Event

SEICENTO BAROQUE ENSEMBLE

QUEEN CHRISTINA: AMBIGUOUS ICON WHO LEFT A CONTROVERSIAL TRAIL OF LOVE, POWER AND MUSIC.

March 8 brings the much anticipated return of Seicento Baroque Ensemble, Colorado's premier baroque choir specializing in the historically-informed performances of 17th and 18th century choral music. The 2015 Queen Christina of Sweden program will follow this ambiguous icon's controversial trail of Love, Power and Music. The ensemble's unique niche in the Colorado choral scene is performing inspirational and worthy baroque choral music, both a capella and accompanied by period instruments.

Queen Christina: Declared a boy at birth, reassigned the opposite gender the following day, then raised to be "king" of Sweden during the mid-1600s, flamboyant Christina left a trail of ambiguous controversy that extended into many aspects of her life and across numerous countries of Europe. Christina stirred controversy at every turn but the music, art and scholarship she lived with, inspired and commissioned remain a pure testament to the multi-faceted beauty of the baroque era. Marjorie Bunday (mezzo soprano) sings in the role of Queen Christina; Abigail Chapman (soprano) and Steven Soph (tenor) also solo. Choir, soloists, and period instruments are under the direction of Artistic Director Evanne Browne.