue
however, the ancient layout of the town, with its narrow sloping streets and tiny squares, has been almost miraculously
preserved throughout the ages. In 1992 the entire site was
named to the UNESCO World Heritage List.1
Ceský Krumlov has been home and fortress for aristocratic
families since the thirteenth century. The Rosenberg family
passed it to the Eggenbergs in 1662, and when the
Eggenberg male line ended in 1719, a Schwarzenberg
nephew was awarded its vast accumulation of silver mines
and forests as well as the town and Krumlov Castle.
Although the Schwarzenberg family had settled permanently
in Bohemia by 1660, the Princes zu Schwarzenberg, members of the Imperial Court, resided primarily in their sumptuous winter2 and summer3 palaces in the first and third districts
of today's Vienna. With the inheritance of Ceský Krumlov, the
option of a particularly noble family seat presented itself.
Josef Adam zu Schwarzenberg (1722-1782), with extensive
knowledge of the cultural achievements of royal courts
throughout Europe, recognized the potential of the family's
recent acquisition and began to apply graceful baroque and
rococo faces to many of the medieval and renaissance castle
buildings. It was probably Josef Adam's cultivation of the performing arts, however, that made the greatest contribution to
the Schwarzenberg legacy in Ceský Krumlov.
Today most visitors to Krumlov Castle are content to cross a
moat where bears have been bred since medieval times,
climb a massive round tower finished in the sixteenth century,
pass through four sgrafitto-encrusted courtyards, and cross a
covered viaduct high above the Vltava to a fifth courtyard with
formal gardens beyond. Few visitors, however, have any idea
that the castle complex also houses two chapels with ancient
organs; family archives full of scores and performance materials for operas, ballets, and plays of the seventeenth through
nineteenth centuries; extensive collections of instruments and
sheet music for Harmonie wind bands; and an astonishingly
well-preserved theatre completed in 1766.4
The survival of these treasures is the result of a series of fortuitous events. Not long after the death of the arts patron
Josef Adam in 1782, Southern Bohemia began to endure
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years of economic and cultural stagnation, and the theatre
was used only sporadically. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the Schwarzenbergs had moved their family
seat to a more fashionable (neo-Gothic) castle in Hluboká nad
Vltavou, so there was no longer a need to update Krumlov
Castle. Since Southern Bohemia remained geographically
and politically remote during the first half of the twentieth century, armed conflict was avoided during the two World Wars.
Finally, during the Socialist era, Ceský Krumlov's long association with the Austrian aristocracy made it a political embarrassment. It was determined that concrete apartment blocks
and a new paper mill would best serve the proletariat, and so
the old town was allowed to decay for another fifty years.
Theatre historians have been alert to the cultural significance
of Ceský Krumlov, 5 but relatively few musicians have sensed
its importance. Robbins Landon noted the similarity of the
Castle Theatre to the second opera house in Eszterháza,6 but
other musicologists appear to have been stymied by the fact
that the Schwarzenberg Archives have not yielded the name
of an Opern-Kapellmeister anything of the likes of Joseph
Haydn (1732-1809). In fact, only one piece has been definitively identified to have been composed specifically for the
stage at Ceský Krumlov. 7 But now that all restrictions to travel to Southern Bohemia have been lifted, musicians are quickly discovering that the historical resources of Ceský Krumlov
are perhaps more experiential than documentary.
The activities of the Foundation of the Baroque Theatre at the
Castle in Ceský Krumlov8 are of paramount interest to those
interested in early music. Under the direction of Pavel Slavko,
the Foundation has undertaken not only the careful preservation of the theatre building with its collection of scenic elements, costumes, and props, but, together with the Capella
Accademia, under the direction of Ondrej Macek, it has begun
to stage opera scenes with great attention to lighting, acting
and, most importantly, vocal and instrumental techniques in
an effort to verify the principles of opera production in the
eighteenth century.
Other sites in the castle and town, including the Hall of Masks,
the open air theatre in the gardens, and St. Vitus Church, are
featured every August during the three-week International
Music Festival.9 Earlier in the summer organ enthusiasts have
available to them the week-long Festival Organum
hydraulicum10 that invites visitors to walk, bike or raft down the
Vltava river between recitals staged at various parish, castle
and monastery churches.
