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Upcoming Concerts
Appalachian Roots
March 24-26 2023
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Welcome to our 2022/23 Season
Musical Migrations
Appalachian Roots
March 24-26 2023
BCOC presents a transatlantic tour beginning in Stuart England where mystical ballads describing ancient fables blended with court compositions of art song and music salons. Emigrants from the British Isles packed their bags for the nascent land of America with their stories and tunes in tow, their music settling in the Appalachian hills. Here new instruments picked up old melodies and historical ballads took on a life of their own. Compositions and stories include those by Henry Purcell, John Playford, Niel Gowell, Jeremiah Ingles, ballads collected by Francis James Child, and all those tunes composed by the collective hands of generations of fiddlers and pipers. Featuring Cynthia Freivogel, violin.
Invitation to the Dance
May 12-14, 2023
“Characters of the Dance,” by Jean-Fery Rebel is a tour-de-force for solo dancer with our strings and woodwinds—plus minuets by Ignatius Sancho (composed for social dancing in 18th-century London) and Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1, powered by the lively dance rhythms of the Baroque.
FANDANGO! Voices, Violins & Guitars
A virtual concert, available on demand April 14 -30, 2023
Featuring two GRAMMY-nominated sopranos, Nell Snaidas and Jennifer Ellis Kampani, with Jon Wasserman & Peter Schimpf on guitar and a BCOC ensemble. Fiery instrumental dances complement vocal virtuosity, all captured in the visual splendor and exquisite acoustics of the historic St. Thomas Church.
And a new series of Discover Baroque.
Sign up here for free monthly Zoom discussions. Topics include: Music in the Moment, Handel’s Messiah, Indigenous Music, Baroque to Folk, and more.
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Hear BCOC's music at the Denver Art Museum
Did you know that music from BCOC sets the ambience of the newly re-opened Latin American galleries at Denver Art Museum? Music selections from BCOC and our collaborators was curated by BCOC's Artistic Director, Frank Nowell.
View a free recording of one of our recent concerts
Hearts Resounding!
BCOC celebrates the power of music to evoke our brightest joys and deepest longings. Familiar music of Bach and Handel, Telemann’s spirited Viola Concerto with soloist Emily Anne Bowman, plus a new Chaconne for solo violin composed and performed by Martin Davids.
Here is the link to the concert.
Click here to watch this exciting Vivaldi concerto, a short excerpt, featuring Cynthia Miller Freivogel, violin soloist.
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Discover Baroque via Zoom
Learn more about what makes baroque baroque in these monthly, one-hour sessions, including lecture, musical demonstration and Q&A. Hosted by Artistic Director Frank Nowell and guest hosts. No charge — Donations appreciated. Register here for updates on the schedule and monthly topics, and to receive the links.
“The BCOC, in particular, is the best chamber orchestra I've EVER heard and its concerts are so incredibly intimate - always a breath taking experience. I can't thank BCOC enough for its lovely music.”
Katherine Murphy
“The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado... has built a national reputation as a first-rate period-instrument ensemble.”
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All races and ethnicities
All religions and creeds
All gender identities
All countries of origin
All sexual orientations
All immigrants and refugees
All abilities and disabilities
Our ensemble aims to bring the spirit of this wonderful music alive in today’s world, capturing its vivid and evocative colors, enlivened with the spirit of improvisation and dance. Baroque composers knew the power of music to move listeners to experience a spectrum of emotions, and the equal role of the performer in this endeavor. As an ensemble we take our cue from Geminiani, who urged musicians to be first inspired themselves, and “while the imagination is warm and glowing [to pour] the same exalted spirit into [our] own performance.”
