Boulder Bach Festival - Wheel of Time

This orchestral season finale truly has it all! COmpass REsonance conductorless chamber orchestra opens the program with the Colorado premiere of “Overture for a Changing World,” composed by Music Director Zachary Carrettin during pandemic lockdown and featured in Colorado Concert Films (string quintet version). The orchestra continues with an 18th Century work of remarkable pathos, Maria Teresa Agnesi’s “Non piangete” (Don’t Cry), in what is likely the first performance of this aria ever in the State of Colorado. Soprano Mara Riley performs as soloist in this exquisite work of Petrarchan sonnetry. Piano soloist Mina Gajic leads the orchestra in Ernest Bloch’s reimagining of a baroque form: his highly cinematic Concerto Grosso #1 for piano and string orchestra, calling on Middle Eastern melodies and featuring a thrilling fugue. Mara returns, singing a fast-paced aria from Vivaldi’s “La verita in cimento” (Truth in Contention), a Venetian opera from 1720. Finally, and here’s the surprise—Mara Riley returns to the stage with her FLUTE, joining Artistic Director Mina Gajic on piano, Zachary Carrettin on violin, and COmpass REsonance for a celebratory season finale performance of J.S. Bach’s ultra famous and much adored Brandenburg Concerto #5. Buy Tickets