Sunday At Four Concert Series

The concert series, “Sunday at Four” was born of our desire to bring beautiful and exciting musical events into the lives of, not only our BVUUF congregants, but also into the lives of surrounding community members. Our main thrust, therefore, is outreach: creating a positive event to enrich the community. Eventually, as our budget becomes more solid, we hope to invite, as our guests, people from the community who have special needs.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

This is the last in the series of our four Sunday concerts. We hope you will join us! The Sunday at Four concert series presents “Suonare – Music with an Original Twist” on Sunday, May 9th, from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Sanctuary.

WHO: “Suonare”—-“to sound”—- a chamber music component of the Colorado Chamber Orchestra, Noriko Nikki Tsuchiya, Music Director and members of the CCO.

WHAT: Walden to Xanadu: Retreats for the Mind

This music program is presented in three acts and invites the audience to travel through time and space. The idea of a retreat for spiritual renewal is exemplified by HD Thoreau’s Walden as well as Xanadu, the summer palace of Kublai Khan who preferred the peace of the countryside to war-mongering. It was famed for its opulence and as a rich center of culture. Since the Mongul empire once stretched from Mongolia through China into the European continent, it creates the perfect “set” or backdrop for the wide-ranging repertoire we propose to present. The audience is invited to create their own narrative using the music and their own imagination as inspiration. We end our evening with a joyous Suonare Fete fit for a palace in Xanadu!

ACT I-Prisms of Solitude
I. Native Am. Flute Invocation by Mary Jungerman
II. Elliot Carter: Two Selections from Eight Pieces for Solo Timpani:
Canaries and March (performed by Thomas A. Blomster)

ACT II-Communions with Self and Others
III. Schubert Variations uber Trockne Blumen for flute and piano
IV. Gershwin: Three American Preludes (arr. by Deborah Schmit-Lobis) for Violin, Piano, Bass and Percussion

INTERMISSION (with a call to regather: Solo Didgeridoo by Gusty Christenson)

V. Homage to Mahler by Mary Jungerman for Bass Clarinet and Didgeridoo
VI. Brahms: Scherzo (1853) for Violin and Piano
VII. “Strings, Wood, Air” for Violin and Clarinet, composed by Alexandra
Eddy with paintings by Mary Jungerman

ACT III-Fete en Xanadu
VIII: Claude Bolling Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, Part 2:
Sentimentale (flute, piano, drumset and bass)
IX: Wapiti by Deborah Schmit Lobis for Sax, bass, piano and drumset

WHEN and WHERE:
Sunday, May 9, 2010, 4:00 PM Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 1241 Ceres Drive, Lafayette, CO 80026 (303) 665-4280

ADMISSION: $12 advance tickets, $15 at the door.
For more information please contact: Thomas A. Blomster 303-322-1764
or Nikki Tsuchiya at 970-225-1679
or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Suonare presents an adventurous and eclectic mix of standard classical music, world music and original music composed by Suonare members. From the intimacy of traditional chamber music to the vibrant sonic palette of avant-garde expressionism, we challenge ourselves and engage our audiences in exploring the full spectrum of musical sound. For more information on the CCO please visit:

http://www.cochamberorchestra.org

or go to:

http://www.myspace.com/coloradochamberorchestra

The CCO can be considered an heir to the Denver Chamber Orchestra (DCO), which folded in 1994. Player-inspired efforts to reformat as Chamber Orchestra of the West (COW) quickly sputtered. A more successful incarnation, The Mercury Ensemble, founded by Thomas Blomster and Wayne Templeman, DCO and COW alumni, had a respectable eleven-season run with Blomster as their conductor and music director. Their success as primarily a string ensemble rested heavily on Blomster’s charisma and leadership, staying small, and running responsibly on a shoestring budget. In the last couple seasons, Mercury/Blomster began a series of successful collaborative concerts with the Littleton Chorale in which Mercury expanded into a full chamber orchestra/full orchestra. The success of these concerts inspired Thomas to create CCO in the summer of 2007.

Sponsorship

Our first year was a success, both monetarily and artistically. However, it is common knowledge that fine artistic endeavors such as this one cannot survive on ticket sales alone, and, therefore, we have established a sponsorship program to ensure a long-lived project.

By coming a sponsor of “Sunday at Four” you will be doubly rewarded, as follows:

“Orchestra” level: For a gift of $1000.00 you receive 2 season passes.

“Chamber Orchestra” level: For a gift of $500.00 you receive 4 tickets for your concert of choice.

“Choir” level: For a gift of $200—-2 tickets

“Quartet” level: For a gift of $100.00—1 ticket

“Solo” level: For a gift of $50 or under—warm recognition.

Please choose your category and write your check for that amount to the BVUUF, placing “Sunday at Four Sponsorship” in the memo line. You can mail it to the office % Stephanie or hand it to a greeter on Sunday morning.

We deeply appreciate your support of this project.