Preview Article by Betsy Schwarm, originally published in 2022 Re-published in January 2023: a virtual re-broadcast (no live performances) of the February 2022 “Love Changes Everything” program is available from February 11-25, 2023, via On The Stage. Tickets $5-20: www.coloradochamberplayerstix.org Given the troublesome events of the past two years, one can scarcely find a person […]
Themes of Loss and Triumph: Beethoven’s Incessant Hum
A Preview by Betsy Schwarm Spoiler alert: Beethoven was deaf! Of course, anyone reading this article already knew that, and likely also knew that 2020 will bring the 250th anniversary of the master composer’s birth. However, it is both facts, not just the latter, that inspired an upcoming multi-disciplinary performance of a newly commissioned play […]
Cellist Lynn Harrell performs with Colorado Chamber Players
World famous cellist Lynn Harrell will perform one concert only with the Colorado Chamber Players on Saturday April 14th, 7:30 pm, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave, Cherry Hills Village. Repertoire will include the great Schubert two cello quintet in C major, Brahms Sextet in Bb, and Bach G major solo cello suite. […]
French Fireworks: Colorado Chamber Players
A preview by Betsy Schwarm Leave it to other ensembles to fill a French-themed program with the usual suspects and rely upon Impressionistic works. In its program for January 2018, the Colorado Chamber Players has, admittedly, chosen to include Maurice Ravel, certainly a frequent favorite. However, rarely does one hear his elder countryman Ernest Chausson, […]
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