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September 20th Performance, 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church1421 Spruce Street, Boulder, Colorado 80302

September 21st Performance, 7:30pm
Trinity Lutheran Church301 E Stuart Street, Fort Collins, CO 80525

September 22nd Performance, 3:00pm
Bethany Lutheran Church 4500 E Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113

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Review Quote
“Dr. Kim always surprises me with his completely relaxed posture on the podium, but it is also apparent that he is closely watching the musicians in front of him, and that he is in command of the situation. But even that statement, while true, seems overstated simply because he constantly gives the musicians their chance to prove that they know the composer being performed. I would truly like to attend one of his rehearsals, because I suspect there is quite a lengthy verbal explanation of his concept of the score and how it should be performed. He has infinite trust in their ability to remember what was said at all of the rehearsals, and I have never heard a performance where they have let him down. Such is the mutual exchange between everyone on stage. They are constantly listening to each other very carefully while watching Maestro Kim. The result is a graceful flow of the music, combined with the necessary rhythmic pulse generated by Bach’s counterpoint.”

Concert Review

Soloists

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June 14th Performance, 7:30pm
Edna Rizley Griffin Concert Hall
1400 Remington St
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524

June 15th Performance, 7:30pm
Kenneth King Academic & Performing Arts Center
855 Lawrence Way
Denver, CO 80204

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Review Quote
“This entire performance from beginning to end was filled with uncompromising musicianship. There are many moments when the two orchestras share contrapuntal moments that produce a conversation between Orchestra I and Orchestra II. One orchestra began a “sentence,” and the other orchestra would finish it with a sentence of its own, or little rhythmic jabs of startling precision. The clarity of Bach’s counterpoint, and his inherent and constant rhythmic drive and accentuation was always distinct and unmistakable in Saturday’s performance. It is what defines Bach, and there is no question that Maestro Kim used it to shape the intensity of the performance. Everyone on stage, the soloists, the orchestra musicians, and the musicians in the choir, were all exceptional. As I stated above, this is one of the most important compositions of Bach’s, as well as one of the most important in music literature, and it takes immense stamina and artistic courage. Maestro James Kim has a way of the leading these knowledgeable musicians into the inner-most spirit of Bach, and then, if that were not enough, he eagerly invites the audience to follow.”
Concert Poster
Concert Review

Soloists

Chorus I

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Chorus II

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Sopranos in Ripieno

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Orchestra I

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Colorado Bach Ensemble presents the first of its chamber concert series with Bach’s motet, Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 with one of his early canatas, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150 in a lecture-concert format. Members of the CBE Ysmael Reyes and Ken Mervine offer flute sontata, Prelude and Fugue.The concert is free with a free-will offering.

Chorus

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Instrumentalists
Margaret Soper Gutierrez, Violin I
Heejung Kim, Violin II
Carole Whitney, Cello
David Schwartz, Bassoon
Kenrick Mervine, Keyboard
Ysmael Reyes, Flute

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Colorado Bach Ensemble Presents Handel’s Messiah in Fort Collins on December 21st and Denver on December 22nd. Following the critically acclaimed debut of the Colorado Bach Ensemble last June with the B minor Mass, James Kim, Founding Artistic Director, conducts the complete Messiah (Watkins-Shaw edition) with a stunning group of international soloists and a 24-member professional chorus. Performing the work in its entirety with such an intimate chamber ensemble of chorus and orchestra will give our audience the opportunity to explore this stunning work in all its grace, clarity, depth, and precision.

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December 21st Performance, 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church
1005 Stover Street
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524

December 22nd Performance, 7:30pm
Trinity United Methodist Church
1820 Broadway
Denver, CO 80202

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Concert Poster 

Concert Review

 

Soloists

Chorus I

Orchestra

Members of the Colorado Bach Ensemble and members of the Colorado Chamber Players join forces to offer a benefit concert for the victims and their families of the recent shooting tragedy in Aurora on July 20. Program includes Gabriel Faure’s Requiem, Ubi Caritas by Maurice Duruflé, and the Geistliches Lied, op. 30 by Johaness Brahms. CBE has been working closely with the City of Aurora to coordinate the event. The City of Aurora will be notifying the victims and the families whose lives were touched by the tragedy.

The concert is free, and the free-will offering will go directly to the victims and their families under the guidance of the Victim’s Services Staff at the City of Aurora.

September 30th, 7:00pm
Our Lady of Loreto
18000 East Arapahoe Road
Aurora, CO 80016

Concert Brochure

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Colorado Bach Ensemble presents its inaugural concert, Bach’s Mass in B Minor.

JUNE 28, 7:30pm
Edna Rizley Griffin Concert Hall at the
University Center of the Arts, Fort Collins

JUNE 29, 7:30pm
June Swaner Gates Concert Hall at the
Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver

Concert Poster

Concert Review

Chorus

Orchestra