2025 Salish Sea Early Music Festival ~
Period Instrument chamber music from six centuries
around the Salish Sea ~ Please
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2025 Tentative Schedule
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January
14-26: — 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.
February 17 - March 2: — THE
CHACONNE
· 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.
March 5-13: — 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.
March
27-30: —
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. [only in
certain locations]
March
27-April 17: — 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.
April 28-May 8: — 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.
May 13-26: — 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.
June 3-12: — 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.
July 7-9: — 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. [only in certain locations]
July 10-21: — 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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✣JANUARY 19 -
26, 2024 around the Salish Sea ✣
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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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✣February
22 - March 3, 2024 around the Salish
Sea ✣
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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
"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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✣MARCH
19 - March 25, 2024 around the
Salish Sea ✣
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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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✣APRIL
6 - 13, 2024 around the Salish
Sea ✣
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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)
Francois Couperin
Les
Fauvétes Plaintives & La
Linote-éfarouchée
(harpsichord
solo)
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✣APRIL
30 - May 10, 2024 around the
Salish Sea ✣
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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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✣May 22 - 28,
2024 around the Salish
Sea ✣
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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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✣JUNE 27
- July 11,
2024 around
Washington
State ✣
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Johann
Sebastian
BACH
Faythe
Vollrath
~
harpsichord ~
Jeffrey Cohan
~
baroque flute
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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.
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ONLINE
PERFORMANCES • • • — To be
released
—
CANZONAS Trios,
Duos
and Solos Anna
Marsh
~ dulcian (renaissance bassoon)
John Lenti ~ theorbo
Jeffrey Cohan ~ renaissance flute
Yes,
still to come! ...an unusual and
extensive exploration of the
fabric of early 17th-century music
in Italy (mostly) through the
perspective of the
players of dulcian,
renaissance transverse flute, theorbo
and renaissance lute.
The
program includes a solo lute Fantasia
by Giovanni
Battista
Dalla Gostena (1540-1593),
a Canzona (1636) by Giovanni
Battista
Buonamente (c1595–1642), a
Sonata as well as Cantantibus
organis by Giovanni
Paolo Cima (c1570–1630)
from his Concerti Ecclesiastici
(Milan 1610), five wonderful
canzonas by Tarquinio
Merula (1594/5-1665) from
his Opus 12 (1637) and Opus 17
(1651), a Fantasia for
dulcian solo as well as divisions on
Vestiva e colli for flute
and dulcian, both published in 1638
by Bartolomé
de Selma y Salaverde
(~1595-1638), diminutions
byGirolamo
Dalla Casaon
Petit Jacquet after the
chanson by jean Courtois
for flute and lute, aSonata Concertante by Dario
Castello(1602-1631)
from 1631, and two duos for flute
and dulcian: Beaux yeux by
Jan
Pieterszoon Sweelinck
(1562-1621) and a setting of Le
rossignol plaisant & gratieux
by Didier
le blanc.
Fantasia
11 by Giovanni Bassano (1585)
January 11, 2021
Fantasia
3 (1585) by Giovanni Bassano
December 29, 2020
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for each location. ~
updated November 5,
2024
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