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| Celebrate Bach's 325th Birthday with us | |||
The Colorado Chamber Players celebrates Bach's 325th birthday with two of his most extraordinary mature works: Art of the Fugue and Goldberg Variations. The master Bach continually arranged his keyboard works for other combinations. The clarity of the separate instruments lends itself to hearing the distinct voices in Bach's masterpieces, often lost when performed on keyboard instruments. Bach originally wrote the Aria and 30 Variations as a commission for Count Kaiserling - an insomniac kept awake with painful neuralgia. Kaiserling's court musician Johann Goldberg was instructed to play Bach's Variations to soothe his employer- often at 3 a.m.! Art of the Fugue was written near the end of Bach's life, and is an exceptional compilation of fugues and canons. Performers: Now in its 16th season, the award-winning Colorado Chamber Players (CCP) is a diverse chamber ensemble of 12 distinguished musicians who produce and perform over 50 concerts annually. Founded in 1993, the CCP celebrated its "Crystal" anniversary season in 2008-09, featuring guest pianist Jeffrey Kahane. The CCP has toured throughout the United States, Spain and Brazil, and released its first CD - Uplifting Discoveries from a Generation Lost - on the Centaur label in 1997. In 2008, the CCP was awarded a grant from the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund to record, produce and distribute Bruce Adolphe's "The Tiger's Ear: Listening to Abstract Expressionist Painting" - to be released in 2010. The CCP's Colorado premiere of "Tiger's Ear" received extensive media attention and critical praise. The CCP has received other significant grants from Meet The Composer (2008), National Endowment for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Colorado Council on Arts, The Denver Foundation, The Janus Foundation and Xcel Energy Foundation. As well, the group regularly records at the Colorado Public Radio studios for radio broadcasts, reaching 25,000 listeners a year in the Rocky Mountain region. The CCP has commissioned works by composers Scott Higgins, David Mullikin, Benjamin Tomkins, David Waldman and Katrina Wreede, as well as New York-based poet Kate Light ("Einstein's Mozart: Two Geniuses," 2006). A commission by Gabriela Lena Frank, winner of the Joyce Award, will be premiered in 2011. Tickets are $10 for Adults and $5 Seniors and Students and are available at the Broomfield Auditorium Box Office Thursdays and Fridays from 2-6 p.m. For more information contact Cultural Affairs at 303-464-5835 or 720-887-2371. |
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