Baroque Chamber 2012-2013 Orchestra Season

FRANK NOWELL Harpsichordist-Artistic Director

CYNTHIA MILLER FREIVOGEL Violinist-Leader Directors’ Concert

CYNTHIA MILLER FREIVOGEL ...... violin FRANK NOWELL ...... harpsichord WITH SANDRA MILLER ...... viola da gamba

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012 AT 5:00 PM ...... Wellshire Presbyterian Church 2999 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver

To launch our eighth season, BCOC’s artistic leaders present an evening of intimate Baroque Our 2012-2013 season is all about passion...in more than music and informal conversation. In an annual summer event that has become an audience favorite, Cynthia Miller Freivogel and Frank Nowell perform some of their favorite cham- one sense of the word! The composer Rameau asserted ber music – this year to include J.S. Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, solo fantasias that the purpose of music was “to arouse in us diverse pas- by Telemann, and sonatas by Bach and by Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – one of the few sions.” Our season encompasses a wide range of human famous women composers in the Baroque era. experience - from lust, honor and justice in La Susanna; to illusion, humor and romance in Don Quixote.

photo: Denver Post We are honored this season to share with Colorado audi- Freivogel draws a rich range of tonal colors from her violin and brings freshness, ences our own interpretation of J.S. Bach’s deeply mov- verve and a wonderfully natural sense of phrasing to her playing. It also helps that ing St. Matthew Passion. I am also thrilled to enter into a she seems so at home in this music.” Denver Post unique collaboration with Ballet Nouveau Colorado as we explore together the provocative emotional intersection between Baroque music and contemporary dance. 17th Century Treasures: La Susanna

Please join us in a season of Baroque passions, with ex- TEKLA CUNNINGHAM ...... violinist-leader LAURA HEIMES ...... soprano (Susanna) ceptional music by Vivaldi, Tartini, Stradella, Bach, Handel ABIGAIL CHAPMAN ...... soprano (Daniel) and Telemann! DANIEL HUTCHINGS, PETER BECKER ...... tenor and bass (Judges) MARJORIE BUNDAY ...... alto (Narrator)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 AT 7:30 PM ...... First Congregational Church 1128 Pine St., Boulder SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 AT 3:00 PM ...... St. Paul Lutheran Church 1600 Grant St., Denver

The earthy tale of the beautiful and betrayed Susanna, heroine of masterpieces by Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and Picasso, is brought to musical life in this astonishing oratorio by Frank Nowell, Artistic Director Alessandro Stradella. Soprano Laura Heimes shines in the title role, as we continue our on- going exploration of rarely performed gems of the 1600’s.

“Music’s aim is to please, and to arouse in us diverse passions.” Jean-Philippe Rameau The soprano of Laura Heimes as Susanna was balm to the ears. Her tones were per- fectly oated over the ensemble… a Susanna of beauty indeed.” Miami Herald A Dangerous Liaison with Ballet Nouveau Colorado Don Quixote GARRETT AMMON AND FRANK NOWELL ...... artistic directors CYNTHIA MILLER FREIVOGEL ...... violinist-leader CYNTHIA MILLER FREIVOGEL ...... violin soloist and leader Featured soloists: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2012 AT 7:30 PM ...... PACE Center EMILY BOWMAN ...... viola SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2012 AT 2:00 PM 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker TEKLA CUNNINGHAM AND KATHERINE WINTERSTEIN...... violins

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2012 AT 7:30 PM . Performing Arts Complex at Pinnacle Charter School FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 AT 7:30 PM ...... Wellshire Presbyterian Church SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2012 AT 7:30 PM 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver 2999 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2012 AT 2:00 PM SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 AT 7:30 PM ...... Baha’i Center of Metro Denver 225 E. Bayaud Ave., Denver SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 AT 3:00 PM . . . . . Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center Exploring the musical worlds of Antonio Vivaldi and Giuseppe Tartini, this tan- 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker talizing blend of improvisational Baroque music and contemporary dance fea- tures world-premiere choreography by Garrett Ammon and Sarah Tallman. Five A festive spring celebration featuring our core ensemble of devoted musicians beguiling and provocative live performance experiences at two superb venues! and the vibrant colors of Baroque. Georg Philipp Telemann was an imaginative musical story-teller, and his burlesques – colorful settings of the tales of Don Ballet Nouveau Colorado plays well with others. Very well. BNC Artistic Quixote and Gulliver’s Travels – beguile and delight. The ensemble gives a fresh Director, Garrett Ammon, is a great collaborator, often pairing up with twist to these whimsical fantasies, and to Telemann’s Viola Concerto and one of other artists to give his dance creations the breath of life.” The Hu ngton Post George Frideric Handel’s Grand Concertos in the style of Corelli.

