Friday, January 27 at 7:00 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Italian Canzonas
First Presbyterian Church, 1031 N Garden St, Bellingham
Jeffrey Cohan – flute, Vicki Boeckman – recorder
Lindsey Strand-Polyak – viola, Anna Marsh – dulcian
Our program will trace the development of the Italian canzona from the 1500s to the birth of the sonata of the 1600s. Composers represented will be the famous Anonymous, (most likely a woman), Clereau, Roy et Ballard, Canali, Corradini and Cima among others. Our consort will be a unique blend of sonorities on transverse flute, recorders, viola and dulcian.
Sunday, January 29 at 12:30 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Italian canzonas
Brickworks 150 Nichols Street, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island
Same as January 27.
Sunday, January 29 at 6:00 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Italian canzonas
Grace Episcopal Church, 70 Sunset Lane, Lopez Island
Same as January 27.
Monday, January 30 at 12:00 noon: Salish Sea Festival – Italian canzonas
Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, 15420 Vashon Highway SW, Vashon Island
Same as January 27.
Monday, January 30 at 7:00 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Italian canzonas
St. Luke’s Memorial Episcopal Church, 3615 North Gove St, Tacoma
Same as January 27.
Tuesday, January 31 at 7:00 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Italian canzonas
Fir-Conway Lutheran Church, 18101 Fir Island Road, Conway
Same as January 27.
Wednesday, February 1 at 6:00 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Italian canzonas
Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church, 107 Enchanted Forest Road, Eastsound, Orcas Island
Same as January 27.
Thursday, February 2 at 7:30 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Italian canzonas
Faith Lutheran Church, 8208 18th Ave NE, Seattle
Same as January 27.
Saturday, February 4 at 2:00 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Italian canzonas
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St. Port Townsend
Same as January 27.
Saturday, February 4 at 7:30 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Italian canzonas
Trinity Lutheran Church,18341 WA-525, Freeland, Whidbey Island
Same as January 27.
Friday, February 10 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Baroque Orchestra and Whim W’Him Contemporary Dance — Pas de Deux
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
Seattle Baroque fans will recall the beautiful partnership between the Orchestra and the Whim W’Him Contemporary Dance company that resulted in stunning new choreography for Pergolesi’s famous Stabat Mater. Rachell Ellen Wong and Olivier Wevers join forces to make a new creation based on J. S. Bach’s Concerto for 2 violins and strings, BWV 1043. Presented with four dancers and Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Pas de Deux will challenge your expectations of old and new. The program will feature additional instrumental works by Pisendel, Fasch, Telemann, Scarlatti & Durante. Details Here
Saturday, February 11 at 3:00 pm: Pacific MusicWorks – The Resounding Lyre
Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle
The chosen instrument of Greek gods and heroes Apollo, Hermes, Eros, and Orpheus, the lyre’s significance in Greek culture and its impact on music cannot be overstated. The Resounding Lyre explores works written for the harp, the baroque emanation of the lyre, spanning Italian, German, and Celtic traditions.
Featuring artists Stephen Stubbs, Maxine Eilander, Tekla Cunningham, Henry Lebedinsky, David Morris, and Danielle Reutter-Harrah. With music by Isabella Leonarda, Alessandro Stradella, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Georg Frideric Händel and a sneak peak of our spring concert of Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi. Details Here
Sunday, February 12 at 1:30 pm: Seattle Baroque Orchestra and Whim W’Him Contemporary Dance — Pas de Deux
Same as February 10. Details Here
Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 pm: Salish Sea Festival – The Viennese Biedermeier Serenade (1815-1835)
Faith Lutheran Church, 8208 18th Ave NE, Seattle
With Oleg Timofeyev (guitar, Iowa City), Lindsey Strand-Polyak (viola) and Jeffrey Cohan (8-keyed flute)
Saturday, February 25 at 7:30 pm: The Fiddle & The Voice – Traditional Fiddling and Songs from 18th Century Ireland
The Chapel at Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle
Randal Bays, Clint Dye, and Genevieve Galarneau perform traditional fiddle tunes and songs in Irish Gaelic from the 18th century. Details Here
Thursday, March 9 at 7:30 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Musica Alta Ripa (1695-1740)
Faith Lutheran Church, 8208 18th Ave NE, Seattle
With Bernward Lohr (harpsichord, Hannover, Germany), Anna Röhrig (violin, Hannover, Germany) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute).
Sunday, March 12 at 1:30 pm: Ars Longa de la Habana – Gulumbá Gulumbé
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
The group, made up of entirely Cuban musicians, presents a creative fusion of colonial baroque and indigenous traditions, drawing on repertoire from the archives of the Havana Cathedral. Ars Longa was founded by Teresa Paz and Aland López in 1994 and is dedicated to the interpretation, study and research of different periods and styles, from the Medieval period to the Baroque. Details Here
Sunday, March 12 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Bach Choir – Motets II
Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church, 2400 NW 85th St, Seattle
We are excited to bring to you this innovative collaboration with the shadow-puppet troupe Paper Puppet Opera. Their imaginative, narrative performances will be accompanied by Bach’s Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226, Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229, and Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden. Modern, Baroque-influenced works by Bryars, Nystedt, Sixten, and others will also be featured. Details Here
Tuesday, March 21 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Symphony presents The Complete Goldberg Variations
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya, 200 University St, Seattle
Damien Geter’s brand new work for harpsichord and strings pays tribute to Baroque techniques with a funky twist. The musicians of the Seattle Symphony pair it with J.S. Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations — intricate, ingenious and forming a great imaginative arc. Details Here
Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 pm: Angela Hewitt
Meany Hall, 4100 15th Ave NE, Seattle
Pre-eminent Bach pianist performs Scarlatti, Brahms and Bach’s final “English” Suite. Details Here
Saturday, March 25 at 4:00 pm: Medieval Women’s Choir – Revelry!
Woodlawn Sanctuary, 7400 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle
Celebrate the beginning of spring with delightful medieval music regarding love, nature, frolicking, food & drink, with a handful of opportunities for the audience to take part in song and dance. The greening world, flowering plants, and return of good weather have been cause for celebration in all cultures, and the medieval English & European world are rich with beautiful music expressive of the season. We’ll present secular music from the 12th-15th centuries, both of the court and the country, as well as a few settings of folk ballads that fit with the theme. Details Here
Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 pm: Pacific MusicWorks – Murder and Mayhem
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 NE 45th St, Seattle
The years leading up to the English Civil War in 1642 were full of riotous discord, reflected in the popular Broadside Ballads. At the same moment, William Lawes, (1602-1645) the greatest English musical genius between Dowland and Purcell was producing vocal and instrumental music of unparalleled beauty. His life was cut short in battle, but his legacy of musical jewels, including the unique Harp Consorts, remains for our discovery today. Details Here
Sunday, March 26 at 2:00 pm: Pacific MusicWorks – Murder and Mayhem
Epiphany Episcopal Parish, 1805 38th Ave, Seattle
Same as March 25.
Sunday, March 26 at 7:00 pm: Byron Schenkman and Friends – J.S. Bach Meets Caroline Shaw
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle
Harpsichord concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach and the world premiere of a new piece for harpsichord and strings by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. With a string ensemble led by Rachell Ellen Wong, we also offer pieces from Henry Purcell & Damien Geter. Details Here
Thursday, March 30 at 7:30: Salish Sea Festival – Obbligato Harpsichord and Flute (1720-1760)
Faith Lutheran Church, 8208 18th Ave NE, Seattle
With David Schrader (harpsichord, Chicago) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute).