Past Performances

The Cantabile Singers present My Spirit Sang All Day.

Sunday, May 3rd, 4:00 pm
Mountain View Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder CO

Saturday, May 9th, 7:30 pm
First Congregational United Church of Christ
1500 9th Avenue, Longmont CO

Tickets:

Adult: $15, Senior/Student: $12
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Please join Cantabile as we present Songs of Nature at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Sunday, November 9, 2009 at 2:00 pm.

The Cantabile Singers present Joseph Haydn’s Missa In Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass), featuring soloists Emily Murdock (soprano), Laura Williams (mezzo-soprano), Yang Bo (tenor) and Wu Wei (bass).

Friday, February 20th, 2009, 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009, 4:00 pm
Mountain View Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder, Colorado

Tickets:

Adult: $15, Senior: $12, Student: $10
Tickets sold at the door.

About the Mass

A country at war. Fear of terrorism. Economic disaster. Resentment of leaders. Social discontentment. Austrians exactly 210 years ago would have lamented their days in these terms over mugs of coffee with their neighbors. They would have cursed the war with Napoleon, feared his army’s guerrilla tactics, felt the pinch of restricted international trade, resented the despotic rule of France, and wished ardently for change. Not so very unlike our own troubled times.

Austrian Joseph Haydn captured the uncertain summer of 1798 in his Missa in Angustiis—Mass for Troubled Times (also known as the Lord Nelson Mass). Boulder’s Cantabile Singers performs the mass in the tenuous spring of 2009. The mass is chilling and yet uplifting, powerful yet delicate, on the verge of despair and yet infused with hope. Its ups and downs provide the soundtrack of our era.

The first movement opens with a booming, crimson-colored plea for mercy—Kyrie Eleison. We have gone to war in the Middle East. The banks foreclose on the first homes. The second movement proclaims Gloria and reminds us that there is still beauty in the world. Michael Phelps wins eight Olympic gold medals for America, setting a world record. The third movement, the Credo, cautions us to be humble. What has been given to us can be taken away—jobs, health, wealth, even our lives. But Haydn again gives us hope in the possibility for rebirth and renewal. Gas prices fall and America defies historical expectations by electing an African American president—Hosanna in Excelsis. In the final movement, the Agnus Dei, Haydn recognizes that troubles are far from over. America’s three major car manufacturers have asked for a governmental bailout and foreclosures and layoffs will return with the end of the holiday season. But we can all close our eyes as the mass ends and wish with all our hearts for peace—Dona Nobis Pacem.

Kristen Jorden, The Cantabile Singers

Choral music to celebrate the wonders of animals and raise awareness to protect and preserve their world.

The Cantabile Singers are pleased to be joined by the following organizations:

The Boulder County Audubon Society
City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks
The Wild Animal Sanctuary
Wild Earth Guardians

Come 1/2 hour before the concert and learn about what these organizations are doing to preserve wildlife habitats and help animals!

Saturday, May 17th, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 18th, 4:00 pm

Cantabile’s sixth appearance at the Stanley Hotel as part of the Estes Park Music Festival Winter Concert Series.

Sunday, November 11, 2:00 pm
The Stanley Hotel
333 Wonderview Avenue
Estes Park CO 80517
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A joint concert with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra, featuring local musicians and composers.

Sunday’s concert featured Silver Rain, the Summit Middle School advanced choir.

Friday, May 18, 2007, 7:30 pm
First Baptist Church
1237 Pine Street
Boulder CO 80302
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Sunday, May 20, 2007, 1:30 pm
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue
Boulder, CO 80304
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A joint concert with the Rocky Mountain Revels (and the RMR Teen Morris Team!), featuring an evening of music and dancing.

Friday, March 16, 2007, 7:30 pm
St Andrew Presbyterian Church
3700 Baseline Rd
Boulder, CO 80303
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Featuring Conrad Susa’s Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest for chorus, marimba, guitar and harp.
Friday, 1 December 2006
Broomfield Auditorium
Broomfield

Saturday, 2 December 2006
Mountain View Methodist Church
Boulder

Sunday, November 12, 2006, 2:00 pm
Hyde Chapel, YMCA of the Rockies

This program includes choral music using familiar texts from great literature. The concert also features a piano solo by Stella Pradeau.

Sunday, April 23, 2006, 4:00 pm
Boulder Library Auditorium
1000 Canyon Boulevard
Boulder, CO 80302
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Sunday, April 30, 2006, 7:00 pm
Broomfield Library Auditorium
3 Community Park Road
Broomfield, CO 80020
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A program including music by Philips, Handl, Bruckner and Pärt as well as arrangements of favorite carols and John Rutter’s “Dancing Day” for women’s voices with harpist Lynn Abbey Lee. The evening also featured conductor Sarah Harrison and The Altona Singers (formerly the Silver Creek Singers) from Altona Middle School in Longmont, an auditioned chorus of 7th and 8th graders.

Saturday, December 17, 2005, 7:30 pm
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue
Boulder CO 80304
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The Cantabile Singers return for a fifth appearance on the Estes Park Music Series in the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.

Sunday, November 6, 2005, 2:00 pm
The Stanley Hotel
333 Wonderview, Estes Park, CO Map & Directions

Saturday, February 12, 2005

Sunday, November 7, 2004
The Stanley Hotel
333 Wonderview, Estes Park, CO

Friday, May 7, 2004
Westview Presbyterian Church, Longmont CO

Saturday, May 8, 2004
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Boulder CO

With the Flagstaff Brass Quintet. Featured works include When Icicles Hang, by John Rutter; O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, by Johannes Brahms; and more music of the season.

Friday, December 12, 2003, 7:30 pm
Westview Presbyterian Church
1500 Hover Road, Longmont CO

Saturday, December 13, 2003, 7:30 pm
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder CO

A concert featuring Randall Thompson’s Frostiana and a preview of Christmas, at the Stanley Hotel in beautiful Estes Park.

Sunday, November 9, 2003, 2:00 pm
The Stanley Hotel
333 Wonderview, Estes Park, CO

Music of Thompson, Dello Joio and others.

Friday, May 9, 2003, 8:00 pm
Westview Presbyterian Church
1500 Hover Road, Longmont

Saturday, May 10, 2003, 8:00 pm
Mountain View United Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder

The Virgil Grillo Health Information Center provides free access to the latest health care information at the Boulder Public Library. Cantabile was pleased to provide an evening of music to benefit this valuable Boulder County resource.

Friday, March 7, 2003, 8:00 pm
Mountain View United Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder

Featuring the beautiful Bach motet, “Komm Jesu, Komm” and and Kirke Mechem’s Seven Joys of Christmas, a sequence of carols for choir and harp.

Friday, December 7, 2002, 7:30 pm,
Longs Peak United Methodist Church,
1421 Elmhurst Street, Longmont

Saturday, December 14, 2002, 7:30 pm
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304-3981

Sunday, November 3, 2002, in the beautiful Music Hall at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.

Wednesday, September 11, 2002, 8:46 am

Cantabile was privileged to participate with other area choirs in the Boulder Rolling Requiem, hosted by David Harris and Jubilate. For more information about this event, which honored those lost and those who helped others on September 11, 2001, please see the Rolling Requiem website.

Requiem, Opus 9, Maurice Duruflé, with the Cantabile Kids

Friday, May 10, 2002
Westview Presbyterian Church
1500 Hover Road, Longmont, CO 80501-2422

Saturday, May 11, 2002
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304-3981

Featuring Poulenc’s “Quatre Motets pour Noel” (Four Christmas Motets), as well as Conrad Susa’s “Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest”, with the choir, harp, guitar and marimba

Friday, December 7, 2001, 7:30 pm,
First United Methodist Church
350 11th Avenue, Longmont

Saturday, December 8, 2001, 7:30 pm
Mountain View United Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder

Sunday, November 4, 2001, 2:00 pm at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park

Featuring the music of Debussy, Mendelssohn, Britten, Berger, Gershwin and others

May 11, 2001
United Church of Christ, Longmont CO

May 12, 2001
Mountain View Methodist Church, Boulder CO

This year’s seasonal concert featured the Christmas Cantata by Geoffrey Bush, with guest oboist Jim Brody. The program also included settings of Ave Maria by Victoria and Rachmaninoff, a Christmas piece by Palestrina, and several pieces performed by 3 Story Limit.