Cynthia Miller Freivogel, St. Matthew Passion Tekla Cunningham

STEPHEN STUBBS ...... guest conductor and lutenist AARON SHEEHAN ...... tenor (Evangelist) To Purchase Tickets ST. MARTIN’S CHAMBER CHOIR TO ORDER TICKETS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.BCOCOLORADO.ORG/TICKETS ELIZABETH WEIGLE ...... soprano Programs, artists, dates, times, prices, and locations subject to change. LEAH CREEK BIESTERFELD ...... alto Visit bcocolorado.org for our latest information. DANIELLE REUTER HARRAH ...... alto For more information or to order tickets by phone, call 303-889-1012. TODD TESKE ...... tenor SEASON SUBSCRIPTION ON SALE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 SUMNER THOMPSON ...... baritone ADULT ...... $125 CYNTHIA MILLER FREIVOGEL AND TEKLA CUNNINGHAM...... co-concertmasters SENIOR 65+ / MILITARY ...... $110 SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2013 AT 7:00 PM ...... Montview Presbyterian Church STUDENT [pre-school children free] ...... $40 1980 Dahlia St., Denver November Concert Ticket Exchanges: Season subscription tickets will be honored at the November SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013 AT 3:00 PM ...... Bethany Lutheran Church concerts, but must be exchanged. See our website for more information. 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village SINGLE TICKETS FOR AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND MAY ADULT ...... $27 A profound musical monument that SENIOR 65+ / MILITARY ...... $23 continues to move listeners in the 21st STUDENT [pre-school children free] ...... $10 century, Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is unparalleled in its SINGLE TICKETS FOR MARCH ST. MATTHEW PASSION dramatic sweep and poignancy, probing ADULT ...... $35 SENIOR 65+ / MILITARY ...... $31 the depths of human emotion and STUDENT [pre-school children free] ...... $10 spiritual contemplation. Superb adult and children’s choruses and soloists Tenor Aaron Sheehan was Stephen Stubbs’s direction Single tickets for the November 3-4 concerts must be purchased from the PACE Center (http://pacecenteronline. join an expanded BCOC ensemble for a ideal, clear and polished, elegantly was as lively and spontane- ticketforce.com/). Ticket prices are $28/$23/$18. widely anticipated period-instrument declaiming the wide-ranging but ous as it was meticulous in Single tickets for the November 9-11 concerts must be purchased from Ballet Nouveau Colorado (http://bnc- performance of a beloved masterwork. dramatically restrained recitatives detail.” Seattle Times with quiet intensity.” Boston Globe dance.com/company/box-o ce/). Ticket prices are $47/$35/$22. Get Involved Because of the support of the BCOC community, more than 3,200 people experienced music during our 2011-12 season. BCOC is a non-pro t organization that relies on grants, donor support and ticket revenue to provide a ordable, accessible baroque music experiences throughout Colorado. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado this season or support us in the following ways. DONATE to the 2012-13 Annual Fund PROVIDE Frequent Flyer Miles to transport out-of-town musicians to Denver VOLUNTEER at concerts and events throughout the season ADVERTISE in the Program Book and get your name out to more than 3,200 people

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Educational Outreach In addition to our concert series, BCOC is able to introduce adults and young people to baroque music through photo: Brooks Bond our educational outreach programs. Our youth outreach program focuses on introducing Baroque repertoire and performance style to students from age 8 to 18. It includes innovative partnerships with Boulder Suzuki Strings and The Baroque Chamber the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO). ≥ Orchestra of Colorado is a period-instrument ensemble bringing to audiences the musical riches and spirit of improvisation of the 17th and 18th centuries. BCOC performs a varied repertoire, ranging from familiar Baroque favorites to rarely performed gems from the period, including an ongoing series entitled 17th-Century Treasures. Named Ensemble of the Year 2010 by the Denver Post, the orchestra is led from within the ensemble by violinist Cynthia Miller Freivogel and harpsichordist Frank Nowell. The ensemble’s  rst CD recording, Cornucopia, was released in 2010, featuring music of Handel, Telemann, Mu at, Avison and Leclair. ≥

No group has done more in the past  ve years to freshen and energize Denver’s classical-music

scene than the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado.” Denver Post Bond Brooks photo: Our programs for building the audience of the future include rehearsal demonstrations, in which fourth and  fth-grade students from urban schools observe a BCOC rehearsal often for students who otherwise have no exposure to classical music. Baroque Chamber Orchestra

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