CD Review by Kelly Dean Hansen During Zachary Carrettin’s ten-year tenure as music director, the Boulder Bach Festival gradually moved away from a compressed series of concerts in a single […]
A Baroque Christmas: Handel’s Messiah

Fresh. Invigorated. Relevant. Powerful. One of the most adored works of music celebrating Christmas is approached with a fresh spirit by a collective of soloists and a chamber choir of […]
Renowned Violinist Guzman to play Intimate Bach-Centered Longmont Program

A preview by Kelly Dean Hansen Violinist Vadim Gluzman has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras. The Ukrainian-born Israeli violinist–recognized as one of today’s top performing artists–made an […]
Boulder Bach Fest Ends on a High Note

A review by Marc Shulgold Heartfelt words of gratitude from the stage, warm waves of applause from a sizable audience – and, as usual, first-rate musicianship from first note to […]
BACH FESTIVAL WEEK OPENS WITH INSPIRED CONCERTO PROGRAM
A review by Kelly Dean Hansen, Ph.D For much of its history, including the first years under music director Zachary Carrettin, the Boulder Bach Festival was a compressed event, with […]
Bach and Beyond: Boulder Bach’s Spring “Festival Week”
Johann Sebastian Bach: the music and the name are timeless, like a Gibraltar of great music. Beethoven has myriad admirers, as does Mozart. However, both masters studied JS Bach’s works, […]
FESTIVAL WEEK: The Intimacy of J. S. Bach
The final concert of Festival Week offers J.S. Bach in several genres, starting with the profound Cello Suite in C Minor, performed by Coleman Itzkoff. The program continues with Cantata BWV 196, Der Herr […]
FESTIVAL WEEK: Next Generations
Next Generations explores works by later composers and features a rare 19th century Érard concert grand piano in pristine condition. The instrument traveled from Amsterdam to Boulder and offers a […]
FESTIVAL WEEK: Voices of the Chamber
Voices of the Chamber focuses on intimate chamber music performed by some of our nation’s most insightful interpreters of baroque music. Trio sonatas by Isabella Leonarda, Giovanni Legrenzi, and Dario […]
FESTIVAL WEEK: Contemporaneous Concertos
Contemporaneous Concertos opens Festival Week with a display of phenomenal examples of solo concerto and concerto grosso genres. Ysmael Reyes performs the Colorado premiere of a recently rediscovered concerto by Telemann—on […]
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Rare Byrd with Seicento Baroque
A preview by Betsy Schwarm In this case, ‘Rare Byrd’ is not an unexpected avian visitor. Rather, Seicento Baroque Ensemble – drawing its name from the...

BACH FESTIVAL RECORDING PROVIDES “PURE AUDIO”
CD Review by Kelly Dean Hansen During Zachary Carrettin’s ten-year tenure as music director, the Boulder Bach Festival gradually moved away from a compressed...

Passione with Pro Musica Colorado
Preview article by Betsy Schwarm Apply the word Passione to a musical program and thoughts may drift immediately to Romeo and Juliet. Those legendary...