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With special thanks
✣ to
Faith Lutheran Church
2025 Salish Sea Early Music Festival in Seattle ~
Period Instrument chamber music from six centuries in
Seattle and around the Salish Sea ~
~ Presented in
collaboration with Faith Lutheran Church ~
~
Mostly Thursdays (except
March 30 and April 11) at
7:30 PM
★ download flyer here ~
Thursday,
January 23 at 7:30
PM: — THE
CANZONA
· Vicki Boeckman,
renaissance recorders
· Tina Chancey,
tenor viol
· Jeffrey Cohan,
renaissance transverse flutes
· Anna Marsh,
dulcian (renaissance bassoon)
An entirely new program exploring the
birth and development of the
transitional Canzona, as it was
inspired by early 16th-century chansons
and evolved into the early 17th-century
baroque sonata and suite. Featuring
special guest renaissance specialist and
innovative improviser Tina Chancey from
Hesperus in Washington, DC.
Thursday, February 27
at 7:30 PM: — THE CHACONNE
with LES VOIX HUMAINES
· Susie Napper, viola
da gamba & treble viol
· Mélisande
Corriveau, viola da gamba
& pardessus de viol
· Elisabeth Wright,
harpsichord
· Jeffrey Cohan,
baroque and renaissance flutes Les
Voix humaines, the widely
celebrated prize-winning duo of viols
from Montreal joins us for a program
centering on the chaconne of the late
17th century but extending from the
early 17th century through Johann
Sebastian Bach.
Thursday, March 13 at
7:30 PM: — TRIO
SONATAS
· Bernward Lohr,
harpsichord
· Anne Röhrig,
violin
· Susie Napper,
viola da gamba
· Jeffrey Cohan,
baroque flute
Trio sonata mastierpieces by Georg
Philipp Telemann, Louis-Gabriel
Guillemain and Jean Baptiste Quentin le
jeune with our Musica
Alta Ripa friends from
Hannover.
Sunday,
March 30 at 7:30 PM:
—
HARPSICHORD
MYSTERY
· Elena
Zhukova,
harpsichord
The Ukrainian harpsichordist deciphers
mysterious and elusive rarities as
well as standards for solo harpsichord
by Byrd, Couperin, Rameau and
Scarlatti alongside Ukrainian gems
including a harpsichord sonata by
Dmitry Bortnyansky.
Friday,
April 11 at 7:30 PM:
— EUROPEAN
TOUR 1690-1790
· Elena Zhukova,
harpsichord
· Jeffrey Cohan,
baroque flute
An excursion through a century of
transformation and diversity by decade
and culture within the baroque and
classical periods, through the
perspective of composers for
harpsichord and flute from France,
Italy, Scotland, Germany and Ukraine.
Thursday, May 8 at
7:30 PM: — The
MUSIQUE DE LA CHAMBRE of LOUIS XIV
· Caroline
Nicolas, viola da gamba
· William Simms,
theorbo & baroque guitar
· Jeffrey Cohan,
baroque and renaissance flutes
The SUn King's court musical
establishment is to be represented by
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Élisabeth Jacquet
de La Guerre, Marin Marais, Jacques
Hotteterre, etc., including music
designated for the king's bedtime,
evening concerts and banquets, with
our special guests from New York and
Baltimore.
Thurs, May 22 at
7:30 PM: — CONCERTI
from the COURT of FREDERICK THE
GREAT
· David Schrader,
harpsichord
· Jeffrey Cohan,
baroque flute
· Elizabeth
Phelps, baroque violin
· Courtney
Kuroda, baroque violin
· Lindsey
Strand-Polyak, baroque
viola
A completely new assortment of
concerti for harpsichord and flute
from the illustrious members of the
musical establishment of flutist
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia,
including Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach,
Johann Joachim Quantz, and Frederick
himself.
Thursday, June 5 at
7:30 PM: — BEETHOVEN'S
FLUTE, VIOLA & GUITAR
· Elizabeth
Blumenstock, viola
· Oleg TImofeyev,
7-string guitar (Moscow, 1820)
· Jeffrey Cohan,
8-keyed flute (London, 1820)
Repertoire abounds for this popular
ensemble of guitar, viola and flute
during Beethoven's time. With
outstanding violinist and violist
Elizabeth Blumenstock.
Thursday, July 10 at
7:30 PM: — THE
18TH-CENTURY HARPSICHORD IN SPAIN
· Irene
Roldàn, harpsichord
Step into the heart of 18th-century
Iberia, where the vibrant court of
Madrid stood as a focal point for the
flourishing of the rich keyboard music
of Domenico Scarlatti, Sebastian de
Albero, Jose de Nebra, and the
Portuguese Carlos Seixas.
