Schedule:

Saturday, June 10, 2023
    
3:00 PM 5:00 PM

The Influencers - Bach and his circle

Kick off the summer festival season with musical fireworks! J.S. Bach was deeply influenced by his musical milieu which included composers and composers from all over Europe. His circle of influences included Pisendel, concertmaster of Dresden’s legendary orchestra, Telemann, a close friend and penpal, Böhm, one of his teachers and Couperin the famous French composer. Join us for a sparkling afternoon of music for baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord by Bach and the influencers!

Program

Sonata in E minor for violin and continuo Johann Georg Pisendel (1688-1755)

Largo
Moderato     
Scherzando

Suite for harpsichord Georg Böhm (1661-1773)

Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gigue

Troisieme Concert Royaux in A major Francois Couperin (1668-1733)

Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte
Muzette
Chaconne

Fantasia for solo violin in E flat major, TWV 40:20 Georg P. Telemann (1681-1767)

Dolce
Allegro
Largo
Presto

Les Baricades mysterieuses Francois Couperin Sonata in A major sonata for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1015                   

J.S. Bach
[Andante]
Allegro
Andante un poco
Presto

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Location: St. Augustine's in-the-woods

Friday, July 14, 2023

5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Music and Movement: Gentle Yoga

Relax into the weekend with a gentle yoga class at a historic barn in Coupeville. Class will be accompanied by baroque harpist Maxine Eilander. Register for address.

Location: 556 Fort Casey Road Coupeville, WA, 98239

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Friday July 15, 2023

Spanish Nights with Sherezade Panthaki and Pacific MusicWorks

3:00 PM 5:00 PM

Star soprano Sherezade Panthaki returns to the Whidbey Island Music Festival singing arias from Handel’s first opera, Almira. Written when Handel was just 19 years old, Almira was a roaring success, and enjoyed 20 performances in Hamburg when it opened. Pacific MusicWorks performs the most beautiful, most thrilling arias from this early masterwork. Spanish composer Irribaren’s thrilling cantata “Prosigue acorde Lira”  rounds out the program along with instrumental works by Corelli, Boccherini, Soler and Pla.

“Panthaki is a new trailblazing type among the new female singers of old music…when she sings it is not simply an aria, it is an event” Hannoversche Allgemeine

Program

Pla g minor trio sonata Jose Plà (1728-1762) and Juan Batista Plà (ca. 1720-1773)

Allegro ma non tanto
Andante
Allegro

Fandango from the Guitar quintet, G 448 Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)                                                               

Cantata: Prosigue acorde Lira Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699-1767)

I. Tocata: Adagio
II. Allegro
III. Recitado: Prosigue acorde Lira, la dulce suavidad
IV. Area. Cantable: Ya sonoros acentos
V. Recitado: Todo celo se mira victorioso
VI. Area. Spirituoso: Llevando el poder

Intermission

Trio Sonata in D major, Op 3 No 2 Archangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

Grave
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro            

Quintet for Harpsichord and Strings Antonio Soler (1729-1783)

Allegretto
Minuetto 1/2
Allegro assai
Minuetto con variazioni

Arias from “Almira, Queen of Castille”  Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Pacific MusicWorks

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano Tekla Cunningham and Christine Wilkinson Beckman, baroque violins Rocio Lopez, baroque cello Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar and lute Maxine Eilander, baroque harp Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord

Location: Cultus Bay Gardens 7568 Cultus Bay Road Clinton, WA, 98236

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Friday July 16, 2023

Spanish Nights with Sherezade Panthaki and Pacific MusicWorks

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Star soprano Sherezade Panthaki returns to the Whidbey Island Music Festival singing arias from Handel’s first opera, Almira. Written when Handel was just 19 years old, Almira was a roaring success, and enjoyed 20 performances in Hamburg when it opened. Pacific MusicWorks performs the most beautiful, most thrilling arias from this early masterwork. Spanish composer Irribaren’s thrilling cantata “Prosigue acorde Lira”  rounds out the program along with instrumental works by Corelli, Boccherini, Soler and Pla.

“Panthaki is a new trailblazing type among the new female singers of old music…when she sings it is not simply an aria, it is an event” Hannoversche Allgemeine

Program

Pla g minor trio sonata Jose Plà (1728-1762) and Juan Batista Plà (ca. 1720-1773)

Allegro ma non tanto
Andante
Allegro

Fandango from the Guitar quintet, G 448 Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)                               

Cantata: Prosigue acorde Lira Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699-1767)

I. Tocata: Adagio
II. Allegro
III. Recitado: Prosigue acorde Lira, la dulce suavidad
IV. Area. Cantable: Ya sonoros acentos
V. Recitado: Todo celo se mira victorioso
VI. Area. Spirituoso: Llevando el poder

Intermission

Trio Sonata in D major, Op 3 No 2 Archangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

Grave
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro            

Quintet for Harpsichord and Strings Antonio Soler (1729-1783)

Allegretto
Minuetto 1/2
Allegro assai
Minuetto con variazioni

Arias from “Almira, Queen of Castille”  Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Pacific MusicWorks

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano Tekla Cunningham and Christine Wilkinson Beckman, baroque violins Rocio Lopez, baroque cello Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar and lute Maxine Eilander, baroque harp Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord

Location: St. Augustine's in-the-woods

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Lute recital at Skein and Tipple
    
6:00 PM 8:00 PM

Lutenist John Lenti performs a recital at the adorable Skein and Tipple, Whidbey Island’s yarn store by day/speakeasy and music venue by night. Only 22 seats so avoid disappointment and arrive early. Skein and Tipple features a full menu of craft cocktails/non-alcoholic options as well as light bites. Conveniently located in Clinton, WA.

