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Celebrate our Fifteenth Anniversary with us!
Our 2026/27 season is our fifteenth, and we’re partying all year! We have invited many of the artists who have shaped our series through the last decade-and-a-half to celebrate it with us through nine spectacular concerts in a season-long party. Together we’re exploring why so many of us have come to love these Happy Hour Chamber Concerts. Be sure to subscribe to our mailing list (click here) if you’re not already on it. That way you will have all the latest news about our upcoming concerts. And if you’d like to see the line-up for all the concerts in this gala season, click here.
Our next concert…
November 13, 2026, 6:00 pm MST
COLORADO
CHAMBER PLAYERS
“Hiding in Plain Sight:
Mystery Composers
of the Baroque”
Many composers in the Baroque era were forced to navigate a deeply religious and socially rigid world by concealing their personal lives behind the safety of powerful benefactors, royal patrons, or coded musical language. While they composed and performed masterpieces, their true identities and private relationships were often confined to tight-knit, underground circles or private salons. In this concert, Colorado Chamber Players will explore the hidden lives and brilliant music of women and gay composers of the Baroque, featuring works by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Isabella Leonarda, Arcangelo Corelli, Francesca Caccini, Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, and Barbara Strozzi. You won’t want to miss this creative and illuminating addition to our Gala Fifteenth Anniversary season!
The Performers
Kathryn Cruz, soprano
Barbara Hamilton, violin
Paul Primus, violin/harpsichord
Jennifer Diaz Spera, violin
Sarah Biber, cello
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The Program
Trio sonata op. 2, no. 12 – Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Two songs – Francesca Caccini (1587-1645)
“Regina Caeli”
“La Pastorella”
“Domine Dominus Noster,” for three violins and basso continuo (1623) – Lucrezia Orsino Vizzano (1590-1662)
“Laudate Domini,” for soprano, two violins and basso continuo – Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-1678)
“Hor Che Apollo,” for soprano, two violins, and basso continuo – Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Motet #2, Cara Regina (Spirituoso), op. 20 #2 , for soprano, two violins, and basso continuo (1700) – Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
About the Ensemble
Named one of the top five chamber groups in Colorado by the Denver Post, the Colorado Chamber Players celebrates its 33rd Season in 2026-27.
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, harpsichord, 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.
And then…
January 8, 2027, 6:00 pm MST
PARISH HOUSE BAROQUE
“The Beginnings of an Auld Sang”
The curious rise of collecting
Scots tunes in the 17th century
Early Scottish folk music has a strong oral tradition. During a period where printing and publishing were not yet common, it started finding its way into small manuscripts, a number compiled for women and by women scribes during the 17th century. There are familiar tunes in the 18th-century collections, including William Thomson’s Orpheus Caledonius (1725), James Oswald’s The Caledonian Pocket Companion (1745-60), and even later, Robert Burns’ The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1803). But a number of the tunes started appearing in much smaller collections decades earlier.
The musicians of Parish House Baroque and Keith Barnhart are excited to share the stories of these 17th-century manuscripts, the men and women who preserved this music, and promise to captivate you with this fanciful and lively program of Scottish airs and dances this chilly January evening. We will showcase the beginnings of a new tradition for the Scots – written sources for their old songs.
The Performers
Eric Wicks
Jennifer Carpenter
Pamela Chaddon
Elisa Wicks
with Keith Barnhart
Tickets go on sale December 7.
All concerts are at
Epiphany Lutheran Church
790 S. Corona in Denver
near Washington Park
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What people are saying
- “The epitome of Baroque!”
- “This is the most completely civilized way to start a weekend! It’s a short break from the frantic busyness of life to just sit, sip a little wine, and listen to great music.”
- “I love the format and the time of the concerts – the perfect way to unwind after a busy work week”
- “Just right for a Friday evening wind-down. I sit in a lovely and calm place with a nice glass of wine and listen to beautiful and live music that I do not hear anywhere else, which makes me forget about the world for a little while.”
- “It’s the perfect way to start a weekend! We get beautiful music, and there’s plenty of time for dinner afterwards.”