Spheres of Influence

Colorado Chamber Players Quartet
Paul Primus and John Fadial, Violins
Barbara Hamilton, Viola
Beth Vanderborgh, Cello

with guest artists

Stephanie Flores Guerrero, Cello
Mary Cowell, Viola

String Quintet in g minor, K. 516......................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1. Allegro

2. Menuetto: Allegretto

3. Adagio ma non troppo

4. Adagio-Allegro

Of Cliffs and Sacred Spaces (world premiere, 2023)..........Gwyneth Walker

Commissioned by Beth Vanderborgh and Amy Frost Baumgarten

Images of Vedauwoo rock formations courtesy of American Heritage Foundation

1. Looking Up
2. As a Team – Where Two Can Go
3. Prayer
4. Beyond Time and Space

Inspired by the following poem:

This Stillness
This stillness, solitude, wildness of Nature
Is like an herb,
or food to my intellect.
This is what I go out to seek.
It is as if I always met in those places
Some grand, serene, immortal,
Infinitely encouraging, though invisible,
companion.
We walked together as one.
– Henry David Thoreau

Intermission

G major String Sextet no. 2, op. 36............Johannes Brahms

1. Allegro non troppo (G major)
2. Scherzo – Allegro non troppo – Presto giocoso (G minor)
3. Adagio (E minor)
4. Poco allegro (G major)

Program note: due to illness, Amy Frost Baumgarten is unable to travel to Colorado to join the Colorado Chamber Players for this program.

We are grateful that Stephanie Flores could replace Amy, as 2nd cello in the Walker and Brahms.