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But now that Ceský Krumlov is reaching out to the world, foreign agents of commercialism and globalization are rushing to
renovate the town in order to maximize the entertainment
value of its "Sleeping Beauty ambience." Our support of cultural organizations, such as the Foundation of the Baroque
Theatre, gives us a chance to counteract this trend and help
conserve the unique cultural heritage of Southern Bohemia.
Footnotes
For an extensive overview of Ceský Krumlov and environs, visit
www.ckrumlov.cz/uk/i_index.htm.
2
This was the Stadt Palais once located on the Mehlmarkt (now
Neuer Markt), constructed in the first decade of the eighteenth century, where Haydn's oratorios Die Schöpfung and Die Jahreszeiten
were premiered in 1798 and 1801 under the patronage of Joseph zu
Schwarzenberg (1769-1833). In 1894 this palace was replaced by
apartment houses.
3
This is the palace at Schwarzenbergplatz, 9 that was completed
around 1725 according to the designs of Johann Bernhard Fischers
von Erlach (1656-1723) and his son. Still owned by the
Schwarzenberg family, it serves as a first-class hotel near both the
Musikvereinssaal and Konzerthaus.
4
Pavel Slavko, THE CASTLE THEATRE IN CESKÝ KRUMLOV,
Foundation of the Baroque Theatre at the Castle in Ceský Krumlov,
Ceský Krumlov (1999)
5
Jirí Hilmera, "Zwei böhmische Schlosstheater," MASKE UND
KOTHURN 4/1 (1958), pp. 125-134. Vladimír Adamczyk, "The
Magic of the Baroque Stage," CZECH THEATRE, July (1994), pp.
32-42. Frank Mohler, "The Survival of the Mechanized Flat Wing Scene
Change: the Court Theatres of Gripsholm, Ceský Krumlov, and
Drottningholm," THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, Winter (1999),
pp 46-56. Klaus-Dieter Reus, FASZINATION DER BÜHNE BAROCKES WELTTHEATER IN BAYREUTH, (Bayreuth:
Gymnasium
Christian-Ernestinum,
1999).
Order
at
gce.bayreuth.org/faszination.
6
H. C. Robbins Landon, HAYDN: THE YEARS OF 'THE CREATION' 1796-1800, (London: Thames and Hudson, 1977), p. 12.
-HAYDN AT ESZTERHÁZA 1766-1790, (London: Thames and
Hudson, 1978), p. 29.
-HAYDN: A DOCUMENTARY STUDY, (New York: Rizzoli, 1981),
pp. 66-67.
7
Dove é amore e gelosia by Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718-1777), in
1768. See: Pavel Slavko, THE CASTLE THEATRE IN CESKÝ
KRUMLOV, p. 8.
8
www.ckrumlov.cz/asc/uk/zamek/oinf/i_nadace.htm
9
www.auviex.cz
10
www.ckrumlov.cz/uk/mesto/soucas/i_orghyd.htm
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"I LISTED FOR A PRIVATE AND A DRUMMER I BECAME ..."
Early Female Military Drummers in Reality and Song
By Peggy Sexton
This article follows “La Battitrice di Timpani” by Peggy
Sexton, which was published in the November 2000
issue of the EMC Quarterly
Except for Hogarth's famous "Southwark Fair," women drummers are extremely rare in musical iconography. The tambourine was apparently more acceptable (Ex. Zoffany's "La
Scartocchiata.") But broadside ballad and folksong include
a wealth of songs about military and naval women, some of
them drummers. At present there are two verifiable such
incidents, and one such ballad writer is known.
Laurence Price (fl. 1628-1680) wrote "The Famous Woman
Drummer" (ca. 1655) along with many other songs and political pamphlets. Its real-life inspiration may have been
Thomasine Clark, who followed husband John into the army
and successfully impersonated a male drummer for five
years until giving birth to their son William. Parish records
on Clarke at St. Botolph's, Aldgate, match the approximate
date of Price's song.
The Napoleonic wars produced Mary Ann Talbot (17781808), illegitimate daughter of Earl Talbot, who was evidently
taken to the army under duress by a fortune-hunting lover.
THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY has a substantial entry on Talbot, who left a biography: THE LIFE AND
SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF MARY ANN TALBOT
(London, Kirby, 1809). The contents, apparently accurate,
make Indiana Jones' exploits seem dull by comparison.
(79r); "The Famous Woman Drummer," Roxburghe Coll., VII, 730-732.
Harvard's Houghton Library contains "The Female Drummer" in FOUR
EXCELLENT NEW SONGS (Edinburgh, J. Morrer, n.d.), 25252.19* No. 31.
For some good reading try Dianne Dugaw's WARRIOR WOMEN AND
POPULAR BALLADRY 1650-1850 (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1996)
and Antonia Fraser's THE WEAKER VESSEL (New York: Knopf, 1984).
Sacred Songs of Sorrow
What and how did these female drummers play? Clarke
probably played the drum rudiments mentioned in Randle
Holme III's THE ACADEMY OF ARMORY (ca. 1688) which
probably covered a considerably earlier period, as they consisted of a basic set of rolls, flams and ruffs. Talbot may
have played rudiments like those in Samuel Potter's
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIFE AND DRUM (1815), an expansion of Holmes basic set to fourteen. (Both in the British
Library). They must also have played current popular and
military tunes.
SIGCD018 (Signum Records Ltd, UK)
There is a saying that one can be happy in one’s misery. I was
certainly thrilled to wallow in the mournful music presented in
this disc. These works are mainly by German composers of the
generation between Schütz and J.S. Bach, and they both exhibit the influence of the earlier master and foreshadow the style of
the later one. The Chilean-born tenor Rodrigo del Pozo’s singing
is simply gorgeous, with an emotional fervour and luminosity of
tone highly reminiscent of the counter-tenor René Jacobs. The
ensemble, Charivari Agréable Simfonie, produces a deeply
sonorous timbre superior to the thin sound of many other early
music groups, and their elegant phrasing makes their instruments sing. The highlight of the disc is the spectacular Ach, daß
ich Wassers genug hätte (Oh, that I had tears enough), whose
dramatic intensity and surprising turns of phrase are well
matched by the dynamic control and timing of del Pozo and the
ensemble. The material on this disc might appeal more to the
connoisseur than the general music lover. Nonetheless, this is a
recording of the highest calibre and, in spite of its title, delivers
exquisite pleasure.
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Please visit Charivari’s new website at http://www.charivari.co.uk for new
information on forthcoming events, CD releases and music editions.
Some female drummer songs in the Bodleian Library: "The Female
Drummer," Firth C. 14, 2806 C. 16, 17; "The Female Warrior," Douce Ballads, I
CD Review by Tristan Jones, Cathedral Music
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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EARLY MUSIC EVENTS
JANUARY
Friday, Jan 26 at 8 p.m.: Boulder Bach Festival Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Robert Spillman, with Paul Kantor, violin, Alexa Still, flute, Elizabeth Farr, harpsichord, Penelope Jensen, soprano, Julie Simson, mezzo-soprano, Grergory Cross, tenor, and James Weaver, baritone, perform Bach's "Triple" Concerto, BWV1044, Cantata 134a Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, Cantata 173a Durchlauchster Leopold, and the "Double" Concerto in C
Minor, BWV1060. First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder. Info: 888-733-8843.
Saturday, Jan 27 at 7:30 p.m.: Kids' recorder ensemble performance: An ensemble of five accomplished young recorder players, ages 9 to 17, will present a free pre-concert performance for the Boulder Bach Festival. The
recorder ensemble begins at 7:30 in the lobby of First Presbyterian Church in downtown Boulder, preceding the 8:00 chamber music concert by Olde Friends. The ensemble, comprised of students of Linda Lunbeck, will play a
program of works by Bach and Vivaldi, including chorales, fugues, gavottes, and song settings. The performers, all residents of Boulder, are: Chris Avery (14) sopranino and bass recorders, Anna Brumbaugh (11) soprano and
alto recorders, Tiernan Doyle (17) alto and tenor recorders, Fiona Foster (14) soprano, alto and tenor recorders, Jakob Seelig (9) soprano recorder. Info: 303-494-3159, [email protected]
Saturday, Jan 27 at 8 p.m.: Boulder Bach Festival: chamber music and vocal arias by Olde Friends early music group: Allison Edberg, baroque violin & viola, and Ann Marie Morgan, viola da gamba, baroque violoncello & violoncello piccolo, with guest artists John Abberger (Principal Oboe of Tafelmusik), baroque oboe, Penelope Jensen, soprano, Julie Simson, mezzo-soprano, and Grergory Cross, tenor. First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th St.,
Boulder. Info: 303-494-3159 or www.oldefriends.org.
