// /SSEMF Tacoma//salishseafestival.org/Tacoma/ //Annalisa Pappano/// Concerti by Johann Sebastian Bach on May 23, 2019 / Aurore by Claude BauretDear Friends of early chamber music in Tacoma, The Salish Sea Early Music Festival is pleased to present its most ambitious all-Bach program of the season with soloists and period instrument chamber orchestra performing at St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church. In 2019 we feature sixteen period instrument specialists from around the globe and the Pacific Northwest.  All are passionate explorers of musical landscapes and expressive realms from earlier times and we are pleased that you share our enthusiasm for both familiar and rarely heard early chamber music on period instruments. Your donations help us ensure that we continue to be on the forefront of early music activity. For nine years the Salish Sea Early Music Festival has provided world class period instrument performancesin Tacoma and around the Puget Sound with musicians from Europe and all around the United States and Canada. Alongside well-loved repertoire, we bringmodern ­day premieres of unpublished works,  We explore unfamiliar musical genres and instrumental textures with a fresh new approach that we believe would have resonated with the composers and is profoundly moving today. We're a cooperative enterprise that, thanks to your participation, feeds all of us with inspiration. We have no administrative expenses whatsoever (all is volunteer) and our publicity and other expenses are kept at a minimum, We are the most prolific group performing early music, or possibly of chamber music of any kind for that matter, in the Pacific Northwest, with84 concerts included in the 2019 Festival alone. As we are committed to offering an opportunity for everyone in the community to experience this music regardless of contribution, our "suggested donation" is emphatically a free will offering and those 18 and under are especially welcomed for free. 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. All donations to SSEMF through Early Music America are fully tax-deductible as permitted by law. The Salish Sea Early Music Festival is a non-profit organization in Washington State. With many thanks, and special appreciation to our friend Claude Bauret Allard <http://jfbauret.free.fr/Bauret_Allard.html> in Paris for her support and her beautiful pastel /Aurore/. ***Jeffrey*********/ / /To make a tax-deductible donation online please visit/ www.earlymusicamerica.org/give/donate <https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/give/donate/> ...and be sure to specify that the donation is for the EMA Affiliate organization Salish Sea Early Music Festival. Or you may send donations to: //Salish Sea Early Music Festival/ (SSEMF) 20614 Maupin Road Mount Vernon, WA 98273 / /$800 funds an artist's journey from Europe! All donations are welcomed, large and small. Thank you so much!/ EMA// //~ REMAINING 2019 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE (all at St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church)~ /www.salishseafestival.org/tacoma/ Thursday May 23, 2019 at 7:00 PM *• Concerti by J.S. Bach •* Carrie Krause (Bozeman, MT) ~ violin Jeffrey Cohan ~ baroque flute Jonathan Oddie ~ harpsichord    with Elizabeth Phelps ~ violin Courtney Kuroda ~ violin Stephen Creswell ~ viola Caroline Nicolas ~ cello      –Four of Johann Sebastian Bach’s greatest orchestral works! The 5th Brandenburg Concerto, his Triple Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Violin, and Orchestra, Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor and the Suite in B Minor for Flute and Strings will all be performed in this outstanding all-Bach program of concerti performed by period instrument specialists.                        ~  + ~  +  ~ Tuesday, June 4, 2019at 7:00 PM *• Early 17th-Century Canzonas •* Shulamit Kleinerman ~ renaissance violin Anna Marsh ~ dulcian (renaissance bassoon) Jeffrey Cohan ~ renaissance flute John Lenti ~ theorbo and baroque guitar     – Transitional late renaissance-early baroque mostly Italian repertoire from the early 17th century, all for two soprano instruments (violin and flute), bass instrument (dulcian) and theorbo or baroque guitar by Giovanni Battista Buonamente (1595-1642), Giovannni Paulo Cima (1570-1622), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) and others, and examples of the French chansons from the mid-16th century that set the tone for this instrumental genre.                        ~  +  ~  +  ~ Sunday, June 16, 2019at 7:00 PM *• Late 18th-Century Quartets •* Jeffrey Cohan ~ renaissance flute Stephen Creswell ~ violin & viola Caroline Nicolas ~  cello Jonathan Oddie ~ harpsichord     – Little-heard quartets with obbligato keyboard by J.C. Bach, Joseph Haydn, C.P.E. Bach and others will be featured.                        ~  +  ~  +  ~ /— Recent reviews of this season's performances by Elizabeth Paterson, REVIEW VANCOUVER (www.reviewvancouver.org) /*Baroque Flute and Lute:*     "Lenti added Corbetta’s variations ... which were ravishing.     "From the beginning, the douce sound of Jeffrey Cohan’s baroque flute drew listeners in with charm and grace and was beautifully balanced by Lenti’s clear-flowing guitar playing. Cohan mastery of the flute was apparent throughout. Technically impressive with long, artfully framed lines, it is with his subtle variations of gesture, tempo and dynamics that he unties beauty and expressiveness. In this he is ably abetted by John Lenti, whether playing gentle guitar or robust theorbo, his realizations invariably reinforced the flute and adorned the music. It was an evening elegant, unpretentious and altogether lovely.*" * *Early 19th-century Serenades:*     "This particular combination of instruments as a trio was extremely satisfying. The flexible form of the Serenade and the nimbleness of the instruments, the fresh and lively dialogue of the score plus the dazzling virtuoso passages contributed to an intimate, accomplished result.*" * *Winds of the Baroque:*     "Musically varied and consistently accomplished, the programs always delight and surprise. Wednesday’s concert was no exception. Virtuoso playing and intense musicality were the order of the day.     "In the hands of these artists the alchemy of music, turning inked notes on a page into airy sound, was absolute gold." *JEST Baroque Trio:*     "Couperin’s "La Forqueray", a harpsichord solo, was set like a glowingly intense gem between the more serene ensemble pieces. Elizabeth Wright’s control, precision and above all expressiveness were enthralling.     "The highlight of the second section was C.F. Abel’s rich and gorgeous Allegro from Sonata in D for solo viol which Suzie Napper explored with reaching eloquence. The lively conversational interaction amongst the three in" La Laborde", and" L’Agacante", the philosophical discussion in "La Boucon", suited JEST well. They were wholly delightful, brilliant and surprising.     "The final section was meditative, and full of feeling.  As with the rest of the program, virtuosity and technique vanished behind the force of the music.  The dark beauty of Suzie Napper’s viol in Ste-Colombe’s Prelude in d minor, the wistfulness of Jeffrey Cohan’s flute in Couperin’s Le Rossignol en amour, the drama and movement of the Elizabeth Wright’s harpsichord in Couperin’s La Regente ou La Minerve will stay in the mind.  And the sympathy obvious amongst the players was a real pleasure."/ / /(all from reviewvancouver.org, 2019)/