Friday, December 8, 2000, 7:30 pm at Longs Peak United Methodist Church, Longmont
Saturday, December 9, 2000, 7:30 pm at Mountain View Methodist Church, Boulder

The 1st Annual Cantabile Singers Concert at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park was very well received.
Sunday, November 12, 2000

Love songs by William Walton, Orlando di Lasso, George Gershwin and others

June 2, 2000
Westview Middle School
Longmont CO

June 4, 2000
Boulder Public Library
Boulder CO

The Creation, Franz Joseph Haydn

Zonta Foothills of Boulder County joined forces with The Cantabile Singers for a concert to benefit two of Zonta’s children’s charities, Blue Sky Bridge and Voices for Children. Held on March 4, 2000, this celebration of the millennium was a project that culminated these two groups’ efforts in raising proceeds of $8800 from ticket sales and corporate sponsorships. On June 1, 2000 Robert Farr, Music Director of The Cantabile Singers, and Bev Sears, President of Zonta Foothills, awarded checks of $4400 each to Meg Collins, Blue Sky Bridge Board Member, and Jim Sides, Voices for Children Board Member to benefit the groups’ activities for the year June 2000-June 2001.

Accompanying the March concert was an exclusive Boulder-area exhibit of “Child Abuse Quilts: Reviewing and Healing the Pain of Child Abuse.” This was a breath-taking exhibit with original creations of artists around the country to focus attention on child abuse and society’s need to assist in the healing process. For many of the 28 quilt makers featured in this exhibit, the process of planning and making their quilt touched deep and painful wounds. For some the process was healing and cathartic. As a group, these quilts will travel the country.

Zonta and The Cantabile Singers are proud to have sponsored this concert and exhibit.

A variety of pieces including works by William Billings, Randall Thompson, Johannes Brahms, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

November 12, 1999
First Lutheran Church
Longmont CO

November 21, 1999
Boulder Public Library
Boulder CO

Including dances by Johannes Brahms, Rogers & Hart, and George & Ira Gershwin, with members of the Boulder Ballet and 3 Story Limit

Christmas and holiday music from the middle ages to the modern age. We are joined by 3 Story Limit.

December 11, 1998
United Church of Christ
Longmont CO

December 12, 1998
Mountain View Methodist Church
Boulder CO

Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with full orchestra drawn, in part, from the Suzuki Strings of Longmont

May 8, 1998
United Church of Christ
Longmont CO

May 9, 1998
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Boulder CO

Holiday works including pieces by Hans Leo Hassler, J.S. Bach, and John Rutter. We are joined by 3 Story Limit.

December 5, 1997
Centaurus High School
Lafayette CO

Dec 13, 1997
First Baptist Church
Boulder CO

October 19, 1997
Boulder Public Library Series
Boulder CO

American works from colonial times (William Billings, traditional works) through the 19th century (Stephen Foster) and into the 20th century (Charles Ives)

May 9, 1997
Lutheran Church of Hope
Broomfield CO

May 10, 1997
Boulder Library
Boulder CO

Holiday works by Tomas Luis de Victoria, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, John Rutter, Edward Elgar and more

Works by Orlando di Lasso, Heinrich Schütz, Ludwig van Beethoven and more, with Rocky Mountain Choral

May 5, 1996
First Plymouth Congregational Church
Denver, CO

May 11, 1996
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Boulder, CO

Works by Leo Hassler, Giovanni Gabrieli, Daniel Pinkham, Ralph Vaughan Williams and more
December 8,9, 1995

Nederland High School
Nederland, CO

First Congregational Church
Boulder, CO

December 3, 1994
First Congregational Church
Boulder CO