Sunday, Jan 28 at 3:30 p.m.: Boulder Bach Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Spillman, conductor, perform Bach's Mass in G Major, BWV234, Sanctus in D Major, Motet No. 3: Jesu Meine Freude, BWV227, and the St.
Mark Passion. First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder. Info: 888-733-8843.
Monday, Jan 29, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.: Denver Chapter ARS-sponsored workshop with members of the Flanders Recorder Quartet. See page 1.
Monday, Jan 29 at 7:30 p.m.: Boulder Bach Festival -- St. John Passion, performed by The Boulder Bach Festival chorus, soloists, and orchestra, conducted by Robert Spillman. St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver.
Tickets: $20, $15, $10 (order from Boulder Bach Festival, 303-494-3159.)
Tuesday, Jan 30 at 7:30 p.m.: The Flanders Recorder Quartet presents "Die Kunst der Fuge (Five centuries of musical fascination)." See page 1
Wednesday, Jan 31 at 7:30 p.m.: The Flanders Recorder Quartet with guest countertenor Steve Dugardin presents "English Consort Music and Songs." See page 1.
FEBRUARY
Sunday, Feb 4 at 1:30 p.m.: Colorado Springs Chapter ARS monthly meeting, led by Robin Wilson, visiting C.C. professor. Room 21, Packard Hall, Cascade and Cache la Poudre. Info: 719-633-5683 or 719-473-0714.
Sunday, Feb 4 at 7 p.m.: First Sunday Vespers -- "Ich armer Mensch", BWV55 -- Bach solo cantata, with tenor Donald Tallman. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave., Denver. Free will offering. Info: 303-313-9568.
Friday, Feb 9 at 7:30 p.m.: Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra presents "Ancient Airs and Dances," music of Respighi, Vivaldi, and others. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave., Denver. $12/adults, $9/seniors, $5/students. Info: 303-313-9568.
Friday, Feb 16 at 8 p.m.: Ars Nova Singers perform two renaissance motets in 40 parts by Alessandro Striggio and Thomas Tallis. Also, Pizzetti's Requiem. St. John's Church, Boulder. Info: 303-499-3165
Saturday, Feb 10 at 7:30 p.m.: Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra repeats "Ancient Airs and Dances" at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4500 Wadsworth Blvd. $12/adults, $9/seniors, $5/students. Info: 303-313-9568.
Saturday, Feb 17 at 8 p.m.: Ars Nova Singers perform two renaissance motets in 40 parts by Alessandro Striggio and Thomas Tallis. Also, Pizzetti's Requiem. St. Elizabeth's Church, Denver. Info: 303-499-3165
Sunday, Feb 18 at 2 p.m.: Denver Chapter ARS with Connie Primus presents "The Jewel Masque," a medieval masque of music, dance and poetry. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. Info: 303-791-7402.
Sunday, Feb 18 at 8 p.m.: Ars Nova Singers perform two renaissance motets in 40 parts by Alessandro Striggio and Thomas Tallis. Also, Pizzetti's Requiem. St. John's Church, Boulder. Info: 303-499-3165
Friday, Feb 23 at 7:30 p.m.: The Clerks' Group -- early music from England, Edward Wickham, founder and director. St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver. Tickets: $14, $11. Info: 303-831-7115.
Saturday, Feb 24 at 7:30 p.m.: Deborah Kaufmann, soprano, and Gregory Nishevich, guitar, present "Songs of the Sephardim." Tickets, $7.50. Gloria Christi Lutheran Church, 1322 31st Avenue, Greeley. Info: 970-353-2552.
Sunday, Feb 25 at 2 and 4 p.m.: Boulder Bach Festival "Kids for Bach" free children's concerts: youthful artists perform Bach's works for their peers. Boulder Public Library. Info: 888-733-8843.
