Monday February 22, 2010

Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
Frank Nowell & Cynthia Miller Freivogel, co-leaders
Debra Nagy, oboe; Cynthia Miller Freivogel, violin; Tekla Cunningham, violin
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in A minor, BWV 1067 18:56
Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 14:38
Also, Charley anticipates the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado's "Bach Meets Frederick the Great" concerts this weekend.George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4 No.6
Frank Nowell, organ; Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado 11:31
George Frideric Handel: "Adagio" (3rd movement) & "Allegro" (4th movement) from Trio Sonata in G minor, Op.2 No.5
Cynthia Miller Freivogel, violin; Debra Nagy, oboe; Sandra Miller, cello; Frank Nowell, harpsichord 5:13
NCA (5/1/09)
And, Charley talks with Colorado Ballet's Gil Boggs about their production of Beauty and the Beast.


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043
I. Vivace
II. Largo ma non tanto
III. Allegro

In 1717 Bach assumed his new position as court conductor to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen. ``My gracious prince loved and understood music,'' he later recalled. Much of Bach's secular, instrumental music dates from his tenure at Cöthen, including a series of violin concertos.
The Double Concerto was written about 1720. ``The attack of the first movement is uncompromising,'' says Geoffrey Crankshaw, ``and the contrapuntal exchanges of the orchestra are matched by those of the two soloists, using a variant of the main theme. The self-consistent logic of this movement is contrasted with the exalted calm of the second movement, whose serene canon, unfolded...by the soloists against a softly beating accompaniment, takes us beyond earthly experience. In the third movement, energy returns in an argument dominated by the soloists. Bach's use of double-stopping in both solo parts is a marvelous stroke of poetic intensity.''
The score calls for two solo violins, strings and continuo.