No tickets for this event, first come first served.

Location: Skein and Tipple

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Coupeville Waterfront Wednesday Series

4:00 PM 5:00 PM

Join us at the Coupeville Waterfront for some of the greatest hits of the baroque by Handel, Corelli and Vivaldi. With Ensemble Artifice members Tekla Cunningham, Cynthia Miller Freivogel, Elisabeth Reed and John Lenti.

A FREE event in partnership with the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association.

Location: Coupeville Waterfront Front Street Northwest Coupeville, WA, 98239

Friday, July 21, 2023

5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Music and Movement: Feldenkrais Method

Explore the Feldenkrais Method™  with baroque cellist and Feldenkrais™ expert Elisabeth Reed.

Location: SOMA Institute of Neuromuscular Integration 772 Camano Avenue Langley, WA, 98260

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Saturday, July 22, 2023

3:00 PM 5:00 PM

Ensemble Artifice: A garden of musical delights

Ensemble Artifice returns with a garden of musical delights from the 17th century. Inspired by Johann Pachelbel’s collection “Musikalischer Ergötzung” (Musical Delights), Ensemble Artifice explores the singular beauty of this wonderful repertoire. Even if you’ve never been to a classical or early music concert, you know Pachelbel from his famous “Canon in D”. If you love the Canon in D, you’ll love the soul stirring beauty of this repertoire for soprano, violins, violas da gamba, and continuo from Buxtehude, Becker, Tunder, Rosenmüller, Bernhard and Weichlein.

Location: Probably at the High School 501 S. Main Street Coupeville, WA 98239

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Sunday, July 23, 2023

3:00 PM 5:00 PM

Ensemble Artifice: A garden of musical delights

Ensemble Artifice returns with a garden of musical delights from the 17th century. Inspired by Johann Pachelbel’s collection “Musikalischer Ergötzung” (Musical Delights), Ensemble Artifice explores the singular beauty of this wonderful repertoire. Even if you’ve never been to a classical or early music concert, you know Pachelbel from his famous “Canon in D”. If you love the Canon in D, you’ll love the soul stirring beauty of this repertoire for soprano, violins, violas da gamba, and continuo from Buxtehude, Becker, Tunder, Rosenmüller, Bernhard and Weichlein.

Location: St. Augustine's in-the-woods 5217 South Honeymoon Bay Road Freeland, WA, 98249

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Sunday August 6, 2023

Organ Recital: Bach, Pachelbel, Böhm, Buxtehude, Marchand

3:00 PM 5:00 PM

Johann Sebastian Bach's organ works remain some of the most beautiful, virtuosic, and powerful music ever written for the instrument. Organist Henry Lebedinsky performs a selection of Bach's masterworks alongside compositions by some of the people who influenced him the most - including Pachelbel, Böhm, Buxtehude, and Marchand - on the 1997 Martin Pasi tracker organ at St. Augustine's in-the-woods Episcopal Church in Freeland.

Location: St. Augustine's in-the-woods 5217 South Honeymoon Bay Road Freeland, WA, 98249

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Coupeville Waterfront Wednesday Series: the Orphan, the Fencer and the Genius

4:00 PM 5:00 PM

Join us at the Coupeville Waterfront for delightful duos for 2 violins by Maddelena Laura Sirmen, Joseph de Bologne, and W.A. Mozart.

A FREE event in partnership with the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association.

Location: Coupeville Waterfront Front Street Northwest Coupeville, WA, 98239

Saturday, August 12, 2023

1:00 PM 2:00 PM

Family Concert at Whidbey Farm and Market: the Orphan, the Fencer and the Genius

Grab and ice cream cone and a coffee and enjoy a program of delightful duos for 2 violins by Maddelena Laura Sirmen, Joseph de Bologne, and W.A. Mozart in the charming courtyard of Whidbey Farm and Market.

This is a FREE family concert! Read more about Whidbey Farm and Market here!

Location: Whidbey Farm & Market 1422 North Monroe Landing Road Oak Harbor, WA, 98277

7:00 PM - 9:15 PM

J.S. Bach Cello Suites

Long-time Whidbey Island Music Festival artist William Skeen returns for two marathon performances of all Six Bach Cello Suites. The Grammy nominated cellist will delight you with his stylish, dancey, and intimate rendition of the suites. Skeen is Principal Cellist of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, and can be viewed in countless high-definition videos produced by Voices of Music.

Program

Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1018

Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Intermission

Suite No. 4 in Eb major, BWV 1010

Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011

Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

Location: St. Augustine's in-the-woods

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Sunday, August 13, 2023

3:00 PM 5:15 PM

J.S. Bach Cello Suites

Long-time Whidbey Island Music Festival artist William Skeen returns for two marathon performances of all Six Bach Cello Suites. The Grammy nominated cellist will delight you with his stylish, dancey, and intimate rendition of the suites. Skeen is Principal Cellist of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, and can be viewed in countless high-definition videos produced by Voices of Music.

Program

Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1018

Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Intermission

Suite No. 4 in Eb major, BWV 1010

Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011

Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

Location: Cultus Bay Gardens 7568 Cultus Bay Road Clinton, WA, 98236

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Date: July 10 - August 13, 2023

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