Tuesday, Feb 27 at 7:30 p.m.: Heavenly Harmonies, An Evening of Organ Concertos and the Bach "Magnificat." Featuring the winner of the Augustana Undergraduate Organ Competition, Cindy Lindeen-Martin, with Musica
Sacra, and Bach's "Magnificat" with the University of Northern Colorado Choir. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave., Denver. $12/adults, $9/seniors, $5/students. Info: 303-313-9568.
MARCH
Saturday, Mar 3 at 7:30 p.m.: Diverse Pasions concert at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda, Denver. $12 adults/$9 seniors/$5 students. Info: 303-388-4678 or 303-530-2144.
Sunday, Mar 4 at 2 p.m.: Denver Chapter ARS presents its annual Recorder Faire for Play-the-Recorder Month. Location TBA. Info: 303-791-7402.
Sunday, Mar 4 at 3 p.m.: Boulder Bach Festival Organ Concert Series performance by Alice Crawford. First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th Street, Boulder. Info: 888-733-8843.
Tueday, Mar 6 at 7:30 p.m.: Vox Renatux presents a Lenten offering featuring "The Lamentations of Jeremiah," by Thomas Crecquillon, and early anthems. Tickets $7, reception to follow. Gloria Christi Lutheran Church, 1322
31st Avenue, Greeley. Info: 970-353-2552.
Friday, Mar 9 at 7:30 p.m.: St Martin's Chamber Choir Literary Concert Series: "The Metaphysical Poets John Donne & George Herbert." Musical settings of the poems of these great 17th century poets, including Vaughan
Williams' Five Mystical Songs and other works, with organ. $15 adult, $12 senior, $5 student. Christ Episcopal Church, 2950 South University Blvd., Denver. Info: 303-298-1970.
Friday, Mar 9 at 8 p.m.: Sinfonia of Colorado, conducted by Paul Freeman, with internationally known guitarist Angel Romero, perform Vivaldi's Guitar Concerto in D Major, RV93, and works by Dvorak, Rodrigo, and Ginastera.
First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder. Tickets and info: 303-449-1343, ext. 2, or peakarts.org.
Saturday, Mar 10 at 7:30 p.m.:St Martin's Chamber Choir repeats "The Metaphysical Poets John Donne & George Herbert." $15 adult, $12 senior, $5 student. Christ Episcopal Church, 2950 South University Blvd., Denver. Info: 303-298-1970.
Sunday, Mar 11 at 1:30 p.m.: Colorado Springs Chapter ARS monthly meeting, led by Karl Reque. Room 21, Packard Hall, Cascade and Cache la Poudre. Info: 719-633-5683 or 719-473-0714.
Sunday, Mar 11 at 3 p.m.: Boulder Bach Festival Organ Concert Series performance by Jane Brinkman. First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine Street, Boulder. Info: 888-733-8843.
Sunday, Mar 11 at 7 p.m.: Sinfonia of Colorado, conducted by Paul Freeman, with internationally known guitarist Angel Romero, perform Vivaldi's Guitar Concerto, RV93, and works by Dvorak, Rodrigo, and Ginastera. Trinity
United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway, Denver. Tickets and info: 303-449-1343, ext. 2, or peakarts.org.
Wednesday, Mar 14 at 8 p.m.: Hesperion XXI with Jordi Savall, gamba, and Monserrat Figueras, soprano. Diaspora Sefardi/Roots and Memory from Medieval Spain to the Eastern Mediterranean: The Roots and Cultural
Richness of the Judeo-Spanish tradition in the world and eternity. Corkin Hall, Houston Fine Arts Center, Lamont School of Music, University of Denver at Montview and Quebec. Tickets $25. Info: 303-388-9839.
Friday, Mar 16 at 7:30 p.m.: Bach 315th Birthday Organ Concert, performed by Donald Pearson. Look for some surprises and pieces you have never heard Don play before. Following the concert, there will be birthday cake
for everyone. St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver. Free and open to the public. Info: 303-831-7115.
Friday, Mar 16:The 24th Annual Bach Festival, Music at St Lukes, presents Organ Music performed by James Higdon. St Lukes Episcopal Church, 2000 Stover Street, Fort Collins. Info: Dr. Peggy Johnson, music director, 940-493-7512.
