Join us this season as we celebrate a return to in-person performance, as well as expanding on our new live-streaming capabilities!
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In Memoriam
- The Victims of the Pandemic (Brahms German Requiem)
- 4-hand Piano; Festival Singers
- Pre-concert lecture by Dr. Thomas Riis 6:40 PM - September 24th ONLY
- In anticipation of the return to a world of live performances and in-person audiences, and to honor the millions lost to the Corona virus during the pandemic, as well as other victims of the pandemic’s global effects, St. Martin’s Chamber Choir and Festival Singers perform the powerful and beloved German Requiem by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), along with other works of remembrance and loss.
- Sponsored by Claudia Dakkouri
- Friday, September 24, 7:30 pm
- First Plymouth Congregational Church
- Sunday, September 26, 3:00 pm
- Bethany Lutheran Church
American Renaissance
- Cameo Ensemble
- Pre-concert lecture by MB Krueger - 6:30 pm on October 29th ONLY
- Our Fall Cameo concert often contains music of the Renaissance. This year we will focus on a Renaissance of a different sort – the blossoming of choral composition by American composers in the early 20th century, including many African American composers -- William Grant Still, Florence Price, Nathaniel Dett – as well as Amy Beach, Horatio Parker, Leo Sowerby, George Chadwick, and others.
- Generously sponsored by Jeff Parrott & Jeff Jacob
- Saturday, October 30, 7:30 pm
- Calvary Church, Golden
- Sunday, October 31, 3:00 pm
- Lord of Life Lutheran Church
- Monday, November 1, 7:00 pm
- The Brown Palace Hotel Lobby
A Christmas Oratorio
- Herzogenberg's "The Birth of Christ"
- Orchestra
- Featuring Joseph Gaines as the Evangelist!
- Johannes Brahms acknowledged only one student as a protégé worthy of his legacy, and that was Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843-1900). In 1894, at the height of his powers, Herzogenberg composed a Christmas oratorio entitled Die Geburt Christi (The Birth of Christ) in a form redolent of a Bach Passion. These twin muses – Bach and Brahms – result in a work of unique power and beauty, performed in collaboration with members of the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra. Preceding the oratorio will be a selection of favorite carol arrangements.
- Sponsored by David Beattie and Philip Van Hoevenberg and by the German Culture Society of Colorado
- Friday, December 17, 7:30 pm
- First Plymouth Congregational Church
- Saturday, December 18, 7:30 pm
- Bethany Lutheran Church
Live-stream available for this date
- Sunday, December 19, 3:00 pm
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Shiru L’Adonai
- Jewish Sacred Music
- Pre-concert lecture by Seth & Carol Ward
- St. Martin’s Chamber Choir’s initial foray into the realm of Jewish choral music proved to be a revelation to many of our audience. Repeating one or two highlights from that concert, St. Martin’s will again present a variety of sacred choral works from the Jewish tradition.
- Sponsored by Lesley Manring-Borchers dedicated to Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and Mizel Museum
- Friday, February 26, 7:30 pm
- Mizel Arts and Culture Center
Live-stream available for this date
- Sunday, February 27, 3:00 pm
- Temple Emanuel
Songs of Pilgrimage
- Camino de Santiago
- Cameo Ensemble
- One of the world's oldest and most famous pilgrimages is the Camino de Santiago across northern Spain, from the French border to the cathedral of St. James in Compostela. A mystically transformative experience for many over the last thousand years, this journey is the inspiration for "Songs of Pilgrimage." Maestro Krueger has collected choral music by composers who lived and worked along the route of the pilgrimage, and, together with atmospheric readings about the Camino, creates a musical accompaniment to the trek. Featuring Spanish composers from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century, they would have been familiar with the pilgrims making their way through their towns and cities, in search of spiritual enlightenment. This concert was presented in the autumn of 2019 to such enthusiastic response that it will comprise the material for St. Martin's next recording project. Whether you were among those who heard it in 2019 or not, make sure to hear it this April!
- Sponsored by Peter DeBlois in memory of his wife, Marta Algermissen Garay
- Thursday, April 1, 7:30 pm
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Live-stream available for this date
- Friday, April 2, 7:30 pm
- St. Elizabeth of Hungary
- Saturday, April 3, 3:00 pm
- Arvada United Methodist Church
After the Pilgrimage
- The Journey Home
- Following on the heels of the pilgrimage theme laid out in our April concerts, we conclude our season with poignant works that use travel as a metaphor for the journey of life. Minnesota composer Abbie Betinis' "Long Time Trav'ling" and "From Behind the Caravan" set up this theme, followed by "Seven Songs of the Rubaiyat" by New York composer Adolphus Hailstork (poetry by Ḥāfeẓ). The touching and powerful "Songs of Farewell" by English composer Hubert Parry (1848-1918), written during the final year of his life and consciously penned as his swan song, bring the season to a fitting close.
- Sponsored by Elizabeth Randall and Alan Gottlieb
- Saturday, May 29, 3:00 pm
- St. Andrew's United Methodist Church
