2023-24 - Roots and Wings
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With Strings Attached: Bach’s Goldberg Variations
May 17-18, 2024
Our ensemble led by Cynthia Miller Freivogel reprises a beloved masterwork: J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. This exquisite theme with 30 kaleidoscopic variations has captured listeners' imaginations for generations. BCOC violist and arranger Alexander Vittal has created a superb interpretation for strings that highlights the extraordinary talents of our ensemble and its individual players.
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Folk Meets Baroque
April 4, 2024 at 7:30pm - Broomfield Auditorium
April
5, 2024 at 7:30pm - St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Denver
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Livestream option available on April 4
Join us to celebrate the arrival of spring with a rich and colorful tapestry of music from Baroque and folk genres. Music by Baroque masters Geminiani and Telemann is woven together with folk tunes from a variety of traditions: Swedish, Polish, English, Scottish, Appalachian, and Karuk. Our full string orchestra of 14 players is joined by guest fiddler Ryan Drickey for a program overflowing with surprise and delight!
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Topics include: Music in the Moment, Handel’s Messiah, Indigenous Music, Baroque to Folk, and more.
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.
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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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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.”