Saturday, Mar 17 at 7:30 p.m.: The Swingle Singers will sing a dazzling a cappella concert of the music of Bach, for which they are so well known. St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver. Tickets: $15, $13. Info: 303-831-7115.
Saturday, Mar 17: The 24th Annual Bach Festival, Music at St Lukes, presents Chamber Music performed by Peggy Johnson, harpsichord, and Cindy Lindeen, harpsichord. St Lukes Episcopal Church, 2000 Stover Street,
Fort Collins. Info: Dr. Peggy Johnson, music director, 940-493-7512.
Sunday, Mar 18 at 2 p.m.: Denver Chapter ARS meeting, led by Michael Shasberger. Music Room, Christ Episcopal Church, 2950 South University Blvd., Denver. Info: 303-791-7402.
Sunday, Mar 18 at 3 p.m.: Boulder Bach Festival Organ Concert Series performance by Gerry Luethi. First Baptist Church, 1237 Pine Street, Boulder. Info: 888-733-8843.
Sunday, Mar 18 at 7:30 p.m.: Bach's Magnificat and Orchestral Suite #3, performed by the Denver Bach Festival chorus, soloists and orchestra, conducted by Donald Pearson. Dr. Thomas
Troeger, professor of homiletics, Iliff School of Theology, will present a short introduction to the Magnificat. St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver. Tickets: $15, $13. Info: 303-831-7115.
Sunday, Mar 18: The 24th Annual Bach Festival, Music at St Lukes, presents Choral Music performed by St. Luke's Choir and Orchestra. St Lukes Episcopal Church, 2000 Stover Street, Fort Collins. Info: Dr. Peggy Johnson,
music director, 940-493-7512.
Tuesday, Mar 20 at noon: Music with Lunch: "BachFest -- Toccatas and Dances," performed by Dr. Joyce Shupe Kull, harpsichord. Dagwell Hall, St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver. Free and open to the public.
You can bring your lunch or purchase a hot lunch for $4. Info: 303-831-7115.
Tuesday, Mar 20 at 7:30 p.m.: Bach music for Recorder and Harpsichord, performed by Marion Verbruggen, recorder, and Arthur Haas, harpsichord. Marion comes from the Netherlands for this concert and is a superstar in
the specialized world of Baroque recorder. St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver. Tickets: $15, $13. Info: 303-831-7115.
Wednesday, Mar 21 at 7:30 p.m.: Marion Verbruggen offers a recorder master class for interested players and auditors. Dagwell Hall, St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver. $10 at the door. Call the cathedral office,
303-831-7115 x17, if you would like to audition.
Friday, Mar 23 at 7:30 p.m.: Bach's Mass in B Minor, performed by The Choir of St. John's Cathedral and The Denver Bach Festival Orchestra, Donald Pearson, conductor. There will be a pre-concert lecture in Dagwell Hall
for Friends of Music and Supporters of the Bach Society at 6:30 p.m. St. John's Cathedral, 1313 Clarkson, Denver. Tickets: $15, $13. Info: 303-831-7115.
Friday, Mar 30 at 7:30 p.m.: Cindy Lindeen-Martin presents an organ concert at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave., Denver. $12/adults, $9/seniors, $5/students. Info: 303-313-9568.
APRIL
Sunday, Apr 1 at 7 p.m.: First Sunday Vespers -- "Kreuzstab", BWV56 -- Bach solo cantata, with baritone Michael Shasberger. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave., Denver. Free
will offering. Info: 303-313-9568.
Tuesday, Apr 10 at 7:30 p.m.: CU Early Music Ensembles. Grusin Music Hall, University of Colorado, Boulder. Admission is free. Info: 303-492-8008.
Friday, Apr 20 at 8 p.m.: Sinfonia of Colorado, conducted by Theodore Kuchar, with the Boulder Chorale Symphonu Chorus perform Haydn's "Nelson" Mass in D Minor. Also a concerto to be announced,
performed by the winner of the annual Sinfonia of Colorado Young Soloist Competition. First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder. Tickets and info: 303-449-1343, ext. 2, or peakarts.org.
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