Thursday, July 17 at
7:30 PM: — JOHANN
SEBASTIAN BACH
· Irene Roldàn,
harpsichord
· Jeffrey Cohan,
baroque flute
Spanish harpsichordist Irene Roldàn
from Basel and Jeffrey interpret
Bach's phenomenal music for flute and
harpsichord.
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Earlier concerts this past 2024 season
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✣
✣Thursday,
JANUARY 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM in
SEATTLE ✣
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THREE
CENTURIES:
GUITAR,
THEORBO & FLUTE
Michael
Freimuth
~
renaissance guitar & theorbo ~
Jeffrey Cohan
~
renaissance & baroque flutes ~
16th
Century
Diego
Ortiz • William Byrd
Giovanni
Bassano
Girolamo
Dalla Casa
17th
Century
Giovanni
Paulo Cima
Girolamo
Frescobaldi
Giovanni
Battista Fontana
Giovanni
Battista Buonamenti
Bartolomé
de Selma y Salaverde
18th
Century
Arcangelo
Corelli
• André Chéron
Robert
de Visée
Join
us for the opening 2024 Salish Sea Early
Music Festival and an unusual and
expansive journey through the music for
guitar, lute and flute of the 16th, 17th
and 18th centuries, including elaborate
jazzed-up versions of well known songs
of the time, published by the incredible
wind instrument virtuosi of the late
16th century, along with canzonas,
sonatas and suites from Spain, Italy,
England and France. The instruments
include the renaissance guitar, which is
considerably smaller and more
mellow-toned than its modern descendant,
theorbo (an extremely long-necked lute),
the one-piece cylindrical renaissance
flute along with the bass renaissance
flute, and the one-keyed baroque flute.
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✣Thursday,
February 15, 2024 at 7:30
pm in Seattle ✣
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SIMPHONIE
NOUVELLE:
LOUIS
XIV & J.S. BACH
Stephen
Stubbs
~ baroque
guitar ~
Susie
Napper
~
viola da gamba ~
Jeffrey
Cohan
~
baroque flute ~
guitarists
Diego
Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681) Robert
De Visée (c.1655-1733) viola
da gambists
Monsieur
de Sainte Colombe
(c.1640-c.1700) Marin
Marais
(1656-1728) Jacques
Morel (c.1680-c.1740) flutist
Michel
de la Barre (c.1675-1745) composers
Élisabeth
Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
(1665-1729)
François Couperin (1668-1733) Johann
Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Louis
XIV gathered the finest musicians
of France at his court in
Versailles and this program
features many of the late 17th and
early 18th-century guitarists,
viola da gambists, flutists and
other composers associated with
his illustrious musical
establishment, alongside the
Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1034 of
Johann Sebastian Bach.
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✣Thursday,
February 29, 2024 at
7:30 pm in
Seattle ✣
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✣
GEORG
PHILIPP TELEMANN:
PARIS QUARTETS
David
Greenberg
~
baroque
violin ~
Elisabeth
Wright
~
harpsichord ~
Susie
Napper
~
viola da gamba ~
Jeffrey
Cohan
~
baroque flute ~
Quadri
a violino, flauto
traversiere, viola da gamba
o violoncello, e fondamento
(1730):
Concerto
II in D Major
Sonata
II in G Minor
Nouveaux
quatuors en six suites
(1738):
Premier
Quatuor in D Major 4e.
Quatuor in B Minor
Having been invited by
several of the most
prominent French
musicians to visit
Paris, Telemann composed
and published the first
set of his remarkable
"Paris Quartets" in
1730, and left Hamburg
for Paris seven years
later, where all 12 of
the quartets were
performed, almost surely
with Teleman himself on
the harpsichord. The
second set of quartets
was published in Paris
during this visit in
1738. Two years later
Telemann related the
following:
"The admirable
performances of these
quartets by Messrs
Blavet (transverse
flute), Guignon
(violin), the younger
Forcroy [i.e. Forqueray]
(viola da gamba) and
Edouard (cello) would be
worth describing were it
possible for words to be
found to do them
justice. In short, they
won the attention of the
ears of the court and
the town, and procured
for me in a very little
time an almost universal
renown and increased
esteem."
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✣Thursday,
March 21, 2024 at
7:30 PM in
Seattle ✣
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✣
FRANZ
JOSEPH HAYDN
TRIOS
Jeffrey
Cohan
~
8-keyed
flute ~
Lindsey
Strand-Polyak
~
baroque
violin ~
Martin
Bonham
~
baroque cello ~
Franz
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
Franz
Anton Hoffmeister
François
Devienne
As the most
celebrated
composer in all
of Europe for
much of his
career, Franz
Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809) was
Mozart’s mentor
and friend as
well as
Beethoven’s
tutor. The
program will
include three
trios for flute,
violin and cello
by Haydn,
selections from
a 1795
arrangement for
these
instruments of
Mozart’s opera
“The Magic
Flute”, and a
trio by Franz
Anton
Hoffmeister, a
friend of Haydn,
Mozart and
Beethoven who
published music
by all three.
