2023 SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL
~ early chamber music on period instruments on Whidbey Island ~
WHAT: 2023 Salish Sea Early Music Festival on Whidbey Island
WHEN: Saturday, February 4 at 7:30 PM: The Italian Canzona
with renaissance recorders, transverse flute, viola and bassoon
ALSO: Seven programs total through June
WHERE: Trinity Lutheran Church at t 18341 SR 525 at Woodard Road in Freeland
ADMISSION: suggested donation: $20 or $25 (a free will offering), 18 & under free.
MORE INFO: please see www.salishseafestival.org/whidbey
The twelfth annual 2023 Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents seven programs beginning with Italian Four-Part Canzonas with Vicki Boeckman (renaissance recorders), Jeffrey Cohan (renaissance transverse flute), Lindsey Strand-Polyak (viola) and Anna Marsh (dulcian, or renaissance bassoon) on Saturday afternoon, February 4 at 7:30 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church at 18341 SR 525 at Woodard Road in Freeland.
The concert will provide an in-depth exploration of the rarely-heard Italian four-part canzona which blossomed in print from 1582 through the early decades of the 1600’s and was inspired by French and Flemish chansons from the early 1500’s. It will include music ranging from 1529, marking the beginning of commercial music printing in Europe, through 1636 at which point more “modern” stylistic forms such as the familiar sonata began to supplant the canzona, which bridged renaissance and baroque musical styles. Canzonas by Andrea and Giovanni Cima, Biumi, Canale, Buonamente, Maschera, Ardemanio, Frescobaldi and Corradini are to be included in the program alongside examples of the instrumental renditions French and Flemish songs that inspired them, all performed on recorder, transverse flute, viola and renaissance bassoon (dulcian). These copies of 16th century instruments represent a most unusual blend of instruments that may have been quite commonly heard then.
The entire 2023 festival program follows, at Trinity Lutheran Church and at the Unitarian Universalist Church, both in Freeland. Admission is by suggested donation of $20 or $25 (a free will offering), and those 18 & under are free. For additional information please see www.salishseafestival.org/whidbey.
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— Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM (Trinity Lutheran Church at 18341 SR 525 at Woodard Road in Freeland) :
• The Four-Part Italian Canzona (1580-1625) • with Vicki Boeckman (renaissance recorders), Anna Marsh (renaissance bassoon), Lindsey Strand-Polyak (viola), and Jeffrey Cohan (renaissance transverse flute)
— Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM (Unitarian Universalist Church at 20103 State Route 525 in Freeland:
• The Viennese Biedermeier Serenade (1815-1835) • with Oleg Timofeyev (guitar, Iowa City), Lindsey Strand-Polyak (viola) and Jeffrey Cohan (8-keyed flute)
— Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 7:30 PM (Unitarian Universalist Church)
• Musica Alta Ripa (1695-1740) • with Bernward Lohr (harpsichord, Hannover, Germany), Anna Röhrig (violin, Hannover, Germany) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute)
— Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 7:30 PM (Unitarian Universalist Church)
• Obbligato Harpsichord and Flute (1720-1760) • with David Schrader (harpsichord, Chicago) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute)
— Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 7:30 PM (Unitarian Universalist Church)
• Bach I: Cantata "Ich habe genug" • with Maike Albrecht (soprano, Lübeck, Germany), Hans-Jürgen Schnoor (harpsichord, Lübeck, Germany) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute)
— Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 7:30 PM (Unitarian Universalist Church)
• Bach II: Concerti and Cantatas • with Maike Albrecht (soprano), Hans-Jürgen Schnoor (harpsichord), Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute), Carrie Krause (violin), Elisabeth Phelps (violin), Lindsey Strand-Polyak (viola) and Annabeth Shirley (cello)
— Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 7:30 PM (Unitarian Universalist Church)
• Italian Three-Part Canzonas (1600-1640) • with John Lenti (theorbo) and Anna Marsh (renaissance bassoon) and Jeffrey Cohan (renaissance transverse flute)
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The Salish Sea Early Music Festival is proud to be an affiliate organization of Early Music America, which develops, strengthens, and celebrates early music and historically informed performance in North America. SSEMF has presented countless first performances in modern times of period instrument renditions of early works.
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