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SSEMF presents outstanding early chamber music in
Colville
and around Wqshngton State thanks to your
support.
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.
The
Salish Sea Early Music Festival is a
501(c)3 organization and all donations to
SSEMF are fully tax deductible in
accordance with the law. Your donations
are welcomed at
https://www.salishseafestival.org/donate .
✣
With special thanks
✣ to
Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish
2026 Salish Sea
Early Music Festival in Colville ~
Period Instrument chamber music from six centuries
in Colville and around Washington State ~
~
Presented in collaboration with Crossroads Event
Center,
Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish and the CIty
of Colville's Vinson Fund ~
Monday,
June 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM at
Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church:
Award-winning
harpsichordist Irene Roldán
(www.ireneroldan.com)
was born in southern Spain in 1997.
Described by the press as one of the
most prominent Spanish harpsichordists
on the international scene (ABC
Sevilla), Irene currently lives and
works in Basel, Switzerland. She gained
international recognition in 2021, when
she won first prize, never previously
awarded in this competition, as well as
the audience prize at the III.
International Harpsichord Competition
«Città di Milano». In the same year, her
ensemble Flor Galante secured the first
prize at the IV. International Bach
Competition in Berlin. One year later,
Irene was honored with the prestigious
Bach Prize and an additional special
award at the XXXIII. International Bach
Competition held in Leipzig, Germany.
★
★ ★
This
performance is
supported by
the City of
Colville's
Vinson Fund,
enhancing
cultural
enrichment in
Colville and
surroundings.
Innovative
renditions of renaissance
Psalms (~1620),
Irish and Scottish
baroque (~1720) and
folk music as
interpreted during
Beethoven's lifetime
(~1820) outlines
this 100% new
program continuing
Oleg and Jeffrey's
exploration of
settings from three
centuries of popular
and folk music,
performed on 5
transverse flutes
and three plucked
instruments.
Two experiments in
particular are worth
of mention. In the
early 17th century
Flutist Jacob Van
Eyck and lutenist
Nicolas Vallet both
wrote settings of
many of the Psalm
tunes from the
Geneva Psalter of
the mid-16th
century. Timofreyev
and Cohan juxtapose
these in a manner
that sheds new light
on early
17th-century
improvisational
practice.
James Oswald's "Airs
for the Seasons"
consists of four
collections, one for
each season, of
about 24 airs or
multi-movement
suites, each
dedicated to a
particular flower of
the season and
radiating the
charming character
of the folk melodies
of Oswald's native
Scotland. The wire
strung English
guitar, so rarely to
be heard today,
emerged around this
time as one of the
most prominent
instruments of home
life in England, and
Oswald's airs
beautifully suit
Oleg's instrument
made in 1767
alongside the
one-keyed baroque
flute.
LISTEN:
Oleg
Timofeyev and
Jeffrey Cohan play
Drouet's God
Save the Queen
on SoundCloud:
Vocal
masterworks to
be presented
include 6 of
Handel's 9
exquisite
German Arias,
selected arias
from cantatas by
Bach, his Italian
Concerto
for solo
harpsichord, and
flute sonata by
Handel and
Bach's cantata
Ich habe genug.
★
★
★
This
performance is
supported by
the City of
Colville's
Vinson Fund,
enhancing
cultural
enrichment in
Colville and
surroundings.
Jeffrey
Cohan, renaissance
transverse flutes
Fantasia
11 by Giovanni Bassano
(1585)
recorded January 11, 2021
~
updated May 12, 2026 ~
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Monday,
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