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✣Thursday,
April 11, 2024 at
Faith Lutheran
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SPRINGTIME
BAROQUE:
AIRS for SPRING
Arwen
Myers
~
soprano
~
Elisabeth
Wright
~
harpsichord
~
Jeffrey
Cohan
~
baroque
flute ~
Johann
Sebastin Bach
Seele,
deine Spätzereien
(from
the Easter Oratorio)
Louis-Nicolas
Clérambault
Orphée
(Cantata)
George
Frideric Handel
Singe,
Seele & Flammende
Rose
(from
9 German Arias)
Toussaint
Bordet
Recueil
D'Airs Avec
Accompagnement de Flute
(selections)
Louis Couperin
Les
Fauvétes Plaintives
& La
Linote-éfarouchée
(harpsichord
solo)
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✣Thursday,
May 9, 2024 at
7:30 PM at
Faith
Lutheran
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✣
RENAISSANCE
PSALMS,
IRISH
BAROQUE &
FOLK
Oleg
TImofeyev
renaissance
lute, English
guitar
&
7-string guitar
(1820)
Jeffrey Cohan
renaissance
& baroque
flutes
&
8-keyed flute
(1820)
17th
Century
Nicolas
Vallet
Jacob
Van Eyck
Girolamo
Dalla Casa
18th
Century
James
Oswald
Francesco
Barsanti
Turlough
O'Carolan
19th
Century
Mauro
Giuliani
Louis
Drouet
Charles
Nicholson
This
program, in
three parts,
opens with
settings of
Psalms and
variations on
folk melodies
by early
17th-century
flutist Jacob
Van Eyck,
lutenist
Nicolas Vallet
and others
performed on renaissance
descant, tenor
and bass
transverse
flutes
and lute.
Then, baroque
flute and the
rare
but once quite
popular
wire-strung
English Guitar
of the 18th
century is to
be heard
performing the
folk tunes of
Scotland and
Ireland as
interpreted
and varied by
the early
18th-century
composers
Francesco
Barsanti,
Turlough
O'Carolan,
James Oswald
and others.
Finally, an
Eastern
European
7-string
guitar made in
1820 in Russia
alongside an
eight-keyed
flute made in
London in the
same year
bring to life
variations on
popular tunes
by Mauro
Giuliani,
Louis Drouet,
Charles
Nicholson and
other virtuoso
flutists and
guitarists of
Beethoven’s
day.
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✣Thursday,
May 23, 2024
at 7:30 PM in
Seattle
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BAROQUE
CONCERTI
Carrie
Krause
~
baroque
violin ~
Jonathan
Oddie
~
harpsichord ~
Jeffrey
Cohan
~
baroque flute ~ Elizabeth
Phelps & Courtney
Kuroda
~
baroque
violin
~
Victoria
Gunn
~
baroque
viola
~
Martin
Bonham
~
baroque cello
~
JACQUES
AUBERT
Concerto
in D Major,
Opus 26 No. 3
ANTONIO
VIVALDI
Flute
Concerto "La
Notte", Opus
10 No. 2
CARL
PHILIPP
EMANUEL BACH
Flute
Concerti in D
Minor, Wq 22a
JOHANN
SEBASTIAN BACH Triple
Concerto in A
Minor for
Harpsichord,
Violin and
Flute, BWV
1044
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✣
✣Sunday,
JULY 7, 2024
at 7:30 PM in
Seattle
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✣
Johann
Sebastian
BACH
Faythe
Vollrath
~
harpsichord ~
Jeffrey Cohan
~
baroque flute
~
Harpsichordist
Faythe
Vollrath from
Sacramento, CA
will join
baroque
flutist
Jeffrey Cohan
for this
mostly-Bach
extravaganza
in the eighth
and final 2024
Salish Sea
Early Music
Festival
performance
demonstrating
the
unparalleled
mystery and
emotional
intensity of
Bach’s
compositional
abilities,
featuring
transcriptions
of his works
originally for
viola da gamba
and another
for violin,
both with
obbligato (or
fully
written-out)
harpsichord in
addition to
sonatas
originally
written for
flute by Bach
both with
continuo (a
bass line with
numbers
denoting
harmonies from
which the
harpsichordist
improvises)
and with
obbligato
harpsichord.
Faythe
Vollrath will
play
variations for
solo
harpsichord by
Johann Adam
Reinken
(1643-1722) on
the popular
German folk
tune
“Schweiget mir
von
Weibernehmen”
(‘shush, no
more talk
about
womanizing”).
Reinken was
greatly
admired by
Bach, who made
arrangements
of several of
his works.
Fantasia
11 by Giovanni Bassano (1585)
January 11, 2021
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