Candlelight: A Baroque Christmas

Come enjoy a festive Holiday concert with the soft glow of candlelight! This concert features an uplifting performance of Vivaldi’s “Gloria”. From the genre of cantata-mass, this hybrid form is set for solo voices, choir, and orchestra! Textural contrast, expressive variety, and emotion arise from the words of the mass in this Baroque-style performance.

ARCANGELO CORELLI
Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8
I. Vivace—Grave–Allegro
II. Adagio—Allegro–Adagio
III. Vivace
IV. Allegro
V. Pastorale

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
“Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion” from Messiah

SCARLATTI
Christmas Cantata for Soprano and Strings
I. Sinfonia
II. Recitativo - O di Betlemme
III. Aria - Dal bel seno d’una stella
IV. Recitativo - Presa d’uomo la forma
V. Aria - L’Autor d’ogni mio bene
VI. Recitativo - Fortunati pastori
VII. Aria - Tocco la prima sorte a voi

Intermission

ANTONIO VIVALDI
Gloria in D major, RV 589
I. Gloria (Chorus)
II. Et in terra pax (Chorus)
III. Laudamus te (Sopranos I and II)
IV. Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus)
V. Propter magnam gloriam (Chorus)
VI. Domine Deus (Soprano)
VII. Domine, Fili unigenite (Chorus)
VIII. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Contralto & Chorus)
IX. Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus)
X. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Contralto)
XI. Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Chorus)
XII. Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)

Featured Guest Chorus — Erie High School Choir

Thalia Burd, Director

Thalia Burd has been teaching music in Colorado for sixteen years and is in her fifth year as the Choral Director at Erie High School. Originally from Loveland, CO, she graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance and Theater. She then continued her education at Colorado State University, earning a Master's degree in Music Education and Conducting.

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Thalia Burd has been teaching music in Colorado for sixteen years and is in her fifth year as the Choral Director at Erie High School. Originally from Loveland, CO, she graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance and Theater. She then continued her education at Colorado State University, earning a Master's degree in Music Education and Conducting.

Featured Artists

Ekaterina Kotcherguina, Soprano I

Praised for her “fresh and exuberant” stage presence, soprano Ekaterina Kotcherguina is a flexible performer, equally compelling when portraying light-hearted damsels or tragic heroines.

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She holds an affinity for music of the Classical period, and particularly enjoys the intimacy of the song recital. In 2020, she stepped in to sing Musetta with Boulder Opera Company as a last minute replacement. Other recent performances include Messiah with the Longmont Symphony Orchestra and the Hot Springs Music Festival, Donna Elvira in Denver Immersive Opera’s production of Giovanna’s, concerts with the Boulder Bach Festival, as well as numerous chamber concerts with Duet Azure. Ms. Kotcherguina has also performed Schubert’s Mass in G Major with the Longmont Symphony Orchestra, concerts with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Boulder Opera Company, Seicento Baroque Ensemble, as well as chamber and solo recitals across the Colorado Front Range, Arkansas, Virginia, France, and Russia. Winner of the 2017 Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition, Ms. Kotcherguina received her Performance Certificate in Opera and Solo Vocal Performance from the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2019, Ms. Kotcherguina placed at the West Central NATSAA regional competition, was a semifinalist in the 15th Concours International de Musique de Chambre de Lyon. An active voice teacher, Ms. Kotcherguina currently works as a Vocal Instructor at the Neighborhood Music School in Denver, CO. Her ‘23-’24 season engagements include Die Gräfin (Die Hochzeit des Figaro) in Germany, collaborations with Art Song Colorado and Duet Azure, as well as performances with Opera Company of Middlebury, and the acclaimed German for Singers program with Middlebury College in Vermont.

Kailyn Martino, Soprano II

Kailyn Martino is a soprano from Pittsburgh, PA. She is currently a graduate student in Voice Performance and Pedagogy at CU Boulder, thrilled to make her debut with LSO.

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Most recently, she performed the role of Nannetta in CU’s production of Falstaff. She studies voice with Prof. Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson. In 2020, she graduated from Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music with a BM in Voice Performance. Prior to cancellation due to COVID-19, Kailyn prepared Poulenc’s monodrama, La Voix Humaine, with Baldwin Wallace Opera. In 2018, she was Younger Alyce in the Midwest premiere of Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied. She was also the 2018 recipient of the Hakola Prize for Academic & Vocal Excellence. She has performed roles with Cleveland Opera Theater, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Harrower Summer Opera and more.

Sarah Barber, Mezzo-soprano

With over twenty years of experience as a teacher of singing, Sarah Barber is one of the most in-demand vocal instructors in the Rocky Mountain Region.

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Her students, both former and current, are gracing the top Classical, Musical Theatre, and Commercial stages around the nation. Her extensive teaching resume includes serving on the voice faculties at CU Boulder, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado State University, Front Range Community College, Denver School of the Arts, and the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts. With a background in both Music Education (BME-Univ. of Northern Iowa) and Vocal Performance (MM-CU Boulder), Sarah offers expert teaching in a positive, welcoming environment. Equally proficient in Classical and CCM pedagogies, she offers technical and musical foundations for students of all ages.Her experience spans private vocal instruction, audition and acting coaching, conducting ensembles, teaching coursework, and directing stage productions for singers of all ages and abilities. In addition to sustaining a busy performance schedule, Sarah currently serves as a Teaching Artist with Central City Opera and maintains a select private vocal studio in Broomfield, CO.